Yakimono

Melbourne, Australia

2021

Photography : Tim O’Connor & Tom Blachford

Good restaurants are places that take you somewhere else. Places where you go on a journey to somewhere you haven’t been; places where you suspend disbelief. This is really the fundamental driver of any good restaurant design, to create a series of spaces that support the experience of a great restaurant operator. They are also places that speak about our culture, and of dining together. Melbourne is one of the worlds great cosmopolitan dining cities. Its restaurants are diverse and varied. Yakimono is one of the latest venues that represents that great dining culture. 

Situated in the 80 Collins Street redevelopment, Yakimono spans three levels and 685 square metres. It’s designed to reference rain drenched Tokyo streets, and the vibrancy and energy of that great capital. From the electric and vibrant entrance Yakimono is clearly designed to take you somewhere else. Your sense of disbelief is suspended from the moment you enter the restaurant on the ground floor, from it’s provocative and LED and neon lit entrance to the assault of sound and light. This restaurant is all about energy.