The first thing that stands out about the LEGO Baratie is its coloring. The designers made a choice: They could have opted for a more realistic, but muted color scheme for the model, but instead, they went brighter and bolder. The red and gold bricks that line the restaurant's edges really pop and contrast. We are seeing the Baratie lit up at night, advertising its dinner service and standing out from the fog.

The LEGO Baratie build comes in 27 bags. Over the past several years, LEGO has opted to make its bags smaller, dividing the build into easier-to-swallow parts makes the process go quicker. In a similar manner, LEGO divides its instructions across three thin booklets rather than a single, thick one. There are two sheets of stickers. One of those sheets is exceptionally small, and I would urge builders – if they cannot find it in the box – to continue looking. It's in there, but I had to search for a bit.

First, you build Mihawk's small boat. Then, you build the restaurant proper, starting with the massive fishhead at the leftmost side. From the dining room to the bar lounge to the kitchen, every room in this build is well-furnished. There's lots of food and drink accessories, and every miniature plate has something edible on it. The exterior is excessive by design, why have one ornamental scroll on the roofing when you can have two, stacked on top of one another?

Construction-wise, I really enjoyed building the double spiral staircase that leads down to the dining room. The designers took a piecemeal approach to its construction. You build each step as a separate entity, and then you stack them against each other around a single axis to create the desired effect.

The upper floor includes a couple of tables on balconies, which overlook the main dining room, as well as Zeff's office, which comes with a themed snail phone. One floor above that is a treasure room and an open promenade, where restaurant guests can lounge in reclining deck chairs. And then above that, you build a miniature boat, which crowns the entire restaurant.

Something else to note: this is the first time, since I built the LEGO Titanic back in 2021, that I ran into a couple of production mistakes. The first is extremely minor. There's a typo in the instructions that asks you to apply Sticker #14. The designers meant to say Sticker #13; there is no Sticker #14. The second mistake concerns two 1x4 olive green tile bricks. Instead, there's two 1x3 olive green tile bricks.

If you run into this discrepancy, it's not a disqualifying error. In the final result, circular booths cover up the missing tiles in the restaurant's dining room, and you can either fill the gap with 1x1 tiles of any color or simply leave them empty. You can also reach out to LEGO customer service directly. I've found that they're more than happy to rush out any missing pieces for free, no questions asked.

The set gives you 10 One Piece minifigures to play out your scenarios. You get the entire Straw Hat Pirate crew: Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji. And then you also get Zeff, Garp (every massive set needs at least one villain), Helmeppo, Koby, and Mihawk. The dock outside the restaurant allows you to stage the climactic duel between Zoro and Mihawk. There are two platforms that rotate on a hidden mesh of gears. If you place the minifigures on these platforms and spin the gears, Zoro and Mihawk will hack and slash at each other.

In both live-action and anime form, the Baratie is where Luffy's crew experiences its most challenging moments and emerges stronger for them. Its corresponding LEGO model is a precise build aimed at adults, requiring patience to ensure all its pieces go in the right place. If you make a mistake, you'll know it; the siding won't click into place or the misalignment will show its seam. But persist, and the final result will appear effortless and lived in, despite its elaborate set-up. This set has a chaotic energy. There's so many different things going on, no matter where you look.

LEGO 'One Piece' Baratie Floating Restaurant, Set #75640, retails for $329.99, and it is composed of 3402 pieces. It is available now at Amazon and the LEGO Store.

Kevin Wong is a contributing freelancer for IGN, specializing in LEGO. He's also been published in Complex, Engadget, Gamespot, Kotaku, and more. Follow him on Twitter at @kevinjameswong.