Winners: Restaurant & Bar Design Awards 2018

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A Joburg bar is amongst the winners of the 2018 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards.

Selected from a 233-strong shortlist of beautifully designed spaces around the globe, this year’s winners include Rockets Lolita’s in Joburg (recently featured here), which took home the award in the Best Middle East & Africa Bar category, and Sean Connolly in Dubai, which won Best Overall Restaurant.

Browse the above gallery for a look at this year’s winning spaces.

BEST OVERALL RESTAURANT: Sean Connolly – Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Design: Alexander & Co)

BEST OVERALL BAR: Rosina – Las Vegas, USA (Design: Simeone Deary Design Group, under a consulting agreement with Gensler)

UNITED KINGDOM RESTAURANT: Mei Ume – London, UK (Design: AB Concept)

UNITED KINGDOM BAR: No. 29 Power Station West – London, UK (Design: Box 9 Design)

THE AMERICAS RESTAURANT: Akira Back – Toronto, Canada (Design: Studio Munge)

THE AMERICAS BAR: Rosina – Las Vegas, USA (Design: Simeone Deary Design Group, under a consulting agreement with Gensler)

AUSTRALIA & PACIFIC BAR: Chandon – Coldstream, Australia (Design: Foolscap Studio)

AUSTRALIA & PACIFIC RESTAURANT: Ishizuka – Melbourne, Australia (Design: Russell & George)

ASIA RESTAURANT: Osteria Marzia – Wan Chai, Hong Kong (Design: A Work of Substance)

ASIA BAR: The Wine Ayutthaya – Phra Nakhon Is Ayutthaya, Thailand (Design: Bangkok Project Studio)

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA BAR: Rockets Lolita’s – Johannesburg, South Africa (Design: Soda Custom PTY Ltd)

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA RESTAURANT: Sean Connolly – Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Design: Alexander & Co)

EUROPE RESTAURANT: Romola – Madrid, Spain (Design: Office for Political Innovation)

EUROPE BAR: VyTA Enoteca Regionale del Lazio – Rome, Italy (Design: COLLIDANIELARCHITETTO)

LIGHTING: Akira Back – Bangkok, Thailand (Design: PIA Interior Co.,Ltd)

NIGHTCLUB: Avenue – Los Angeles, USA (Design: Rockwell Group)

SURFACE INTERIORS: Chaun’s Kitchen – Foshan, China (Guangdong Infinity Mind Architecture Design Co.)

CEILING: Doot Doot Doot – Victoria, Australia (Design: Jan Look Lighting & Fabio Ongarato Design)

IDENTITY: Hokkaidon – Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Design: A Work of Substance)

MURALS & GRAFFITI: Mahjong Bar – Toronto, Canada (Design: Grey North Design)

LUXURY: Mei Ume – London, UK (Design: AB Concept)

LEISURE: Neobio – Shanghai, China (Design: X+Living)

CAFE: Pot Bellied Pig – Dublin, Ireland (Design: Kingston Lafferty Design)

OUTSIDE: Rooftop @1WLO – Fort Lauderdale, USA (Design: Big Time Design Studios)

COLOUR: The Budapest Café – Chengdu, China (Design: Biasol)

BIOPHILIC DESIGN: The Garden – Edinburgh, UK (Design: Goddard Littlefair)

POP-UP: The Single Estate Rooms – London, UK (Design: Hue & Cry)

Missed last year’s winning designs? Find the full list here. For more information about the awards, visit restaurantandbardesignawards.com.