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
ArgentinaEdit
- Confiteria Giratoria, San Carlos de Bariloche[1]
AustraliaEdit
- Australian Capital Territory
- Alto Tower Restaurant, Black Mountain Tower, Canberra (closed in 2013)
- New South Wales
- 360 Bar and Dining, Sydney Tower, Sydney
- Cucina Locale Revolving Restaurant, Blacktown
- Skyway Restaurant, Katoomba Scenic World, Katoomba (ceased revolving in 2012, however can be rotated during private events on request)
- O Bar Restaurant, Australia Square, Sydney
- Queensland
- Four Winds Revolving Restaurant, Crowne Plaza, Surfers Paradise
- South Australia
- Top of the World Revolving Restaurant, Atlantic Tower, Glenelg (closed in 2014)
- Tasmania
- Point Revolving Restaurant, Wrest Point Hotel Casino, Sandy Bay
- Western Australia
- C Restaurant, St Martins Tower, Perth
- Koala's View Revolving Restaurant, Bedfordale
AustriaEdit
AzerbaijanEdit
- Hilton Hotel, Baku
BangladeshEdit
- Top of the World Restaurant, Shaheed Zia Smriti Complex, Chandgaon Thana, Chittagong
- Mainland China, Siam Tower, Uttara Model Town, Dhaka
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
- Cuisine Du Ciel, Golden Tulip Internacional Foz, Foz do Iguaçu
(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
- The Penthouse Residence, Cheval Blanc Restaurant, Celeste Sky Bar Phnom Penh
CanadaEdit
- Alberta
- La Ronde, Chateau Lacombe Hotel, Edmonton
- Sky 360 Restaurant, Calgary Tower, Calgary
- British Columbia
- 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
- Prairie 360, Fort Garry Place, Winnipeg
- Ontario
- 360 Restaurant (Top of Toronto 1975–1995), CN Tower, Toronto
- Skylon Tower, Niagara Falls
- Summit, Ottawa Marriott Hotel, Ottawa (restaurant closed, currently a revolving event room)
- Toulà (formerly Lighthouse), Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto (ceased revolving in 2001)
- La Ronde, Holiday Inn Downtown 89 Chesnut (now Chestnut Residence and restaurant on southwest corner closed now used as non-revolving student lounge The Lookout)
- Quebec
- Ciel! Bistro-Bar, Hotel le Concorde, Quebec City
- Portus 360, Plaza Centre-Ville, Montreal
ChileEdit
- Coco-Loco, Valparaíso
- Giratorio, Santiago
ChinaEdit
- 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
- Restaurant Grande, West Pearl Tower, 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
- Guomao Revolving Restaurant, Shenzhen International Trade Center, Shenzhen
- Sky Paradise, Panglin Hotel, Shenzhen
- Tiara, Shangri La Hotel, Shenzhen
- Phoenix Court Restaurant, Baolilai International Hotel, 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
Revolving Restaurant, Tianjin Radio and Television Tower, Tianjin(closed, now a revolving library)
- Wenzhou
- Revolving Restaurant, Wenzhou International Hotel, Wenzhou
- Wuhan
- Panorama Restaurant, Holiday Inn Wuhan-Riverside, Wuhan
ColombiaEdit
- El Giratorio Restaurant, Hotel Dann Carlton, Barranquilla
- Restaurante La Fragata Giratorio, World Trade Center, Bogotá
- Tony Roma's, Hotel Dann Carlton, Medellín
CroatiaEdit
- Vertigo bar, Hotel Antunović, Zagreb
EgyptEdit
- 360-The Revolving Restaurant, Cairo Tower, Cairo
- The Revolving Restaurant, Grand Hyatt Cairo
FinlandEdit
FranceEdit
- Phare de la Méditerranée, Palavas-les-Flots, Hérault
- Tour de l'Europe (Mulhouse), Mulhouse, Alsace
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
- 26/F, Wu Sang House, Mong Kok, Kowloon (1966-1996)
- Furama Kempinski, Furama Hong Kong Hotel, Central, Hong Kong (building demolished in December 2001)
- R66 Revolving Restaurant, Hopewell Centre, Wan Chai, Hong Kong (closed in December 2011)
- The Grand Buffet, Level 62, Hopewell Centre, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
IcelandEdit
IndiaEdit
- Stellar - The Revolving Restaurant, Hotel Drona Palace, Kashipur,Uttarakhand.
