FOOD: 7 Most Bizarre Restaurants In The World

If you’re a food junkie like me, you eventually get tired of the repetitive dinners at Mr. K’s or Cipriani. It’s normal to want a little excitement in your dining experience. Enjoy a hearty meal on a toilet, in a cave, or at a restaurant where three dead spirits rest. Next time I’m in Vegas it’s on!

Check out these bizarre restaurants after the jump!

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For most guys, when we’re eating with friends or need a quick bite, most bars, fast-food joints, and pizzerias will do the trick. But when it’s time to change things up and go somewhere unique or that doesn’t have colonies of gum stuck under the tables, we’re short on ideas. And while we’re not sure we’d recommend eating at every one of the bizarre restaurants we found — we prefer our food to be served on plates, not in toilet bowls — the ideas behind them would certainly make for an interesting dining experience. And if you take our advice and branch out and it totally blows, well, there’s always the option to drink the bar dry.

Dinner In The Sky | Las Vegas
Enjoy a panoramic view of Las Vegas as you’re hoisted 160-180 feet above hoards of gamblers losing their life savings at the roulette wheel. When you dine in the sky, a team of chefs prepares food for up to 22 people for roughly $75 – $226 per person, depending on when you book the table. (The later you eat, the more it’s going to cost.) If you’re under 10 years of age or weigh 300 pounds or more, no soup for you!  Sorry, house rules. Another rule you should know: One alcoholic drink per customer. And since you’re thinking it, we’ll address it — no, you’re not forced to hose down the sidewalk if you need to pee. It takes less than a minutes to lower the table.

Modern Toilet Restaurant | Hong Kong
Patrons pop a squat on stylish acrylic toilets and are served drinks, food, and ice-cream deserts in tiny commodes or urinals. The aroma, thankfully, doesn’t match the restroom’s, er, restaurant’s décor. Your olfactory nerves are hit with wafts of curry, pasta, chicken, and Mongolian hot pot instead of … well, don’t make us spell it out for you. It might be odd, but the gimmick has proven to be a, ahem, recipe for success and has enabled the franchise to expand into China and other parts of Asia since opening in 2004.

Opaque | Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City
You’ll be seated in pitch black and have your food brought to you from servers wearing night-vision goggles like soldiers in Call of Duty. But contrary to popular belief, the idea behind dining in the dark didn’t stem from its originator having an ass-ugly wife; it was created to heighten the senses that would intensify the food’s smell and taste. Each meal is roughly $100 per person for an appetizer, entrée, and dessert — not including tax and tip.

Cabbages and Condoms | Bangkok
The folks at Cabbages and Condoms are all for PDA. And by PDA we of course mean support for the Population and Community Development Association, which does things like help needy families in Thailand generate income and gain access to free vasectomies. Located near one of Bangkok’s busiest business districts, C&C is a popular, eco-friendly Thai joint that prides itself on serving amazing food along with safe-sex tips that’ll keep you from knocking someone up.

The Haunted House Restaurant | Oklahoma City
The restaurant got its name because of a — dun dun dun — muuuuurder … and a death … and a suicide. In 1963, a retired car dealer was shot in the back of his head with a .22-caliber rifle while in his home. Later that year the guy’s ex-wife died in the same house. Then the dead dude’s stepdaughter, after a jury found her innocent of his murder, snapped and allegedly committed suicide shortly after she learned the verdict. With the property vacant, someone had the brilliant idea of turning Death Manor into a restaurant. And it’s been a success. It even got some publicity in 2008 after a group of Peter Venkmens studied the restaurant with their ghost buster’s gear and reportedly recorded three instances of someone or something whispering. One of the words that was allegedly captured was “bad.” If we were the owners, we’d tell people it was “bon appetit.”

Cave Restaurant and Resort | Richland, Missouri
The Cave Restaurant is 40 feet above ground and nestled in a cove that overlooks the Gasconade River. The cave can seat up to 225 people and features waterfalls, ponds, and live piano on Friday and Saturday nights for you to enjoy while dining on everything from deep-fried alligator tail to 21-day hand-cut cooked-to-order steak. There’s an elevator that takes care of the three-story climb, so leave your rock shoes and canteen in the car. In the 1930s the restaurant served as a hangout for Al Capone when it was known as the Speak Easy, so if you’re lucky you’ll sit in the same seat Capone ordered a hit on some poor jamoke.

Hajime Restaurant | Bangkok
A sushi restaurant in Thailand? Yawn. That changes when it’s a sushi restaurant that features a brigade of robot servers. The restaurant’s owner dumped nearly $100,000 to get the restaurant off the ground, including the purchase of four robots from Japan. After placing your order via touchscreen, the robotic, samurai-shaped machines slide to your table to serve you, entertain you with a dance number (no Macarena, sorry), and bus your dishes.

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