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Total Immersion Restaurants

A chain of restaurants that attempt to be as authentic as possible, not just in the food and the decor, but down to every possible detail. It should be, for the diner, like stepping into another country. The wait staff should speak only the native language, the menus in the native language, even change the money at the door if that can be done legally into the native country’s currency. All menu items and ingredients should be as authentic to the native country the restaurant is representing as possible.

It should be like taking a vacation to another country for the time you’re in the place. Not “mostly” but “maximally” so.

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This entry was posted on Monday, August 11th, 2008 at 8:55 am and is filed under Businesses, by Dan Waber. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Responses to “Total Immersion Restaurants”

  1. devin Says:
    August 28th, 2008 at 1:53 am

    This is a great idea, love the concept. Only problem is, it will likely be much more expensive to recreate everything in a foreign country, so the prices at least will not be authentic…

  2. David Says:
    September 8th, 2008 at 1:27 am

    Interesting point Devin. Perhaps there could be a cover charge/ service fee/ or other way of compensating for the cost increase to keep the food prices authentic.