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Restaurant and bar design

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about restaurant and bar design

Project • By STUDIO8 ARCHITECTSRestaurants

CHARCOHOL

—CHARCOHOL Restaurant & Cocktail Bar Located in a heritage building in Fengsheng Li in the center of Shanghai, CHARCOHOL is a restaurant and cocktail bar specializing in charcoal-grilled global cuisine and craft cocktails. STUDIO8 was commissioned to design the visual identity, architecture re-use, interior, landscape and soft decoration for the project.  Caption   Creating an exclusive food experience always starts with a strong concept in mind, which gradually evolves until it’s finalized with carefully selected details. When Chef Mandela Zhu first met STUDIO8’s design principals, Shirley and Andrea, he told them the food and drinks of his new bar are greatly inspired by forest and fire. The miracul... More

Project • By 75 Degree Design StudioRestaurants

Jolie

Nestled within the vibrant tapestry of New Orleans’ Warehouse District lies Jolie, a unique amalgamation of a restaurant and lounge, dubbed “loungerie.” British Restaurateur brothers Chris and Mark Beardon, alongside business partner Andrew Duncan, tapped Dallas-based 75 Degree Design Studio as designer and interior architect to create a French brasserie through the lens of an upscale lounge with hints of residential influence. A menu that boasts delectable small plates and beverages typically found at a French bistro combined with a luxurious and sophisticated ambiance results in a Parisian-style cocktail bar and whimsical lounge that simultaneously captures the essence of a young traveler’s worldly abode. Renovated... More
Ristorante/ Pizzeria - Roma
Ristorante/ Pizzeria - Roma
Ristorante/ Pizzeria - Roma
Ristorante/ Pizzeria - Roma

Project • By Luca Donazzolo architettoBars

Ristorante - Pizzeria - Cocktail bar ROMA

The project of the new cocktail bar and pizzeria in Rome is a building renovation, energy requalification and expansion intervention, in addition to the definition and planning of interior design. Jacopo Salvi Jacopo Salvi Jacopo Salvi Jacopo Salvi Jacopo Salvi Jacopo Salvi Jacopo Salvi The design of the pizzeria is characterized by the warm colors of the wood, the orange velvet of the seats, in contrast with the marble of the workbench, the black of the steel and other technical elements, trying to maintain a pleasant contrast and balance of the materials. Jacopo Salvi Jacopo Salvi The cocktail bar is differentiated by its darker colors and by this note of green that envelops the environment,... More

NewsSpecification • 21 Nov 2022

10 fancy restaurants showcasing exquisite barstools

Whether your resto-bar has a rustic and retro charm or a contemporary feel, a classy, chic style or an industrial aesthetic, barstools have the potential to be the star of bar decor or solely be a humble element complementing the design.    Barstools are available in a wide range of distinctive styles, colours, finishes, heights, trims, and intricate designs to add spectacular final touches to the bar or lounge area. Velvet upholstery, metallics, lavish woods, lacquered finish, or nailhead trim, the design options are endless.   The scope of exquisite bar stools for hospitality is as practical as it is ornamental, awash with iconic details and elegance. From plush velvet finish stools to modern acrylic ones, the following... More

NewsNews • 30 Oct 2022

Kiln at Ace Hotel Sydney is the latest addition to Surry Hills’ artful rooftop experience

Set atop Sydney’s newly opened Ace hotel, the Kiln pays homage to the site’s history of Australia’s oldest known kilns and later as a textile factory. Designed by Melbourne-based firm Fiona Lynch Office, the restaurant seeks inspiration from Australian craftsmanship, everything from colours, culture, and visual identity. Anson Smart The space is distinctive to Ace Sydney, yet it evokes the Australian landscape with its palette of earthy hues and mellow wood-and-leather accents. Located on the 18th floor, the 108-seat restaurant comprises two dining rooms, two bars, a lounge area and two terrace areas with retractable roofs, each with its distinct patina.  Anson Smart The open kitchen and wood-fired... More

Project • By se studioBars

Buna cafe

Located in a very important commercial and business axis, Buna Café is an space in which you can enjoy an specialty coffee in a modern and welcoming environment.It is a space of small dimensions with simple and clean forms, but with great importance in the details, reinforcing the passion in the preparation of this specialty coffee and the closeness that we want to show the client.What the designers wanted to transmit in this space is the cleanliness and purity with which a coffee is prepared, as if it were a laboratory. But without leaving aside the comfort and the warmth, taking care of every detail so that the client enjoys it. A space in which everything is in harmony and balance, where there is no competition between design and... More

Project • By Maurizio Lai ArchitectsRestaurants

SUSHI CLUB – Asian Dining

SUSHI CLUB is an oriental cuisine concept restaurant, in which creativity and elegance combine to create a refined and scenographic environment at the same time.   Third of a brand development project, which focuses on originality and exclusivity instead of on the rigidity of aformat, the restaurant stands out for its large size and the intense visual impact of the creations, which accompany the public by designing spaces inside of other spaces.   The game of volumes immediately expresses itself with the fitting of the entrance ceiling: cubic modules of different heightsalternate opaque and glossy surfaces, lacquered or printed, obscured or backlit, to be reflected in the horizontal planes of the coloured glass tables and the... More

