The World’s First All-glass Undersea Restaurant - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

BalloonKnots · 05-19-2005, 01:11 PM

http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/1...ant+and+hilton

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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. ...”

This is too cool!!!

They serve seafood there, so can you imagine some fish swimming by and seeing you there eating it's family?!?

infamous13 · 05-19-2005, 01:15 PM

thats awsome i cant believe it is possible but it will probably cost alot

Cynthetiq · 05-19-2005, 01:23 PM

Atlantis in the Bahamas isn't a total surround for the restaurants, there are tunnels like it, but it's amazing to watch a manta ray as big as a VW beetle glide past a giant grouper the size of a small horse as you eat your dinner.

Seeker · 05-19-2005, 04:00 PM

My first thought was how much do you think you could see at night?.. but actually it could be really nice with some external lighting on some corals on the sea bed..

It also looks quite small and exclusive..

stonegrody · 05-19-2005, 04:25 PM

I hear the theme music to "Jaws" in my head...

maleficent · 05-19-2005, 05:50 PM

that would freak me out a little bit...

It looks a lot like the Darling Harbour Aquarium in Sydney- theyhave a big glass tunnel you walk thru, where you are surrounded onall sides by water...it's really freaky- I'm not sure I would want to stay and have dinner..

streak_56 · 05-19-2005, 06:00 PM

I think that would be awesome. I love everything about the sea, to think of it, I should've become a marine biologist. I took some class in high school concerning with Oceanography. Definately would amaze me while I would be eating. And I know I wouldn't be eating at all, I would be watching.

greytone · 05-19-2005, 06:02 PM

With the costs of construction and the small number of tables, I can't imagine how much dinner is going to cost. Still, I would want to eat there.

settie · 05-19-2005, 06:11 PM

*jaw drops* that's so beautiful, but damn I don't think I would want to eat there. lol
I'd rather just watch and be mesmirized. :P

muttonglutton · 05-19-2005, 06:16 PM

Wow...

That looks so amazing. If I'm ever in the Maldives...

I love the smal space, too. Only 14 people. And the price, $170-200/person actually strikes me as fairly reasonable for such an amazing place. Not at all like the random thousand dollar caviar omelettes sold at boring landside establishments.

BalloonKnots · 05-19-2005, 11:04 PM

With seating for only 14, I'm thinking you might have to wait months, if not years, just to get in!

*calls now to reserve a table for two for 2007*

KinkyKiwi · 05-20-2005, 04:06 AM

..thats kinda scary..i couldnt stay there long enough to eat..i would run out -a paranoid mess. its really pretty tho

Latch · 05-20-2005, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by maleficent

It looks a lot like the Darling Harbour Aquarium in Sydney- theyhave a big glass tunnel you walk thru, where you are surrounded onall sides by water...

I thought the same thing when I saw this.... sharks and manta rays.. going around you... was very cool

guthmund · 05-20-2005, 05:57 AM

On the one hand I'm thinking about how cool that is. Eating underwater surrounded by free swimming fish.

On the other hand, I think about eating underwater surrounded by free swimming fish with claustrophobia.

cierah · 05-21-2005, 09:04 PM

That is now officially on my 'list of things to do before I die'. Sure it would be expensive, but it's a once in a life-time thing and therefore worth the monatary setback. lol

Paq · 05-23-2005, 11:01 PM

shit, i spent almost $80 a person on a regular dinner at a decent restaurant in NC..$200/person to eat underwater ain't jack shit. I'd do it in a heartbeat...i'm thinking of calling for reservations asap, honestly. defintely a once in a lifetime thing that is honestly affordable.

smooth · 05-23-2005, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Paq

shit, i spent almost $80 a person on a regular dinner at a decent restaurant in NC..$200/person to eat underwater ain't jack shit. I'd do it in a heartbeat...i'm thinking of calling for reservations asap, honestly. defintely a once in a lifetime thing that is honestly affordable.

That's what I was thinking. I just spent over $60 bucks per person for me, my wife, and her gf for moroccan food. I'd have much rather spent the ~$180 on myself to eat next to a coral reef!

onodrim · 05-23-2005, 11:50 PM

Wow, that's incredible. I've always been fascinated by marine life and could spend hours at an aquarium easily. This would be an oppurtunity I would hate to pass up!

cyclone · 05-24-2005, 01:41 AM

Pretty cool looking place, always loved the ocean/sea life, could get used to seeing that everyday

Zephyr66 · 05-24-2005, 04:54 PM

That's awesome, I wish I had enough money to check that place out. I've always loved places like that that are underwater. It's just astounding!

slimsam1 · 05-24-2005, 07:33 PM

So, do they serve seafood?

I can't help but picture a family of fish swimming by...
Baby fish: Daddy, what are those humans eating?
Father fish: Dear, we should move along now...
Mother fish: Oh dear. Yes, timmy, follow me!

