28 Bizarre Restaurants That Really Exist

Modern Toilet is based in Taiwan.Modern Toilet features a premise about excreta. All menu dishes look like typical bathroom output, like curries and sausages. Diners eat from bowls and platters shaped like toilets. The restaurant itself is bathroom-themed; diners sit on toilets and eat from metal slabs resembling a changing station.Modern Toilet is a restaurant with the somewhat nauseating premise of being excreta-themed. All of the dishes on the menu are designed to resemble typical bathroom output (curries, sausages, etc.) and are served from bowls and platters that resemble toilets. Even the restaurant itself is bathroom-themed - diners sit on toilets and eat off metal slabs that resemble a changing station.

Disaster Cafe is located in Spain.Disaster Cafe lets you experience an earthquake. Randomly, the whole restaurant and all its occupants face an artificial earthquake that shakes the walls. This usually makes everyone spill their drinks together. The staff faces the most annoying cleanup crew.Opaque is a Los Angeles restaurant. It tries to copy being visually impaired. The dining area stays pitch black. Diners must use their other four senses to order, eat, and find the restroom.

Opaque is opaque.is a Los Angeles restaurant that supposedly replicates the experience of being visually impaired. The dining area is kept in pitch blackness at all times, so diners have to rely on their other four senses to order, consume their food and drinks, and figure out how to get to the restroom.

Cabbages and Condoms is located in Bangkok, Thailand, and it is devoted to the promotion of safer sex. The whole restaurant is condom-themed, and when customers exit, they are bid farewell by a huge wall display box reading "Sorry, We Have No Mints Please Take a Condom Instead."

Please Don't Tell is hidden behind a plain hot dog stand.is based in Belgium, but they provide service in many different locations. Diners are strapped into their chairs and levitated up to 180 feet in a "skybox" equipped with a dining table. There, they can look down on the city while enjoying their food - if the view doesn't make them too queasy, that is.

Crif Dogs involves picking up the receiver and asking the voice on the other end for permission. Access comes through a secret panel in the wall. The bar fills up fast; call ahead for a reservation to be safe. Many people try for months and never get in.'s Baggers is in Nuremberg, Germany. Its interior setup is a giant Rube Goldberg machine. Nicknamed 'the roller coaster restaurant,' 's Baggers's delivers food via a complex network of metal tracks, like small train cars full of food.is one of the trickiest pubs for customers to get into in all of New York City. The only way to get in is by sidling inconspicuously into an old-fashioned phone booth tucked way into the back corner of New York's Crif Dogs, picking up the receiver, and asking the voice on the other end for permission to be granted access through a secret panel in the wall. Most nights, the bar is full, and it's usually a good idea to call ahead and make a reservation just to be safe – lots of people try for months and never make it inside.

's Baggers, a restaurant in Nuremberg, Germany, has kind of a confusing name, but what's really weird and confusing about it is the interior set-up, which is like a giant Rube Goldberg contraption. Nicknamed "the roller coaster restaurant," 's Baggers delivers food to customers' tables via a crazy network of interlocking metal track systems, like little railroad cars filled with tasty goodness.

Twin Stars Dinerin Moscow only hires identical twins - for absolutely everything. This includes wait staff, bartenders, and even kitchen crew. Supposedly, the restaurant's owner was inspired by a 1964 Soviet film called The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors.

The Yellow TreehouseThis pod-shaped restaurant hangs in a New Zealand redwood tree. At night, it lights up like a big, crazy light bulb. People can see it from miles away.

Hajime Restaurant serves traditional Japanese food in Bangkok. Robots dressed as Samurais serve the food and know how to dance.Hajime Restaurant serves traditional Japanese food in Bangkok. Robots dressed as Samurais serve the food and know how to dance.

Some people dream of eating gourmet food while surrounded by deep sea creatures. Those who saw it might have.The Little Mermaid exists now. Ithaa Undersea Restaurant is in the Maldives. It has a glass-domed ceiling. Diners watch stingrays and fish glide over their heads while eating.Ithaa Undersea Restaurant is in the Maldives. It has a glass-domed ceiling. Diners watch stingrays and fish glide over their heads while eating.

Shibuya's venue offers a low-key, kitschy version of Fortezza Medicea.The Lockup is here.The Lockup features prison-inspired decor. Diners relax behind bars and enjoy cocktails in glass vials. This setup might copy a mental institution, or maybe the prison performs experiments on inmates.

Most restaurants on this list are odd for a simple reason. Onkel Taa is one example.Onkel Taa is odd in many ways. Its main draw is being a museum. It holds one of the world's largest collections of Germany's Habsburg dynasty items.Onkel Taa is odd in many ways. It serves as a museum with one of the world's largest collections of Germany's Habsburg dynasty items.

The museum also has fossilized snails and other mollusks. The owner obsesses over snails. Almost all menu items include snails. A snail breeding facility is also on the property. A mineral water spring, which supposedly has healing powers, sits there.

