Totally independent, the UK and International Restaurant & Bar Design Awards is the world’s only concept of its kind dedicated exclusively to hospitality design. The Awards invites and receives entries from the world’s top architects, designers and hospitality operators, and entries come from all types of environment including hotels, transport, business, industry, fine dining, education, sports and leisure, healthcare, government, aviation, cruise and retail.
The judges are a highly influential panel of top design, lifestyle & hospitality personalities, whose role is to recognise and reward entrants for design excellence. The winners of the categories, including the best designed restaurant and the best designed bar, have just been announced.
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UK winners for 2012
Category: Café or fast food
Winner: Coach House (Hatfield House, Hatfield)
Lead designer: SHH
Category: Restaurant or bar in a hotel
Winner: Cut (45, Park Lane, London)
Lead designer: Thierry Despont
Category: Multiple bar or club
Restaurant or bar: Dirty Martini (Hanover Square, London)
Lead designer: Grapes Design
Category: Restaurant or bar in another space
Winner: Holburne Garden Café (The Holburne Museum, Bath)
Lead designer: Softroom
Category: Multiple restaurant
Winner: Pizza Express
Lead designer: Baynes & Co
Category: Standalone bar or club
Winner: The Drift
Lead designer: Fusion Design and Architecture
Category: Pub
Winner: The Plough
Lead designer: Harrison
Category: Standalone restaurant
Winner: Viet Hoa Mess
Lead designer: Vonsung
Category: Restaurant or bar in a retail space
Winner: Zizzi
Lead designer: D-Raw