this is preaty neat adam l duncan beberg URL beberg URL pitch dark bar opens for blind dates thu sep NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER am et berlin reuters diners at berlin s newest restaurant cannot see what they are eating and have to be guided to their table by blind waiters because the bar is pitch black the restaurant which opened wednesday aims to make guests concentrate on senses other than sight holding on to one another the first visitors followed waiter roland zimmermann NUMBER into the dining room although the phd student has been blind since childhood he is the only one able to point out chairs cutlery and drinks i m putting your plate right in front of you zimmermann said i can t find my mouth one voice replied out of the dark i wonder what this dish is lasagne or some casserole another invisible guest said in the unsicht bar which means invisible in german diners cannot choose complete dishes from the menu but can only indicate whether they would like a fish meat or vegetarian option we want people to have an extraordinary experience of tasting feeling and smelling said manfred scharbach head of the organization for blind and sight restricted people which is running the bar people are surprised that their tongues and taste senses are taking over and are sending signals which their eyes would normally have sent he added of the NUMBER staff NUMBER are blind an average meal lasts about three hours and the waiters are always around to help scharnbach said and at the end of the night they will even reveal what customers have actually been eating 