Yodezeen opened Virgin Izakaya Bar, an authentic Japanese restaurant, in its factory in Kiev, Ukraine. The restaurant project occupies the Arsenal territory in central Kiev. Authentic is the key and dominant element of the design concept here, as well as the opportunity for Kiev's industrial buildings to create a modern public space. The concept of a Japanese restaurant "izakaya" refers to a place with food and drink where locals come to eat and relax after work. 

The design concept of Virgin Izakaya Bar was developed by YODEZEEN studio. The task for designers was to keep the existing architecture and all the authentic elements of the building with a rich history as much as possible.

YODEZEEN have created an atmospheric, conceptually complete space. Brick walls, rough wood, oxidized metal, bare concrete, opposed to the warm and pleasant atmosphere, created by the right statement of light and greenery.

By creating the project, designers used natural materials as a part of the space design concept. The tabletops are made of natural wood, lamps are made of copper, seats, and chairs are made of wood and natural leather; metals and metal mesh perform both the function of space zoning and create special decorative elements.

The open kitchen and the main hall of the restaurant are designed on the same level, which makes it possible to visually enlarge the space of the room and focus on the main core of the hall — an open viewable kitchen.The open kitchen occupies an impressive part of the restaurant; edged with a long bar counter which seems to cover a significant part of the seats. Wooden tables are placed compactly around the main hall, and some places have single stick stools - in terms of low chairs in “izakaya” bars.Another area that draws attention to itself is the restaurant's restrooms, created as a free-standing internal structure.