The 100 | Wining & dining
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DESIGN-SAVVY RESTAURANTS
It stands to reason that with Australia’s enviable and
innovative dining scene comes excellence in restaurant
design. After all, hospitality is a holy trinity of food, space,
and service. If one of these elements falters, the whole
thing comes tumbling down. A collective of talented
hospitality design firms means that almost every new
opening is noteworthy and such openings are too
numerous to list, but a good start is with the brooding
Japanese bunker vibes at Melbourne’s Ishizuka; Bondi’s
Mexi-cool, candy-coloured Fonda; the deftly restrained
interiors of Adelaide’s muted Osteria Oggi; and ARC
Dining and Wine Bar (pictured, located within Brisbane’s
exciting Howard Smith Wharves development),
impeccably designed by Anna Spiro, whose signature style
is such a huge hit at Halcyon House in Cabarita Beach.