Restaurant Design Architecture + Interiors
post updated 25 September 2026
Major modern dining eperience architectural projects from around the world.
22 September 2026
Haydeé Restaurant San Fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Architects: Estudio Montevideo
photograph : Gonzalo Viramonte
A central concept of the project is to establish a sense of continuity between interior and exterior. On the ground floor, a bookshelf extends along the full length of the space, matching the height and rhythm of the façade. This deliberate alignment softens the boundary between inside and out, creating moments where the distinction between the interior and exterior becomes deliberately ambiguous.
28 July 2026
Bodrum EDITION Mugla Province restaurant, Turkey
Architectural Design: URBANJOBS
photo : İbrahim Özbunar I 645studio
At the heart of the Bodrum EDITION project was the ambition to develop a design language that reflects the understated elegance and refined character of EDITION Hotels. Guided by the brand’s globally recognised aesthetic, the renovation carefully balances consistency with a strong sense of place, ensuring every intervention remains aligned with the hotel’s distinctive identity.
15 July 2026
Vilnius TV Tower Rotating Restaurant, Lithuania
photograph © Gabriel Khiterer
Perched atop the Vilnius TV Tower, the revolving restaurant Paukščių Takas occupies one of Lithuania’s most significant architectural landmarks. Completed in 1980 as part of the telecommunications tower, the restaurant offers panoramic views across Vilnius while reflecting the technological optimism and architectural ambitions of its era.
Its elevated position and revolving dining room create a distinctive experience, combining expansive views of the city with the dramatic presence of one of Vilnius’ defining landmarks.
22 June 2026
El Arca Pavilion Nueva Suiza Chiriquí, Panama
Design: Mallol
photo : Alfredo Maiquez
El Arca is a private residential pavilion designed by Mallol in Nueva Suiza, Chiriquí, Panama. The project was developed in close collaboration with local craftsmen Amílcar and Abdiel Rodríguez, whose specialist knowledge of timber construction played an important role throughout the process, from the structural framing to the final finishes.
12 June 2026
Zeffirino Restaurant Istanbul, Turkey
Architecture: SAVATLI Architects
photo : SAVATLI Architects
Carefully considered transitions between materials and finishes create a cohesive gastronomic environment, balancing proportion and atmosphere while maintaining a strong visual connection to the Bosphorus.
June 10, 2026
Bar Edicola Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Architecture: MRDK
photo : David Dworkind
18 May 2026
PABLO – Gourmet Kitchen in Córdoba, Argnetina
Architecture: Etéreo Arquitectos
photo : Gonzalo Viramonte
The space is structured around this idea, allowing materiality, lighting, and spatial sequencing to reinforce the primal and communal qualities associated with gathering around heat and preparation.
8 May 2026
Sushi Ichi, Minato City, Tokyo, Japan
Architecture: NAO Taniyama & Associates
photo : Nacasa&Partners co.,ltd
The restaurant’s elegant, serene setting complements the understated approach to its cuisine, while attentive service contributes to an intimate dining experience. With its focus on traditional sushi craftsmanship and a considered atmosphere, Sushi Ichi occupies a distinctive place within Tokyo’s dining scene.
1 May 2026
Grand Hyatt Singapore Oasis South East Asia restaurant, Singapore
Design: NAO Taniyama & Associates
photos : Edmon Leong and Chantal Arnts
1 May 2026
Plato Restaurant, Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Design: Kleinewelt architekten
photo : Daniel Annenkov
April 23, 2026
Barbuto 1 Hotel, Brooklyn, New York City, NY, USA
Architect: CCS Architecture
photo : Michael Persico
14 April 2026
El Mar Restaurant, Lisboa, Portugal
Architecture: Cateto Cateto
photo : Ricardo Oliveira Alves
6 April 2026
Solstice Culinary Space, 8 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central, Hong Kong
Architects: Snøhetta
photo : HDP Photography, Nicholas Wong, Benson Wong
Spanning 340 square metres across two floors in Central, Hong Kong, Solstice Culinary Space brings together three interconnected concepts: Solstice Cooking Studio, the contemporary SOL Restaurant and the casual Uncle Quek. Conceived as a dynamic culinary hub, the project creates an immersive environment where architecture, culinary craft and the rhythms of nature come together.
The three spaces are connected through a cohesive design approach, allowing each concept to retain its own character while contributing to a unified culinary experience.
