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This Japanese Restaurant Only Hires Servers With Dementia

The Restaurant of Order Mistakes aims to give dementia patients an opportunity to earn a living--in a judgement-free environment.

Art Belfleur
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On Jun 19, 2017
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The Tokyo pop-up's premise is that even though your waiter may get your order wrong, you'll still have a great time.

Food blogger Mizuho Kudo visited the restaurant and extolled the great experience.

Even though she ordered a hamburger and was served dumplings instead, Kudo still enjoyed her meal and her time in the company of her sweet server.

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Servers were able to interact directly with customers, in an accepting environment.

The restaurant prepared customers for the experience beforehand, explaining that their server may get their order incorrect.

By establishing these expectations before the meal, customers went into the experience with more flexible, open expectations.

The Restaurant of Order Mistakes hope to show that although a person with dementia may make a mistake, he or she is still a functioning, valuable member of society.

Customers interact with a server at The Restaurant of Order Mistakes pop-up in Tokyo.

Though the restaurant's pop-up trial is over, it was a great success.

The owners are now planning another pop-up in September, to celebrate World Alzheimer's Day.

They hope to continue spreading awareness about the disease and to help those with dementia and Alzheimer's live fuller lives.

We can't wait to see the new restaurant this fall!

Are you passionate about Alzheimer's awareness? Share on social or tag a friend to spread the word about this amazing restaurant!

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