Unusual Eating Places

Bali
@sishy7 (27169)
Australia
September 5, 2015 11:15am CST
I've heard about restaurants with unusual concepts where diners would have a unique experience while eating in one of them. There is one where the tables are suspended up in the air, another where diners are eating while dangling in a dense forest of trees, and there is also a restaurant for dining in the dark experience. There are more involving high-altitude dining, unusual places like inside a helicopter or a train, and other unique outdoor dining. I've never been to any of the more adventurous ones of those unique places. I've been to a high-altitude restaurant, but it was simply on the highest level of a skyscraper with a 360 degree view of the city. I've been to a jungle-themed restaurant where I sat on a swing, but it wasn't in real forest. As for the most adventurous outdoor dining experience I've ever been was probably at Jimbaran beach (Bali) as pictured. I had freshly cooked seafood while dipping my toes in the sand only few feet away from the beach. I imagine it works only when the weather cooperates with beautiful evening under the stars...
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
5 Sep 15
I had read about one that I might be interested in - assuming I have enough money to travel to their country - it is a hotel/restaurant inside the sea or ocean (I forget which one). They have an elevator to pick you from the surface of the sea and you go down. At the bottom, they have an all glass ambiance and you can watch fishes etc outside as you have your eatery. for the record- I am scared of water reservoirs.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
5 Sep 15
Sids you have just reminded me of a place I had dinner at in Lakewood, Ohio. It is a restaurant where it is mostly glass walls and when you are seated you look over onto Lake Erie and you can see fish swimming around. It was amazing and beautiful. A once in a lifetime experience.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Sep 15
@thesids Yes, there are some amazing underwater places - but probably won't be the best choice for those who are afraid of being submerged...
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Sep 15
@Marcyaz There you go! Sounds like you did have a wonderful dining experience.
@topffer (42156)
• France
6 Sep 15
I remember a restaurant in the center of a Paris which had in the middle of the restaurant room behind glasses a small farmyard with a hen house, rabbits and ducks. It was really weird... and the bill was a bit expensive too.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
6 Sep 15
@sishy7 I have only been in this restaurant for lunches and there were no children. A hen living in the center of Paris is something rare and it was a kind of funny decoration arousing curiosity. I went there with some coworkers just because of the animals.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Sep 15
Is it supposed to be like a mini zoo to entertain kids or something?
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
7 Sep 15
@topffer That does sound like an interesting place to have lunch at. A hen in the middle of Paris is quaint.
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@sissy15 (12265)
• United States
6 Sep 15
I have never been to an interesting restaurant. I wouldn't be against going to one, but we don't have any around here, and I'm too poor to travel lol. Maybe one day. I mean the most interesting I've been to was when we had this place in my town where it was set up with street signs and had a kind of garage theme to it, and they brought the check in a very old book. Unfortunately the food we got that day wasn't all that great, which is probably why they closed.
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@sissy15 (12265)
• United States
6 Sep 15
@sishy7 I've heard other people say it was good, but what I got definitely wasn't.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Sep 15
Yeah, for a restaurant to make it has to be about the food first and foremost.
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@LadyDuck (454979)
• Switzerland
6 Sep 15
I have seen really scary places where to eat. I prefer a romantic restaurant, if possible with a view and good cuisine.
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@rebelann (110776)
• El Paso, Texas
22 May 22
There's a time and a place for scary events but a restaurant should be about the food first and the decor second.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Sep 15
Yeah, I'm just not as adventurous as some people are when it comes to doing some heart-stopping activities.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
7 Sep 15
Not sure if I can concentrate on finishing my food if the place is scary.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
6 Sep 15
That one in the picture looks amazing! One of these days I plan to go to a new restaurant here in town, their concept is science laboratory. Everything from the decor, menu names, and utensils are lab-themed so I think that would be very cool.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Sep 15
Themes that people keep coming up with never cease to amaze me.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
7 Sep 15
@sishy7 I know right! I think it makes the dining experience more fun too.
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• Quezon, Philippines
6 Sep 15
If you ever come to Taiwan, I believe there is that "modern toilet restaurant". It is a bathroom-themed restaurant where dishes are served in toilet-shaped bowls. :)
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
7 Sep 15
A modern toilet restaurant is not a place I would want to have a meal. I would not want to eat out of Toilet-shaped bowls. No way...
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Sep 15
Another unique theme here! I hope the food they serve is really good!
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
7 Sep 15
Omg yeah I read about that restaurant. Saw the pictures too. Not my choice for a restaurant though.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
5 Sep 15
The most unusual place I have ever dined at was in a restaurant that was once a Church. Of course there was nothing of the church inside just that when you looked at the building on the outside you could tell it was once a church building. I had no wonderful experience like you describe, maybe someday.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
7 Sep 15
@sishy7 It is definitely fun to go to unusual dining spots.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Sep 15
That sounds wonderful, as well as the lake side experience you described before...
