Restaurant rest rooms
Writing about rest rooms at length isn't something I really want to do in a review. It somehow doesn't seem appropriate. But occasionally a well-designed rest room is the most interesting if not the most important part of a restaurant's decor. (Think I'm kidding? Check out the new Lebanese Taverna's unisex bathroom.)
Last night I ate at the oZ. Chophouse in Maple Lawn. The interior is pretty much what you'd expect in a suburban steak house where people are eating $30 steaks in their shorts and flip flops but ...
the ladies room surprised me. Its contemporary decor is luxurious, handsome and quite soothing. The double sink is formed by a large wave in the middle, with smooth round pebbles laid (loose) in each side, so it looks very Japanese. As you wash your hands and the water runs over the stones you could do a Zen meditation. The paper towels are so high quality they're practically cloth. The toilets have their own little rooms.
Everything is automatic. Not just the toilets and the water, but the soap dispenser and even the trash can, which whirs and then pops open invitingly when you get near it.
More about the food later.
Comments
Yes, same for the men's room in oZ. I've never seen stones used like that in the sink...very natural, inventive...and since my wife and I've been there a couple of times, the food was great too!
Posted by: ERIC | May 29, 2007 10:38 AM
I am always just so happy to find a clean bathroom, I would probably fall to the floor if confronted with a clean and wonderfully designed specimen. Great topic...and I am not being facetious.
Posted by: regina | June 1, 2007 8:54 AM