A taste of the Far East in Central Switzerland

Cha Cha Thai Restaurant in the Metalli Shopping Mall in Zug

Food like in a cookshop in the hustle and bustle of a large city in Asia: the guest is immersed in the Far Eastern way of life in the Cha Cha Thai Restaurant, which appears colourful, cheerful and also somewhat chaotic.

A convivial and fascinating atmosphere

The design was to be authentic and inspiring but optimised to Swiss quality and professionally implemented. This was what the customer required. Ideas and pictures of Asian food stalls served as starting points. The aim of the Cha Cha Thai Restaurant is to create a convivial and fascinating atmosphere, in order to attract young people to an increasing extent.

No two chairs are the same. The interior furnishings should be as individual as the cuisine for the guest. Frontwork constructed the cladding of the bar and the serving counter to look like an old shipping container and oil drum. Battered, dented and corroded, the new metal plate looks as if had been exposed to the weather for years.

It was dented with a hammer and treated with oxidizers to achieve this look. Using old handcraft methods, specialists heated the neon tubes for the light box with the logos and bent them into the right shape.

Graffiti

Graffiti artists immortalized a mysterious temple dancer on the garage roller door and the brick wall.

The foil in the “used style” also authentically implements the Asian spirit.

Efficiency through precise preparation

A week or so passed from the dismantling of the existing interior décor of the restaurant to the opening. Precise preparation was required to keep to this ambitious plan. Frontwork was flexible enough to implement last-minute customer wishes. The opening on 10th May was a complete success – see for yourself.

A common thread through all Cha Cha Restaurants

We create a charming Thai atmosphere with seemingly improvised materials. The decorative elements are a common thread which runs through all Cha Cha Restaurants.

Westside Berne

Corrugated iron in slum style. The same as in the Cha Cha in Zug but in a market street look.

A pedestrian crossing, street lamps and a tuk-tuk create the atmosphere of a Thai market.

Lamps and furniture interact harmoniously. The decorative elements, such as the graffiti and the various chairs are the same as in every Cha Cha restaurants.

Baden

In Baden we have applied the history of the “Spanisch-Brötli” railway to the restaurant project.

The old station is brought to life again, with red bricks and seemingly dirty concrete

The counter cladding consists of metal, wood and brass ends and brings the old locomotive to mind.

The old locomotive and an old metro car from Bangkok inspired the restaurateur.

Lucerne

Beach, water and sea are the theme in Lucerne, together with the nearby harbour, recreated with wood, bamboo, glass and metal. The bar cladding consists of composite driftwood, which has also been replicated. Marine planking and alcoves are provided with fake parts of the Wilhelm Tell paddle steamer, which is very well-known in Lucerne. The supporting structure of metal has a scuffed patina. When you sit in the hanging rocking chair, you hope that it will hold your weight. The fishing nets, surfboards and gnarled tree trunks look like flotsam which has been washed ashore.

How do you actually manufacture gnarled and battered driftwood?

First of all, the wood is cut at the edges and then frayed, so that it looks like it has been eroded. It is subsequently furrowed and scorched with a wire brush.

All the effort paid off

What remains is painted and stained. Procuring and producing it all presented us with great challenges, but the effort paid off in the end.

We and the customer took great delight in the successful result