World’s Most Bizarre Restaurants

If you’re like me, dining out is an experience unto itself.  The food, the ambience, your fellow diners, all of these items combine to make eating out a memorable experience.  Yet there are some restaurants, where the ambience overtakes the food, where the food is actually secondary to the experience.  These are truly some of the most bizarrest restaurants in the world:

Dans Le Noir – Paris, Moscow, London

Dans le Noir means “in the dark” in French, and that is exactly how you eat at this restaurant which can be found in Moscow, Paris, and London. According to one review: “Nothing can prepare you for the uniqueness of Dans Le Noir. It works like this; you meet in the tall-ceilinged entrance bar, put your phones and anything else that might emit light in a locker, then order from the ‘surprise’ menu where you don’t know what you’ll get.

Then you’re led through three sets of black drapes and to your table. You can’t see a thing. Nothing. Leaving you to rely wholly on the remaining four senses, and the blind waiter or waitress assigned to you. You’ve never tasted food this way before, that’s for sure. And because you can’t see who’s next to you, everyday judgments and fears are removed and chatting to your neighbors becomes irresistible.”

Eternity Restaurant – Poland

The coffin restaurant, called Eternity, is the work of a funeral parlor in the town of Truskavets near the Polish border. The undertakers hope that their restaurant will be confirmed as the world’s biggest coffin, attracting tourists to a region best known for its mineral-rich bathing waters.

Morbid diners can browse the funeral paraphernalia before ordering from a menu that includes “Nine Day” and “Forty Day” salads – named after local mourning rituals – and an ominous-sounding dish called “Let’s meet in paradise”. Single candles on the tables contribute to the funereal mood.

Dinner In The Sky – Brussels

Suffer from vertigo?  Then this restaurant is definitely NOT for you! Dinner In The Sky is for people who expect more from their restaurants than four concrete walls and a solid floor. Instead, diners perch around a massive table, which is suspended from a crane high up in the air. It sounds completely insane, but as the most unusual – and entirely legal – way of getting high over dinner, it is the new must-do experience for the super-rich and adventure-hungry who yearn for something a little more extreme at mealtimes.

Although based in Belgium, the “restaurant” can be driven to any destination in the world. There have already been dining events in Paris and Brussels, while New York and Niagara Falls are on the agenda.

Modern Toilet – Taiwan