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5 Guinness World Records about restaurants

5 Guinness World Records about restaurants

Guinness and impressive records! The organization lists of all kinds each year; more surprising to most wacky. The restaurants are no exception ... here are 5 records impressive authenticated.


The highest restaurant in the world
Perched at 5340 meters above sea level, Chacaltaya restaurant holds the record for the highest restaurant in the world. The property is located in Bolivia, in the Chacaltaya ski resort right on the Andes. Needless to say, the views are incredible!


The largest restaurant in the world
This is the Damascus Gate Restaurant (Bawabet Dimashq Restaurant), opened in 2002, which takes all the more impressive palm restaurant in the world with 6,014 seats. The restaurant is located in Syria and has a dining area spanning 54,000 m2.


The first restaurant to have servers robots
According to Guinness, the Robot Kitchen is the first restaurant to have robots as servers. Located in Hong Kong, the restaurant that opened its doors in 2006, has two robots to take orders and do the service.


The largest wine list in the restaurant
The Chiggeri restaurant in the city of Luxembourg won the Guinness World Record for the longest list of wines available. When recording the record in December 2008, the board had 1,746 varieties of wines, all available on the menu for more than six months.


The largest revolving restaurant in the world
This is the Bellini restaurant, located in Mexico City, which won the honor. Perched on the 45th floor of Mexico City's World Trade Center, the revolving restaurant has an area of ??1 044.66 m² and can accommodate 332 people.


Original, oversized, innovative ... other restaurants deserve their place in the Guinness records you think?

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