List of revolving restaurants

The following is a list of revolving restaurants. A revolving restaurant is usually a tower restaurant designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on the revolving floor.

AlbaniaEdit

  • Sky Club Panoramic Bar & Restaurant, Sky Tower, Tirana
  • Dajti Tower Belvedere Hotel, Dajti, Tirana
  • Bar Zodiak, Shkodër

ArgentinaEdit

AustraliaEdit

 
Restaurant and observation decks at Black Mountain Tower, Canberra
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
  • Top of the World Revolving Restaurant, Atlantic Tower, Glenelg (closed in 2014)
Tasmania
Western Australia

AustriaEdit

AzerbaijanEdit

  • Hilton Hotel, Baku

BangladeshEdit

BoliviaEdit

Bosnia and HerzegovinaEdit

  • Radon Plaza, Sarajevo; designed by Mr.sci. Dzavid Begovic (+387 61 224084), Energoinvest-TMP d.o.o.,built in 2004.; the first revolving restaurant in Balcan.

BrazilEdit

(Permanently closed)

  • Restaurante Platô, Torre Quixadá, Fortaleza (closed c.2005)
  • Revolving Mascaron Restaurant, Torre Mirante da Serra, Veranópolis
  • Revolving Rooftop Restaurant, Taj Mahal Continental Hotel, Manaus
  • Lassú, K1 Building São Paulo

BulgariaEdit

  • Magnito Sky, Varna Towers, Varna

CambodiaEdit

CanadaEdit

 
Inside the 360 Restaurant at the CN Tower, Toronto
Alberta
British Columbia
 
View of the Top of Vancouver Revolving Restaurant, Harbour Centre, Vancouver
  • Cloud 9 Revolving Restaurant & Lounge, Empire Landmark Hotel, Vancouver (closed in 2017; building demolished 2018–2019)
  • Top of Vancouver Revolving Restaurant, Harbour Centre, Vancouver
  • Vistas Revolving Restaurant & Bar, Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront, Vancouver (closed, now private convention space)[2]
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec

ChileEdit

ChinaEdit

 
Central TV Tower
Beijing
  • Carousel Revolving Restaurant, Xiyuan Hotel, Beijing
  • Revolving Restaurant, China Central Television Tower, Beijing[3]
  • Starlight Revolving Restaurant, Beijing International Hotel, Beijing
  • Summit Club Restaurant and Lounge, Hotel Kunlun, Beijing
Chengdu
Chongqing
  • Jiuchongtian (Cloud 9) Revolving Restaurant, Yu Du Hotel {Jiefangbei CBD}, Chongqing
Dalian
  • Mingzhu Revolving Restaurant, Bohai Grand Hotel, Dalian
  • Revolving Restaurant, Bohai Pearl Hotel, Dalian
  • Revolving Restaurant, Dalian Radio and TV Tower, Dalian
Guangdong Province
Guangzhou
  • Carousel Restaurant, Garden Hotel, Guangzhou
  • Revolving Restaurant, Aiqun Hotel, Guangzhou
  • Sky Cafe-Revolving Restaurant, Guangdong Asia International Hotel, Guangzhou
Shenzhen
Zhaoqing
  • Revolving Restaurant, Pearl Hotel Starlake, Zhaoqing
Zhongshan
  • City-view Revolving Restaurant, Fuhua Hotel, Zhongshan
Hangzhou
  • J Western Restaurant, Tianyuan Tower Hotel, Hangzhou
  • Restaurant Café and Bar, Friendship Hotel, Hangzhou
Shanghai
  • Art 50, Hotel Novotel Shanghai Atlantis, Shanghai
  • Blue Heaven Revolving Restaurant, Jin Jiang Tower, Shanghai
  • Epicure on 45, Radisson Hotel Shanghai New World, Shanghai
  • Oriental Pearl Revolving Restaurant, Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai
Suzhou
  • Revolving Restaurant, Aster Hotel, Suzhou
Tianjin
Wenzhou
  • Revolving Restaurant, Wenzhou International Hotel, Wenzhou
Wuhan
  • Panorama Restaurant, Holiday Inn Wuhan-Riverside, Wuhan

