D Home Restaurant Awards: We Need Your Help

Posted on September 4th, 2009 11:36am by Jennifer Chininis
Filed under D Home Restaurant Awards

So our sweet friends at D Home are doing something called the Restaurant Awards, in which they honor restaurants for good design, lighting, tabletop, signage, ambience, etc. We figured you, dear Dishers, are full of opinions. So we hope you’ll give us some ideas for your favorites in the following categories—or feel free to add your own.

Lighting
Chairs
Tables
Ambience
Service
Acoustics
Tabletop (Glasses, Plates, Silverware, Tablecloths, Placemats, Centerpieces)
Pretty Patrons/People Watching
Uniforms
Waitstaff
Patio
Patio Furniture
Art
Chairs
Layout
Wall Coverings
Bar
Best Place to Have An Affair
Bathroom
Mural
View
Menu
Floor
Front Door
Fountain
Signage

23 comments

  1. “Best place to have an Affair” on this list????

    ..something you want to tell us Jennifer????

    @ 11:54 am on September 4, 2009

  2. Tei An, in all categories.

    @ 12:52 pm on September 4, 2009

  3. Sitting in the hand painted chairs, on the screened patio, by the fountain, at Eden restaurant on West Lovers Lane, is a great ambiance and the best place in Dallas to have an affair!! It’s a really exclusive (feeling) place where no one will know you are there unless you want them to, and it covers 5 of your ‘best of’ catagories! If you want to make it 7 catagories, inside Eden is a great place for looking at fine art work, and people watching too! Besides, Eden has the best Quiche and salads in town.

    @ 12:53 pm on September 4, 2009

  4. Royal Thai and York Street come to mind.

    The Thai place represents the ethnicity without looking too cheesy, but I noticed that the chairs are starting to show some wear.

    York Street just seems to have it all down. I just wish the front of it could be worked on.

    Dakota’s always seems like a great place to hide…

    @ 1:04 pm on September 4, 2009

  5. Dakota’s fountain on their patio. Two stories tall, yet underground, hard to beat.

    @ 1:12 pm on September 4, 2009

  6. Clearly McDonald’s. They established the design of premises, furnishings and equipment for the most popular restaurants in the world, and were copied by almost everyone that followed. From the chairs that are too hard too linger on, to the microswaves with buttons marked “Quarter Pounder”, “Big Mac”, etc. they are the epitome of design fit for purpose.

    @ 1:24 pm on September 4, 2009

  7. Worzel: You forgot to nominate the food area at your favorite Walmart!

    @ 1:31 pm on September 4, 2009

  8. The private room at Tillman’s is remarkable. I also agree with Kirk about Tei An

    @ 2:17 pm on September 4, 2009

  9. Best Bathroom- Rise no. 1

    @ 2:33 pm on September 4, 2009

  10. Rise n°1 , for anything to do with wall coverings (American Clay Earth Plaster), ambiance, tables, settings, art, lighting, chairs, settings etc.

    For drapes, call Bill Addison for his favs.

    @ 2:36 pm on September 4, 2009

  11. Routh Street Cafe.

    @ 3:37 pm on September 4, 2009

  12. San Miguel for best bathroom. The ladies room is so cute and funny that I always drag the men in there to see it.

    @ 3:41 pm on September 4, 2009

  13. I really enjoy dining in the rounded booths at Craft that are separated from each other by unique vertical lights.

    @ 4:39 pm on September 4, 2009

  14. The Most beautiful dining room in the city would have to go to Nobu… i know there are some skeptics out there but come on

    @ 6:56 pm on September 4, 2009

  15. Most beautiful HAS to be French Room. I genuflect every time I walk in the room!

    @ 8:45 pm on September 4, 2009

  16. Amanda, you’d be a great date!

    @ 8:59 pm on September 4, 2009

  17. I love those really tall, high backed chairs at Fearings. And, I always laugh at the sign on the wall at Twisted Root that says how tasty the burgers are.

    @ 11:17 pm on September 4, 2009

  18. Local!

    For ambience, lighting, intimacy, chairs, bar…original flooring…the design is stellar.

    @ 10:40 am on September 8, 2009

  19. second vote is cast for tei an

    @ 10:40 am on September 8, 2009

  20. It’s cozy and sexy at the same time…
    The lounge in Maximo!!!! The walls are covered with a yummy green velvet.It’s my favorite place to get stuck in an old leather chair and have the BEST jalapeno margarita ever.

    @ 10:46 am on September 8, 2009

  21. Bijoux and Charlie Palmer’s. Bijoux for the calm, serene setting that screams, “slow down and enjoy.” Charlie Palmer for the thought and concept and feel of the place.

    @ 5:24 pm on September 8, 2009

  22. Pyles for tablewear (the plates); Mansion for art; Hattie’s for mural/art (the oversized blue plate graphic); Nick and Sam’s for waitstaff; Local for ambience, lighting; Blue Mesa for front door.

    @ 10:15 am on September 11, 2009

  23. The Mercury for ambiance, great wine list, fantastic food, quiet professional service and the sweetest chef in town Chris Ward. The low lit, nuetral colors and soft fabrics make this resaurant feel relaxing and comfortable. I go here once a week! Oh and I love the funky music playing in the background.

    @ 1:14 pm on September 11, 2009