Restaurants and bars offer architects and interior designers the opportunity to design for both style and entertainment; aesthetics and function must come together to create ambiance and conviviality in a way that not only makes a statement but also has clients coming back again and again. The Restaurant & Bar Design Awards the worlds only awards dedicated to hospitality design recognize the importance of this particular field singling out the worlds most exceptional settings for eating and drinking. Each year entries are submitted from all sectors including hotels offices transport industry fine dining education sports and leisure healthcare government aviation cruise and retail. A panel of top design lifestyle and hospitality professionals judges the entries.

Divided into five chapters Americas Asia Australia Europe and Middle East the book features 100 highlights from the establishments put forward to the panel. Texts include chapter introductions by experts and judges such as Tony Chambers (editor-in-chief of Wallpaper*) and designer Karim Rashid and a preface by the author and founder of the awards Marco Rebora.

Entries include:
Numerous photographs
A fact sheet including location architect/designer cost of project and size of build
A text describing the briefing the challenge and the solution
Information about the architect and designer Specialties and interesting facts.