World's Most Exclusive Restaurants
Always on the lookout for the best dining experience money can buy? Unfortunately, there are some restaurants that are so exclusive; no amount of money could buy you a table. Take a look at some of the world’s most elite restaurants:
Club 33
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A super exclusive, super secret dinner club located inside Disneyland, Club 33 was originally used by Walt Disney himself as a VIP lounge to entertain his guests. Club 33 is not opened to the public, and if you want to enlist as a member, you have to cough up RM100,000 as an initiation fee as well as up to RM120,000 annually. Oh, there’s also a 14-year waiting list.
Stage Presence @ Four Seasons Budapest
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This is not a restaurant per se, but it’s still exclusive nonetheless. Privileged guests at the Four Seasons Hotel in Budapest can opt to dine on the stage of the Hungarian State Opera House serenaded by a live orchestra – for a jaw-dropping RM350,000!
Sublimotion
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Located in Ibiza, Spain, Sublimotion is considered as the most expensive restaurant in the world with an average price of RM8,000 per head. Sublimotion admits only 12 diners per session, and if you’re lucky to get in, you’ll be served a 20-course meal as multi-sensory images are projected onto the walls around you.
Noma
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Located in an old warehouse overlooking the canal in Copenhagen, Denmark, Noma has frequently been named the world’s best restaurant. Noma, known for reinventing the Nordic Cuisine, receives an average of 20,000 reservation enquiries a month. Noma seats only 45 diners per session, hence its exclusivity.
Table 131°
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If you’re feeling a little adventurous, Australia’s Longitude 131 sets up the one-of-a-kind dining experience known as Table 131° - an exclusive outdoor restaurant situated at the Ayers Rock overlooking the Australian Outback. Diners are treated to a four-course meal complemented with the finest Australian wines.
Fäviken
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Located within a 20,000-acre hunting estate in the mountains of Are in northern Sweden, Fäviken is known as the most isolated restaurant in the world. Housed in an 18th century barn, Fäviken can only accommodate 12 guests at a time. Diners are treated to sumptuous Nordic dishes – with ingredients personally hunted, fished and foraged in the estate by its head chef.
Sukiyabashi Jiro
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Housed in the basement of an office block in Tokyo, you might think that Sukiyabashi Jiro is just an ordinary sushi bar, but don’t let its appearance fool you; it is one of the most famous Japanese restaurants in the world. Helmed by the great sushi master Jiro Ono, securing a seat at the humble restaurant is near impossible. If you’re lucky enough to get a seat, a quick 30-minute meal would cost you at least RM1,000.
