Design on a Dine: 8 Decor Ideas to Steal From the World's Most Decadent Eateries

While some people go to a restaurant based on food alone, the industrious among the design community know that it’s about something else entirely: stealing the best decor ideas and having a chance—over a long dinner—to study them, pack them right up, and take them home.

The surge of restaurant and food culture over the past decade has transformed the culinary landscape across the world, and the new age of restaurant culture has not only turned out the best food in decades, it’s enabled restaurants to become a hotbed for innovative, cutting-edge, and inspiring decor—bringing some of the world’s most talented interior designers in for the job.

So rethink going out to eat as not just an as opportunity to dine, but a moment to study, photograph, and bring home many of the best décor ideas around. A camera phone is the only thing you need for a great mood board. See it as a chance to be your own decorator—and remember that famed adage, “Good artists borrow. Great artists steal.”

Above, a menu of some of our favorite spaces.


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