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
6 Sep 15
I have never been to a themed restaurant but I did go to a dinner theatre once, where they served you food while there was a show of musical and comedic skits going on onstage.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Sep 15
Oh, that sounds like a special dining experience. I imagine only people on the VIP section would get to experience that...
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@much2say (53698)
• Los Angeles, California
6 Sep 15
I can't think of any seriously unusual eating places I've been too - I'm all about the food - ha ha! We've been to Rainforest Cafe - where it's dark and rainforest like - with rainforest animatronics all around - and even a thunderstorm every 15 or so minutes - kids love it!
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@much2say (53698)
• Los Angeles, California
22 May 22
@rebelann Oh my gosh . . . you found one of @sishy7 's older posts . Oh - and looks like marcyaz had also liked my comment . . . oh I miss them both! I remember there were water areas . . . can't remember if there were little waterfalls/fountains - but it sounded like water falling. There were animatronics all over, so probably no sprays of water (but that could be cool!). Yah, it was fun - kinda pricy though for what it was - but you can pretend to be in the jungle with the animals. So answer sishy7 's question which I didn't do , the only one in CA now is at this outlet mall in Ontario, CA - about an hour and a half drive from here. There used to be one in Downtown Disney (free area for shopping end eating next to Disneyland) but it closed.
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@rebelann (110776)
• El Paso, Texas
22 May 22
That would be a fun place to meet with friends. I love thunderstorms especially if they're not real. Did that fake thunderstorm also provide water drops? I didn't call it rain cuz it's a fake storm.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
7 Sep 15
Oh, I've heard of that one, but I think it's somewhere on the East Coast. Is there one close to where you are? Sounds like a fun place!
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• Preston, England
6 Sep 15
Not sure about eating upside down, etc. I like to dine in some comfort. We have a Mongolian restaurant in Manchester where you pick the raw ingredients you want, in the quantities you want, and take them to the chefs who cook them before your eyes into the meal - you can go back as many times as you like in the night. It is very impressive.
• Preston, England
6 Sep 15
@sishy7 sounds like a very similar arrangement though the Mongolian place won't let customers touch the very hot grill for safety reasons - it often gives off sheets of flame.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Sep 15
@arthurchappell That's understandable. I guess the Korean Barbecue is just for easy, quick and light grilling. The raw meat and other ingredients are prepared in thin cuts and small pieces.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Sep 15
Oh, that reminds me of an all-you-can-eat Korean Barbecue buffet restaurant I've been to. Each table has a grill in the middle and we get to cook our own raw ingredients. Fun for a family dinner.
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@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
6 Sep 15
wow that restaurant is so cool to dine with. well, I had an experience eating in a restaurant in our place called seashore restaurant. They serve fresh seafoods. It is relaxing aside from the foods that are fresh :)
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Sep 15
Yeah, I guess the unusual theme about the one in the picture is how they put the tables right on the sand by the beach.
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@yukimori (10140)
• United States
5 Sep 15
I think there's a restaurant in Phoenix that rotates so diners can enjoy a view of the entire city while they eat. A little closer to me is the Verde Canyon Railroad, which offers special events like a Tequila Sunset Limited train that features tequila tastings and Mexican appetizers. There's also the Grand Canyon Railway, which has a dining car on at least some of their seasonal offerings.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Sep 15
The one I've been to is in Singapore; yeah, it might have been rotating ever so slowly too - allowing the change of views while we remained seated. The railroad or railway dining experiences sound so wonderful!
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@Butchcass4 (5895)
• United States
6 Sep 15
I have never had one of these experiences. But does a picnic count? LOL
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Sep 15
Definitely! A picnic can be a very unique dining experience as well.
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@amnabas (13743)
• Karachi, Pakistan
5 Sep 15
I love to have dinner on this beautiful beach.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
5 Sep 15
Yes, the food was great and the ambiance was delightful.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
5 Sep 15
Amnabas, mee too.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
5 Sep 15
@sishy7 I bet it was fabulous.
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• United States
5 Sep 15
There was a jungle themed place here in our mountainous town. It closed down however. I do not think it caught on, however there are no shortage of unusual eateries here. The place you are describing in Bali is world class..so lovely
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
5 Sep 15
To bad it didn't survive as it sounds like it would have been fun.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Sep 15
@TiarasOceanView It is lovely but more of a casual ambiance. Not quite a place for formal or dress up dinner. It could be for a romantic date, but would not be easy to find a quiet, candle light table just for two as the place is usually packed on beautiful nights.
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• United States
5 Sep 15
@Marcyaz I think it was for a while Marcy in the malls, but those places come and go so fast here. There has to be the most places to eat here I have ever seen in any town.
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