20 Of The World’s Most Stylish Restaurants

COMPILED BY Lindi Brownell Meiring IMAGES via Restaurant & Bar Design Awards

With 217 restaurants, bars and cafés making this year’s Restaurant & Bar Design Awards shortlist, it was a tough task to choose our 20 favourites. Here’s a look at some of the world’s most striking spaces to eat, drink and be merry.

1. Abbots & Kinney – Adelaide, Australia (Design: Studio-Gram)

2. Aqua Nueva – London, United Kingdom (Design Robert Angell Design International)

3. Blue Wave – Barcelona, Spain (Design: El Equipo Creativo)

4. BO$$ MAN – Kuta, Indonesia (Design: Travis Walton Architecture)

5. Burger Boutique – Kuwait, Kuwait (Design: Basil Al Salem & Freeland Buck)

6. Comm Comm – Seoul, Republic of South Korea (Design: Daewha Kang Design)

7. Dim t – Whiteley, United Kingdom (Design: Design Command)

8. El Pinton – Seville, Spain (Design: Lucas & Hernandez – GIL)

9. Foxglove – Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Design: NC Design & Architecture)

10. Hafen – Romanshorn, Switzerland (Design: Susanne Fritz Architekten)

11. I Love Paris – Paris, France (Design: India Mahdavi)

12. Kat & Theo – New York, United States (Design: Aviva Collective)

13. Nando’s – Shepherds Bush, London, United Kingdom (Design: STAC Architecture)

14. Odette – Singapore, Singapore (Design: Universal Design Studio)

15. Shugaa – Bangkok, Thailand (Design: Party Space Design)

16. Super Chix – Dallas, United States (Design: Studio 11 Design)

17. Tapas Bona Sort – Barcelona, Spain (Design: Jordi Ginabreda Studio)

18. The Milton – Melbourne, Australia (Design: Biasol Design Studio)

19. The Mulberry – Wales, United Kingdom (Design: Frederic Robinson)

20. The Ocean – Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Design: Substance)

View the full shortlist at restaurantandbardesignawards.com. Missed last year’s contenders? Take a look at our roundup of the standouts.