We’ve scoured the globe (via Instagram geotag) to unearth the most beautiful restaurants from Paris to New York, Milan to Moscow.
Boasting elaborate murals, subaquatic surrounds, and punchy design choices, these restaurants are a feast for the eyes.
1. Sketch, London, UK
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The art-fuelled Sketch is, in a word, ‘breathtaking’, with each room more whimsical than the last. With its redesign that has transformed the space from candyfloss pink to a mellow yellow oasis, Sketch has reinvented itself for newcomers and loyal customers alike.
2. Caffé Palladio, Jaipur, India
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Caffé Palladio is the jewel in Jaipur’s crown. Engulfing diners in chinoiserie murals in a palette of soft pinks, pale blues, and sunny yellows, Caffé Palladio is a feast for the eyes (as much as the stomach). Merging Sicilian culture with Arab culture, this dining experience is not only original but heavenly.
3. MiMi Mei Fair, London, UK
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For an opulent dining experience, look to one of the crown jewels from famed London restauranteur Samyukta Nair, MiMi Mei Fair. Our favourite place to dine: The Parlour, located on Dining Level 2. Referencing old-world China through a series of rooms, this location possesses both authenticity and cultural flair.
4. Ristorante La Sponda, Positano, Italy
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The main restaurant at La Sirenuse is sheer romance. The ambience is unbeatable, and the combination of candlelight and crawling vines is sublime. Self-described as a culinary love letter to Naples, Vesuvius and the Amalfi Coast, it is no surprise that this visually appealing Italian retreat is a popular destination for proposals.
5. Pink Mamma, Paris, France
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This Italian outpost is one of our favourite eateries in Pigalle. Head up four flights to reach the most Instagrammable dining room imaginable. With meat prepared Firenze style and Chianti Riserva wine on the menu, what more could one wish for from fine Italian dining?
6. Le Coucou, New York, US
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We’re cuckoo for this Michelin-starred French restaurant, situated on NYC’s Lafayette Street. Having already taken the Parisian dining scene by storm, this niche restaurant has now made its way to the Big Apple, merging the elegance of French cuisine with the beautiful New York cityscape.
7. Ristorante Adriatica, Venice, Italy
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Don’t let the playful dining room, comprising Venetian Stucco-style walls and whimsical arches, distract you from the lip-smacking menu, which nods to the Adriatic region. With its Venetian focus and sense of playfulness, the restaurant’s unique aesthetic quality is not to be missed.
8. Rosetta, Mexico City, Mexico
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Set in a Colonia Roma townhouse, Rosetta has a distinctly homey feel. The Italian fare is scrumptious, as are the pastel frescoes that wind through the restaurant’s many rooms. Elena Reygadas, who was hailed Latin America’s Best Female Chef in 2014, has revamped Mexican dishes in an innovative and exciting fashion, spicing up the menu almost daily.
9. The NoMad Restaurant, London, UK
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Set inside a lushly landscaped atrium with a soaring glass ceiling, The NoMad Restaurant is the chicest spot in Covent Garden for a meal out. The restaurant transforms into a magical and sensual dining experience in the evening, boasting its spectacular dimly-lit interiors.
10. Bar Luce, Milan, Italy
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The Wes Anderson-designed Bar Luce is pastel perfection, reimagining a typical Milanese cafè, and Italian popular culture more broadly, in all its glory. Anderson, himself, says about his architectural creation “While I do think it would make a pretty good movie set, I think it would be an even better place to write a movie. I tried to make it a bar I would want to spend my own non-fictional afternoons in.”
11. Under by Snøhetta, Båly, Norway
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Dining at the world’s largest underwater restaurant is an awe-inducing, totally immersive experience incomparable to any other. A spectacle to behold. Combining the dining and visual experience with the act of journeying, this is more than a unique experience. Fittingly, “under” in Norweigan means both “below” and “wonder”; this certainly doesn’t disappoint as the first restaurant in Europe to offer a dreamy gateway into the ocean, connecting customers with sea life as they dine and shifting boundaries all the while.
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