List of revolving restaurants

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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.

Albania[]

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

Argentina[]

  • Confiteria Giratoria, San Carlos de Bariloche[1]

Australia[]

Restaurant and observation decks at Black Mountain Tower, Canberra
Australian Capital Territory
  • Alto Tower Restaurant, Black Mountain Tower, Canberra (closed in 2014)
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

Austria[]

  • Donauturm, Vienna

Azerbaijan[]

  • Hilton Hotel, Baku

Bangladesh[]

  • Top of the World Restaurant, Shaheed Zia Smriti Complex, Chandgaon Thana, Chittagong
  • Mainland China, Siam Tower, Uttara Model Town, Dhaka

Bolivia[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

  • Radon Plaza, Sarajevo

Brazil[]

(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

Bulgaria[]

  • Magnito Sky, Varna Towers, Varna

Cambodia[]

  • The Penthouse Residence, Cheval Blanc Restaurant, Celeste Sky Bar Phnom Penh

Canada[]

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][3]
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

Chile[]

China[]

Beijing
  • Carousel Revolving Restaurant, Xiyuan Hotel, Beijing
  • Revolving Restaurant, China Central Television Tower, Beijing[4]
  • 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
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
Hong Kong
  • 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, Hopewell Centre, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Macau
  • 360° Café, Macau Tower, Macau
  • Rotunda Revolving Restaurant, Metro Park Hotel, Macau
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

Colombia[]

  • El Giratorio Restaurant, Hotel Dann Carlton, Barranquilla
  • Restaurante La Fragata Giratorio, , Bogotá
  • Tony Roma's, Hotel Dann Carlton, Medellín

Croatia[]

  • Vertigo bar, Hotel Antunović, Zagreb

Egypt[]

  • 360-The Revolving Restaurant, Cairo Tower, Cairo
  • The Revolving Restaurant, Grand Hyatt Cairo

Finland[]

France[]

Germany[]

  • 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

Greece[]

  • OTE Tower, Thessaloniki

Guatemala[]

  • , Guatemala City

Iceland[]

India[]

  • Stellar - The Revolving Restaurant, Hotel Drona Palace, Kashipur,Uttarakhand.
Tower of Ambassador Hotel, Mumbai
  • 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
  • , Tex Palazzo Hotel, Surat (Asia's first revolving hotel)
  • Kashish Restaurant, Sirsa District
  • Om Revolving Restaurant, Jaipur
  • Parikrama, New Delhi[5]
  • Patang Hotel – located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  • Patel Revolving Restaurant, Siwan District
  • , Ambassador Hotel, Mumbai, Maharashtra
  • Revolving Restaurant, Hotel Howard International, Mussoorie
  • Sahib Revolving Restaurant, Ludhiana
  • UFO Revolving restaurant Mumbai, Maharashtra[6]
  • Cloud 7 Revolving restaurant, RS Sarovar Portico Palampur,Himachal Pradesh.

Indonesia[]

  • 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.

Iran[]

  • 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

Iraq[]

  • Baghdad Tower
  • Grand Millennium Hotel, Sulaimani

Japan[]

  • 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)[7]
  • Top of Kyoto, Rihga Royal Hotel, Kyoto
  • Le Train Blue Restaurant on top of Hiroshima Kokusai Hotel, Hiroshima

Kazakhstan[]

  • Soluxe Hotel Astana, Nur-Sultan

Kenya[]

  • 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'

Kuwait[]

  • Kuwait Towers, Kuwait City
  • Liberation Tower, Kuwait City

Lebanon[]

  • Monte Alberto Hotel and Restaurant, Zahle

Libya[]

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

Lithuania[]

Malaysia[]

  • @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

Mexico[]

  • Bellini Restaurante, World Trade Center Mexico City[8]

Nepal[]

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

The Netherlands[]

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 Caledonia[]

New Zealand[]

  • Orbit, Sky Tower, Auckland[9]

North Korea[]

  • 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

Norway[]

Pakistan[]

  • KHIVA Revolving Restaurant, Islamabad
  • Port Tower Complex, Karachi
  • The Revolving Restaurant, Karachi

Philippines[]

Portugal[]

Qatar[]

Russia[]

  • Seventh Heaven, Ostankino Tower, Moscow was highest in 1967-75

Saudi Arabia[]

  • Al Faisaliyah Center

Serbia[]

  • , Zlatibor
  • Genex Tower, Belgrade

Singapore[]

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

Slovakia[]

South Africa[]

  • Revolving Restaurant, CR Swart Building, Bloemfontein (closed for maintenance for five years already)
  • Roma Revolving Restaurant, Durban

South Korea[]

  • N Seoul Tower

Spain[]

  • Panoramic 360, Forum Building Granada - Permanently Closed

Switzerland[]

  • Hoher Kasten
  • Le Kuklos, Leysin
  • Mittelallalin, above Saas-Fee (world's highest)
  • Piz Gloria, on the summit of Schilthorn, near Mürren
  • Stanserhorn

Syria[]

  • Cham Palace Hotel, Damascus

Taiwan[]

  • Star Tower Restaurant, Taipei
  • UFO Revolving Restaurant, Taichung

Tanzania[]

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

Thailand[]

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

Trinidad and Tobago[]

  • 360 Revolving Restaurant, Radisson Hotel Trinidad, Port of Spain

Turkey[]

Uganda[]

  • 7 Hills Revolving Restaurant, Golf Course Hotel, Kampala[10]

United Arab Emirates[]

  • Al Dawaar, Hyatt Regency, Dubai
  • Al Fanar, Le Royal Meridien, Abu Dhabi
  • Tiara, Marina Mall, Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom[]

  • 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 States[]

Alabama
  • The Marriott Shoals Hotel & Spa, Florence
Arizona
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)[11]
Georgia
  • Polaris, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta
  • Sun Dial, Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Atlanta
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)[12]
  • Top of Waikiki, Honolulu[12]
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)[13]
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
  • JJ Astor, Radisson Hotel Duluth Harborview, Duluth[14]
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[15] (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
  • Marriott Hotel, George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston (closed in 2014)
  • Spindletop, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Houston
  • Tower of the Americas, San Antonio
Virginia
  • Skydome Lounge, Doubletree Hotel Crystal City at National Airport, Arlington (Closed in 2020)
Washington
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.

Uruguay[]

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

Uzbekistan[]

Venezuela[]

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

See also[]

References[]

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  6. ^ "Dining | The Ambassador Mumbai | Hotel Near Marine Drive".
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  9. ^ "Auckland Orbit Restaurant". Retrieved 22 May 2014.
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  13. ^ Brenner, Joel. "Park Inn sold; $2.6 million fix-up planned", Des Moines Register, July 26, 1988, page 8S.
  14. ^ JJ Astor
  15. ^ "FORMER ROTATING RESTAURANT OPEN FOR EVENTS | Nashville Post". Nashville Post. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
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