Eatsperience

Dining experiences supplemented with extravagant decor and entertainment

Implications - To keep dining out appealing, especially with the hard hit economy, restaurateurs are finding unique ways to attract patrons. By combining entertainment or creative venue design with unique foods and excellent service, restaurants can offer their customers a sense of getting more for their money.

Trend Themes

  1. Experiential Dining — Consumers are seeking a unique and memorable dining experience that goes beyond just food, leading to opportunities in venue design and entertainment.
  2. Themed Restaurants — Restaurants are catering to a very specific and narrow market, with a focus on creating unique and immersive environments.
  3. Disruptive Pricing Strategies — Restaurants are experimenting with unconventional pricing models, such as pay-what-you-want menus, to capture consumer interest and foster brand loyalty.

Industry Implications

  1. Hospitality — Unique and immersive experiences are becoming increasingly important in the hospitality industry as consumers seek more than just basic accommodations.
  2. Food and Beverage — Restaurants are exploring new and creative ways to differentiate themselves and appeal to consumers' desire for unique dining experiences.
  3. Retail — Themed branding strategies can be applied to other industries, such as retail, to target a niche audience and create a distinct and memorable shopping experience.
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11 Featured, 14 Examples:
437,840 Total Clicks
Date Range:
May 08 — Sep 08
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Featured Examples

$1,000 Sushi
$1,000 Sushi
Foie Gras High Roller at Koi
I'm a passionate sushi connoisseur, but even I couldn't fathom spending $1,000 on a roll. Apparently the chefs at Koi in New York didn't have customers like me in mind when concocting the High Roller,… MORE
Restaurants For Dogs
Restaurants For Dogs
Doggy Style Deli West
All breeds are welcome at the “Doggy Style Deli West,” a dining facility for the canine set, located in Edmonton, Alberta. The restaurant serves dog favourites such as, “German Shepherd Pie, Cheesy… MORE
War-Themed Restaurants
War-Themed Restaurants
"Buns and Guns" in Beirut
A restaurant in Beirut is building off Lebanon's war torn devastation by introducing a military theme. The "Buns and Guns" restaurant offers everything from bullet-shaped menus to a soundtrack of explosions… MORE
Arboreal Restaurants
Arboreal Restaurants
Okinawa Tree House
This tree house restaurant is located on Highway 58 at the entrance of Onoyama Park in the south of Japan. The establishment, called Okinawa Tree House, is perched upon what looks like a real tree. But… MORE
Serving Human Dairy
Serving Human Dairy
Swiss Restaurant Offers Breast Milk
Hans Locher, the owner of Storchen Restaurant near the Winterthur resort in Switzerland stirred up quite a controversy when he placed ads in newspapers offering to pay for human breast milk. He offered… MORE
Prison-Themed Restaurants
Prison-Themed Restaurants
Alcatraz in Tokyo
Alcatraz is a prison-themed restaurant in Tokyo, Japan. This establishment is a bit too quaint and esoteric for my taste, but if this place holds some allure for you, then you will undoubtedly get... MORE
Crowdsourced Restaurants
Crowdsourced Restaurants
The Instructables Restaurant
Earlier this week, Arne Hendriks sought to do what no other entrepreneur has done before (at least, memorably): Open an open-source restaurant using only items featured on Instructables. This feat of crowdsourcing… MORE
Pay-What-You-Want Restaurants
Pay-What-You-Want Restaurants
Zebrano Leaves Price Up To You
It worked in the music industry for Radiohead, but can the pay-what-you-want concept work in the food industry too? A innovative London restaurant is ready to make a bold move by offering a "pay what you… MORE
play_circle_filledBreakfast in the Sky
Breakfast in the Sky
Summerlicious Meals 35 Metres Above Toronto
If you're going to visit Toronto this summer, be sure to save at least one morning free to eat a croissant dangling 35 metres above the city's nexus at Yonge and Dundas Square. When we first featured… MORE
Alternative Dining in a Bus
Alternative Dining in a Bus
Root Master Restaurant
Sited near Brick Lane in Shorditch, London, this bus-turned-restaurant was packed with healthy, hip people. Around the corner of the Root Master Restaurant was another cool, organic cafe with a temporary… MORE
Medical Themed Bar
Medical Themed Bar
D.S Music Restaurant
If you have an unusual longing for hospital food, then D.S Music Restaurant, a Taipei restaurant bar with a medical theme, may appeal. Customers sit around a hospital bed as drinks ooze into their glasses… MORE