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Overwater villas have become the favorite of luxury travelers. The concept is extended further with the creation of a waterfall restaurant. The Villa Escudero’s Waterfall Restaurant in the Philippines is an extraordinary concept that provides an unmatched experience. We have seen underwater club and overwater restaurant but this is a first in the world and it is definitely a unique and a stunning experience. The Waterfall Restaurant serves local Philippines cuisine and the guests are seated in ankle deep water right in front of a waterfall. It is a new and unique experience that is difficult to recreate. Authentic Local Cuisine is Served on Bamboo Dining Tables You feel very close to nature. The lunch is served on long bamboo dining tables immersed in water. In fact it is flowing water that is coming from the waterfall. It is ideal for travelers who are interested in knowing the local traditions and food recipes. The Villa Escudero is located in the Quezon province of ...

  Mercedes Benz, the luxury car brand has a huge fan base and they like being reminded about the brand by everything around them. The newly launched in-house restaurant called ‘WY ’ in ‘The Mercedes House’ located on the Grand Salon in the heart of Brussels is aimed at these car brand enthusiasts.  Designed by the renowned Belgium designer Franky Claeys, the new fine dining restaurant enhances the Mercedes experience beyond cars and paraphernalia. Mercedes Benz as a brand represents luxury and superior quality and the designer has taken care to incorporate the same elements in his design. The Mercedes House is a more complete destination now for the visitors. Mercedes Benz, the luxury car brand has a huge fan base and they like being reminded about the brand by everything around them. The newly launched in-house restaurant called ‘WY’ in ‘The Mercedes House’ located on the Grand Salon in the heart of Brussels is aimed at these car brand enthusiasts. Desig...

Dolce & Gabanna Gold Restaurant and Bistro - A Look at D&G Gold Restaurant and Bistro Italy’s Milan is home to many of the worlds most respected fashion houses.  To set themselves apart, Dolce & Gabbana has stretched their design empire into the world of fine dining with their unique concept restaurant and bistro, Gold .  And as the name suggests, the entire restaurant is beautifully decked out in the warm amber hues of gold.  Gold staircases, gold walls, gold chairs, gold lights – anything, you name it, is probably gold.  Perhaps not real gold, but gold colored nonetheless. Inspired by the color, the two designers wanted to create a light reflecting space that made guests feel warm and invigorated.  Gold boasts an amazing Italian/Mediterranean menu made with only the finest of ingredients that includes meals like a john dorey fillet with white asparagus, and olive oil hollandaise sauce, and a piedmontese beef fillet with zol...

YOTEL New York YOTEL New York Simon Woodroffe is the man behind the Yotel idea. The man is obsessed with an efficient value delivery system. He first made his entrepreneurial mark back in 1997 with his first Yo! Sushi restaurant. His restaurants serve meals via conveyor belt and drinks poured by robots. YOTEL New York The idea for his next venture came to him while he was flying back to London from Kuwait and he was upgraded to First Class. He knew it would be the hotel business as he was inspired by the pioneering capsule style hotels that had become popular in Japan. He wasn’t convinced that it could be replicated successfully in the west but on that flight to London he got the answer he was looking for. He would give a first class cabin experience at a reasonable price. He calls it affordable luxury . YOTEL New York He and his team focused on making the optimum use of space and making first class luxury affordable in their new hotel concept...

Jules Verne Restaurant, where Paris is on theatre Rendezvous before the elevator of the South Pillar, at the feet of the Eiffel Tower, for a moment of magic. On the second floor, you will find the Restaurant Jules Verne, where the Iron Queen is offering a very Parisian diner. Be quiet and enjoy the moment. Look up to the wondrous view from the elevator. The show is opening! It feels like you are drifting on board a space ship made up by Jules Verne. At night, if you happen to come before 8 or 9 P.M, you will get caught by the sparkling lights of “Madame” Eiffel. The lightings in the restaurant are bright at noon and softened at night. The kitchen is surrounded by a glass-wall. The slanted shapes remind you of the Tower’s gracious architecture. The dishes are a real work of art, inspired by the Eiffel Tower and it gives a mysterious look to the table. The room-divider is diffusing a changing light and the chandeliers are recreating the lightings of the str...

What is the most beautiful restaurant in the world? Well, the rumors about it are very scattered, as well as unclear information. Many Internet users, in fact, confuse the most beautiful and award-winning restaurant with the best, but in reality is not so, it all depends on your taste. It is the second time, in fact, that the restaurant Chan, located in the hotel "The Met" in Thessaloniki, was awarded the Resturant & Bar Design Awards. This prestigious title, awarded this year once again the Australian luxury furniture designed by architect Andy Martin in collaboration with designer Mark Farrow and the technical study L + DG. The restaurant Chan, is nothing but a huge "box" of aluminum that includes within it ideas from all over the world, the luxurious environment, with its notes, recalls the popular pan-Asian cuisine offered by local operators. The walls are decorated with bamboo, on which designs are applied against the Asian readable, illuminating th...

We’ve written about hotels, cars,products and it’s now time to look at the best places to eat in the entire world right now, as the Elite Traveler magazine has put together a list with the top 20 restaurants in the world in 2012. The current list is topped by the Alinea, in Chicago, USA. It has thus been given the award “the best restaurant in the world” – this was possible due to the emotional approach towards dining, decked with extreme modernism. Alinea is closely followed from behind by The Fat Duck, British chef Heston Blumenthal’s creation. Located in Bray, it has “pushed the boundaries of British gastronomy.” The style assumed by this restaurant packs a total reinvention of the traditional British classic meals, heightening the customers’ senses. The last on the podium is Thomas Keller’s New York Restaurant Per Se, a place where luxury can be eaten in the main sense of the word. It is closely knit to The French Laundry in Yountville, California, currently occupying...