The Most Exciting Part of a Restaurant Is … the Bathroom? - The New York Times

A discothèque, a shrine to Dolly Parton, an ode to Iranian films: These are just a few of the eye-popping, eccentric restaurant restrooms giving diners a different kind of thrill. Mad, in Houston, is one of several restaurants in the country drawing as much interest from diners for the bathroom as for the food. Credit... A. Scott for The New York Times Supported by By Priya Krishna Behind an unmarked door at Wenwen, a homey Taiwanese restaurant in Brooklyn, a discothèque awaits: Speakers pump out pop songs in Mandarin, Cantonese and Taiwanese. Strobe lights dance across the walls. A disco ball twirls above. A framed poster of the Taiwanese pop star Feng Fei-fei hangs directly opposite the toilet. The toilet? This clubby oasis in Greenpoint is actually a bathroom. But the music, the neon and the long line to get in could make you think otherwise. Diners post selfies from inside the room more often than they post about the food, said an owner, Eric Sze. “I don't know if restaurant bathro

A discothèque, a shrine to Dolly Parton, an ode to Iranian films: These are just a few of the eye-popping, eccentric restaurant restrooms giving diners a different kind of thrill. Mad, in Houston, is one of several restaurants in the country drawing as much interest from diners for the bathroom as for the food. Credit... A. Scott for The New York Times Supported by By Priya Krishna Behind an unmarked door at Wenwen, a homey Taiwanese restaurant in Brooklyn, a discothèque awaits: Speakers pump out pop songs in Mandarin, Cantonese and Taiwanese. Strobe lights dance across the walls. A disco ball