Eat Drink Design Awards 2019 Shortlist

The Eat Drink Design Awards 2019 shortlist has been announced, revealing Australia’s most exceptionally designed hospitality venues.

The Eat Drink Design Awards recognise excellence and innovation in the design of restaurants, bars, cafés, hotels, nightclubs, temporary venues and retail spaces across Australia and New Zealand. Past winners include Cookie by Phillip Schemnitz Architect, Jimmy Watson’s Wine Bar by Robin Boyd and Frederick Romberg, Cafe Di Stasio by Allan Powell Architects, Fratelli Paradiso by Mike Murphy with later additions by Mike Hanna and Don Cameron, and Icebergs by Lazzarini Pickering.

The Eat Drink Design Awards are chosen by a jury of industry leaders from the hospitality and design sectors. This year’s members are Besha Rodell (restaurant critic, New York Times) Nathan Toleman (CEO and founder, The Mulberry Group), Graham Charbonneau (architect and co-founder, Studio-Gram), Phillip Schemnitz (architect, Phillip Schemnitz Architects) and Cassie Hansen (editor, Artichoke).

Here is the Eat Drink Design Awards 2019 Shortlist:

Best Restaurant Design

• Tayim Restaurant + Bar – Welsh + Major Architects (The Rocks, NSW)
• McDonald’s in the Sky – Landini Associates (Sydney, NSW)
• Bistecca – Tom Mark Henry (Sydney, NSW)
• Flotilla – Derive Architecture & Design (Wickam, NSW)
• Bopp & Tone – Luchetti Krelle (Sydney, NSW)
• C.C. Babcoq – Tom Mark Henry (Cronulla, NSW)
• Saké Manly – Luchetti Krelle (Manly, NSW)
• Esquire – Guru Projects (Sydney, NSW)
• Woolwich Pier Hotel – Alexander & CO. (Sydney, NSW)
• Babylon Rooftop Bar and Restaurant – Hogg & Lamb (Sydney, NSW)
• Burleigh Pavilion – Alexander & CO. (Burleigh Heads, QLD)
• The Lord Lamington – Collectivus (Brisbane Airport, QLD)
• Ichiban Sushi – Collectivus (Fairfield, QLD)
• Black Hide Steakhouse by Gambaro – PLUS (Brisbane, QLD)
• Salt Meats Cheese – Control Space (South Brisbane, QLD)
• Persone Bar and Restaurant – PLUS (Brisbane, QLD)
• Little Shoo – Georgie Shepherd Interior Design (Henley Beach, SA)
• Ban Ban – Genesin Studio (Adelaide, SA)
• Peppers Silo Hotel – ARTAS Architects (Invermay, TAS)
• Sisterhood – Biasol  (Sandy Bay, TAS)
• Di Stasio Citta – Hassell (Melbourne, VIC)   
• Prince Dining Room – IF Architecture (St Kilda, VIC)
• Future Future – Olaver Architecture (Richmond, VIC)
• Stamford Park Homestead – Brahman Perera & Jason M Jones (Rowville, VIC)
• Sebastian – Ewert Leaf (Williamstown, VIC)
• Asado – Ewert Leaf (Southbank, VIC)
• Via Porta – Studio Esteta (Mont Albert, VIC)
• Mt Erica Hotel – Bergman & Co. (Prahran, VIC)
• Agostino – Chris Connell Design (Carlton, VIC)
• Kazuki’s – DesignOffice (Carlton, VIC)
• Edwin Wine Bar and Cellar – BPM Corp, Jonathan Hallinan & Sam Fisher (Melbourne VIC)
• Katori – Melissa Collison Design (Box Hill, VIC)
• Eazy Peazy – Carr (Richmond, VIC)
• 372 – CTRL Space (Waiheke, NZ)
•  Meet Fresh – Wall Architects (Melbourne, VIC)    

