So it seems appropriate that we’re all wearing gowns, for now. It’s a dimly lit space scented by aromatic candles and soundtracked by soft music. People want it and we’re just providing a location and a service.”īlanco has created a restaurant interior that more closely resembles a spa than a restaurant. “I see it as a therapy, it’s very liberating.
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“I think people want to free themselves,” he says. There are plans to introduce a naked bar area for those who feel comfortable mingling in their birthday suits.
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It’s not a sexual thing.”īunyadi’s designer and manager, Ignacio Jimenez Blanco, says about 80% of diners have gotten naked during trial runs (it’s totally optional).Īs the employees feel more comfortable, so do the customers, he adds. “And it’s nice to help people feel that way. “It’s about being comfortable with nudity,” she adds. The restaurant has a strict no cameras or cellphones policy, partly to protect the privacy of those disrobing within, but also in line with its back-to-basics natural feel. She says that she feels safer at Bunyadi than at other restaurants since any customer acting inappropriately will be instantly ejected. Knight and her fellow employees wear only skimpy briefs adorned with a few strands of fake vine leaves as they deliver food and drink to the tables. “I wanted to be around people who shared the same thoughts as me,” says Eloise Knight, a 20-year-old student who says she approached the restaurant for work after reading stories about it. Then, once the eyes grow accustomed to the bare flesh of the young male and female waitstaff, things get (relatively) more normal.īefore that happened, we got to chat to some of the staff about how they came to be working in a naked restaurant, and what it’s like to work there.ĩ6 of the world's best chefs share their favorite food experiences It’s impossible not to surreptitiously double-take at the topless waitress leading the way through the candlelit maze of bamboo screens that almost shield diners from heavy scrutiny. When tables are ready and guests have had the requisite number of freshly mixed looseners, they’re then guided into the main dining area. The front door leads into a small bar area, which looks pretty standard until folks start emerging from the changing rooms wearing hotel-style bathrobes. It’s discreetly located in a converted street-corner pub with blacked-out windows a few quiet streets away from London’s highest skyscraper, The Shard. I was there for the press launch, alongside 25 or so other journalists dispatched to report from the front line of naked dining.įrom outside, the restaurant isn’t much to look at – which is probably the idea. Bunyadi has made headlines in recent weeks by attracting 46,000 people to its waiting list for a three-month pop-up run over the summer.
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