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.

Albania

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

Argentina

Australia

Restaurant and observation decks at Black Mountain Tower, Canberra
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Queensland
  • Horizon Sky Dining (previously Four Winds Revolving Restaurant), Crowne Plaza, Surfers Paradise
South Australia
  • Top of the World Revolving Restaurant, Atlantic Tower, Glenelg (closed in 2014)
Tasmania
Western Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

  • Hilton Hotel, Baku

Bangladesh

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • 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.

Brazil

  • 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

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]
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec

Chile

China

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

Colombia

Croatia

  • Vertigo bar, Hotel Antunović, Zagreb

Egypt

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

Guatemala

Hong Kong

Iceland

India

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

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

Iraq

Japan

Hokkaido
  • Sky Lounge restaurant, Asahikawa (closed)
  • Hotel Neuschloss, Otaru (not currently rotating)
  • Restaurant Rondo, Century Royal Hotel, Sapporo
Tōhoku
  • Sky Restaurant Familio, Kanpuzan Revolving Observatory, Oga, Akita
  • Kakunodate Plaza Hotel, Kakunodate, Akita (closed in 2014, building demolished)
Kantō
  • Shin-Mito Sky Lounge, Shin-Mito Kaikan, Mito, Ibaraki (closed around 1984)
  • Takasaki Sky Lounge, Takasaki (demolished in 2022)
  • Koma Observatory, Mount Tsukuba
  • Sogo Ōmiya, Saitama (it is not currently a restaurant and does not rotate)
  • Sky Lounge (Asukayama Tower), Tokyo (demolished in 1993)
  • Yushima Plaza Hotel, Tokyo (demolished in 2007)
  • Rushington Palace, Shinjuku,Tokyo (demolished in 2006)
  • THE Sky, Hotel New Otani, Tokyo (restaurant open, but not currently rotating)[6]
  • Ginza Sky Lounge in Yūrakuchō, Tokyo (it used to rotate counterclockwise, but now it doesn't rotate. Stopped rotating in 2021 when the Tokyo earthquake damaged the machinery.)
  • Prince Kaikan, Kamata, Tokyo (not currently open)
  • Sogo Kashiwa, Kashiwa, Chiba (closed since 2016)
  • Blue sky lounge, Matsudo Building, Matsudo, Chiba (currently closed)
  • Sogo Funabashi, Funabashi, Chiba (It was demolished in 2012 and is now the LaLaport West Wing)
  • Perrier 1, Chiba (demolished in 2011)
  • Hotel New Tsukamoto, Chiba (restaurant open, but not currently rotating)
  • Sky Building, Yokohama (demolished in 1992)
  • Hotel Empire, Yokohama (now the library building of the university)
Chūbu
Kansai
  • KOCHI TO UMI, Todaya Hotel, Toba, Mie
  • Top of Kyoto, Rihga Royal Hotel, Kyoto
  • M! Nara, Nara (not currently rotating)
  • Rakutaian restaurant, OMM Building, Osaka (closed in 2021)
  • Newport Hotel, Kobe (demolished around 1990)
  • Kobe Port Tower, Kobe (not currently rotating)
  • Sumaura Revolving Observatory, Sumaurayama, Hyōgo (currently out of order)
  • Tegarayama Rotating Observatory, Himeji (demolished in 2018)
Chūgoku
  • Sakyu Palace, Tottori (closed around 1982)
  • Kyoyama Solar Green Park, Okayama (the floor is currently not rotating)
  • Hiroshima Kokusai Hotel, Hiroshima (not currently rotating)
  • Miyajima Tower, Miyajima, Hiroshima (demolished in 1997)
  • Fukunoseki restaurant, Shimonoseki (demolished in 2017)
Shikoku
  • Sky Plaza Yokonami, Kōchi (closed)
Kyūshū
Okinawa
  • Akebono-Okisho Building, Naha, Okinawa (not currently rotating)
  • Novotel Okinawa Naha Hotel, Naha, Okinawa (not currently rotating)
  • Zephyr Naha Tower, Naha, Okinawa (demolished in 2014)