ColombiaEdit

CroatiaEdit

  • Vertigo bar, Hotel Antunović, Zagreb

EgyptEdit

FinlandEdit

FranceEdit

GermanyEdit

  • 360° Drehrestaurant im Wildpark Hotel, Bad Marienberg
  • Europaturm, Frankfurt am Main (closed since 1999)
  • Panoramabar im Vital Hotel der Rhein-Main-Therme, Hofheim
  • Fernmeldeturm, Mannheim
  • Fernmeldeturm, Nürnberg (closed since 1991)
  • Florianturm, Dortmund (oldest revolving restaurant in the world; closed to general public since 2015, now only available for private event bookings)
  • Heinrich-Hertz-Turm, Hamburg (closed since 2001)
  • Henninger Turm, Frankfurt am Main (two revolving restaurants, closed in 2002 and tower since demolished)
  • Hotel Steinwaldhaus, Drehlokal, Erbendorf
  • Olympiaturm, Munich (at Olympic Park)
  • Rheinturm, Düsseldorf
  • Telecafé, Berliner Fernsehturm, Berlin
  • Water Tower Belvedere, Aachen

GreeceEdit

GuatemalaEdit

Hong KongEdit

IcelandEdit

IndiaEdit

  • Stellar - The Revolving Restaurant, Hotel Drona Palace, Kashipur,Uttarakhand.
 
Tower of Ambassador Hotel, Mumbai

IndonesiaEdit

  • Panyawangan Restaurant, Hotel Panghegar, Bandung
  • A new revolving restaurant will open soon[when?] at Westin Jakarta, replacing Empire Grill Menara Kuningan, which closed in 2010.

IranEdit

IraqEdit

JapanEdit

  • Fukunoseki restaurant, Shimonoseki (Hinoyama Summit)
  • Ginza Sky Lounge in Yūrakuchō, Tokyo (rotates counterclockwise, unlike most revolving restaurants)
  • Hanagasa Revolving Sky Restaurant, Okinawa Miyako Hotel, Naha, Okinawa
  • Hotel New Tsukamoto, Chiba
  • Restaurant Rondo, Century Royal Hotel, Sapporo
  • THE Sky, Hotel New Otani, Tokyo (restaurant open, but not currently rotating)[6]
  • Top of Kyoto, Rihga Royal Hotel, Kyoto
  • Le Train Blue Restaurant on top of Hiroshima Kokusai Hotel, Hiroshima

KazakhstanEdit

KenyaEdit

  • Kenyatta International Conference Centre, located on the 28th floor of the KICC Tower, in the Central Business District of Kenya's Capital city, Nairobi
  • 360 Grills & Lounges - Valley View Office Park City Park Drive Rooftop, Tower 'B'

KuwaitEdit

LebanonEdit

  • Monte Alberto Hotel and Restaurant, Zahle

LibyaEdit

  • Al Mat'am al-Hawar Burj al-Fateh, Tripoli

LithuaniaEdit

MacauEdit

  • 360° Café, Macau Tower, Macau
  • Rotunda Revolving Restaurant, Metro Park Hotel, Macau

MalaysiaEdit

MexicoEdit

NepalEdit

  • Revolving Restauant, Airport Hotel, Sinamangal, Kathmandu
  • Revolving Restaurant, Ratna Plaza, Dharmapath, New road, Kathmandu

The NetherlandsEdit

 
De Koperen Hoogte, revolving restaurant and hotel in former water tower
  • De Koperen Hoogte, De Lichtmis, near Zwolle (reconstructed water tower)
  • Moon, Adam tower, Amsterdam
  • UFO, Rotterdam

