A floating pizzeria, Cloud9, Fiji
This two-floor floating deck has its own wood fired pizza oven, so you can enjoy a slice overlooking the blue, Polynesian sea, on a day bed or on a floatie. Just make sure not to drop your pizza in the ocean.
Address: You’ll need to board a boat in Port Denerau. They have transfers that depart everyday from the Port at 9am. You can also take your own private boat to Cloud9, but the restaurant only has capacity for 100.
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A restaurant in a cave, Grotta Palazzese, Italy
This is a restaurant set in a cliff face, overlooking the Adriatic. It tops the list for the most romantic setting to dine, but it might have the best food and wine too – get a serious taste of the ocean with their raw seafood tasting platter, tagliatelle with sea urchin, or tuna tataki with frozen vegetables. The restaurant is actually part of a hotel, which you can book a few nights in for extra brownie points.
Address: Via Narciso, 59, 70044 Polignano A Mare BA, Italy. Book a night in the hotel here.
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Dinner in the Sky, Brussels
In 2006, a flying table took to the skies in Brussels. Since then, the experience has been replicated in Australia, Dubai, Mexico, Malaysia, Greece, Brazil, the US, South Africa and India (to name a few). Guests are seated in roller-coaster-harnessed chairs, and elevated into the sky around a singular dining table. The foods parallels the views, with chefs like Heston Blumenthal and Dani Garcia cooking up a storm at 160 feet in the air.
Address: Read more about the concept online, and to see which restaurant you’d like to fly to.
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The restaurant made of ice, Snow Hotel, Finland
It’s not just the 360 degree views of the northern lights in the igloo rooms that keep the guests happy here, it’s the delicious food served in an igloo made entirely of ice. The cloudberry liquor, salmon and Elk are all Finnish specialities you should try whilst you have the chance. Check out the rooms in the Snow Hotel with Skyscanner.
Address: Lehtoahontie 27, 97220 Sinettä, Finland
The Rock, Tanzania
On the beach, this restaurant looks like a rocky outcrop. If you call in advance, you’ll be able to make a reservation for one of their little tables overlooking the Indian ocean.
Address: Michanwi Pingwe Beach, Pingwe 753, Zanzibar
Ithaa Undersea Restaurant, Maldives
Dabble in their menu of squid ink miso-dashi consommé, crispy tofu and rice balls, honey roasted pumpkin cheesecake and Maldivian lobster, whilst the thousands of fish surround you. If that doesn’t persuade you, they also have the largest wine cellar in the Maldives.
Address: Conrad, Rangali Island 20077, Maldives. Staying at the hotel is the easiest way to get here, as flights in and out of Rangali are expensive. You access the restaurant through a small hut in the hotel.
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A380 Restaurant, Taipei
It might be quite rare to enjoy plane food, but the chefs at the A380 restaurant have turned it into a delicacy. You can still expect the experience: plastic trays, a bread and butter roll, no smoking signs, airplane seats and seat belts, but expect much better food.
Address: 168, Dingzhou Rd Sec 3, Taipei City. The nearest tram stop is Gongguan.
The Lock Up, Tokyo
People queue for solitary confinement served with soy sauce and spice in this gloomy establishment. The entire restaurant is themed in a ‘prison style’, with each guest becoming an inmate, taken hostage inside their own cell. Food is served through a hatch, and fortunately you’re also permitted to use knives and forks. There’s an experimental test tube cocktail menu and a number of sushi dishes – much less scary than a real prison.
Address: Japan, 〒150-0042 Tokyo, Shibuya, Udagawacho, 41−26, 33-F.I.O
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Berggasthaus Aescher, Switzerland
This mountain guest house delivers dinner with a view of the Swiss Alps – when you’re in the restaurant, you can see the Appenzell hill-landscape, Sankt Gall, Thurgau and Lake Constance. Research the weather first and make the hike up the hill to enjoy traditional Appenzell foods like cheese rosti and smoked pork belly.
Address: 9057 Weissbad, Switzerland. There is a cable car, but it’s more fun to hike up from Wasserauen.
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Dans le Noir, London
They say that by dulling one sense, your other senseS become stronger. Test the theory by dining in the dark at Dans le Noir, a restaurant in London where everything is served in the dark. You can control your menu to an extent by choosing vegetarian, red meat or exotic, but generally, they aim to surprise you here. One of their previous dishes has been a crab custard with strawberry puree.
Address: 30-31 Clerkenwell Green, Clerkenwell, London EC1R 0DU
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