25 most amazing restaurants from around the world

When visiting other countries familiarity with the local cuisine is one of the most enjoyable ways to explore its culture. It is always so interesting to try the most popular dishes of the country, which can sometimes be original and unusual. However, for those who are some "strange" food is not enough, we offer fancy restaurants, which will be amazed by true gourmets travelers. From an underwater restaurant to lunch at the epicenter of the earthquake in this release you will see the most strange and unusual dining establishments in the world.

1. Quiet restaurant, USA.

In Greenpoint, the state of new York, there is a restaurant called Eat ("Eat"), which, it would seem, nothing special, except for the fact that it is impossible to talk! Inspired by my trip to a Buddhist monastery in Asia, the restaurant owner Nicholas Neumann wanted to create a place where people could enjoy the peace. Silent meals became so popular that people have already booked here in advance.

2. Dinner under a microscope.

What began several years ago as a joke, did the chef Hironori of Ikeno famous throughout Japan, and possibly the whole world. One day he thought it'd be fun to miniature food served on diminutive plates, and he wondered how far he can go. It turned out, it is possible to make sushi from a single grain of rice. Today tourists from all over the world flock to this little Tokyo restaurant to try miniature culinary masterpieces Mr. Ikeno.

3. Lunch alone, the Netherlands.

The restaurant At Eenmaal in Amsterdam is famous for its unusual concept of loneliness. In this place you can find only the tables of the same type on one. Marina van Goor, designer and founder of the restaurant, said that the purpose of this unconventional approach is that they give people the opportunity to try what it's like to eat alone in a restaurant.

4. Lunch nestorone, Thailand.

The resort Soneva Kiri Eco Resort in Thailand, there is a restaurant "bird's nest", where you will get a unique opportunity to enjoy the view, because this restaurant is located on the tree. It "hangs" in the air at a height of 4.8 m, and the waiters use the ropes to deliver food and drinks to the tables of visitors. Regular lunch here costs about $ 450, but it's apparently worth it.

5. Lunch during the earthquake, Spain.

For many of us the idea for lunch in an earthquake — not so good. But the institution of Disaster Café people pay for that lunch in terms of an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale. Moreover, tables are booked weeks in advance. Yet serious injuries to regulars managed to avoid only spilled drinks and food, and minor incidents here in the General order of things.

6. Lunch on the rock, China.

In Happy valley gorge Xining in China's Hubei province is suspended Fangweng restaurant, which also offers, in addition to the food, stunning views from the cliff on which it is located. It is worth noting that due to its unusual location of this place is not for the faint of heart.

7. Dinner with the ninja, USA.

In the heart of new York city's Tribeca is a Japanese restaurant with a ninja — another place is not for the faint of heart. In addition to delicious food, the restaurant offers fire stunts and kung fu, waiters knives, and exploding food. If you like armed ninja hanging over your dish, you'll love it here.

8. Restaurant with robots, Thailand.

Hajime restaurant in Bangkok is famous for the fact that each table there is a mini-barbeque, but the waiters are the main "attraction" of the institution. The fact is that here you will be served by waiters robots, and even in the clothes of a samurai. And free from maintenance tables time they even dance.

9. Lunch on ice, Finland.

If you ever wondered what it is — is on the ice, such a place exists. It is located at the North pole and made completely of ice. For obvious reasons, the restaurant only serves cold dishes, such as potato soup with cold smoked salmon, tender venison and venison meatballs with jelly vodka.

10. Monkey waitresses, Japan.

If you find yourself in the school Kayabukiya Tavern, which is located in the city of Utsunomiya, your sake'll bring you the monkey in the waitress uniform. The owner of the restaurant Otsuka said that he was not trained monkeys this craft especially: that they learned from the best, when you looked at it. Today the local government officially allowed the monkeys to work in this place, and satisfied customers give them a tip in the form of soybeans.

11. Lunch in the hospital, Taiwan.

The D. S. Music restaurant is located in Taipei, but don't let the name fool you — the music is completely innocent. Actually it's a very strange restaurant in a hospital theme, in which the waitresses are dressed as nurses, the tables are made of hospital beds, and drinks are served in syringes. Oh, and here the walls are covered with x-rays.

12. Gross lunch, USA.

What first was planned as a gourmet restaurant, eventually turned into the infamous restaurant with very rude staff. Since the original idea was a failure, the owner decided to try something completely opposite. Over time, a terrible restaurant called Dicks Last became so popular that it was surrounded by customers who wish to wear degrading paper hats and get a couple of insults from the waiters.

