The 8 Most Dangerous Restaurants in the World By Ivana Wynn  [12 more lists]

The average person enjoys tea and taking a hike but would you be daring enough to take a hike up Mt. Huashan in Huayin, China, for a cup of tea?

The teahouse was originally a Taoist temple and completes the five mountain peaks in the area that form the image of a flower.

The trip up the mountain is long and grueling, not to mention the possibility of falling off the side.

First, a set of trams take visitors to the path -


The scary part starts immediately. Unharnessed guests have to tiptoe their way across the mountain on tiny wooden planks that look hastily nailed together by holding on to chains...


Oh, and whoever built this path to the teahouse decided to be so kind as to dig out toe holes for climbers. That'll keep your from falling off the mountain.


If you've been lucky enough to make it this far, you'll have to climb the world's steepest staircase, protecting by a tiny fence:


Finally, you've made it to the teahouse! It must be a damn good cup of tea. Now for the way down the mountain...

Just imagine dining over a beautifully lit city like New York or Las Vegas at night, above a landmark like the Eiffel Tower in Paris or by the ocean at sunset from a seat that can rotate 180 feet. If you've got $11,000 lying around you can hire the suspended restaurant for eight hours.

It's up to you how to divide the time you have - you can have one V.I.P party that seats 22 people or you can keep lower the restaurant every hour and rotate people. Although the set price doesn't include catering, you do get a photographer to document the entire experience without having to worry about losing your SLR.

The apparatus, which was built in Belgium, is suspended 50 feet in the air from a 200 ton crane. The center can hold a waiter, a chef and an entertainer. The host can hire a second platform to exhibit something or bring a band or live show along.

The first question that comes to mind is is it safe? The company works with trained staff, gives its guests a security briefing before the event, makes sure all diners are strapped into their seat before lift off and has a $10 million insurance policy in case anyone falls off their seat. Also, only certain kinds of cooking appliances are allowed on the platform to make it fire-proof.

The company, which also does weddings and business meetings in the sky, is looking to expand to suspending diners over natural landscapes like The Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls.

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The world's first underwater restaurant is located on the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island. Few places as unique as this have been built in the name of tourism. A quick geography lesson: Maldives is a cluster of islands located south of India and west of Sri Lanka.

The restaurant is an acrylic tunnel with a 270-degree view of the sea that is accessed through a spiral staircase at the end of a jetty. There's nothing like eating seafood while watching it and being completely submerged below the ocean.



While it does sound cool to have the entire ocean as your aquarium while eating dinner, there are several possible destructive scenarios that could put the diners' lives at risk. What if a heavy fish happened to be passing by the restaurant and runs into it or an undersea battle between armies of fish is held in the area? Ok, although not likely, a tsunami does seem like a more plausible threat.




The 175-ton restaurant was built in Singapore before being shipped over to Maldives. When it arrived at the islands, it was sunk with 85 tons of sand and secured into the sea floor with four steel piles and concrete. The restaurant is estimated to last 20 years before it has to be rebuilt.



If you really can't bear to part with the sea after your $120 to $150 meal, the restaurant can be turned into a guest room for $11,710.

Fine dining in the dark is a trend that was started in Zurich and has since spread all over Europe and the world. The idea is to give your eyes a break from staring at computer screens and rely on your other senses to enjoy food.

This quirk has employed many blind and visually handicapped waiters around the world.

After choosing your meal and beverage in a well-lit foyer at Unsicht-Bar in Berlin, Germany, your waiter takes you into the pitch black dining room. You would think waiters and guests would be running into each other and plates would be knocked over onto the floor but the waiters have had to rely entirely on senses other than sight and are able to navigate around the room without problems. Seriously, this is what they see:



Prices of three or four course meals range from 38,50 Euro for a vegetarian meal to 55,50 for beef. Lamb, seafood and a surprise deal are also available. All of the food is pre-cut for you so the greatest damage can only be caused by a butter knife. The food on the plate is arranged like a clock so that guests know where each side is located. The restaurant does have limitations in that they can't serve foods like peas and spaghetti because it would be too difficult to pick up with a fork in the dark.



No light of any kind is allowed in the dining room (no cellphones!) and if a guest needs to go to the bathroom, the waiter escorts them back into the lit rooms.

Don't worry you won't have food all over your clothes when you finish the two hour experience - the food is served in a way that makes it easy to eat.

Turning the TriBeCa region of New York City into ancient Japan, NINJA New York is perhaps one of the scariest themed restaurants you'll find. From the outside it appears as just another Japanese restaurant, but step inside and you are transported into a one-of-a-kind dining experience.

If you're lucky enough to get a reservation to this hot spot, once you arrive, you and your guest or party is guided through a dark and smokey labyrinthine path to your table.



Once you arrive at your table, don't be surprised if it is located within one of these cozy jail-cell-like rooms.



Also, don't be afraid when an actual NINJA swoops in on your table. Wielding swords and in full ninja costume, these masked foes are your wait staff.



Each of the menu items are cooked to order, often in front of each table. Arrive hungry as tasting menus, which can cost as much as $100 per guest, include enough food to feed a small army.