05-19-2005, 01:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	Atlantis in the Bahamas isn't a total surround for the restaurants, there are tunnels like it, but it's amazing to watch a manta ray as big as a VW beetle glide past a giant grouper the size of a small horse as you eat your dinner. __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

05-19-2005, 04:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
Seeker Getting Clearer Location: with spirit	My first thought was how much do you think you could see at night?.. but actually it could be really nice with some external lighting on some corals on the sea bed.. It also looks quite small and exclusive.. __________________ *To those who wander but who are not lost...* ~ Knowledge is not something you acquire, it is something you open yourself to.

05-19-2005, 04:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
stonegrody Brooding. Location: CA-USA	I hear the theme music to "Jaws" in my head... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality. Embrace this moment. Remember. We are eternal. All this pain is an illusion. Tool - Parabola

05-19-2005, 05:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	that would freak me out a little bit... It looks a lot like the Darling Harbour Aquarium in Sydney- theyhave a big glass tunnel you walk thru, where you are surrounded onall sides by water...it's really freaky- I'm not sure I would want to stay and have dinner.. __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

05-19-2005, 06:02 PM	#8 (permalink)
greytone Junkie	With the costs of construction and the small number of tables, I can't imagine how much dinner is going to cost. Still, I would want to eat there. __________________ I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing. Robert A Heinlein in "They Do It With Mirrors"

05-19-2005, 01:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
infamous13 Upright	thats awsome i cant believe it is possible but it will probably cost alot

05-19-2005, 06:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
streak_56 who ever said streaking was a bad thing? Location: Calgary	I think that would be awesome. I love everything about the sea, to think of it, I should've become a marine biologist. I took some class in high school concerning with Oceanography. Definately would amaze me while I would be eating. And I know I wouldn't be eating at all, I would be watching.

05-19-2005, 06:11 PM	#9 (permalink)
settie Junkie	jaw drops that's so beautiful, but damn I don't think I would want to eat there. lol I'd rather just watch and be mesmirized. :P

05-19-2005, 06:16 PM	#10 (permalink)
muttonglutton Crazy Location: K-W. Err... -dot.	Wow... That looks so amazing. If I'm ever in the Maldives... I love the smal space, too. Only 14 people. And the price, $170-200/person actually strikes me as fairly reasonable for such an amazing place. Not at all like the random thousand dollar caviar omelettes sold at boring landside establishments. __________________ Cellar Door.

05-19-2005, 11:04 PM	#11 (permalink)
BalloonKnots Tilted	With seating for only 14, I'm thinking you might have to wait months, if not years, just to get in! calls now to reserve a table for two for 2007

05-20-2005, 04:06 AM	#12 (permalink)
KinkyKiwi "Without the fuzz" Location: ..too close for comfort..	..thats kinda scary..i couldnt stay there long enough to eat..i would run out -a paranoid mess. its really pretty tho __________________ Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps. Play with each other. Play with yourselves. Just don't play with the squirrels, they bite.

05-20-2005, 05:57 AM	#14 (permalink)
guthmund big damn hero	On the one hand I'm thinking about how cool that is. Eating underwater surrounded by free swimming fish. On the other hand, I think about eating underwater surrounded by free swimming fish with claustrophobia. __________________ No signature. None. Seriously.

05-21-2005, 09:04 PM	#15 (permalink)
cierah Crazy Location: Canada	That is now officially on my 'list of things to do before I die'. Sure it would be expensive, but it's a once in a life-time thing and therefore worth the monatary setback. lol __________________ "You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories" -Stainslaw J. Lec

05-23-2005, 11:01 PM	#16 (permalink)
Paq Junkie Location: South Carolina	shit, i spent almost $80 a person on a regular dinner at a decent restaurant in NC..$200/person to eat underwater ain't jack shit. I'd do it in a heartbeat...i'm thinking of calling for reservations asap, honestly. defintely a once in a lifetime thing that is honestly affordable. __________________ Live. Chris

05-23-2005, 11:50 PM	#18 (permalink)
onodrim Cosmically Curious Location: Chicago, IL	Wow, that's incredible. I've always been fascinated by marine life and could spend hours at an aquarium easily. This would be an oppurtunity I would hate to pass up! __________________ "The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides" -Carl Sagan

05-24-2005, 01:41 AM	#19 (permalink)
cyclone Upright	Pretty cool looking place, always loved the ocean/sea life, could get used to seeing that everyday

05-24-2005, 04:54 PM	#20 (permalink)
Zephyr66 My custom title's the shit! Location: Canada	That's awesome, I wish I had enough money to check that place out. I've always loved places like that that are underwater. It's just astounding!

05-24-2005, 07:33 PM	#21 (permalink)
slimsam1 Crazy	So, do they serve seafood? I can't help but picture a family of fish swimming by... Baby fish: Daddy, what are those humans eating? Father fish: Dear, we should move along now... Mother fish: Oh dear. Yes, timmy, follow me!