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

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

Argentina

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Australia

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Restaurant and observation decks at Black Mountain Tower, Canberra

New South Wales

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Queensland

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  • Horizon Sky Dining (previously Four Winds Revolving Restaurant), Crowne Plaza, Surfers Paradise

Tasmania

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Western Australia

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Austria

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Azerbaijan

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  • Hilton Hotel, Baku

Bangladesh

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Bolivia

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Brazil

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  • Revolving Mascaron Restaurant, Torre Mirante da Serra, Veranópolis
  • Revolving Rooftop Restaurant, Taj Mahal Continental Hotel, Manaus
  • Lassú, K1 Building São Paulo

Bulgaria

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  • Magnito Sky, Varna Towers, Varna

Cambodia

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Canada

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Inside the 360 Restaurant at the CN Tower, Toronto

Alberta

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British Columbia

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View of the Top of Vancouver Revolving Restaurant, Harbour Centre, Vancouver
  • Top of Vancouver Revolving Restaurant, Harbour Centre, Vancouver
  • Vistas Revolving Restaurant & Bar, Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront, Vancouver (closed, now private convention space)[3]

Manitoba

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  • Prairie 360, Fort Garry Place, Winnipeg Closed 2020

Ontario

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Quebec

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Chile

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China

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Central TV Tower

Beijing

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  • 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

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Chongqing

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  • Jiuchongtian (Cloud 9) Revolving Restaurant, Yu Du Hotel {Jiefangbei CBD}, Chongqing

Dalian

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  • Mingzhu Revolving Restaurant, Bohai Grand Hotel, Dalian
  • Revolving Restaurant, Bohai Pearl Hotel, Dalian
  • Revolving Restaurant, Dalian Radio and TV Tower, Dalian

Guangdong Province

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Guangzhou

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  • Carousel Restaurant, Garden Hotel, Guangzhou
  • Revolving Restaurant, Aiqun Hotel, Guangzhou
  • Sky Cafe-Revolving Restaurant, Guangdong Asia International Hotel, Guangzhou

Shenzhen

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Zhaoqing

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  • Revolving Restaurant, Pearl Hotel Starlake, Zhaoqing

Zhongshan

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  • City-view Revolving Restaurant, Fuhua Hotel, Zhongshan

Hangzhou

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  • J Western Restaurant, Tianyuan Tower Hotel, Hangzhou
  • Restaurant Café and Bar, Friendship Hotel, Hangzhou

Shanghai

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Suzhou

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  • Revolving Restaurant, Aster Hotel, Suzhou

Tianjin

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Wenzhou

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  • Revolving Restaurant, Wenzhou International Hotel, Wenzhou

Wuhan

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  • Panorama Restaurant, Holiday Inn Wuhan-Riverside, Wuhan

Colombia

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Croatia

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  • Vertigo bar, Hotel Antunović, Zagreb

Egypt

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Finland

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Germany

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  • 360° Drehrestaurant im Wildpark Hotel, Bad Marienberg
  • Panoramabar im Vital Hotel der Rhein-Main-Therme, Hofheim
  • Fernmeldeturm, Mannheim
  • Florianturm, Dortmund (oldest revolving restaurant in the world; closed to general public since 2015, now only available for private event bookings)
  • 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

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Guatemala

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Hong Kong

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Iceland

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India

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  • High Park - One of Asia's Only Open-air Revolving Bar and Restaurants, Mysore, Karnataka
  • Stellar - The Revolving Restaurant, Hotel Drona Palace, Kashipur, Uttarakhand.
Tower of Ambassador Hotel, Mumbai

Indonesia

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  • Panyawangan Restaurant, Hotel Panghegar, Bandung

Iran

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Milad Tower

Iraq

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Japan

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Hokkaido

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  • Hotel Neuschloss, Otaru (not currently rotating)
  • Restaurant Rondo, Century Royal Hotel, Sapporo (closed in 2024, building demolished)

Tōhoku

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  • Sky Restaurant Familio, Kanpuzan Revolving Observatory, Oga, Akita (observatory rotating, but restaurant floor doesn't)
  • Kakunodate Plaza Hotel, Kakunodate, Akita (closed in 2014, building demolished)

