Restaurant & Bar Design Awards Winners Announced

The Restaurant & Bar Design Awards, now in its seventh year, is the only Awards in the world dedicated to the design of food and beverage spaces. This covers every imaginable space, from ships to airports, museums to burger vans, and from revered Michelin-starred establishments to the fleeting dynamism of pop-ups.

Judged by a panel of some of the most influential personalities in design, hospitality and lifestyle globally, this edition of the Awards attracted over 860 entries from the UK and 70 other countries.

A unique event, strongly positioned on ‘innovation’, the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards ceremony was themed around “A Story - Building Emotions”.

The Jane, a restaurant in Antwerp, Belgium designed by Piet Boon, and Dandelyan, a bar at the Mondrian London, UK designed by Tom Dixon’s Design Research Studio are the overall winners of the 2015 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards.

Another 36 category winners (including Best International & Best UK Winners) were revealed at the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards’ winners function, which took place at London’s Old Truman Brewery on the 1st October. Several cutting edge design firms had transformed the building into a spectacular event space for the foremost hospitality design awards function.

The Winners

Best Overall Winners

Best Overall Restaurant: The Jane (Belgium) / Studio Piet Boon

Best Overall Bar: Dandelyan (London, UK) / Design Research Studio

Best International Winners

Best International Restaurant: The Jane (Belgium) / Studio Piet Boon

Best International Bar: Archie Rose Distilling Co. (Australia) / Acme & Co

Best UK Winners

Best UK Restaurant: The Gallery at Sketch (London, UK) / India Mahdavi

Best UK Bar: Dandelyan (London, UK) / Design Research Studio

UK Winners

Fast/Casual: Nando’s (Loughton, UK) / STAC Architecture & BuckleyGrayYeoman

Identity: Beast (London, UK) / Stephen Garrett Studio

London Bar: WC (London, UK) / Jayke Mangion & Andy Bell

London Restaurant: The Gallery at Sketch (London, UK) / India Mahdavi

Multiple Bar or Club: Dirty Martini (Monument, London, UK) / Grapes Design

Multiple Restaurant: Wahaca (Cardiff, UK) / Softroom

Pop-Up: Boulangerie François Grey Goose Martini Bar (London, UK) / Ragged Edge & Brady Williams Studio

Pub: The Airport (Manchester, UK) / Frederic Robinson

Restaurant or Bar in a heritage building: George’s Fish & Chip Kitchen (Nottingham, UK) / Philip Watts Design

Restaurant or Bar in a hotel: Dandelyan (London, UK) / Design Research Studio

Restaurant or Bar in a retail space: The Street Kitchen (Nottingham, UK) / Dalziel and Pow Design Consultants

Restaurant or Bar in a transport space: The Bar at Fortnum & Mason (Heathrow, UK) / Universal Design Studio

Restaurant or Bar in another space: Coffee Ground (Endsleigh, UK) / Kiwi & Pom

Standalone Bar or Club: Le Peep Boutique (London, UK) / Nick Leith-Smith

Standalone Restaurant: Jinjuu (London, UK) / Tibbatts Abel

International Winners

Americas Bar: Her Majesty’s Pleasure  (Canada) / + tongtong

Americas Restaurant: Hueso (Mexico) / Cadena + Asociados

Asia Bar / Toranomon HOP (Japan) / A.N.D.

Asia Restaurant / RAW (Taiwan) / WEIJENBERG

Australia & Pacific Bar: Archie Rose Distilling Co. (Australia) / Acme & Co.

Australia & Pacific Restaurant: ACME (Australia) / Luchetti Krelle

Cafe: Remicone (Korea, Republic of) / Betwin Space Design

Colour: Parq (United States) / Davis Ink

Decorative Lighting / Dream Dairy Farm Restaurant (Japan) / Moriyuki Ochiai Architects

Europe Bar: Le Bar du Plaza Athénée (France) / Jouin Manku

Europe Restaurant: The Jane (Belgium) / Studio Piet Boon

Lighting Scheme: Dalloyau (Hong Kong) / Inverse Lighting Design

Middle East & Africa Bar: Tasting Room (Israel) / Studio OPA

Middle East & Africa Restaurant: Geales (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) / LW

Nightclub: Bond Lounge (Australia) / Hachem

Outside: Biutiful (Romania) / Twins Studio

Surface Interiors: DISFRUTAR RESTAURANT (Spain) / El Equipo Creativo