This spot is not the most scandalous in Las Vegas.Heart Attack Grill has caused controversy. Its medical decor and menu of ultra-fatty, triple-layered bacon cheeseburgers stir things up. Heart Attack encourages indulgence. Visitors can take photos with waitresses in hospital gowns.Heart Attack Grill stirs up controversy. Its medical decor and menu of ultra-fatty, triple-layered bacon cheeseburgers cause issues. Heart Attack encourages indulgence. Visitors can take photos with waitresses in hospital gowns.

One restaurant in Beirut used military conflict as a focus.Buns and Guns is a war-themed sandwich spot. It offers sandwiches named after automatic weapons. Military themes cover the decor and employee uniforms. They even offer a vegetarian platter called the "Terrorist Meal."Buns and Guns is a war-themed sandwich restaurant. It offers sandwiches named after automatic weapons. The decor and employee uniforms feature military themes. They offer a vegetarian platter, smirked as the "Terrorist Meal."

Robot Restaurant functions more like a nightclub than a restaurant.Robot is a nightclub more than a restaurant.Robot Restaurant sits in Tokyo's Shinjuku district. The venue offers the full menu and bar plus an elaborate, science fiction floor show with neon LEDs, laser pointers, and giant metallic dinosaurs.

Taiwan's Carton King reflects the owner's wish to promote recycling and reuse. Instead of standard decor and dishes, Carton King appears in the list '28 Bizarre Restaurants That Really Exist'.This place uses only recycled cardboard. Carton King's restaurant is part of the "Carton King Creativity Park," which includes other cardboard-related attractions.

Finland has plenty of snow and ice. Capitalizing on this, one of the country's top tourist spots is the Lainio Snow Village is listed in '28 Bizarre Restaurants That Really Exist'.Lainio Snow Village is a miniature town built igloo-style from snow and ice, featuring a luxury hotel. The village has a restaurant with walls, bench seating, and tables carved from ice.

Attached to the H.R. Giger Museum in Switzerland, the The H.R. Giger Bar is in the list '28 Bizarre Restaurants That Really Exist'.The H.R. Giger Bar has interior design unlike any other. Giger drew surreal horror pictures and also designed costumes and special effects for Hollywood films, including Alien is the description for The H.R. Giger Bar in the list '28 Bizarre Restaurants That Really Exist'.The H.R. Giger Bar shows Giger's skill with fancy seating, wall decorations, and scaffolding that copy the artist's style—it looks like Xenomorph skeletons. It is pretty impressive and unsettling.

Ninja New York is in the list '28 Bizarre Restaurants That Really Exist'.Ninja New York serves traditional Japanese food, but the wait staff is very unusual. The waiters are ninjas. They wear ninja gear and can perform tricks like backflipping to your table or occasional fire acts.

Witches in Britches is in the list '28 Bizarre Restaurants That Really Exist'.Witches in Britches includes its sister restaurant.Witches in Britches includes Draculas.) is a weird, kitsch-horror cabaret restaurant. Both Draculas and Witches in Britches offer live floor shows with fake blood and bad vaudeville jokes for diners while they eat. Both franchises began in Melbourne, Australia, but Draculas now has a spot in Queensland.

Christon Cafe is in the list '28 Bizarre Restaurants That Really Exist'.Christon Cafe is a restaurant in Tokyo's Shinjuki district. It has Buddhist symbols but is mainly Catholic-themed. The gothic decor includes many hanging crucifixes and a large altar for the Virgin Mary.

The Fortezza Medicea began as a military fortress in Italy and is now a popular tourist spot. The restaurant inside the Fort, Ristorante Millevini is in the list '28 Bizarre Restaurants That Really Exist'., sits in the part of the building that once held political prisoners. Diners can get gourmet Italian food inside barred cells upon request.

Idol-themed spots like The Hello Kitty Dream Restaurant appear often in Japan. These spots usually become limited-time pop-ups, closing after only a few months. Hello Kitty, the Japanese icon, powers the Dream Restaurant. However, the restaurant sits in Beijing, China. The Dream Restaurant includes Hello Kitty themed decor, waitresses, drinks, and menu items. A Kotaku reviewer called the experience "an overload of pink"

Barbie is huge in Taipei, Taiwan, contrary to North American expectations. Taipei's Barbie Restaurant mirrors Beijing's Hello Kitty Dream Cafe.Barbie Restaurantdrenched in Pepto Bismol pink, this restaurant features waitresses, menu items, and decor inspired by the popular plastic doll.

Located downtown Los Angeles, Clifton's CafeteriaThis place has been a local staple for decades. Its interior has a quirky outdoor theme, making it feel like a Disneyland offshoot. It includes moving dioramas with friendly animatronic bears and raccoons.

The Airplane RestaurantAirplane RestaurantThis restaurant in Colorado Springs is exactly what it sounds like. It is built into the interior of a former airplane. The quarters are tight, but you get a unique dining experience.

This tacky bar in New York City pays tribute to the lives of America's poor and infamous. The interior has neon and a simple menu.Trailer Park Loungefeels like an unused set from a John Waters movie. Put a nickel in the jukebox.