5 Beautifully Designed Restaurant and Cafes Interior.
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The grotta — Italian for ‘cave’ — is part of the Grotta Palazzese hotel, which is located above and built from local stone. Dub as the “Most Romantic Restaurant in Italy”. The restaurant is only open from May to October.
The setting also provided a feast for the eyes for local nobility during grand banquets at the restaurant as far back as the 1700s.
Design attribute:
The Best: The lamps are movable by design, most scenic food places use candles as light source. It’s romantic but not functional, the dim lamp here provides the romantic vibe with light source.
📍Narciso, 59, 70044 Polignano A Mare BA, Italy
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The newest member of the Harbour House Group, La Parada occupies a prime spot on Camp’s Bay Beach, overlooking its powder-white sands and the glistening Atlantic Ocean. The two-storey restaurant features a small outdoor terrace to watch the world go by whilst enjoying the sun on your face and a healthy breakfast, and a mosaic-clad bar inside; offering a comprehensive wine and gin menu.
Design attribute:
The Best: Consistent and different usage of patterns throughout the whole interior.
📍35 Victoria Rd. Camps Bay, 8005
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Opening a roastery in Kiyosumi, one of Tokyo’s starker and more industrial corners, felt like a perfect fit for us. Not only were we taken with the passion and dedication of Japanese kissaten culture in general, we’ve also developed a fondness for unknown and exciting urban nooks.
Our 7,000-square-foot roastery comprises an elegant and angular two stories and houses a cupping room, production space, Loring SmartRoaster, pastry kitchen, administrative offices, and (of course) a coffee bar.
We’re thrilled to serve a brand new audience of Japanese guests a menu that’s both familiar and updated: espresso drinks, single origin and blends as drip coffee, iced coffee, and pastries. We’ve got a crew of native Japanese baristas — along with a handful of California expats — that we’re confident are the best in the business.
Blue Bottle Coffee (from Oakland, California) opened their first roastery/café in Japan, to operate as the production base of Blue Bottle Coffee Japan. Schemata Architects was commissioned to renovate the former storage building at Kiyosumi-Shirakawa in Tokyo to accommodate roastery, cafe, office, barista training room and pastry factory. Blue Bottle Coffee is a leader of the third-wave coffee companies; they strive to achieve the best flavor and aroma, while promoting fair-trade and improving the labor environment of coffee farms, to construct a balanced production circle and to develop a positive relationship in which baristas and consumers raise awareness and grow up together.
The Best: Wide windows that allows natural light using plants indoors to balance out heavy usage of industrial material like steel.
📍1 Chome-4-8 Hirano, Kōtō-ku, Tōkyō-to 135-0023, Japan
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Someplace Beautiful depicts an imaginary picture of a beautiful holiday with soft white beach, clear blue sky, serene sea breeze, ocean waves kissing the shore line, and wooden house stands afar. While you can’t get this in a KL city full of skyscrapers, you can at least, enjoy the tranquility in this new place called — Someplace Beautiful.
Design attribute:
The Best: An installation within the interior, installation of the hexagon tiles with equal proportion of width and length.
📍G17 D7, Jalan Sentul, Sentul, 51000 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
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I was raised by parents who were enthusiasts of a universal language called ‘’Esperanto,’’ and every summer, we attended a World Esperanto Congress held somewhere different in the world. My father owned a trading company, and he often took me on his business trips, so I have been a traveller since I was young.
While seeing so many countries, different cultures, rich and poor people, happy and unhappy people, I often wondered who I was and asked myself what kind of life I wanted to live.
I grew up in Tokyo and after high school, I moved to California. I found a cozy apartment in Venice Beach, where I watched beautiful sunsets every evening, and I indulged myself in the beach and hippie culture.
After college, I started working for a trading company, so I continued travelling overseas on business. A lot was learned while working closely with business owners around the world; seeing their mindset towards work and life. Most of them were very wealthy, but I found that some were happy and others were not, which caused me to keep asking the same two questions:
Who am I?
What kind of life do I want to live?
I reflected on these two questions over and over and eventually
I found my answers.
・I want to live a simple and down-to-earth life.
・I only need the basics to be satisfied: food, clothing and a house.
・Like my parents did for me, I want to travel with my children and build a higher standard for them.
And my last answer was coffee.
I really need an amazing cup of coffee everyday, and this is why I founded % Arabica.
In order to provide the best coffee possible, I bought a coffee farm in Hawaii, started a green bean trading company, became the sole-exporter of a Japanese roasting machine and the distributor of one of the best espresso machines in the world. Then, together with a world latte art champion, Junichi Yamaguchi, and a talented architect, Masaki Kato, we opened % Arabica in the beautiful historic city of Kyoto.
Our dream is to expand % Arabica to all over the world, so that young baristas can ‘’See the World Through Coffee.’’
We only live once, so let’s explore the world we live in, set goals, and enjoy our time together over an amazing cup of coffee.
Design attribute:
The Best: Arabica Coffee fits it’s architecture design along with other building at every location while maintaining the modern sleek interior that sets them apart and obviously the %.
📍3-47, Sagatenryuji Susukinobabacho, Ukyo-ku
Kyoto 616-8385 Japan
📍Fujii Daimaru Department Store Shijoteramachi Shimogyo-ku
📍87-5 Hoshino-cho, Higashiyama-ku
Kyoto, 605-0853 Japan
Hong Kong, Kuwait, UAE and Oman
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Elephant grounds has grown and become the forefront of the coffee consumer movement, where consumers are migrating to quality, attention to detail and presentation followed by, distinction in taste and a unique experience when selecting their daily coffee. We consider ourselves as locally grown as we embody the spirit of ‘Made In Hong Kong’ throughout our brand.
We hold this concept dear and this is translated into our quality of coffee, Attention to detail in our ice cream and ice cream sandwiches, distinction in taste with our handcrafted bread and a unique experience with the unique and modern design of each shop. In our pursuit of the perfect cup of coffee, our simple purpose and message are to give everyone the best cup of coffee with a smile. Our total operational footprint is approximately 20,000 square feet with outlets located in Sheung Wan, Wong Chuk Hang, Causeway, Wan Chai and our newest location, Central!
Design attribute:
The Best: Open spacing! Hong Kong is known for their limited amount of space. By removing windows around, you get extra spacing which worked for them.
📍8 Wing Fung St, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
📍Shop C, G/F, 42-28 Fashion Walk, Paterson St, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
📍11 Gough Street, Central
📍Shop 609, New Town Plaza, Phase 1 , 18 Sha Tin Centre St, Sha Tin, Hong Kong
Lemon is an app on iOS that allows you to order anywhere without waiting in restaurants and cafes.
When you are waiting for a waiter/waitress.
When you are smoking/vaping/shishaing.
When you are in a meeting but want to order without the awkwardness.
When you do not want to be disturbed.
When you are playing boardgames in a cafe.
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