Kazakhstan

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

Lebanon

  • Monte Alberto Hotel and Restaurant, Zahle

Libya

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

Lithuania

Macau

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

Malaysia

Mexico

Nepal

  • Revolving Restaurant, 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

North Korea

Norway

Pakistan

Philippines

Portugal

Qatar

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Serbia

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

South Korea

Spain

  • Panoramic 360, Forum Building Granada - Permanently Closed

Sri Lanka

  • Blue Orbit by Citrus, Lotus Tower Colombo (Also South Asia’s tallest restaurant) [9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

Tanzania

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

Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

Turkey

Uganda

  • 7 Hills Revolving Restaurant, Golf Course Hotel, Kampala[16]

United Arab Emirates

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 1979, then reopened in 1980 before closing for good in 1983. 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
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)[20]
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
Minnesota
  • Apostle Supper Club, Radisson Hotel Duluth Harborview, Duluth[21]
Missouri
Nevada
New York
Northern Marianas Islands
Oklahoma
  • 3sixty Restaurant & Bar, Oklahoma City (Closed)
Ohio
  • Eighteen, Radisson, Hotel, Cincinnati[22]
  • Ventana's, Millennium Hotel, Cincinnati (later called itself a "revolving reception venue" after it closed to the public; building demolished in 2022)
South Carolina
Tennessee
  • Pinnacle Restaurant, Downtown Sheraton Hotel, Nashville[23] (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[19] (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
  • The Gobbler, Johnson Creek (bar only - closed 1992, reopened as Gobbler Theater, "temporarily" closed in 2021 with no reopening date announced,[24] currently for sale[25])
  • Polaris, Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, Milwaukee (closed 2009, gutted and reopened as event space under a different name but no longer rotates[26].)

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

  1. ^ "Confitería Giratoria". Teleférico Cerro Otto. Retrieved 23 January 2011. [permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Empire Landmark Hotel site deserves more than generic condo towers | Venture". dailyhive.com. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Revolving Restaurant". Central TV Tower. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  4. ^ Parikrama
  5. ^ "Dining | The Ambassador Mumbai | Hotel Near Marine Drive". Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  6. ^ "VIEW & DINING THE SKY | Dining". Hotel New Otani Tokyo. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Bellini Restaurante". Grupo Freedom. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  8. ^ "Auckland Orbit Restaurant". Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  9. ^ "Lotus Tower to open 'Blue Orbit' restaurant, hall on December 10". 7 December 2023.
  10. ^ https://www.blueorbit.lk/
  11. ^ "Sri Lanka's first revolving restaurant and banquet hall opens | Daily FT".
  12. ^ "Citrus Leisure in collaboration with Colombo Lotus Tower takes dining and banqueting to new heights". 2 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Blue Orbit". 17 December 2023.
  14. ^ "President opens 'Blue Orbit' today; Dilith Jayaweera as Director". 9 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Blue Orbit and Cosmic". 14 December 2023.
  16. ^ "Seven Hills Revolving Restaurant". Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  17. ^ Mailman, Erika. "This rotating S.F. restaurant wowed its patrons before closing years ago. Now it will be revolving again". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Tampa International Airport's rotating restaurant to end service in June - Tampa Bay Business Journal". Archived from the original on 2013-03-24.
  19. ^ a b c "360° View at the Top of Waikiki". The Tasty Island. November 6, 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
  20. ^ Brenner, Joel. "Park Inn sold; $2.6 million fix-up planned", Des Moines Register, July 26, 1988, page 8S.
  21. ^ JJ Astor
  22. ^ "18 Dining". 18dining.com. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  23. ^ "FORMER ROTATING RESTAURANT OPEN FOR EVENTS | Nashville Post". Nashville Post. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  24. ^ "Gobbler Theater closed for now, future uncertain". Daily Jefferson County Union. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  25. ^ "I-94 Visible Music Theatre Venue - Gobbler 350 N Watertown St". LoopNet. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  26. ^ "Polaris will reopen with new name at Hyatt Regency". OnMilwaukee. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
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