A memorable experience was dining in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. This was many years ago, but we will never forget the sunset; layers of soft pink clouds.
Beautiful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ng_restaurants

One of my favorites, although not rotating was the New York Grill on top of the Park Hyatt Tokyo.

Food was nothing special at all when I went a few years ago.

Hyatt Regency in San Francisco has decent food though nothing special. Make sure it's not a foggy day.

Tons of good info here....thanks all!

I've always liked the Compass Room at the Phoenix Hyatt. There's a table minimum spend of $15 so I usually go for drinks/dessert. Food isn't bad, though overpriced. In the summer it's quite empty and has always been a good date spot for me. Nice enough views too, especially when the Diamondbacks are playing.

My little town astonishingly has two:

http://www.topofvancouver.com/

http://www.cloud9restaurant.ca/index.html

Only have been to the latter. The food is competent.

CK's Revolving Restaurant at the IAH Marriott is one of the more depressing places to eat by yourself.

There's one in Sydney Tower. I haven't been there since I was about 4 (it was my idea), and I remember my Mum got food poisoning and/or motion sickness. The problem with revolving restaurants is that the highlight of the experience is usually the fact that they revolve, at the expense of decent food.

The only revolving restaurant I've eaten in was on top of a Holiday Inn in downtown KCMO. I don't remember the food. It was January 1976 and I was 22 years old and married all of 5 days. I think Mrs BamaVol was impressed, but there wasn't much to see after dark except a lot of lights stretched across an endless plain.

I have been to the one in Berlin- the view is very interesting- the food is the worst I have ever had in Germany.

Interesting. When were you last there? For us, our visit last summer was the first in maybe 20 years, and we were all pleasantly surprised at the quality of the food - some of it actually quite delicious. The minimum of $35 pp wasn't really that bad considering the elevator ride alone is worth $16. The wine list was pretty steep, so we didn't have any, but it didn't lower the experience. YMMV of course.

Donauturm in Vienna had quite respectable food.

Menara KL ditto, though the price was something on the
order of a week's living wage at local rates.

My rule?

Never eat in any restaurant that moves.

Most of them, however, also have a bar area, so you're much better off having a drink and enjoying the view either before or after you have a decent meal somewhere else.

I can confidently inform you that the food in the former struggles in the 'competent' category.

Sage advice. ^


Non-moving, but I'd say Vertigo or Sirocco in BKK should be in the top 10. The sage advice referenced applies here, too. ;)