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JUMBO RESTAURANT
A Hong Kong
Historic Landmark
Jumbo restaurant was a
three-story vessel with exterior styled after a Chinese
imperial palace located in Hong Kong. The Jumbo was
established in October 1976, after four years and over
HK$30 million were spent to design and build it.
The restaurant, which was only accessible via small
Jumbo-branded ferries, was famous for its lavish
Imperial-style façade, plentiful neon lights, massive
specially commissioned paintings in the stairwell and
its colorful Chinese-style motifs -- including a golden
throne in the dining hall.
Jumbo restaurant had more than 2,000 person capacity
eatery. At 260-foot long (about 80 meters), it at one
time was the world's largest floating
restaurant, starred in many Hong Kong and international
movies, including "Enter the Dragon" starring Bruce Lee,
and "James Bond: The Man with the Golden Gun."
A restaurant on this scale on a floating structure is
quite unique in the world. During its 44 years of
operation, over thirty million visitors visited the
restaurant including luminaries including Queen
Elizabeth II, Jimmy Carter and Tom Cruise.
Hit by COVID-19 pandemic, Jumbo's owners announced in
March 2020 they had accumulated losses of more than $13
million and the restaurant would be closed until further
notice. Several proposals had been put forward to save
the historic icon, but its high maintenance cost had
deterred potential investors.
Without a "white knight" rescuer that the city had been
waiting for, the owner's decided to move the Jumbo
Floating Restaurant, the main boat, to Cambodia before
its operating license expired at the end of June. While
being towed in the South China Sea, it was capsized near
the Paracel Islands on 19 June 2022.
This
primarily wood model of the Jumbo restaurant is 31" long. The base is water scenic
and is about 35" x 11".
Email us for price and lead time.
Learn more about the
Hong Kong's Jumbo restaurant here here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumbo_Kingdom
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