22 January 2026
MasaHouse Restaurant Mexico City, México
Design: Estereotomia ARQ
photo : Jaime Navarro
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Restaurant Designs in 2025
19 December 2025
The Capsule Neo-Bistro, Lisbon Restaurant, Portugal
Architecture: Atelier Réalité
photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
17 November 2025
Mercure Bangkok Surawong Hotel, Thailand
Design: SPACE | STORY | STUDIO
photo: Weeraphon Singnoi
13 November 2025
TATTU Dubai Marina, Ciel Tower, Dubai, UAE
Interior Design: Studio WYZE
image : Edmon Leong
12 May 2025
ZORECVIT Restaurant, Lviv, Kivsh area, Ukraine
Design: Replus Bureau
picture : Andriy Bezuglov
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Restaurant Design News 2022 to 2024
13 November 2024
Lumo Bistro Dnipro restaurant, Ukraine
Architecture: YOD Group
photograph : Oleksandr Anhelovskyi
November 2, 2024
Hilton Doubletree Restaurant, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Architects and Interior Designer: Atelier Zébulon Perron
photo : Jean-Sébastien Senécal
1 November 2024
Mercantel Restaurant, Aveiro, Portugal
Architecture: Paulo Martins Arquitectura & Design
photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
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26 September 2023
QUE Restaurant Kowloon, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, China
Design: Minus Workshop
photo : Steven Ko Interior Photography
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November 16, 2022
Le Relais Boréale Restaurant, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Architects: Atelier L’Abri
photo : Raphaël Thibodeaus
14 July 2022
Café Constance, Wilder building, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Architects: Atelier Zébulon Perron
photo : Alex Lesage
Café Constance
30 May 2022
Pilote Restaurant and Bar, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Architects: ACT architecture design inc.
photo : Raphaël Thibodeau
Pilote Restaurant Bar
3 May 2022
Iru Izakaya, Brossard, Québec, Canada
Architect: Cléo Katcho Design Architectural
photo : Francis Champoux
Iru Izakaya Restaurant, Brossard
7 Apr 2022
Sexy Crab, Kowloon, HK, China
Design: Minus Workshop
photo : Edmon Leong
Sexy Crab Restaurant, Kowloon HK
From the moment of arrival, the transition from the surrounding street into the dining space is designed to create a striking cultural shift, immersing diners in an experience that contrasts Shanghai’s traditions with a distinctly contemporary Hong Kong setting.
9 Mar 2022
Tirpse Restaurant, Kowloon, China
Design: Minus Workshop
photo : Edmon Leong
Fireside H Code SoHo: Pottinger Street Restaurant
Takano Ramen Restaurant, New Territories HK
Dabpa Shatin Restaurant, New Territories HK
Restaurant & Bar Design Awards
The Editors at e-architect choose the key examples of Restaurant Design.
We cover completed buildings, new building designs and architecture competitions across the world. Our resource focuses on contemporary restaurant buildings.
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Featured Restaurants – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:
29 Nov 2021
Tiramisu Restaurant Hilton Hotel, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Architect: Ménard Dworkind architecture & design
photograph : David Dworkind
Tiramisu Restaurant Hilton Hotel Montréal Chinatown
21 Sep 2021
Place Carmin Restaurant, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Design: Clairoux
photograph : Julien Perron-Gagné
Place Carmin Restaurant
7 July 2021
Kotori Restaurante Pinheiros, Pinheiros, São Paulo – SP, Brazil
Design: Coletivo de Arquitetos
photography : Levi Mendes Junior (daytime photos) + Rubens Kato
Architecture project created by Coletivo de Arquitetos relies on this traditional oriental constructive reasoning to design the restaurant.
19 Apr 2021
Le Monarque Restaurant, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Architects: Alain Carle Architecte Inc.
photo : James Brittain
Le Monarque Restaurant
3 Apr 2021
Aneto & Table Restaurante, Peso da Régua, Portugal
Design: João Abreu
photography : Ivo Tavares Studio
26 Jan 2021
RYÙ Sushi Restaurant, Montreal, Québec, Canada
Architect: Ménard Dworkind architecture & design
photo : David Dworkind
RYÙ Sushi Restaurant, Montréal YUL Airport
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13 June 2020
Heirloom pizzeria Le Central, Montreal, Québec, Canada
Architects: Ménard Dworkind Architecture & Design – MRDK
photograph : David Dworkind
12 June 2020
Le Super Qualité – Le Central Montréal restaurant, Québec, Canada
Design: Ménard Dworkind Architecture & Design – MRDK
photo : David Dworkind
13 May 2020
Kinoya II Restaurant on Bishop Street, Montreal, Québec, Canada
1 Mar 2020
Le Cathcart Restaurants and Biergarten, Place Ville Marie, Montreal, QC, Canada
Design: Sid Lee Architecture and Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes
photo : Sid Lee Architecture
Le Cathcart Restaurants and Biergarten at Place Ville Marie
8 Feb 2020
The cafeteria — Le Marie-Victorin, Montreal, QC, Canada
Design: Cégep Marie-Victorin
photo : Vincent Brillant
The cafeteria – Le Marie-Victorin in Montréal
Built in 1965, the structure is defined by an impressive ceiling spanning the space of The Cafeteria — Le Marie-Victorin. The distinctive geometry of the former chapel, which was converted into a cafeteria in 1981, provided the inspiration for an innovative lighting scheme designed to emphasise the building’s architectural angles and forms.
The challenge was to preserve the character of the existing architecture while introducing a contemporary layer that reflects the style and sensibilities of the 2020s.
31 Jan 2020
Le Boulevardier restaurant and Le Flâneur Bar Lounge, Le Germain Hotel, Montréal, QC, Canada
Interior Design: Atelier Zébulon Perron
photo : David Boyer
Le Boulevardier Restaurant & Fâneur Bar Lounge
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Restaurant buildings designs in 2019
25 Nov 2019
Kei Cuisine, Hong Kong, China
Design: LWK + PARTNERS
photo : iMAGE28
Kei Cuisine Restaurant in Hong Kong
27 July 2019
Bergamot family Italian restaurant Kyiv, Ukraine
Architects: YUDIN Design
photograph : Sergey Savchenko
Bergamot Italian Restaurant
25 Jul 2019
Bar VinVinVin, Montréal, QC, Canada
Architects: Ménard Dworkind architecture & design
photography : David Dworkind
Bar VinVinVin in Montreal
27 Jun 2019
Dandy Restaurant, Montreal, Canada
Interior Design: BlazysGérard
photograph : Adrien Williams
Dandy Restaurant in Old Montreal
26 Jun 2019
Ryù Restaurant, Montreal, Canada
Architect: Guillaume Ménard and David Dworkind (MRDK)
photo © David Dworkind
Ryu sushi restaurant Peel Street, downtown Montreal
21 Jan 2019
Le Blossom Restaurant Montreal, QC, Canada
Architect: Ménard Dworkind architecture & design
photograph : Christian Brault
Le Blossom Restaurant
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Restaurant building interior in 2016
22 January 2016
Mirrors Cafe Japan, Gifu, Japan
Design: Hisanori Ban of bandesign, Architects
photo : Shigetomo Mizuno
A row of cherry trees in this residential town inspired the cafe. This situation stimulated strongly connection with nature. The motive is an invitation for the visitors by the reflective gables creating a forest of the cherry tree.
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Architects dining space architecture in 2013
5 Aug 2013
Southwest NY Restaurant, New York City, NY, USA
Design: Wid Chapman Architects
This freestanding restaurant in Battery Park represents a rebranding of a highly successful “Tex-Mex” restaurant that had existed nearby for over a decade. The challenge was to make the spaces feel distinct from one another while united by a cohesive theme, using rustic materials in unusual ways to create an upscale vibe.
28 Jun 2013
Favelous 963, Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Pop up restaurant
Design: Favelous, Architects
photo : Arne Kuilman
What can you make out of 900 meters of split bamboo, 600 meters of black rope and 300 meters of damaged bicycle tires collected from the local stores? The Favelous team made a pop-up restaurant at Mediamatic Fabrique.
20 May 2013
Jamie’s Italian Aberdeen, Scotland
Design: Stiff & Trevillion Architects
photo © Keith Hunter
Jamie’s Italian Aberdeen
The restaurant occupies the first and second floors of the Union Street frontage of the old Esslemont and Macintosh department store. This was a retail landmark in the city and is a listed building.
24 Apr 2013
1090 Rochus, Bauernfeldplatz, Vienna, Austria
Design: Söhne & Partner Architekten
Rochus Restaurant
When planning this building the instructors made a great effort to include all different requirements in the project without, however, neglecting the idea of a unified architectural line. A special element of the building is the sun garden from 1913.
19 Mar 2013
Il Milione Hong Kong
Architects: Design LSM
photograph courtesy of architects
Il Milione Restaurant
Elegant interior by English architects: “Il Milione was a challenging project, not least because of its location, relative to where the design was being developed. The building had limited natural light and a low, fixed ceiling height.
13 Feb 2013
Barbouni Beach Restaurant, Costa Navarino, Greece
Design: K-STUDIO
photograph © Yiorgos Kordakis
Greek Beach Restaurant
The major challenge in the design for this building was dealing with the dominant natural conditions: the burning 40-degree midday sun and the notorious ‘Meltemi’ summer wind. Rather than blocking the effects of these natural forces, the architects welcomed them, embracing their qualities, adding them to their palate of materials, and turning them to the advantage of the design.
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Eatery Design Images & News in 2012
5 Jul 2012
French Restaurant, Seoul, South Korea
BANG by MIN emerging design group
French Restaurant in Seoul
‘La Ville de Pins’ is a French Restaurant Remodeling project in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, which is the hottest district at metropolitan area in the city of Seoul, Korea. “I thought that the conciseness might tell the message more strongly in the age when the extraordinary designs are rampant formatively and visually”.