Project • By Maurizio Lai ArchitectsRestaurants

IYO Aalto

There is a contemporary idea of Japan in the project that the Italian architect Maurizio Lai has developed for IYO Aalto, the second restaurant of the group after IYO Taste Experience, the only Japanese restaurant in Italy awarded a Michelin star.  Subtle references to tradition give way to a contemporary and pure design language, conceiving a place where essential materials and light merge into a different tale. Maurizio Lai evokes the Japanese culture through a decisive sensibility, far from prevailing stereotypes and clichés. He defines a restaurant with an absolute flavour, in deliberate search of deep symmetries and tactile emotions. Canaletto walnut and porphyry represent the dominant materials. Ethereal, imperceptible a... More

Project • By HeliotropeRestaurants

The Whale Wins

Heliotrope served as Project Architect for The Whale Wins, helping bring the design vision of James Beard Award winning chef Renee Erickson and her partner Jeremy Price to the Fremont Collective — a converted warehouse in Seattle, also home to the Heliotrope-designed restaurant, Joule, and the mountain sports retailer, evo. The Whale Wins menu revolves around a wood-fired oven and the décor is Brittany-seaside cottage meets spare Scandinavian. The palette is bright, with white-washed wood walls, marble counters, and white painted open shelves stocked with wine and provisions.   Building Area: 1600 sf tenant improvement Contractor: Dovetail Photography: Aaron Leitz More

Project • By HeliotropeRestaurants

General Porpoise

General Porpoise is a multi-concept restaurant from ​Sea Creatures​ (Renee Erickson’s James Beard Award winning restaurant group) that turns one large volume into 3 distinct and intimately scaled spaces stretching down the block in Seattle’s bustling Capitol Hill neighborhood. ​Bar Melusine​ celebrates the French Atlantic with oysters, crepes, pré salé lamb, and more, in a sea of tonal greens. ​Bateau​ re-imagines the recently retired Sea Creatures restaurant, Boat Street Café, as a modern steak house with a view into an in-house dry-aging room. ​General Porpoise​, a doughnut shop and multi-roaster serving filled, yeasted doughnuts is a sun-lit, bright, white space accented with shocks of radish pink. All th... More

Project • By MERMETWineries

The Glass House, Brick Bay

Acoustis® 50 by Mermet : qualities recognized as far away as new Zealand  A manufacturer of fibreglass-based technical fabrics, Mermet revolutionized the market in 2006 with the launch of Acoustis® 50. This new fabric is the only one which offers an exceptional dual-functionality, being both a material for acoustic absorption and solar protection.   Its unique properties recognized around the world are the reason why, today, this Mermet fabric can even be found  in a wine bar on the other side of the globe in New Zealand.   Considered to be one of the most prestigious wine growing areas, Brick Bay is noted for its exceptional wine bar. The owners called in Noel Lane, a New Zealand architect, to build this... More

Project • By Seth Powers PhotographyRestaurants

TOP TAP - A00

A restaurant in Zhengzhou, Henan. Designed by A00.  More

Project • By hcreatesRestaurants

Cantina Agave

Hannah Churchill of hcreates worked with the team at Cantina Agave to create a bright and playful refit of the popular Mexican cantina. The design uses pops of pink, peacock green and rustic timber to bring warmth and colour to this compact interior. A new open kitchen gives more sense of depth to the space and brings the action to the dining experience.  Hannah said "it was a great project to bring to life as the food and essence of Mexico have such a following around the world, So it was great to be able to bring it to China and do it in a slightly more designed and creative way" More

Project • By DezigneShops

Chatime Nottingham Tearoom design & refurbishment

Dezigne was commissioned by Chatime UK to fully design and deliver their refurbishment at their Nottingham branch. Our special projects and interior design team started a dialog with the client and created a mood board with creative suggestions.After a detailed design and procurement period we produced accurate photorealistic images for the proposed design. Those designed our shopfitter team converted them to CAD drawing for the productions of the counters and special planter wall. Our design was inspired by nature, the culture of tea drinking, modern Italian furniture and natural elements.We used our inhouse made Bee Hive carbord lampshades We also were commissioned to design and make a bespoke living wall brand sign. The sign was mad... More

Project • By Clayton KorteRestaurants

The Bottling Dept. Food Hall

Originally constructed in 1894, a devastating fire claimed the historic Pearl Bottling House in 2003. Pearl salvaged as much from the rubble as possible, and hired Clayton Korte to rebuild the 13,132-square foot-structure as a modern interpretation of a lost Classical Revival jewel that would serve as a venue for emerging chefs and culinary talent.   Located at the heart of the historic Pearl campus, the Bottling Department sits along the San Antonio River and is the city’s first food hall that houses local chefs. An anchor in the Pearl campus, the building is surrounded on all sides by a mixture of residential apartments and condos, offices, retail shops, restaurants, and Hotel Emma.   The mixed-use campus fosters rich... More