BEST EVER REST ROOMS!

BEST EVER REST ROOMS!

You can tell a lot about a restaurant by visiting its restroom. For instance if you’re eating sushi, a food which can easily make you sick from exposure to bacteria, you need to rest assured that the fish is extremely fresh, and that the chef, as well as his/or knives and preparation counter, are surgically clean. So before you order any yellow fin tuna, get a sneak peak of the facilities. If they sparkle, then bonne appétite. If they look like a swamp and smell like a gym sock, run! Needless to say, keeping your restroom clean is extremely important, but some restaurant owners have taken things to the next level. They’ve employed their imaginations to create new and exciting restroom designs, innovation which should give customers an insight into what probably goes on in the kitchen. Some have created perfect atmospheres for patrons to feel as comfortable as they would at home on their thrones, some have set out to break the self-esteems of the weak, while others are determined to make things hard…erm…difficult for people to leave. Here are some of the most creative restrooms, found in restaurants all over the world.

R-Bar: Brighton, United Kingdom

Dedicated to bringing color and fun to the whole bathroom experience, Bathroom Mania’s most creative and controversial product to date is their Kisses collection of urinals. Complaints from shocked patrons around the globe have forced Bathroom Mania to remove the open-mouthed urinals from lounges and restaurant like the Clubhouse in JFK Airport, New York and from a McDonald’s in the Netherlands, but the more open-minded gay folk over at R-Bar in Brighton UK don’t seem to feel threatened at all.

Sofitel Hotel: Queenstown, New Zealand

Words like “stage fright” and “performance anxiety” come to mind when visiting the men’s restroom in the Sofitel Hotel in Queenstown New Zealand. Life size images of local models adorn the walls, some are impressed, some are holding cameras, tape measures, and should you end up at the wrong urinal, some will make you feel as though you are hobbit-sized. I’ve seen a restaurant take this concept one step further. They’ve installed an eye-level, flat-screen television, which plays a looped video of two women looking down and giggling to themselves. As a man this seems to be a little unfair. Could you imagine the uproar if women were to suddenly find the staring faces of male models, lining the inside of their toilet bowls?

Er…um…China?

Despite stumbling across this hilarious image I have no idea where the restroom is located. The Chinese became prime suspects, however, when this public sink was spotted in Chongqing.

Jungle Jim’s International Market: Fairfield, Ohio

Winning the 6th annual “America’s Best Restroom” award last year, Jungle Jim’s International Market offers visitors a pleasant surprise. At first glance you’re like “Great! I thought I was in a restaurant, not a rock concert!” But as you hold your breath and open the door to the port-o-let you’re lead into a whole new world. The Narnia of restroom experiences, visitors make their way through a hidden hallway and into an exquisitely decorated 10 stall restroom, complete with flowers, marble, soft green tile, tropical pictures and more.

Er…um…Toiletville, Bathroomia,

Again, not sure where this guy can be located, but I’m sure it’s worth the surprise discovery. If people were shocked by the whole Kisses concept, wait ‘till they get a load of this complacent character. Like a heavily drugged dental patient, this urinal says “ahhh” like he means it.

The Encounter Restaurant: LAX, Los Angeles

The Encounter Restaurant, located in the futuristic Theme Building at the center of the Los Angeles International Airport, is as bizarre and unique on the inside as its architectural structure is recognizable on the outside. Easily the tackiest bathroom on this list, the design reminds me of an old science fiction movie trying to predict what the future would look like. Despite the color headache you’d get from spending too much time in this restroom, it still earns points for cleanliness and creativity.

Taichung, Taiwan

This seafood restaurant never lets its patrons forget where all the delicious sea-treats comes from.

Dining out takes on a whole new dimension when your friend or date gets back to the table and excitedly informs you “Dude, you gotta go in there, the bathroom’s awesome!” As any restaurant owner will tell you it’s very difficult to get customers into your store, and once you’ve got them, your livelihood depends on getting them to come back, hopefully with friends. Oh sure, you can dazzle them with things like “delicious food” and “impeccable service,” but with so many restaurants offering these very qualities, the task now becomes standing out from the rest, sticking in people’s brains, get them talking. Who’s going to forget having their equipment measured and critically acclaimed by two-dimensional supermodels? Or opening the door of a port-o-let to discover a magical kingdom of tiles and toilets? So the next time anyone tries to sell you on a restaurant, going on and on about the food and the ambiance and all that jazz, just ask them, “Oh yeah? Well how are the restrooms?”

source: http://www.canpages.ca/blog/?p=283