13. Lunch in Wonderland, Japan.

"Alice in Wonderland" is so famous in Japan that there exists a chain of cafes and restaurants on the subject. Created by Studio Fantastic Design Works restaurants are stylized in a variety of history — "Alice in an old castle", "Alice in the maze", "Alice in the country of dancing", etc Waitress dressed in a cute blue and white dress of Alice.

14. Lunch in a nudist, USA.

Once a month club Clothing Optional Dinners in Manhattan, new York, is conducting a rather strange "naked" party. It was founded by John G. nudist. Ordover. The event has several rules, one of them: you need to bring along anything that you can lay on a chair (e.g. a towel), and the staff needs to be wearing.

15. Dinner in the dark, England.

Seeming strange idea is in the dark inspired many restaurants around the world, but the most famous is Dans Le Noir in London. Once you overcome prevailing over your sense of sight, you will enter a whole new world of flavors and odors. Blind guides is at your service.

16. Very bad restaurant, USA.

While many owners are doing everything to advertise their restaurants, restaurants with healthy and delicious food, the founder of the Heart attack Grill in Las Vegas says, "don't come to my restaurant, it is harmful to you and can kill you." Cafe specializiruetsya harmful food with tons of calories and complete lack of vegetables. Only the names of the dishes like "Fries, from which you can die", "the Late Burger" or "Infarct hot dog" suggests that fans of fitness is here clearly are not happy.

17. Dinner with the dead, India.

Building a new restaurant on the site of the old cemetery, Crisan Kuti from India decided to maintain the grave. What seemed a strange decision, later resulted in a deft move. Every day the restaurant is filled with people who want to experience the unique spooky feeling to eat among the dead.

18. Lunch under a waterfall, Philippines.

Forget boring conditioning that blows on you while you eat. Cool off the crystal clear water of the falls is just around the corner. To enjoy these incomparable decorations, you will have to go to são Paulo city, in the Philippines. It offers tasty food at bamboo tables, welded to the floor at the foot of the waterfall.

19. Lunch under water, Maldives.

4 m under water in the Maldives is the world's first underwater restaurant. Here you will find not only luxurious lunch, but incredible panoramic views of the ocean. However, this unusual restaurant seats only 14 people.

20. Dinner in the sky around the world.

Dinner in the Sky is a Belgian project that allows people to enjoy lunch or dinner high above their city. Crane lifts the table for 22 people that are attached to the seats. In the end you get delicious food, and stunning views of the city. At the moment the event has been held for 40 countries in the world.

21. Kannibalistskih sushi, Japan.

Thought Indian restaurant with the dead was the strangest? You may change your mind when visit this kannibalistskih sushi restaurant in Japan. Here you'll get on the truck edible "body". Then you have to "dig deeper" and taste of the inner man. Of course, this is not a real person, but only a good copy of the rice and other ingredients of Japanese cuisine. The body is made of sushi, the blood is the sauce, but the genitals had to replace artificial "inedible" copies.

22. Singing a restaurant France.

Opened in Paris in 1999, the restaurant hires a Bel Canto Opera singers as waiters and waitresses, creating an original combination of exquisite dining and theater performances. Usually singers work in a group of four, and every 15 minutes they sing different parties. The restaurant is decorated with red and gold velvet, and the walls are decorated with musical instruments and Opera costumes.

23. Medieval tavern, Czech Republic.

If you want to learn how dined in the 15th century Prague has a great medieval restaurant. It resembles a traditional tavern of the Middle ages with wooden tables, benches and ceramic pottery; the tavern offers a unique dining experience. If you can't decide what to drink from the medieval menu, the waiters in period costume will be happy to help you.

24. Toilet restaurant, China.

In the city of Taiyuan in the Shanxi province of China, in 2013, opened the toilet restaurant, which quickly became one of the most popular institutions of the city. Here food is served in small bowls, and the interior is reminiscent of the toilet or the bathroom walls and a shower, and the seats are similar to the toilets with pillows in the form of poop.

25. Buffet penises, China.

Guo Li Zhuang is a restaurant specialising in dishes prepared from the genitals of the male of various animals. Given a choice of a huge variety of types: horse, ox, donkey, dog, deer, goat, sheep, or even snakes. But if you're a foodie-pervert, can enjoy a combination of pork eggs with goat penis, chicken eggs with a horse's penis, etc.