Restaurants That Will Blow Your Mind

Lainio Snow Village Ice Bar, Ylläsjärvi, Finland

Would you like to look forever young? You can preserve yourself by dining at 28 degrees Fahrenheit. The Ice Bar in one of Lapland’s most interesting vacation spots is made completely from snow and ice. Even the tableware is nothing, but crystallized water. Visiting this place can be an exhilarating hobby, because it can only exist during wintertime and every year in late November is rebuilt from fresh snow to a completely new design. Just don’t forget to dress warmly!

Jardin de Asia, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

The luxurious Los Tajibos hotel in the heart of Santa Cruz hosts this amazing fusion restaurant. As the name suggests this is an Asian domain, offering all the best food experiences of the Orient. There are six zones in Jardin de Asia, namely a sushi bar, Indonesian café, teppanyaki tables, Chinese orchard, Zen tea ritual garden and modern food fusion area. Combined with the exotic setting of the Bolivian space it presents an elegant and riveting surrounding for a leisurely dinner.

Sirocco, Bangkok, Thailand

Located on the 64th floor of the State Tower building, Sirocco is the highest open-air restaurant. Whether you want a cozy romantic dinner, or an imposing business meeting, or a memorable family occasion, or a fun-filled get-together with friends, this place can accommodate every need. Sirocco’s terrace offers a breathtaking 270-degree view of the city. The restaurant already achieved worldwide recognition, and it is advisable to make reservations in advance.

Mahika Mano, Tokyo, Japan

Some things just go together, like for example a hammock and a Piña Colada. The Mahika Mano restaurant pushes the limit of tropical cocktails and offers hammocks with anything you would like to eat or drink. The menu emphasizes healthy food and lists nutritious facts for every meal. The place also serves as a showroom for the hammock manufacturer, so if you develop a strong liking to a particular one, you can buy it.

Ali Barbour’s, Ukunda, Kenya

This exotic Kenyan restaurant is situated in a natural cave near Diani Beach. Its interior is practically the same as was formed by nature, except the evened floor and, of course, tables and lighting. The menu has a strong Mediterranean influence and lots of fresh fish. The restaurant opens in the evening and looks most magnificent after dark. The lights are incorporated into the cave’s natural holes in the walls and give a fairy-tale sensation.

Grotta Palazzese, Polignano a Mare, Italy

Here is an enchanted and magical place for a dinner. It’s situated in a limestone cave cut in the cliff on the shore of the Adriatic Sea, which gives the place a protected, solid feeling. It’s a feast for all of your senses, because you can eat delicious seafood cuisine while watching the movement of water, listening to the soft whisper of waves, breathing in the fresh salty sea air and feel the touch of the southern breeze on your skin.

Owl Café, Tokyo, Japan

Since many apartment owners in Tokyo prohibit keeping animals inside, the citizens find other ways to enjoy company of our little friends. The latest trend is an owl, a stately, wise and intriguing bird. A chain of owl cafes offers a unique chance to come close with them. Still, owls are not used to dealing with so many humans and in such proximity of themselves, so there are strict guidelines for treating the birds while inside.

Hajime Robot Restaurant, Bangkok, Thailand

And back to the future! If you’re into high-tech and futuristic ideas this restaurant will be a good place to have dinner. Instead of human waiters that all of us are used to, Hajime offers you to be waited on by robots. It goes round, takes and brings your order and wishes you "bon appetite." If there are no orders in line, it dances and entertains the crowd. An excellent place to bring children during a vacation.

El Diablo, Lanzarote, Spain

If you woke up in a place like this, you would think that somehow miraculously you were teleported to Mars. But don’t worry, this out-of-Earth experience is perfectly accessible without a space shuttle on Lanzarote island in Spain. El Diablo is not a spaceport or an alien base, but a restaurant that sits on a crater of a dormant volcano. The crater is covered with a grate that serves as both the foundation for the building and a grill! So definitely try a dish with the whiff of smoke from the volcano.

Don Café House, Pristine, Kosovo

Would you like to know what it feels like being a coffee bean? Welcome to Don Café House. It is a brave and amazing design, made to look like the inside of a sack of coffee beans. The walls are made of wooden planks curved and painted a natural color to create the texture of the fabric. The inside pillars are wrapped in actual sacks. Chandeliers and tables resemble coffee beans. Of course, because it’s a coffee house!

Tea Cosy, Brighton, UK

The Tea Cosy is a very kitsch, very eccentric, and very British place. It’s the embodiment of centuries of the nation’s culture, filled from top to bottom with British memorabilia. Items on the menu include primarily homemade teas, scones, cakes and so much more. Its first two pages describe the tearoom etiquette, and you better stick to it – the staff is very strict. It is definitely worth a visit for a ceremonious royal feel under the watchful eye of the Queen’s portrait.

Delicias Del Sol, Villaseca, Chile

This fantastic restaurant is an excellent example of an eco-friendly approach to business. This area in Chile has exceptionally little forests and therefore burning wood is scarce. Tired of spending hours trying to find it, four local women decided to invest in sun-powered ovens. They can heat up to 356 degrees Fahrenheit and suitable to cook almost anything from meats and vegetables to desserts. Since you can't fry in an oven, the restaurant offers a very healthy menu with low fats.

The 3842, Chamonix, France

How would you like to have lunch at 12,605 feet? By the way, the name of the restaurant is the altitude of the spot in the metric system, and it’s the highest restaurant location in the world. This is the closest spot to Mont Blanc reachable without special equipment and physical prowess. Still, to get there you need to take two successive cable cars from Chamonix town, and finally an elevator that will take you the final 138 feet to your destination.

Café Ke’ilu, Tel Aviv, Israel

This restaurant is proof that eating out can be a lifestyle, not just the food. It offers an impressive menu, containing dozens of gourmet dishes, as well as wine and cocktail lists. But you will need all of your composure when your order is served. Ideal table setting and… nothing in the tray. Café Ke’ilu sells atmosphere, but not the food. You can chat with friends or colleagues in a familiar circumstance, but on an empty stomach. The price for this dinner is merely symbolic.

The Rock, Zanzibar, Tanzania

One of the unique and romantic places, situated some distance away from Michamvi Pingue beach on a rock washed by the waters of the Indian Ocean. At first glance from the shore it is just a simple colonial house or an angler’s lodge, but that’s and optical illusion – the main section of the restaurant is situated on the terrace on the opposite side of the rock. The main attraction of this place in our modern urban world is the complete absence of any synthetic material, just clay, sand, wood and thatch.