Rainforest Café, a popular themed restaurant in the Dubai, UAE, has won the "American Restaurant of the Year 2015" award during the Middle East Hospitality Excellence Awards ceremony recently organised in Dubai by the Hozpitality Group.

The award was received on behalf of Rainforest Café by Mohammad Al Safar & Bader Al Safar.

Over 400 candidates entered the race to be nominated as one of the best in their category. The winners were selected by more than 30,000 voters. The Hospitality Excellence Awards 2015 aims to recognize top industry organisations which have shown skill, creativity, ingenuity and success in the Middle East & North Africa’s growing hospitality industry. The categories awarded were Best Hotels/Resorts, Best Airlines, Best Restaurants, Best Spas/Fitness and Best Facilities Management Companies.

Rainforest Café is a themed restaurant chain founded in 1994 in Houston, Texas with many branches located in leading places such as Disney. The Al Safar Group owns the franchising rights in rest of the Middle East.

The restaurant is designed to depict features of a tropical rainforest, with verdant plants; mist; waterfalls; and realistic rainforest animal models. It offers a unique customer experience through its state-of-the-art simulated rainforest setting, complete with thunder and lightning to replicate the rainforest environment while having a delicious meal.

Adel Safar, chairman of Al Safar Group, said: "We are very pleased that our restaurant has achieved an important milestone while competing with other prestigious restaurants in the region. The award reflects the quality of services and hospitality that we offer to our customers."

"We would like to thank all voters who placed their trust in our restaurant. It is our duty to offer high quality food along with superb services that our customers would expect from us."

"At the Al Safar Group, we aim to constantly diversify our investments and expand our geographical operation. Consequently, we decided to launch the Rainforest Cafe at Dubai Mall in order to strengthen our presence in the UAE market among other countries in the GCC" he said. – TradeArabia News Service