List of revolving restaurants explained
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
- 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
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 Balkan.
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
Canada
- Alberta
- 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
- Quebec
Chile
China
- 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, 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
- 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
Iceland
India
- 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, 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.
Indonesia
- Panyawangan Restaurant, Hotel Panghegar, Bandung
- A new revolving restaurant will open soon 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
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
- Nihonkai Tower, Niigata (closed since 2014)
- Tee Horn, Kaida Plateau, Nagano
- Enakyo Kokusai Hotel, Gifu (not currently rotating)
- T-FACE, Toyota, Aichi (not currently rotating)
- Chunichi Building, Sakae, Nagoya, Aichi (closed in 2019)
- Sanganeyama Rotating Observatory, Aichi (closed in January 2001)
- Aerial revolving restaurant Apollo, Komatsu, Ishikawa (demolished in the 90s)
- 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, 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
- 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
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
- La Ronde, Ala Moana Center, Honolulu (closed), designed by John Graham & Company; opened in 1961; 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)[19]
- Top of Waikiki, Honolulu (closed 2020)
- 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
- 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[22] (closed 2000)
- Top of the 100, 100 North Main, Memphis (closed)
- 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[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,[23] currently for sale[24])
- Polaris, Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, Milwaukee (closed 2009, gutted and reopened as event space under a different name but no longer rotates[25] .)
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
Notes and References
- Web site: Confitería Giratoria. Teleférico Cerro Otto. 23 January 2011.
- Web site: 26 September 2016 . Empire Landmark Hotel site deserves more than generic condo towers | Venture . 18 March 2023 . dailyhive.com.
- Web site: Revolving Restaurant. Central TV Tower. 29 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110522045011/http://www.ctvt.com.cn/english/xzct.asp. 22 May 2011. dead.
- http://www.parikramarestaurant.com/ Parikrama
- Web site: Dining The Ambassador Mumbai Hotel Near Marine Drive. 18 March 2023.
- Web site: VIEW & DINING THE SKY | Dining. Hotel New Otani Tokyo. 18 March 2023.
- Web site: Bellini Restaurante. Grupo Freedom. 23 January 2011.
- Web site: Auckland Orbit Restaurant. 22 May 2014.
- Web site: Lotus Tower to open 'Blue Orbit' restaurant, hall on December 10 . 7 December 2023 .
- https://www.blueorbit.lk/
- Web site: Sri Lanka's first revolving restaurant and banquet hall opens | Daily FT .
- Web site: Citrus Leisure in collaboration with Colombo Lotus Tower takes dining and banqueting to new heights . 2 December 2023 .
- Web site: Blue Orbit . 17 December 2023 .
- Web site: President opens 'Blue Orbit' today; Dilith Jayaweera as Director . 9 December 2023 .
- Web site: Blue Orbit and Cosmic . 14 December 2023 .
- Web site: Seven Hills Revolving Restaurant. 3 June 2011. 9 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110609080550/http://www.golfcoursehotel.com/seven_hills-rs.html. dead.
- News: This rotating S.F. restaurant wowed its patrons before closing years ago. Now it will be revolving again. San Francisco Chronicle. 16 April 2024 . Mailman. Erika.
- Web site: Tampa International Airport's rotating restaurant to end service in June - Tampa Bay Business Journal. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130324023816/http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/blog/morning-edition/2013/03/airports-rotating-restaurant-cks-to.html. 2013-03-24.
- Web site: The Tasty Island . 360° View at the Top of Waikiki . November 6, 2009 . August 5, 2014.
- Brenner, Joel. "Park Inn sold; $2.6 million fix-up planned", Des Moines Register, July 26, 1988, page 8S.
- http://www.radisson.com/duluth-hotel-mn-55802/duluth/hotel/dining/jjastor JJ Astor
- Web site: FORMER ROTATING RESTAURANT OPEN FOR EVENTS Nashville Post. Nashville Post. en. 2018-01-19.
- Web site: Gobbler Theater closed for now, future uncertain. Daily Jefferson County Union. 16 June 2021 . en. 2024-04-17.
- Web site: I-94 Visible Music Theatre Venue - Gobbler 350 N Watertown St. LoopNet. en. 2024-04-17.
- Web site: Polaris will reopen with new name at Hyatt Regency. OnMilwaukee. 14 October 2015 . en. 2024-04-17.
