C Restaurant
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| C Restaurant | |
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 View of the Swan River from the C Restaurant | |
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| Established | 26 January 2001 |
| Food type | Modern Australian |
| Location | Level 33, 44 St Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia |
| Coordinates | 31°57′18″S 115°51′34″E / 31.955048°S 115.859334°E |
| Reservations | Recommended |
| Website | www |
C Restaurant is a revolving restaurant located at Level 33 of St Martins Tower in Perth, Western Australia. The only revolving restaurant in Perth,[1] it completes a full 360-degree rotation in 90 minutes,[2] and offers views of the Swan River, the suburbs and the hills.[3]
C Restaurant is the second restaurant to be located at the top of St Martins Tower. The first, Hilite 33, was opened in 1978.[4] Its staff included a young Shane Osborn,[5][6] who was later the head chef at Pied à Terre in London.[7] In 2000, Hilite 33's co-founder and then owner, Alain Kuhl, sold the business.[2] The other co-founder of Hilite 33 was Jean-Daniel Ichallalene.
The new owner, Phil Clements,[8] renamed the business, and relaunched it on Australia Day, 26 January 2001.[9] Although Clements later claimed that C Restaurant offered "fun dining rather than fine dining", he also aimed to establish a national reputation.[10] He revamped the menu, instituting a two course minimum order to deter casually dressed sightseers from ordering a coffee and lingering to admire the view. Within less than 12 months, C Restaurant had become "all the rage",[8] and had won the Gold Plate award for fine and occasional dining.[10] Soon afterwards, it was the place where, on 23 March 2002, England cricketer Ben Hollioake attended a dinner with his family before dying in a car accident on the way home.[3]
In August 2006, Clements sold the business to restaurant manager Olivier Letrone, entrepreneur Franck Duroleck and waiter Jermone Guesdon.[citation needed]