26 Mar 2012
Sake MANZO, Beijing, China
Beijing Matsubara and Architects
Sake MANZO, Beijing
This is a renovation project of an old building made into a Japanese restaurant. As Manzo Bar (design by BMA 2005) was to move, the architects were requested to design the interior space again.
29 Feb 2012
NOMA Lab, Copenhagen, Denmark
GXN
NOMA Restaurant
Interior by 3XN for NOMA Restaurant’s food lab unites the creative worlds of gastronomy and architecture in a modern expression of the Nordic aesthetic.
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Restaurant buildings photos in 2011
14 Sep 2011
Rocksalt Restaurant, Folkestone, Kent, England, UK
Guy Hollaway Architects
New Restaurant Design
Guy Hollaway Architects’ design for Folkestone’s new high-profile restaurant design elevates the harbour-side building on a pale green slate plinth. The modern building cantilevers it out over the water, creating 430 sqm of space and offering visitors stunning views.
21 Apr 2011
Garden Restaurant Kiev, Ukraine
4a Architekten
The location of this restaurant – a green space surrounded by historical buildings at the heart of Kiev – and the old trees with their protective canopy of leaves have helped shape the spot and give it its unique atmosphere. The central concern of the Stuttgart architects was to capture these characteristic features and further enhance them with a sensitive approach to the overall design.
12 April 2011
Green Pavilion Restaurant, Croatia
Design: 3LHD architects
render : Boris Goreta
The most important element and the inspiration for this project is the location itself, with extremely high quality existing vegetation, which is densely distributed throughout the plot and gradually diluted out toward the eastern edge. The idea of the new Pavilion / Restaurant is to construct a space by mapping the area of high quality trees and to define the remaining territory for construction.
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22 April 2009
Gingko Restaurant design, Chengdu, China
Design: Graft
picture from architect
The starting point of this restaurant design is a blacked out space. The public spaces are considered a river or a stream along which one “floats” through the depth of the 1200m2 black space.
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Modern Cafe Buildings
Contemporary Restaurant Designs, alphabetical:
BIKO Mexico – Restaurant interior, Mexico
entasis arquitectos
BIKO interior
Café Estação Ciência, São Paulo, Brazil
Una Arquitetos
São Paulo Café
El restaurante Azul Histórico, México
Design: Diseño Ka
Restaurant Building in México
The Azul Histórico restaurant is located half a block from the fantastic Madero walker and right in front of the traditional Spanish Casino. It began its operation at the beginning of 2012 and is part of the new Downtown hotel and that of the successful Azul restaurant family, located in different parts of Mexico City.
Ice House – Pier Restaurant, Ireland
Design: Smith and Kennedy Architects
Ice House
Praised for its stunning design, which has brought a contemporary edge to this historic building that once stored the ice for what was then Ireland’s principal sea port, The Pier restaurant at the Ice House boasts stunning views across the River Moy to the woods opposite, from a breathtaking glass atrium.
Marché Lier, Norway
Design: Lund+Slaatto Architects
Marché Lier
The design is based on the principle of a pavilion opening the dining area towards the view of the nearby trees. The shape is generated from a folded plane which forms the roof and the two side walls.
New Delhi Restaurant, India
Morphogenesis
New Delhi Restaurant
Nisha Bar-Lounge Mexico City
Design: Pascal Arquitectos
Mexico City Bar
OCA restaurant, Mexico City, Mexico
Entasis Arquitectos
OCA restaurant
Sarou Houmura – cafe & gallery, Japan
Nakayama Architects
Sapporo cafe building, Sapporo
SHO Shaun Hergatt, New York City, NY, USA
Design: Robert D. Henry Architects
SHO Shaun Hergatt restaurant, New York
Siemens Restaurant, Zurich, Switzerland
Camenzind Evolution
Siemens Restaurant
SHO Shaun Hergatt – restaurant, Manhattan, NY, USA
Robert D. Henry Architects
SHO Shaun Hergatt, New York City
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Germany
Stadelsches Kunstinstitut cafe interior
Tori-Tori Restaurant design, Mexico City
Michel Rojkind Arquitectos
Werd Restaurant & Bar, Zürich, Switzerland
Burkhalter Sumi Architekten
Swiss Restaurant Interior
More restaurant interior design projects online soon.
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New Architectural Designs
More Restaurant Designs welcome.
Other Restaurant Architecture – no images, alphabetical:
Monsoon, Sapporo, northern Japan
1990
Zaha Hadid Architects
Oloroso Restaurant & Bar, Edinburgh New Town, Scotland, UK
2001
Richard Murphy Architects
Oloroso : contemporary Scottish interior
Buildings / photos for the Contemporary Restaurant Interior Architecture page welcome.