The Dining Experience at The Pool-Themed Restaurant
Febry Maharlika
Universitas Komputer Indonesia
Abstract
Abstract – This article describes the experience of customers sensory on eat experience at swimming pool area. This restaurant uses water as an interior element, so consumers can feel the sensation of eating by soaking feet in the pool. Interaction of water with all the senses in the human body in eating activities is discussed in this study. The method used in this research is descriptive with qualitative data. Data was collected from field observations. the author observes the behavior of customers who do eat activities in the swimming pool area, besides, the author used questionnaires to get data about peoples memories of the atmosphere at the swimming pool which related to eat experience at pool themed restaurant. Literature studies are also used to support and strengthen existing data. The results of this study indicate that water as an interior element has interactions with sensors that exist in the human body, giving rise to customer space experience. Besides that, the atmosphere of the swimming pool brings out a beautiful memory of customers, specially children in the pool. This makes the goal of a rooms interior design achieved, which is a memorable restaurant.
Keywords: restaurant, eating activities, pool, sensory experience, space experience
Topic: Visual Communication Design and Interior Design