The 18 Weirdest, Wildest Restaurants Around The World Gallery

Themed restaurants around the world are becoming all the rage — from the eccentric and the quirky to the zany and downright terrifying. Restaurants and bars don't mind going the extra mile to give patrons an experience worth remembering. In Taipei City, the capital of Taiwan, a themed restaurant called Modern Toilet is built to resemble a restroom. You'll sit on a toilet and eat from toilet bowls, urinals, and squat toilets, depending on what you order. It may seem like a disgusting concept for some, but it has proved to be such a popular theme that a similar eatery was created in Hong Kong. At one point there was even one in California called Magic Restroom Café that closed in 2014.

We can't guarantee the food is amazing at all of these weird and wild restaurants, but most are worth checking out for the experience alone. So if you're looking for something a little different on your night out, take a look at these bizarre dining experiences around the globe. How many places would you try out of these weirdest, wildest restaurants around the world?

Syjil Ashraf, Bianca Bahamondes, and Serusha Govender contributed to this roundup.

The theme of Alcatraz ER restaurant in Tokyo is that of a prison hospital, and it is definitely a bit eerie and frightening. They don't shy away from their theme, either, serving strange menu items such as the "human intestines," which are long sausages in a kidney dish. To call your waiter over, you have to bang on the prison cell bars.

Many people use transportation to get to a restaurant, but at this restaurant in Shenyang, China, you'll dine in a converted coach bus. The bus doesn't move, but you'll sit in bus seats as waiters walk the aisle to serve you.

At Opaque, it's not so much about what you can see, but what you can't see. And what you can't see is literally everything. Based on a European concept that is said to enhance the sense of taste, Opaque features "dining in the dark," and makes for a truly unique experience. You will be seated in a pitch-black dining room and guided and served by blind or visually impaired staff members who have been specially trained to work in the dark. It's worth mentioning that all of this is meant to provide the best-tasting event possible, and is not meant to scare anyone in any way. Quite the contrary, actually, as servers are there to help and reassure all guests. The cost is $99 for a three-course prix fixe menu. Although Opaque pops up at different venues across the country and world (including Berlin, Paris, and Vienna) from time to time, Opaque has permanent restaurants in Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco.

This popular establishment is attached to the H. R. Giger Museum in Switzerland. Giger is the Swiss surrealist painter and sculptor best known to the world as the set designer of the iconic Alien movies. Although it is truly a visual feast and, technically, you can eat the bar snacks, this is really a bar rather than a restaurant.

This eatery brings the hospital to you. No, you're not crazy, but that won't stop your nurse (or waitress) from putting you in a straightjacket and feeding you from a hospital tray in a room designed to look like an emergency ward. The food is traditional Latvian fare and, despite the intriguing theme, the restaurant has gone through phases of opening and closing down (with waxing and waning public interest), so call ahead to check if the doctor is available to see you.

Employees at Labassin Waterfall Restaurant in San Pablo City in the Philippines won't ask you to put shoes on before entering. In fact, they'll probably have you take them off. You wouldn't want to get them wet, right? Sitting at the foot of a small waterfall (which is really spillover from the Labassin Dam), you can enjoy lunch with a rushing waterfall only feet away from your table, passing under you and soaking your feet. Take pictures lying in the waterfall itself if you'd like after your meal.

Servers dressed like ninjas dropping down from the ceiling are the norm at Japanese restaurant Ninja in New York City. The unique design of the restaurant consists of a long maze leading to the dining room, with the goal of setting the scene of dining in a Japanese mountain village.

In the redwood forest of Auckland, New Zealand the Redwoods Treehouse was originally built for a campaign effort by the Pacific Environments Architects Ltd. Although you can't make reservations for a quick dinner or a date night, if you have a private event or party you'll be able to rent out the space and have it catered up in the forest trees.

Although the interior of Milwaukee's Safe House is an eclectic mix of spy and secret agent décor, it's the outside that makes this restaurant truly bizarre. It's an unassuming little storefront that is marked as "International Exports, Ltd.," and if you didn't already know an eatery was located inside, you'd probably never give it a second look. Heck, even the website's directions are purposely misleading. The faux instructions for those approaching from the north direct guests to look for a man in a yellow raincoat and but not to be thrown when he says, "I don't know what you're talking about." The directions from the south are even less helpful, simply stating, "Travel north approximately 100 miles. Watch out for alligators. Then follow directions 'from the North.'" Even if you locate the restaurant, you'll still need a secret password (no spoilers here!) — otherwise you'll have to complete a "task" before being granted entry. Before you go, however, you should definitely make sure you know the 13 things you should never do in a restaurant.