Warsaw’s Opasły Tom restaurant found itself plunged into the global spotlight in January after being shortlisted by Wallpaper* magazine in the restaurant category of its annual design awards. Though losing out to Europe’s only underwater restaurant, Norway’s much-acclaimed Under, the eatery nonetheless found itself heaped with praise by the style bible’s discerning panel of jurors.

Modelled courtesy of the Wrocław-based Buck Studio, the eatery’s interior was praised for its “almost gleeful baroque abandon,” features of which include “corrugated steel upholstered in velvet, Art Deco accents, geometric terrazzo floors and globular stalactite lamps.” The competition it faced was stiff with other nominees including the sensually pink Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, the highly minimalist Statera in Lima and The Mazoni in Milan.