Terra Bite Lounge

The World's Weirdest Restaurants

Location: Kirkland, Wash.

What Makes It Unique: The owners of Terra Bite describe themselves as an upscale voluntary payment cafe/deli. The Web site says: "Patrons choose what to pay, and are encouraged to pay what they would elsewhere." They also "cheerfully serve" those that cannot pay.

Before You Go: Check Out Their Hours

(Terra Bite Lounge)

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Before You Go: See Sampling of Menu Items

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What Makes It Unique: According to the Web site, Dans le Noir? offers "a unique human and sensory experience of a dinner in the pitch dark." The dark room (in London) seats sixty people. It also has a lit bar and a lounge allowing a cocktail before and after dinner.

Before You Go: See the Price List for London Location

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Before You Go: Check Out Their Hours

(Terra Bite Lounge)
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What Makes It Unique: Be served by Ninjas, as you dine among a recreation of two 18th-century Japanese villages, Iga and Kouga, the birthplace of Ninja warrior lore. The restaurant is made up of a mysterious labryinth of 22 different rooms.

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