Where is the Largest Restaurant In The World?

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The World Largest Restaurant

Where exactly is the largest restaurant in the world? Well you may be surprised. The largest restaurant in the world isn't in the United States or France or even China , there go my best 3 guesses. Have you any idea?

Well it's in Syria, shall I make a booking for you, I'm sure they will have a seat! The worlds largest restaurant is called The Damascus Gate.

Here are some statistics that are just amazing considering that I have worked in some large 5 star hotels with over 1000 staff but The Damascus Gate Restaurant alone has up to 1800, I suppose it depends on bookings as to who gets the call in!

Now that must be a great staff Christmas party!

Get this, they can sit 6,014 covers. Just think of the plates, cutlery, rubbish, and table cloths. The Damascus Gate must have pretty good credit with the local suppliers I'd think.

The kitchen is 2,500 sq metres in size and the dinning room is , get this, 54,000 square metres huge. I'm thinking the lady who vacuums the floor after service has a very long extension cord. The open air dinning area complete with waterfalls, fountains and replicas of archaeological ruins, now that sounds lovely doesn't it? There are separate themed sections for Chinese and Indian cuisine also in case you cant make up your mind.

Don't go thinking you will get plastered or even a little tipsy though when dinning at The Damascus Gate. They don't serve alcohol. I know a few alcohol sales reps who'd kill for that contract! And in Syria, they may just do that! Of course im only joking. Ok! Really, only joking.


Apparently the kitchen resembles a mini factory and runs like a production line and often there will be one chef to one product. That sounds like a job, "oh I'll do the hummus tonight Chef!"

But before you start making a cunning plan to out do The Largest Restaurant in the World think again my friends. It's reportedly cost (a reputable source I'm sure) Around $40m (usd) to put together. So at a conservative $30 per head that's over 1.3million customers to cover set up costs . So if I haven't pushed too many 0's on my calculator (which is very plausible) they could cover costs within a year if they were full every night for 216 days. Then they have to pay the 1800 staff and the food bill. I read one Quote by the manager of The World Largest Restaurant a Mr Samman (also the owners son apparently) (like you do) that "In this part of the world, all people care about is their stomachs, so the food has to be the best."

I want to know which of the reps from the Guinness Book of Records counted the place settings? Now there's a job.

Now I don't have the contact details of The Damascus Gate but when you next drop into Syria for a meal I am sure anyone will be able to point you to The Largest Restaurant In The World!

Stephen Smith www.theworldrecipebook.com