An illuminated pink sushi restaurant because why not" In 2019 it?s hard to say?do you go to a restaurant for its food or its backdrop" With the new Shanghai restaurant, Omakase, the answer is, probably both.
Designed by the Shanghai studio Hip Pop Design, the sushi eatery is a rosy dreamworld filled with pink translucent walls, glowing floors, and cherry blossom decals that make the space feel like a Barbie-themed video game come to life. According to Designboom, the design is, in fact, inspired by ?sakura rain,? the phenomenon of cherry blossom petals falling to the ground.

Photo: Hip Pop Design via Designboom
Photo: Hip Pop Design via Designboom

The restaurant hosts a series of tables and bars broken up by translucent pink panels emblazoned with cherry blossom flowers. In between the panels, a strip of warm lights illuminate the space, giving the entire restaurant an ethereal glow.

Photo: Hip Pop Design via Designboom

These individual seating areas center around a staircase and glassy private dining room that?s also illuminated. With its labyrinthine layout and glowing, gauzy palette, the restaurant brilliantly (and unexpectedly) plays with perception and reality.

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