Inspiration - existing restaurants

Researching into some existing restaurants i came across some pretty extreme designs.  The restaurant below is actually situated up a tree. This unusual restaurant started life as an ad campaign for Yellow, a New Zealand company similar to the Yellow Pages. The idea was to build a restaurant in a tree using only resources listed in the company’s directories. 

Personally, I find this restaurant very bazar, but this is the reason why it makes the restaurant rememberable and makes people want to go and eat there. 

Tree House Restaurant (New Zealand)

Another extreme restaurant is situated in Miami and is known as the BED restaurant. BED is known to be one of the most relaxing dining spots in the city of Miami. The restaurant contains large mattresses covered with mounds of pillows, allowing you to relax with a partner or a small party. At this restaurant you place your shoes in a cubby and put on BED’s complimentary socks.  Trance music and slow-motion videos are projected onto screens attempting to soothe you, as do creative drinks like the blackberry julep, a new, fresh-fruit take on the mint julep.

I like the idea of having slow motion videos projected on to certain screens in the restaurant. This is an idea i will keep in mind for my typographical restaurant. I also like the idea of the restaurant having its own "soothing" drink. This to me helps enforce the theme of the restaurant to a hole new level.

BED Restaurant (Miami)

The Undersea Restaurant is situated 5 metres below the sea level of the Indian Ocean. This is surrounded by a coral reef and is encased in clear acrylic, giving the diners a 270 degree view of panoramic underwater views. This restaurant is known to be the first ever transparent undersea restaurant in the world.

I think the idea of this restaurant is really awesome, but i personally would not like to wine and dine 5 metres under the sea! 

Undersea Restaurant (Maldives)

In this restaurant, you sit on a toilet and eat from a toilet shaped bowl. How bazar does that sound? Although i would never make the seats in my restaurant into toilets seats this restaurant has opened my mind to the extremes of what the interior of my restaurant could look like.

Modern Toilet Restaurant (Talwan)