Bambuddha Lounge Lights up San Francisco
with its Low-Slung, Luxe StyleA 20-foot reclining rooftop
Buddha beckoning guests to enter Bambuddha Lounge’s style-driven
sanctuary isn’t the only thing that makes San Francisco’s newest
hot spot hard to miss.
Bambuddha Lounge, located in San Francisco’s
legendary Phoenix Hotel, is the latest restaurant experience
conceived by Red Hot Restaurants partners Christina Deeb and Gina
Milano. Drawing on their wealth of experience with much-loved
restaurants such as Venticello, Sweet Heat and Nob Hill Café,
these high-heeled entrepreneurs have once again amassed their
unerring instincts to create San Francisco’s ultimate dining and
nightlounge destination. At Bambuddha Lounge, innovative
pan-Asian cuisine, delicately engineered
music and an easy flowing space turns any
ordinary evening into an exotic adventure.
The fresh design and rich ambiance
envelop guests upon entering Bambuddha. This sleek, modern oasis
feels alive, abundant and hip. Milano and Deeb, working with
Shirin Richens of Nomadika Design Studio, took an active role in
developing the unique aesthetic, guided by their own personal
taste and travels.
Bambuddha Lounge draws on Filipino, Balinese and Thai
influences to combine Miami heat and San Francisco style. Richens
marries natural elements like water, light, wood, bamboo and stone
with jewel tones such as citrine, amber, saffron, peridot and
topaz to create a uniquely New Modern look.
The main dining room invites the outdoors in, balancing cool
and hot elements including floor-to-ceiling waterfalls and
indoor/outdoor slate fireplaces. Eric Brand, known for his work
developing home collections for Mike Furniture, Alfred Dunhill and
the Donna Karan Company, custom designed
The Bambuddha Collection,
specifically for this project. It is complemented by beautiful
Buddha statuary and Asian artifacts hand selected by renowned
collector Richard Gervais. This open space flows into intimate
nooks with low-slung communal tables perfect for deep, private
conversations.
Bambuddha also boasts the City’s only
poolside dining and
cocktailing lounge with a
heated patio encircled by a live grove
of giant bamboo and private dark maple day beds.
As the evening wanes guests may choose to continue to heat up
the night by drifting in to the
cocktail lounge built around a
circular bar, original to the property. This focus was maintained
to facilitate uninterrupted flow and energy in the room. Directly
across from the bar lies an elevated
DJ booth. Music Director
Jason Edwards, formerly of WIRED magazine and 1015 Folsom, has
sourced a groundbreaking
Funktion One sound system. Here he will
lead some of the world’s hottest DJs spinning a soul-quenching,
eclectic mix of ambient, downtempo, hip hop, funk and house music.
Bambuddha's intricately crafted, mouthwatering selection of
decadent potables includes the Bambuddha Ginger-Peach Punch with
housemade lemongrass syrup, and the Guavapolitan in which guava
juice revitalizes the standard
Cosmo.
The dinner menu created by
Chef Jessica Gorin
incorporates fresh seasonal produce with Southeast Asian inspired
flavors to create unique dishes with exquisite presentations.
Gorin joins the Bambuddha Lounge after stints at Ponzu and Napa
Valley’s Auberge du Soleil and Domaine Chandon.
At Bambuddha, shared plates blur the line between appetizers
and entrees and are perfect for sampling the signature flavors of
many dishes. Sweet Offerings are the perfect closure to a culinary
tour of the Far East.
According to Deeb and Milano, San Franciscan’s are hungry for a
comfortable, yet high-profile destination. “Bambuddha is perfect
for the City’s own laid-back style and sophisticated palate. With
great food and exciting energy our philosophy —‘Cook boldly, serve
your heart, and what’s empty will be filled,’ celebrates each and
every guest.”
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