The German Gymnasium, a restaurant in London, UK designed by Conran & Partners, and Blue Wave, a bar in Barcelona, Spain designed by El Equipo Creativo are the Overall winners of the 2016 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards.
Another 36 category winners (including Best UK Winners) were revealed at the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards winners function, which took place at London's Old Truman Brewery on the 29th September.
German Gymnasium - Design: Conran & Partners
The Awards ceremony was attended by 800 of the UK and world's best designers, and their clients responsible for the design of the most innovative food and beverage spaces.
Judged by a panel of some of the most influential personalities in design, hospitality and lifestyle globally, this annual edition of the Awards attracted 1000 entries from the UK and 70 other countries.
Best Overall Winners
- Best Restaurant: German Gymnasium (London, UK)
Design: Conran & Partners
- Best Bar: Blue Wave (Barcelona, Spain)
Design: El Equipo Creativo
German Gymnasium - Design: Conran & Partners
Blue Wave - Design: El Equipo Creativo
Best UK Winners
- Best Restaurant: German Gymnasium (London, UK)
Design: Conran & Partners
- Best Bar: Vagabond Wines (Spitalfields, London, UK)
Design: Finch Interiors
German Gymnasium - Design: Conran & Partners
Vagabond Wines - Design: Finch Interiors
International Winners: Restaurant
- Asia Restaurant: Shugaa (Bangkok, Thailand)
Design: Party Space Design
- Europe Restaurant: Les Bains (Paris, France)
Design: RDAI
- Middle East & Africa Restaurant: Jo Grilled Food (Tehran, Iran)
Design: WhiteRhino Design Group
- Australia & Pacific Restaurant: So 9 (Sydney, Australia)
Design: Brand Works
- Americas Restaurant: Torafuku (Vancouver, Canada)
Design: Scott & Scott Architects
Shugaa - Design: Party Space Design
Las Bains - Design: RDAI
Jo Grilled Food - Design: WhiteRhino Design Group
So 9 - Design: Brand Works
Torafuku - Design: Scott & Scott Architects
International Winners: Bar
- Asia Bar: Foxglove (Hong Kong)
Design: NCDA
- Europe Bar: Blue Wave (Barcelona, Spain)
Design: El Equipo Creativo
- Middle East & Africa Bar: News Cafe (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Design: Studio A
- Australia & Pacific Bar: Pink Moon Saloon (Adelaide, Australia)
Design: Sans-Arc Studio
- Americas Bar: Kat & Theo (New York, USA)
Design: Aviva Collective
Foxglove - Design: NCDA
Blue Wave - Design: El Equipo Creativo
News Cafe - Design: Studio A
Pink Moon Saloon - Design: Sans-Arc Studio
Kat & Theo - Design: Aviva Collective
UK & International Winners
- Surface Interiors: Tapas Bona Sort (Barcelona, Spain)
Design: Jordi Ginabreda Studio
- Lighting: Taiyo (Milan, Italy)
Design: Maurizio Lai
- Outside: Torchy's Tacos (Austin, USA)
Design: Chioco Design
- Pop-Up: Kino (New York, USA)
Design: Stonehill & Taylor
- Café: Kitty Burns (Melbourne, Australia)
Design: Biasol Design Studio
Tapas Bona Sort - Design: Jordi Ginabreda Studio
Taiyo - Design: Maurizio Lai
Torchy's Tacos - Design: Chioco Design
Kino - Design: Stonehill & Taylor
Kitty Burns - Design: Biasol Design Studio
- Identity: El Moro (Mexico City, USA)
Design: Cadena Associados
- Street Food: Thaikhun (Oxford, UK)
Design: Jonathon Morgan Design Associates
- Nightclub: Flash (Bansko, Bulgaria)
Design: Mode
- Colour: Generator (Paris, France)
Design: DesignAgency
- Ceiling: Dacong's Noodle House (Nanjing, China)
Design: The Swimming Pool Studio
El Moro - Design: Cadena Asociados
Thaikhun - Design: Jonathon Morgan Design Associates
Flash - Design: Mode
Generator - Design: DesignAgency
Dacong's Noodle House - Design: The Swimming Pool Studio
UK Winners
- Standalone Restaurant: Tattu (Spinningfields, Manchester)
Design: Edwin Pickett
- London Restaurant: Iberica (Victoria, London)
Design: Lazaro Rosa Violan Studio
- Multiple Restaurant: Nando's (Old Street, London)
Design: moreno:masey architects+interiors
- Fast / Casual: Nando's (Harrogate)
Design: STAC Architecture
- Restaurant or bar in a heritage building: German Gymnasium (London)
Design: Conran & Partners
- Restaurant or Bar in a Hotel: The Printing Press (Edinburgh)
Design: Goddard Littlefair
- Restaurant or Bar in a transport space: Handmade Burger Co (Birmingham)
Design: Brown Studio
Tattu - Design: Edwin Pickett
Iberica - Design: Lazaro Rosa Violan Studio
Nando's Old Street, London - Design: moreno:masey architects+interiors
Nando's Harrogate - Design: STAC Architecture
German Gymnasium - Design: Conran & Partners
The Printing Press - Design: Goddard Littlefair
Handmade Burguer Co. - Design: Brown Studio
- Restaurant or bar in another space: Wildwood Kitchen (Liverpool)
Design: Design Command
- Restaurant or bar in a retail space: Archive Homestore & Kitchen (Ramsgate)
Design: Haptic Architects
- Multiple bar or club: Vagabond Wines (Spitalfields, London)
Design: Finch Interiors
- Pub: No.1 Duke Street (Richmond, London)
Design: Box 9 Design & Red Deer Architects
- Standalone Bar or Club: The Refinery (Regent Place, London)
Design: Fusion DNA
- London Bar: Craft London Bar (Greenwich Peninsula, London)
Design: Design Research Studio
Wildwood Kitchen - Design: Design Command
Archive Homestore & Kitchen - Design: Haptic Architects
Vagabond Wines - Design: Finch Interiors
Nº 1 Duke Street - Design: Box 9 Design & Red Deer Architects
The Refinery - Design: Fusion DNA
Craft London Bar - Design: Design Research Studio
This year's winners were selected by a panel of renowned personalities in the world of design, gastronomy, hospitality and interior including Bernadette Le Roux, Bielle Bellingham, Brian Williams, Carl Kernodle, Celine Salman, Christoph Hoffmann, Dana Kalczak, Diego Jacquet, Eleanor Joslin, Emma Lindsay, Erik Rimmer, George Scammell, Gianluca Sparacino, Giora Urian, Guy Dittrich, Jeff Stober, John O’Ceallaigh, Jonathan Segal, Josh Wyatt, Justin Hemmes, Kashiwa Sato, Katherine Blaisdell, Laura Maggi, Mari Balestrazzi, Neale Whitaker, Peter Veale, Piet Boon, Richard Ekkebus, Shigenori Hamaguchi, Stéphane Bellon, Teddy Mayer, Thierry Costes, Vito Lotta y Yu Bing.
Source: Restaurant & Bar Design Awards
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