If you ever want to feel utterly helpless and feel emotionally spent by the end of it, this is the experience you would want to read about. I mean in a good way. In fact, a bloody fantastic way!
My friends and I had the opportunity to visit this restaurant at Inorbit Mall, Hyderabad called Dialogue in the Dark. I'm aware that this concept isn't totally novel. However, I believe, in this day and age, what with the first thing we do when we wake up being looking at our phones, a dine-in meal in utter darkness is an experience worth leaving phones, spectacles and watches at the door.
The picture outside the door said 'Your senses make your world beautiful... It's time to awaken them.' There couldn't be a better sentence that would describe the experience we had at the restaurant.
Let me start from the beginning. When we left all our belongings in a locker outside the restaurant, we weren't really sure what we could expect out of a generic looking reception, where we were given some general directions and taken into the restaurant. That's what it was all about, though. We were to leave our sight at the door, with our attitude that we would be able judge everything we see.
We were slowly seated at a table. Rajender, our guide, remembered all our names and even turned to us correctly. With a completely blind staff, it's their impeccable training and customer service that has build this brand for the company. The food that we were served was, however, not anything to really write home about.
The highlight of our meal, however, was something that we probably paid for unwittingly: an opportunity for a conversation. We had been drowning in a sea of assignments, internship applications and career choice questions when we happen to go to the mall looking for a bite to eat. The absence of anything but the sound of each other's voice and a sense of proximity didn't bring up difficult or stimulating conversations. It did, however, change something between us. Like a non-verbal can of fresh orange juice was opened and was taking us along in its cascade of imagination. We asked each other where we thought we were. We let our imagination run wild! We could make that dark little restaurant any thing we wanted, as long as it lived in our imagination. The feeling of having this kind of power of imagination has left me high on the experience.
I cannot imagine all people being able to appreciate this restaurant equally. However, if you like new experiences and are comfortable sitting in utter darkness, do make sure to go here. Dialogue in the Dark has many branches around the world and can be experienced in a very similar manner in most of them.
I'm glad to have gotten this opportunity and want to wish you good luck if you choose to visit the restaurant!
My friends and I had the opportunity to visit this restaurant at Inorbit Mall, Hyderabad called Dialogue in the Dark. I'm aware that this concept isn't totally novel. However, I believe, in this day and age, what with the first thing we do when we wake up being looking at our phones, a dine-in meal in utter darkness is an experience worth leaving phones, spectacles and watches at the door.
The picture outside the door said 'Your senses make your world beautiful... It's time to awaken them.' There couldn't be a better sentence that would describe the experience we had at the restaurant.
Let me start from the beginning. When we left all our belongings in a locker outside the restaurant, we weren't really sure what we could expect out of a generic looking reception, where we were given some general directions and taken into the restaurant. That's what it was all about, though. We were to leave our sight at the door, with our attitude that we would be able judge everything we see.
We were slowly seated at a table. Rajender, our guide, remembered all our names and even turned to us correctly. With a completely blind staff, it's their impeccable training and customer service that has build this brand for the company. The food that we were served was, however, not anything to really write home about.
The highlight of our meal, however, was something that we probably paid for unwittingly: an opportunity for a conversation. We had been drowning in a sea of assignments, internship applications and career choice questions when we happen to go to the mall looking for a bite to eat. The absence of anything but the sound of each other's voice and a sense of proximity didn't bring up difficult or stimulating conversations. It did, however, change something between us. Like a non-verbal can of fresh orange juice was opened and was taking us along in its cascade of imagination. We asked each other where we thought we were. We let our imagination run wild! We could make that dark little restaurant any thing we wanted, as long as it lived in our imagination. The feeling of having this kind of power of imagination has left me high on the experience.
I cannot imagine all people being able to appreciate this restaurant equally. However, if you like new experiences and are comfortable sitting in utter darkness, do make sure to go here. Dialogue in the Dark has many branches around the world and can be experienced in a very similar manner in most of them.
I'm glad to have gotten this opportunity and want to wish you good luck if you choose to visit the restaurant!