- 360 Degree Revolving Restaurant, Pune, Maharashtra
- 4X International, Ludhiana
- Pind Balluchi 18th Floor, Biscomaun Tower, Patna, Bihar
- Aasma Restaurant, Panchkula, Haryana
- Ansal Plaza, Sonepat, Haryana
- Carnival Heights, Chennai
- Chicago Revolving Restaurant, Ernakulam
- Falak, Hotel K.C Residency, Jammu city
- Kandeel, Tex Palazzo Hotel, Surat (Asia's first revolving hotel)
- Kashish Restaurant, Sirsa District
- Om Revolving Restaurant, Jaipur
- Parikrama, New Delhi[4]
- Patang Hotel – located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Patel Revolving Restaurant, Siwan District
- The Pearl of the Orient, Ambassador Hotel, Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Revolving Restaurant, Hotel Howard International, Mussoorie
- Sahib Revolving Restaurant, Ludhiana
- UFO Revolving restaurant Mumbai, Maharashtra[5]
- Cloud 7 Revolving restaurant, RS Sarovar Portico Palampur,Himachal Pradesh.
IndonesiaEdit
IranEdit
- Abadgaran Hotel, Mashhad
- Aseman Hotel, Isfahan
- Bolour Tower, Tabriz
- Borj-e Sefid (the White Tower), Tehran
- Cheshm andaz tower, Ramsar, Mazandaran
- El Goli Hotel, Tabriz
- Enghelab Hotel, Tehran
- Eram Grand Hotel, Kish Island
- Mahestan Shopping center, Karaj
- Milad Tower (Borj-e Milad), Tehran
- Moali Abad, Shiraz
- Mosala, Isfahan
- Narmafzar Tower, Emperor Restaurant, Ahwaz
- Narnjestan Hotel, Noor
- Revolving Restaurant, Grand Hotel Shiraz
- Saeedi Center, Qom
- Yademen Tower, Gorgan
- Borj-e Sefid (the White Tower), Urmia
- Gandomak, Urmia
IraqEdit
- Baghdad Tower
- Grand Millennium Hotel, Sulaimani
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
- Soluxe Hotel Astana, Nur-Sultan
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
- Kuwait Towers, Kuwait City
- Liberation Tower, Kuwait City
LebanonEdit
- Monte Alberto Hotel and Restaurant, Zahle
LibyaEdit
- Al Mat'am al-Hawar Burj al-Fateh, Tripoli
LithuaniaEdit
- Paukščių takas, Vilnius TV Tower, Vilnius
MacauEdit
- 360° Café, Macau Tower, Macau
- Rotunda Revolving Restaurant, Metro Park Hotel, Macau
MalaysiaEdit
- @mosphere, Kota Kinabalu
- Bayview Hotel, George Town, Penang
- Bintang Restaurant (not revolving 2019), The Federal Kuala Lumpur
- Menara Alor Setar, Alor Setar
- Menara Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
MexicoEdit
- Bellini Restaurante, World Trade Center Mexico City[7]
NepalEdit
- Revolving Restauant, Airport Hotel, Sinamangal, Kathmandu
- Revolving Restaurant, Ratna Plaza, Dharmapath, New road, Kathmandu
The NetherlandsEdit
- De Koperen Hoogte, De Lichtmis, near Zwolle (reconstructed water tower)
- Moon, Adam tower, Amsterdam
- UFO, Rotterdam
New CaledoniaEdit
New ZealandEdit
North KoreaEdit
- Hyangsan Hotel, Myohyang-san
- Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang; two revolving restaurants, but only one in operation
- Ryanggang Hotel, Pyongyang
- Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang; five revolving restaurant levels, none of which have yet opened
- Yanggakdo International Hotel, Pyongyang
NorwayEdit
- Egon Tårnet, Tyholttårnet, Trondheim
PakistanEdit
- KHIVA Revolving Restaurant, Islamabad
- Port Tower Complex, Karachi
- The Revolving Restaurant, Karachi
PhilippinesEdit
- 100 Revolving Restaurant, Quezon City
- Pasig Revolving Tower, Pasig
PortugalEdit
- Vasco da Gama Tower - closed October 2004
QatarEdit
- Aspire Tower, Doha
RussiaEdit
- Seventh Heaven, Ostankino Tower, Moscow was highest in 1967-75
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
- VEŽA, Kamzík TV Tower, Bratislava
South AfricaEdit
- Revolving Restaurant, CR Swart Building, Bloemfontein (closed for maintenance for five years already)
