Revolving Restaurants in Europe!
 

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I was wondering if Fodorites knew of any revolving restaurants in Europe.

The only one I know of is Piz Gloria at the Schilthorn, CH.

I would surmise that operating a revolving restaurant would be difficult.

The expense must be exorbitant. The electric bill alone would be prohibitive to any restauranteur.

I also think proper training of staff would be another expense because you wouldn't want some shambolic waiter setting fire to a tablecloth because he lost his balance during a cherries jubilee pyrotechnic performance.

And a salad bar smack dab in the middle of the dining room would be ruled out (cutting profits because salad bars bring in crowds) as you would have customers suffering vertigo episodes whilst spooning out Currywurst Surprise onto their plates.

Yes, a revolving restaurant would be a very challenging venture indeed.

Maybe that is why we don't see so many nowadays.

Thin

Your post reminded me of the revolving restaurant in Liverpool in the 60's in St John's Tower. It was OK foodwise with great views (obviously). I made the mistake of going to the loo and forgetting the spinning thing, sat down at the table where ours was on my return. The lady sat there was very nice and was waiting for her partner too! We passed as we looked for our own tables.

Found this Wiki list for you, but I don't know how accurate it is, it's Wiki after all!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ng_restaurants

There is one in Zwolle, in the Netherlands, in a former water tower: http://latourzwolle.nl/, and several in germany I believe, some also in former water towers.

Also one in Trondheim: www.egon.no/restauranter/tarnet

The experience would have to be pretty awesome to justify the added cost to food to pay for the associated maintenance costs. Can you imagine the diners complaining when the building rotates itself so that the sun is directly in their eyes? A one star rating on Yelp and Trip Adviser for sure.

That being said, I know of two in Germany: the Belvedere Water Tower in Aachen and the one in the Olympiaturm in Munich

Sparkchaser, they're called window blinds and we have them here in Florida. Ours were made in France and they are the kind that you can see through but they keep the sunlight out.

What a time to be alive. Will the modern wonders of technology ever cease?

Rheintrm in Dusseldorf, amazing views, correct food.

most of then revolve after sufficient alcohol has been taken

remember the Post Office Tower before it was bombed?

If the restaurant were revolving so fast that waitstaff lost their footing I think a lot of the diners would be motion sick. Any revolving restaurant moves
V E R Y slowly. As in the story above - when someone was gone from the table for 10 minutes and found it's position had changed.

They're not tilt-a-whirls!

I ate in one once in St Louis. It took 1 hour and 20 minutes for it to make one revolution, certainly not spinning. You did not feel any movement. As a matter of fact, you hardly noticed that the scenery was changing.

The one in St Louis was there for over 45 years and just closed early last year. Plans for possible restoration are being considered.

There used to be several in Europe, two at least in Germany. I guess it was kind of a 70s thing.

France:

Tour de l'Europe (Mulhouse)

Phare de la Méditerranée (Palavas-les-Flots)

Piz Gloria was under construction when James Bond On Her Majesty's Secret Service was in large part filmed there - love watching the movie after being there in person

Stanserhorn (but only the inner raised dais revolves).

I have a vision of Thin on a fairground carousel horse, stylish purse hanging on an ear of said horse. Eating food from a plastic plate, soup ladle to hand so he can help himself as he whips past the salad bar.

Enough wine and any restaurant could start revolving!