New CaledoniaEdit

New ZealandEdit

North KoreaEdit

NorwayEdit

PakistanEdit

PhilippinesEdit

PortugalEdit

QatarEdit

RussiaEdit

Saudi ArabiaEdit

SerbiaEdit

SingaporeEdit

 
Prima Tower Revolving Restaurant, Singapore
  • Meritus Mandarin Singapore (not currently revolving)
  • Prima Tower Revolving Restaurant, Prima Tower (closed since 6 April 2020)
  • Tong Le Dining, Collyer Quay

SlovakiaEdit

South AfricaEdit

South KoreaEdit

SpainEdit

  • Panoramic 360, Forum Building Granada - Permanently Closed

SwitzerlandEdit

SyriaEdit

TaiwanEdit

TanzaniaEdit

  • Akemi Restaurant, Golden Jubilee PSPF Towers, Dar es Salaam
  • Mapinduzi Revolving Restaurant, Mapinduzi Square, Muembe Kiosonge, Zanzibar City

ThailandEdit

  • Club Lounge, Grand China Princess Hotel, Bangkok
  • Pattaya Park Beach hotel, Pattaya
  • Phu Jaya Mini Resort & Restaurant, Chiang Mai

Trinidad and TobagoEdit

TurkeyEdit

UgandaEdit

  • 7 Hills Revolving Restaurant, Golf Course Hotel, Kampala[9]

United Arab EmiratesEdit

United KingdomEdit

  • Butlins Top of the Tower Restaurant, BT Tower, London (closed in 1980)
  • Lakeview Restaurant, Center Parcs Elveden Forest (closed in November 2016)
  • St. John's Beacon, Liverpool (closed in 1977, now a radio station, no longer revolves)

There are now no remaining functional revolving restaurants in the UK.

United StatesEdit

Alabama
  • The Marriott Shoals Hotel & Spa, Florence
Arizona
California
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
  • Ventana's, Rosemont (closed to the public; only open for receptions, parties)
Indiana
Iowa
  • Top of the Tower Ballroom, Holiday Inn Downtown, Des Moines (closed in 1988)[12]
Kentucky
  • Eighteen, Radisson Hotel Cincinnati Waterfront, Covington
  • Galt House, Louisville (dual revolving floorplates)
  • Spire, Hyatt Regency Louisville, Louisville (only used for special events/receptions since 2007, not open to the public)
Massachusetts
Michigan
  • Formerly Coach Insignia, General Motors Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan (Closed)
Minnesota
  • Apostle Supper Club, Radisson Hotel Duluth Harborview, Duluth[13]
Missouri
Nevada
New York
Oklahoma
  • 3sixty Restaurant & Bar, Oklahoma City (Closed)
Ohio
  • Ventana's, Millennium Hotel, Cincinnati (no longer open to the public; calls itself a "revolving reception venue")
South Carolina
Tennessee
  • Pinnacle Restaurant, Downtown Sheraton Hotel, Nashville[14] (closed 2000)
  • Top of the 100, 100 North Main, Memphis (might open)
Texas
Virginia
  • Skydome Lounge, Doubletree Hotel Crystal City at National Airport, Arlington
Washington
  • SkyCity, Space Needle, Seattle, designed by John Graham & Company based on lessons from their previous design of La Ronde in Hawai'i[11] (closed 2017)
  • What was once the SkyCity restaurant has now been gutted and changed to the Loupe Lounge, a 21+ bar at the top of the Space Needle which opened 2021.
Wisconsin
  • Polaris, Hyatt Regency Milwaukee opened in 1980 and took its last spin in 2009. It was closed for private events only but reopened in 2015, only it no longer spins.

UruguayEdit

  • La Vista, in Punta del Este (open for lunch and dinner)

UzbekistanEdit

VenezuelaEdit

  • Hotel El Paseo, Restaurante El Girasol, Maracaibo, Zulia
  • Hotel Pipo Internacional, Maracay, Aragua

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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