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A serene trend has begun to gain popularity in Dhaka's busy cityscape, where restaurants are decorated with beautiful greenery and well-planned gardens. These green dining places combine fine cuisine with the peace of the outdoors to provide a refreshing break from the city's buzz. Several restaurants have risen to the challenge and transformed their premises into a green oasis in response to the growing demand for environmentally sustainable and visually attractive surroundings.
Cha Bagan
It is a place of peace to breathe deeply. Cha Bagan is situated in Banani. This charming restaurant exclusively offers outdoor seating surrounded by greenery.
Lush greeneries are embellished at every corner of the rooftop restaurant, along with wooden décor and enchanting lighting. The whole area is beautifully decorated with abundant plants, offering visitors a soothing and lovely ambience.
It's a perfect place to click pictures in daylight. They provide a beautiful soft light in the evening, ideal for capturing aesthetic photos. The restaurant also has a misting system, which cools the air and raises the humidity to assure comfort throughout the scorching summertime, making the dining experience both refreshing and enjoyable.
As the name suggests, it serves tea, creating a unique dining experience amidst nature. It also serves breakfast and lunch, including an Indian and Chinese menu, snack items, and refreshing beverages.
Ajo Idea Space
Ajo Idea Space is the perfect example of where nature meets architectural excellence as you enter a lovely pathway leading to the attractive Ajo Idea Space.
Ajo Idea Space is a calm restaurant at Gulshan 2 that offers creative culinary, ambient, architectural, elemental, and conceptual expressions.
The walls were constructed using wooden planks from abandoned ships and scrap metal. The Ikebana Experience Center is located here, giving it the sense of a Japanese Zen garden.
The arrangement of the plants, the rolling carpet of green grass, the large clay pots filled with blushing pink bougainvillaea, and the rich green foliage of the ferns growing in hollowed-out tree trunk pots all contribute to the peaceful atmosphere. You may sit on the verdant grass or have tea while purchasing. They serve fried calamari, spaghetti, Spanish snack platters, Indian with curry, coffee, and tea.
Epicure Bistro
Nestled in Gulshan 2, Epicure Bistro serves a variety of flavours and offers indoor and outdoor seating options. The outdoor space has lovely wooden tables and chairs surrounded by plants, offering a peaceful munching environment.
Whether you dine inside or bask in the serenity of the outdoor garden, Epicure Bistro provides a perfect blend of great food and a relaxing, nature-inspired ambience.
It's the ideal place for brunch. It serves an all-day breakfast that satisfies customers with various delicious alternatives. The traditional English breakfast menu includes egg benedict, meatloaf, skillet-baked eggs with hashbrowns, and more.
Pinewood: Café+Kitchen
Pinewood provides a flexible natural dining experience. It has indoor and outdoor seating, and after entering, a path will take you to the restaurant, which has greenery on both sides.
The outdoor space is incredibly captivating, with the wooden structure encircled by various plants and planters that create a vibrant green setting.
The restaurant grows marigold flowers throughout the winter, brightening the surroundings and adding colourful bursts of colour. It has two branches: one at Dhanmondi and the other at Banani.
Ozz Café
Ozz Cafe in Dhanmondi offers indoor and outdoor seating, and the outdoor space is incredibly charming. The restaurant's original tiled roof and bamboo construction reflect a rustic, cottage-like appeal.
The bamboo used for the tables and chairs contributes to the overall natural concept. A central garden, beautifully adorned with diverse plants, is surrounded by one and two-story bamboo houses with bamboo chairs, contributing to the tranquil and revitalizing ambience.
Hanging plants decorate the walls, and bamboo swings complement the overwhelming greenery. Ozz Cafe is a charming and peaceful dining spot because of its distinctive bamboo construction and leafy surroundings. It offers different snacks, soups, chowmein, pizza, Chinese-style dishes, a Chinese set menu, and beverages.
The Green Lounge
The Green Lounge, situated on the rooftop of a high-rise building at Banglamotor, claims to be Bangladesh's largest rooftop restaurant.
A robust yet traditional steel and glass framework is filled with wood and bamboo, with natural plants covering most of the space.
Wicker and bamboo are also utilized to make furniture and decor. Water bubbling and flowing happily enhances the greenery and fosters peace with the natural world. It is a buffet restaurant with a seating capacity of 500 people. It offers a multi-cuisine experience.
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