different when designing this new restaurant ,” Wilkes says .
The hotel was enlarging the kitchen . So , the design team had to go with a different plan to fit the restaurant in the space . “ Our mission when recreating The Verandah was to totally give the feeling of being on a verandah , a solace filled with light ,” Wilkes adds . “ We wanted to give guests a windowed space that overlooked the river terrace and Chao Praya River .”
To do so , they raised the rear of the restaurant with timber floors that stretched from the back entrance to give guests dining inside a view of both the exterior seating and the gardens . Upon walking into the restaurant , diners enter a bright ,
Outdoor dining space at the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok ’ s The Verandah are doing ,” he says . Joseph , Wilkes and Dalançon all have been recently involved in successful reconceptualizing of premier hotel restaurants to meet changing demands and embrace new opportunities . Here are their stories .
A huge mural that united the interior of the restaurant with the terrace
THE VERANDAH , MANDARIN ORIENTAL , BANGKOK When Jeffrey Wilkes of DESIGNWILKES was tapped to reconceptualize The Verandah Restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok , he was asked to transform the restaurant so that it reflected its name , The Verandah . “ The previous Verandah was very dark and lacked color . So , we wanted to do something totally
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