Modern Toilet Restaurant () is a unique

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-themed restaurant chain, with three branches in Taiwan.

Description

Everything in this typical three-story restaurant that occupies is based on items from a toilet room or a

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. The checkered tile covered walls are adorned with showerheads, while

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s hang from the ceiling along with feces-shaped lights. The chairs are actual

s (not operable), dishes are served on plastic miniature toilet bowls, and drinks are offered in miniature

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s. Owner Wang Tzi-Wei opened Modern Toilet after the success of his ice cream shop that sold swirls of

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served in mini toilets. It is not unusual for Taiwan to host restaurants with odd themes; Taiwan also has eating locales that resemble jailhouses and hospitals.

History

Owner Dao Ming Zi, an ex-banker, stated that his inspiration for the toilet-themed restaurant came from a robot character from the Japanese cartoon ''

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'' who loved to "play with poop and swirl it on a stick". From this cartoon inspiration, he started a successful ice cream shop selling swirled chocolate ice cream on top of paper squat toilets. The chain of Modern Toilets started in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and as of 2020 has three branches in Taiwan. There were formerly 19 locations including two in Hong Kong.

Dining

Customers dine while sitting on

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toilets adorned with "roses, seashells or

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paintings". The tables that the meals are served on are bathroom sinks covered with glass tops. Meals are served in miniature toilet bowls and drinks are in miniature plastic urinals which the customers can take home with them as a

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. Dessert ice cream is served in a dish that resembles a

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. In May of 2018, a confused customer defecated in the non-functional toilet seating at the southern Hong Kong location, causing the restaurant to be evacuated and closed for 2 weeks.

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* {{toilets, state=collapsed Restaurant chains in Taiwan Theme restaurants Toilets