Pop-up restaurant in Japan employs staff with dementia to raise awareness about the brain disease

A RESTAURANT stuffing up orders wouldn’t normally seem like a successful business, would it?Think again.

Pop-up cafe in Japan only hires people with dementia

EVERYONE knows the frustrating feeling of not getting what you asked for at a restaurant.

In most cases, customers will hiss and spit after finding a dreaded red veggie in their sandwich after specifically ordering the “classic cheeseburger with no tomato”.

You wouldn’t think getting orders wrong would seem like a viable business plan, would you? Well think again.

One new pop-up restaurant in Tokyo, Japan is encouraging order stuff-ups by only hiring waiters with dementia.

Customers go in expecting their order to be mixed up or completely wrong — knowing full well their seafood entree could come out as a three course family dinner.

Pop-up restaurant only hires people with dementia. Credit: Twitter

The Restaurant of Order Mistakes popped up in Tokyo’s Toyosu district and was in a trial period during June 2017, according to Bored Panda.

The purpose of this unique pop-up was to raise awareness of dementia and to try and reduce the stigma that surrounds this brain disease.

The cafe’s unusual concept gained a lot of attraction from customers.

The restaurant’s creators, following their massive success, are planning for another pop-up event this year to honour World Alzheimer’s Day on September 21st.

認知症のひとたちが働く「注文をまちがえる料理店」のプレオープンに行って来ました(^^)

ジュンヤくんはおばあちゃんにハンバーグを注文したんだけど、見事に餃子が来て大笑いしました笑 pic.twitter.com/TshX6wOMml

— 工藤瑞穂（soar編集長） (@mimimizuho) June 4, 2017

A food blogger named Mizuho Kudo detailed her amazing experience at The Restaurant of Order Mistakes, explaining that she ended up eating a plate of gyoza dumplings after initially ordering a hamburger (and they were delicious).

The staff were having an absolute ball while working, Kudo also claims.

Yes. We need this restaurant in Australia right now.