UK’s first sex-themed restaurant forced to frost front windows after complaints

UK’s first sex-themed restaurant has penises, boobs and vaginas on display – but not everyone is happy.

Naked Soho is an erotic restaurant, billed as the first of its kind in the country, that fuses sex-themed food and art.

The founders – Stefano Vaccaro and Claudia Mangano – commissioned artist Hani Lees Dresner to create a variety of saucy crockery for the restaurant.

READ MORE: Inside sex club that bans men – and has spanking benches, bondage beds and toys

She manufactured a collection of breast mugs, vulva plates, penis bowls, genital sharing platters and a wall that’s been decked out with phallus tiles that could be seen from the street.

“We wanted to create a space where people can be as free as possible, where anything goes,” it says on their website.

“If you want to stand next to a wall of d***s and vulvas of all shapes and sizes, who’s to stop you? Gay, straight, queer, trans, S&M fetishes, feet kinks – anything you want to be you can be at Naked Soho.”

And the people who work at the restaurant certainly let their creativity flow when it comes to the menu.

“From NSFW-shaped dishes to refreshing cocktails, we have it all. Our Big D*** Sharing Platters are perfect for a Friday night,” they’ve written on Instagram.

“Our dessert menu is definitely NSFW, featuring dessert waffles of all shapes and sizes! Where else in London can you get a little pecker in a breast-shaped cup loaded with fine espresso and whipped cream?”

They have a variety of food items available as well as wine, champagne and cocktails but it’s the dessert menu where their creativity truly shines.

The “selection of naughty desserts” consists of dishes such as Eat a D***!, which consists of willy-shaped waffles and Drunk C***s, which is made up of baba al rum, a small yeast cake saturated in syrup made with hard liquor and sometimes filled with whipped cream.

Unfortunately, it hasn’t been smooth sailing for the venue, which opened its doors in July of this year.

Soho had initially appeared to be an ideal location for the restaurant because it has been home to risqué and erotic businesses.

While the founders have made a concerted effort to celebrate the body, sexuality and freedom, they recently had to frost up the restaurant’s front window following complaints about its body-positive ceramic tableware.

They were told they could lose their licence if they did not take steps to shield the public’s gaze from the vulva plates, penis bowls and genital sharing platters.

But they’re not going to let them stop them from celebrating the human body.

“At Naked Soho, we laugh in the face of censorship. Our founders make a point to celebrate the body, sexuality and freedom,” they wrote on their website.

“Within days of opening, we had locals knocking on our door and telling us to take down every piece of art visible from the streets in order to ‘protect’ passersby.

“Protect them from what? The glories of the human body? So, apologies, we had to cover up our venue a bit from the outside but we won’t let that bring us down!

“Celebrate your birthday with us and enjoy a cake with a massive, erect penis sitting on top. Wild it out at your hen party or stag do with a mouth full of d*** waffles and t*tty cupcakes.”

READ NEXT: