Brooklyn firm Studio Tack has used white oak panelling, antiqued glass mirrors and alabaster lights to create a classy yet cosy atmosphere in this small Japanese restaurant in New York City. More about Lunar festival informed Studio Tack's design of Tsukimi restaurant in New York
White-painted walls and pastel furnishings help create a "sun-drenched" aesthetic inside this beachside pavilion just outside of Brisbane, which Alexander & Co has converted into two eateries. More about Alexander & Co creates sunny interiors for Brisbane's Burleigh Heads Pavilion
Design studio AfroditiKrassa "deliberately went dark" to create the jet-black interiors of central London's Lucky Cat restaurant so that they don't disappoint in real life. More about London's Lucky Cat restaurant is designed to be better in person than in pictures
Members' club Soho House has extended and updated the outdoor areas of its outpost in Dumbo, Brooklyn with vibrant colours that take cues from the work of Luis Barragán. More about Soho House extends Dumbo House in Brooklyn with colourful rooftop
US firm Tres Birds Workshop has topped a Japanese restaurant in Denver, Colorado with a greenhouse featuring soil-free growing towers. More about Urban Denver building by Tres Birds houses a Japanese restaurant and aeroponic greenhouse
Low lighting, rough stone-effect walls and water-like glass floors help create a cave-like atmosphere inside this restaurant in Tokyo designed by architect Ryoji Iedokoro. More about Ryoji Iedokoro turns Tokyo's Nikunotoriko restaurant into indoor cave
A roughly plastered wall curves over the dining area of this restaurant in Toronto, designed by local studio Odami. More about Odami celebrates "earthly minimalism" at Sara restaurant in Toronto
New York-based design studio Asthetíque has completed a restaurant in Moscow called The Y that draws on the stylised sets of films directed by Wes Anderson. More about Wes Anderson films inform design of Moscow restaurant
McDonald's has opened a glass-fronted restaurant topped with a giant billboard on Times Square in New York City. More about Landini Associates creates "the ultimate McDonald's" on Times Square
London hotelier Ennismore has opened an outpost of The Hoxton, including a co-working lobby space and rooftop pool, on the site of an old meatpacking facility in Chicago. More about The Hoxton hotel opens in Chicago's old meatpacking area
A pair of huge concrete lights drop down over the bar of this restaurant in Mexico City, which was designed by local firm Michan Architecture. More about Michan Architecture creates "cave-like" ceiling above Mexico City's Oku Restaurant
Candy pink Formica surfaces help Child Studio channel the look of a 1950s cafe inside this vegan pizza place in west London. More about Child Studio looks to worker's cafes for pink interiors of London's Humble Pizza
Design firm Estudio Yeye used a limited palette of colours and materials to create a "simple and efficient" design for a cafe that serves up Mexican coffee. More about Wooden pegboards wrap walls of Mexico's Negro Blanco Café by Estudio Yeye
Woman-only member's club Allbright has opened a venue in London's Mayfair with work exclusively by female artists across its five floors. More about Allbright opens Mayfair club with all-female art on the walls
Buck Studio played with colour and texture inside this restaurant in Warsaw, which features boldly contrasting orange fixtures and grooved blue surfaces. More about Colours clash inside Warsaw's Opasly Tom restaurant by Buck Studio
A pair of stone barns on a castle estate in southwest Sweden have been turned into a boutique hotel and restaurant with interiors designed by Kristina Wachtmeister. More about Wanås hotel and restaurant opens in converted 18th-century cow barn and horse stable
Diners can shop from their table at The Manzoni, a new Milan restaurant by Tom Dixon that doubles as a furniture showroom and the designer's European headquarters. More about Tom Dixon's The Manzoni is a restaurant where "everything is for sale"
Morris + Company has wrapped a metal arcade around a vaulted timber restaurant pavilion at Wildernesse House, a retirement living scheme in Kent, England. More about Morris + Company builds vaulted wooden restaurant with aluminium arcade
Architecture firm Ménard Dworkind has created a microcosm of Chinatown at this a colossal pan-Asian restaurant and bar in Montreal's Laval suburb. More about Ménard Dworkind embrace Chinatown kitsch for Miss Wong brasserie in Montreal
Hand cranks are used to lift up huge glass doors that open to a courtyard in this Mexican restaurant, which Seattle firm Olson Kundig has completed in downtown Austin. More about Big glass box brings light into Olson Kundig's Comedor restaurant in Austin