Spice Den Brisbane.

Location
Queensland

Client
Spice Den

Designer
Collectivus

Date Completed
March 2018

Spice Den is now open in Brisbane’s CBD and it’s packing a serious punch!

An interior wide shot of a restaurant dining area looking out onto a city street through a large window wall. Thin, shimmering vertical string curtains partially cover the windows. In the foreground, a large wooden table is set with placemats and small bowls. Along the window, there is built-in seating upholstered in dark tufted leather with small tables in front. Outside, the street is visible with cars and modern apartment buildings in the background. — Spice Den Brisbane, QLD

You can find the stylish pan-Asian restaurant in the newly developed Spire Residences. Restaurant fitout by Unita.

A close-up interior shot of a restaurant dining area featuring warm, vertical wood paneling on the wall, subtly lit from below by a strip of soft yellow light. Below the light is a long, tufted leather banquette in a deep reddish-brown color. Several square wooden tables are set up in front of the seating, each arranged with black placemats, small serving dishes, and teacups. The foreground is dark, highlighting the materials and lighting.

Design and documentation
Fitout and construction

A vertical, atmospheric photo of a bar counter. Two large, white, melon-shaped pendant lights hang from the ceiling over the bar. The front of the bar is decorated with a dark-colored latticework screen over a lighter background, with a narrow band of warm lighting underneath the counter surface. Behind the counter, a bartender's figure is blurred by motion. Shelves of liquor bottles and a coffee machine are visible in the background, along with a small chandelier and a modern tablet screen on the bar top.

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An interior photo of a dimly lit restaurant or bar featuring a massive, curved structural column covered in tiny, reflective gold or metallic square mosaic tiles. To the right of the column, a short flight of light wood steps leads down into a lower area. Above the steps, three white, organically-shaped pendant lights hang from the dark ceiling. The wall behind the stairs is decorated with a dark brown, diamond-shaped lattice pattern. The floor is concrete with small, round tactile paving elements near the stairs. — 2/3

An atmospheric, vertically-oriented photo of a dim-lit bar interior. The front of the bar counter features a striking pattern of gold latticework over a dark surface and is topped with a thin band of white under-counter lighting. Behind the counter, a bartender in a dark shirt pours wine, with shelves of liquor bottles visible on the back wall. Two modern, white, cocoon-shaped pendant lights hang over the bar. To the right, a curved wall or column is covered in a metallic, possibly copper, tile texture, and a black metal screen separates the foreground from the rest of the room. The ceiling is black. — 3/3