Best Bar Design

• Hotel Rose Bay – Richards Stanisich  (Rose Bay, NSW)
• Jackalberry – Sourceress (Sydney, NSW)
• Blacksmith Lake Mulwala – The Stella Collective (Mulwala, NSW)
• Manly Greenhouse – Luchetti Krelle (Manly, NSW)
• Reign – Guru Projects (Sydney, NSW)
• Locura – Pattern Studio (Byron Bay, NSW)
• Duck & Rice – Hogg&Lamb (Sydney, NSW)
• Tilly May’s – Alexander &CO. (Surry Hills, NSW)
• Nick and Nora’s – Studio Y (Parramatta, NSW)
• The Green Moustache – Redwah Ruth Harris (North Sydney, NSW)
• Snackman – Nielsen Jenkins (Fortitude Valley, QLD)
• Paloma Bar & Pantry – Claire Kneebone (Adelaide, SA)
• Tetto Di Carolina – Chris Connell Design (South Yarra, VIC)
• Peaches – Pierce Widera  (Melbourne, VIC)
• Marnong Estate Bar – Biasol  (Mickelham, VIC)
• Palace Cinemas, Raine Square – DesignOffice  (Perth, WA)
• Morningside Tavern – Material Creative (Sandringham, NZ)
• The Churchill – Izzard Design (Auckland, NZ)

Best Café Design

• Industry Beans York Street – DesignOffice (Sydney, NSW)
• Saint George Dining – H&E Architects (Chippendale, NSW)
• Marchetti 545 – Cameron & Co (Brisbane, QLD)
• Campos Gasworks – SP Studio (Newstead, QLD)
• Sisterhood – Biasol (Sandy Bay, TAS)
• Via Porta – Studio Esteta (Mont Albert, VIC)
• Lobbs Café – Techne Architecture + Interior Design (Brunswick, VIC)
• Saint Dreux – Arkhe Tekhne (Melbourne, VIC)
• A Cafe Called John – Terroir Architects (Carlton, VIC)
• Dagwood Deli – Sans-Arc Studio (Southbank, VIC)
• ST. Ali – Jackson Clements Burrows (JCB) (Tullamarine, VIC)
• Veneziano Café – Techne Architecture + Interior Design (Richmond, VIC)
• Mr Robertson – Maria Danos Architecture (Nunawading, VIC)
• Monash University Sable Drop Café – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects (JCB) (Caulfield East, VIC)
• Hanna’s – Kosloff Architecture (Melbourne Airport, VIC)
• Rustica Melbourne Central – Bergman & Co (Melbourne, VIC)
• Newbie – Material Creative (Newmarket, NZ) 

Best Hotel Design

• The Calile Hotel – Richards and Spence (Fortitude Valley, QLD)
• Denison Rivulet – Taylor and Hinds Architects (Denison Rivulet, TAS)
• Stillwater Seven – Cumulus Studio (Launceston, TAS)
• krakani lumi – Taylor and Hinds Architects with Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania (Wukalina Mount William National Park, TAS)
• Drifthouse – Multiplicity (Port Fairy, VIC)
• United Places Botanic Gardens – Carr (South Yarra, VIC)

Best Identity Design

• Morning Glory – Swell Design Group (Canberra, ACT)
• Jackalberry – The Eatery Group (Sydney, NSW)
• Polpetta – Toben (Brisbane, QLD)
• Malt & Juniper – Uppercase Studio (Adelaide, SA)
• Lagotto – Studio Hi Ho (Fitzroy North, VIC)
• Via Porta Branding – Everyday Ambitions (Mont Albert, VIC)
• Le Crois – Hue Studio (Glen Waverley, VIC)
• Lights in the Attic – Hue Studio (Hawthorn East, VIC)
• Future Future – A Friend of Mine Design Studio (Richmond, VIC)

Best Installation Design

• Drink Dine Design Bar – Grieve Gillett Andersen and JamFactory (Adelaide, SA)
• The Magic Box – Liminal Objects with Van Tuil (Hobart, TAS)
• NGV: Art of Dining – Bergman & Co. (Melbourne, VIC)

Best Retail Design

• David Jones Food Hall – Landini Associates (Sydney, NSW)
• Grand Central Market Room – Hassell (Toowoomba, QLD)
• Via Porta – Studio Esteta (Mont Albert, VIC)
• Church Street Butcher – Ewert Leaf (Brighton, VIC)
• Piccolina Collingwood – Hecker Guthrie (Collingwood, VIC)
• Chinta Ria… Soul – Wall Architects (Glen Waverley, VIC)

The Eat Drink Design Awards is Australia’s only hospitality design awards program. The awards will be announced at a cocktail event at the Metropolis in Melbourne on Tuesday 12 November, hosted by Matt Moran.