- Roma Revolving Restaurant, Durban
South KoreaEdit
SpainEdit
- Panoramic 360, Forum Building Granada - Permanently Closed
SwitzerlandEdit
- Hoher Kasten
- Le Kuklos, Leysin
- Mittelallalin, above Saas-Fee (world's highest)
- Piz Gloria, on the summit of Schilthorn, near Mürren
- Stanserhorn
The Piz Gloria
SyriaEdit
- Cham Palace Hotel, Damascus
TaiwanEdit
- Star Tower Restaurant, Taipei
- UFO Revolving Restaurant, Taichung
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
- 360 Revolving Restaurant, Radisson Hotel Trinidad, Port of Spain
TurkeyEdit
UgandaEdit
United Arab EmiratesEdit
- Al Dawaar, Hyatt Regency, Dubai
- Al Fanar, Le Royal Meridien, Abu Dhabi
- Tiara, Marina Mall, Abu Dhabi
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
- Compass Restaurant, Hyatt Regency Phoenix, Phoenix
- California
- BonaVista Lounge, Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles (LA Prime Restaurant directly above does not rotate)
- Florida
- Garden Grill, Epcot, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista
- Grand Plaza Hotel & Resort, Spinners overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, St. Pete Beach, Florida
The View at CK's at Marriott, Tampa International Airport, Tampa, Florida (closed)[10]
- Georgia
- Polaris, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta
- Sun Dial, Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Atlanta (no longer revolves after 2017 accident)
- Hawaii
La Ronde, Ala Moana Center, Honolulu (closed), designed by John Graham & Company; built in 1963; the first revolving restaurant in the United States, preceding the SkyCity "Eye of the Needle" atop the Space Needle in Seattle (also designed by John Graham)[11]- Top of Waikiki, Honolulu[11]
- Illinois
- Ventana's, Rosemont (closed to the public; only open for receptions, parties)
- Indiana
- Eagle's Nest, Hyatt Regency Indianapolis, Indianapolis
- 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
Spinnaker, Hyatt Regency, Cambridge, Massachusetts (closed in 2004)
- Michigan
Formerly Coach Insignia, General Motors Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan (Closed)
- Minnesota
- Missouri
Skies Restaurant & Lounge, Hyatt Regency Crown Center, Kansas City (closed December 1, 2011 when Sheraton Hotels took over the Hyatt)- Top of the Riverfront, Millennium Hotel, St. Louis (temporary closing as of January 2014)
- Nevada
- Top of the World, Stratosphere, Las Vegas
- New York
Changing Scene, First Federal Plaza, Rochester (closed)- The View, New York Marriott Marquis, New York City
- 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
- Top of Carolina, University of South Carolina, Columbia; only open for Friday lunch and Sunday brunch during university's calendar year
- Tennessee
Pinnacle Restaurant, Downtown Sheraton Hotel, Nashville[14] (closed 2000)- Top of the 100, 100 North Main, Memphis (might open)
- Texas
Antares, Reunion Tower, Dallas (a major remodel took more than a year; renamed Five Sixty in 2009 when opened again by Wolfgang Puck, Closed)- Cloud Nine Cafe, Reunion Tower, Dallas (Closed)
Marriott Hotel, George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston (closed in 2014)- Spindletop, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Houston (Closed)
- Tower of the Americas, San Antonio
- 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
- Koinot, Tashkent Tower, Tashkent
VenezuelaEdit
- Hotel El Paseo, Restaurante El Girasol, Maracaibo, Zulia
- Hotel Pipo Internacional, Maracay, Aragua
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
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