Kantō

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  • Koma Observatory, Mount Tsukuba (observatory open, but not currently rotating)
  • THE Sky, Hotel New Otani, Tokyo (restaurant open, but not currently rotating)[7]
  • 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)
  • Blue sky lounge, Matsudo Building, Matsudo, Chiba (currently closed)
  • Hotel New Tsukamoto, Chiba (restaurant open, but not currently rotating)
  • Hotel Empire, Yokohama (now the library building of the university)

Chūbu

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  • Tee Horn, Kaida Plateau, Nagano
  • Enakyo Kokusai Hotel, Gifu (not currently rotating)
  • T-FACE, Toyota, Aichi (not currently rotating)

Kansai

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  • 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)
  • Kobe Port Tower, Kobe (restaurant reopened as rotating cafe/bar)
  • Sumaura Revolving Observatory, Sumaurayama, Hyōgo (currently out of order)

Chūgoku

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  • Kyoyama Solar Green Park, Okayama (the floor is currently not rotating)
  • Hiroshima Kokusai Hotel, Hiroshima (not currently rotating)

Kyūshū

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  • Sun Sky Hotel, Kokura (restaurant is not currently open)
  • Saint City, Kokura (restaurant is not currently open)
  • Hakata Port Tower, Hakata (not currently rotating)
  • Hotel Clio Court Hakata, Hakata (not currently rotating)

Okinawa

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  • 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

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Kenya

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  • 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

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Lebanon

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  • Monte Alberto Hotel and Restaurant, Zahle

Libya

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

Lithuania

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Macau

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

Malaysia

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Mexico

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Nepal

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

The Netherlands

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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

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New Zealand

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North Korea

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Norway

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Pakistan

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Philippines

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Qatar

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Russia

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Saudi Arabia

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Serbia

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Singapore

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Prima Tower Revolving Restaurant, Singapore

Slovakia

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South Africa

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South Korea

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Sri Lanka

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Switzerland

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Syria

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Taiwan

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Tanzania

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

Thailand

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Trinidad and Tobago

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Turkey

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Uganda

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  • 7 Hills Revolving Restaurant, Golf Course Hotel, Kampala[17]

United Arab Emirates

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United Kingdom

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  • 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

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Alabama

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  • The Renaissance Shoals Hotel & Spa, Florence

Arizona

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California

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Florida

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Georgia

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Hawaii

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Illinois

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  • Ventana's, Rosemont (closed to the public; only open for receptions, parties)

Indiana

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Kentucky

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  • 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)

Minnesota

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  • Harbor 360, Radisson Hotel Duluth Harborview, Duluth[21]

Nevada

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  • Top of the World, The Strat, Las Vegas
  • Whiskey Licker Up rotating bar, Binion's Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.

New York

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Northern Marianas Islands

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South Carolina

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Texas

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Virginia

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  • Skydome Lounge, Doubletree Hotel Crystal City at National Airport, Arlington

Washington

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  • 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[citation needed]

Wisconsin

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  • 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])

Uruguay

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

Uzbekistan

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Venezuela

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

See also

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References

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  2. "Business Hotel in Sarajevo | Luxury Stays & Meetings in Hotel Radon Plaza". Hotel Radon Plaza. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
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  8. "Bellini Restaurante". Grupo Freedom. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
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  10. "Lotus Tower to open 'Blue Orbit' restaurant, hall on December 10". 7 December 2023.
  11. "Blue Orbit by Citrus". www.blueorbit.lk. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
  12. "Sri Lanka's first revolving restaurant and banquet hall opens | Daily FT".
  13. "Citrus Leisure in collaboration with Colombo Lotus Tower takes dining and banqueting to new heights". 2 December 2023.
  14. "Blue Orbit". 17 December 2023.
  15. "President opens 'Blue Orbit' today; Dilith Jayaweera as Director". 9 December 2023.
  16. "Blue Orbit and Cosmic". 14 December 2023.
  17. "Seven Hills Revolving Restaurant". Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  18. 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.
  19. "Revolve at Regency Club". Hyatt Regency San Francisco. Retrieved March 22, 2026.
  20. "360° View at the Top of Waikiki". The Tasty Island. November 6, 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
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  22. Daniels, Lauren Drewes. "A Look at Crown Block, the New Restaurant atop Reunion Tower (That Doesn't Spin)". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
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