The World?s First All-glass Undersea Restaurant Opens

[AgaBoogaBoo]

The Maldives | 15 April marks the day that the first ever all-glass undersea restaurant in the world opens its doors for business at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa. Ithaa* will sit five meters below the waves of the Indian Ocean, surrounded by a vibrant coral reef and encased in clear acrylic offering diners 270-degrees of panoramic underwater views.

?We have used aquarium technology to put diners face-to-face with the stunning underwater environment of the Maldives?, says Carsten Schieck, General Manager of Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa. ?Our guests always comment on being blown away by the colour, clarity, and beauty of the underwater world in the Maldives, so it seemed the perfect idea to build a restaurant where diners can experience fine cuisine and take time to enjoy the views ? without ever getting their feet wet.?

http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/1540...?query=ithaa+and+restaurant+and+hilton

 

[loup garou]

Cooooool!

 

[SVT Cobra]

cool, except not that impressive, its just a tunnel, i was expecting like a whole pressurized building with ponds and lagoons and swim up bars, darn..

 

[dcdude]

i love watching crustaceans sh1t all over the glass while im eating

 

[dighn]

:Q nice

but $$$?

 

[n7]

Very kewl!

 

[monk3y]

Awesome. Nothing like eating seafood with a whole bunch of fish swimming around you

 

[QuitBanningMe]

Originally posted by: Son of a N00b
cool, except not that impressive, its just a tunnel, i was expecting like a whole pressurized building with ponds and lagoons and swim up bars, darn..

 

[deftron]

Wait till some shark sees you eating his cousin

and enacts massive ownage!

 

[GoingUp]

that is fricking amazing

 

[sparkyclarky]

Originally posted by: deftron
Wait till some shark sees you eating his cousin

and enacts massive ownage!

Yeah. I'm envisioning an equivalent - a hamburger stand in a steer pen.

 

[Sluggo]

I'll consider it a success when Claustrophobics Anonymous holds a meeting there.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: dighn
:Q nice

but $$$?

Menu's on there (PDF). Looks like its fixed price.

$170 for HB/FB(?) guests. $200 for BB guests.

 

[SVT Cobra]

or the near death drowning experience club does...

 

[Chompman]

Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe

Originally posted by: Son of a N00b
cool, except not that impressive, its just a tunnel, i was expecting like a whole pressurized building with ponds and lagoons and swim up bars, darn..

Not that big really.

They need some giant 500+ eating area so it will make good news when it breaks and kills all the people there.

14 is just not nearly enough to make news these days.

 

[91TTZ]

They made an announcement for a diner that seats 14 people?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
They made an announcement for a diner that seats 14 people?

Absolutely not!

 

[Sheepathon]

I wonder if the food will be as good as the scenery.

 

[Aquaman]

Get that thing out of my kitchen!!!! :|

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: Sheepathon
I wonder if the food will be as good as the scenery.

I wonder if they serve fish...

 

[thegimp03]

That looks pretty cool.

 

[tennisflip]

So can you point out what you wanna eat and they'll cook it?

 

[Josh]

That looks awesome ...Probably has a weird/cool/? entrance.

 

[Injury]

Wow. They took a concept that aquariums around the world have been using since the 80's and turned it into an elitist restaurant with eclusive guest lists. Go team.

 

[icejunkie]

OMG this was my idea, too bad I was 16 when I thought about it and couldn't even begin to put an effort towards something like that!