7 MOST HAUNTED RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD
7 MOST HAUNTED RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD

7 MOST HAUNTED RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD

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7 MOST HAUNTED RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD

The most haunted restaurant in the world is if spending a night in a haunted hotel is just a bit too thrilling for you, perhaps a meal in a haunted restaurant in the world is more your speed. These 7 eateries are the most haunted restaurants in the world. They’re known for serving up frightfully good thrills alongside frightfully good meals.

1. Buma Inn: Beijing, China

7 MOST HAUNTED RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD

The Buma Inn is both a hotel and restaurant, and it is one of the most haunted spots in China. Legend holds that a hotel guest was poisoned by the chef and died. The chef, guilt-stricken, killed himself. Yet, that didn’t allay the ghost’s revenge. She continues to haunt the restaurant and hotel in a ghostly rampage.

2. Mermaid Inn & Restaurant: Rye, England

7 MOST HAUNTED RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD

One of the oldest buildings in the ancient city of Rye, the Mermaid Inn retains its rustic charm, meaning it can be quite spooky with its paneled walls and dark wood. The Inn has been featured in paranormal television series and has at least five haunted rooms. Of note is the Elizabethan room where a duel supposedly took place in the 16th century. Light anomalies have been recorded in this room, and the bottles on the bottle shelf have fallen, scaring guests and staff alike. Aside from the history of hauntings, the inn has a very interesting history It is the most haunted restaurant in the world.  

3. The Keg Mansion: Toronto, Canada

7 MOST HAUNTED RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD

This posh Toronto steakhouse was built as a private residence in 1867. It became a restaurant in the 1960s and The Keg in 1976. Several reports of hauntings have been given by dining guests including a woman in old-fashioned clothing and children sitting or running on the staircase. Children are not allowed in the restaurant in the evening. The woman’s ghost might be a maid who killed herself after the mansion’s mistress died in 1915, so distraught was the maid over her employer’s death. The children? Well, perhaps they think the restaurant should be open to everyone.

4. Poogan’s Porch: Charleston, South Carolina (USA)

7 MOST HAUNTED RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD

This South Carolina restaurant drips with as much charm as Southern hospitality. Though the Victorian building dates back to 1891 when it was a private residence, the restaurant was only established in 1976. And it’s named for the dog who loved to sit on the home’s porch in the restaurant’s early days. The ghost at Poogan’s Porch, however, is not the dog, Poogan. It appears to be an earlier resident named Zoe St. Amand who lived in the home in the early 1900s with her sister, Elizabeth.

5. Auberge Saint-Gabriel: Montréal, Canada

7 MOST HAUNTED RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD

This Montréal restaurant claims to have been the first inn in North America back in 1754. This establishment was also the first to receive a liquor license under British rule in 1769. Built as a private residence in 1688, it retains much of that Old World feel in it—think stone walls, wood plank floors, and wrought iron fixtures. Auberge Saint-Gabriel has had many ghost stories circulate within its walls. The enduring legend says that a child was burned in a fire, and she still roams the restaurant. She can be heard playing the piano from time to time.

6. The Banshee Labyrinth Pub: Edinburgh, Scotland

7 MOST HAUNTED RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD

While many of the places on my most haunted lists prefer to keep their paranormal activity away from their websites, The Banshee Labyrinth announces it front and center. Part of this haunted pub is deep in the underground vaults of Edinburgh which once housed the destitute, criminals, and other nefarious residents. This is where the evil tortured their victims, where killers worked. The other half of the pub is above ground and was once the home of Edinburgh’s wealthiest resident. Lord Nicol Edwards also had a reputation for being evil and torturing people in a basement dungeon. Perhaps that’s why he wanted to live so close to the underground vaults. Several ghosts haunt The Banshee. One story is of a banshee; those who hear her scream get a phone call within hours that a loved one has passed. She doesn’t scream often, but she has been heard weeping in the vaults. Another ghost is The Watcher, a man in a long trench coat with large boots and a tricorn hat. Yet another ghost is that of Molly, a child of about six who haunts the main bar. She disappeared in 1841, purportedly buried in an old chimney.

7. John Kavanagh “The Gravediggers”: Dublin, Ireland

7 MOST HAUNTED RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD

Established in 1833, John Kavanagh is better known by locals as “Gravediggers”. It shares a wall with Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery, and it was a popular spot for mourners to drown their sorrows after (or before) a funeral. It was also a spot where gravediggers would stop for a pint after a long night shift. Regulars and staff, particularly those whose loved ones were buried at Glasnevin, report seeing their loved ones or other ghosts. One which many people have seen is a man wearing tweed. Other legends, which likely aren’t true but still surround the pub, are that gravediggers could get a pint directly through the wall between cemetery and pub or that they would knock on the wall to let the barkeep know to start pouring the pints. Finally, John Kavanagh is unique in that there are no phones or music allowed in the pub. They try to keep it as true to the original as possible.

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