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| name = Patang Hotel
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| image_caption = Neelkanth Patang - The Revolving Restaurant
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| established = 1984<ref name=":1" />
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| current-owner = Neelkanth Group
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| street-address = [[Nehru Bridge]]
| city = [[Ahmedabad]]
| state = [[Gujarat]]
| postcode = 380009
| country = [[India]]
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'''Patang Hotel''', officially '''Neelkanth Patang – The Revolving Restaurant''' is a [[revolving restaurant]] located in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Desai|first=Nikita|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5VsaBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA19&dq=patang+restaurant#v=onepage|title=A Different Freedom: Kite Flying in Western India|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|year=2010|isbn=9781443823104|location=|pages=19}}</ref> Built in 1980–1984, {{convert|221|ft}} above the ground, it is considered as a landmark of Ahmedabad.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" />

== History ==
The restaurant is named ''[[Patang]]'', literally a [[fighter kite]] in Gujarati language. It was designed by an architect [[Hasmukh Patel (architect)|Hasmukh Patel]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hasmukh C. Patel: A Pioneer Of Modern Indian Architecture Passed Away|url=https://worldarchitecture.org/articles-links/cmhzz/hasmukh_c_patel_a_pioneer_of_modern_indian_architecture_passed_away.html|access-date=2020-08-05|website=World Architecture Community|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Catherine Desai, Bimal Patel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V35QvgAACAAJ|title=The Architecture of Hasmukh C. Patel: Selected Projects 1963-2003|publisher=Mapin Publishing|year=2017|isbn=9781935677659|location=|pages=}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-01-21|title=Architect who designed 'Patang' dies|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-architect-who-designed-patang-dies-2577113|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629140950/https://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-architect-who-designed-patang-dies-2577113|archive-date=2018-06-29|access-date=2020-05-30|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref> The restaurant and the adjoining Chinubhai Centre, a commercial complex, were built in 1980–1984 at a cost of approximately {{INRConvert|1.25|c|year=1984}}.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Chinubhai Centre And Patang Hotel {{!}} HCP|url=https://www.hcp.co.in/project/chinubhai-centre-and-patang-hotel|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524065452/https://www.hcp.co.in/project/chinubhai-centre-and-patang-hotel|archive-date=2020-05-24|access-date=2020-05-30|website=www.hcp.co.in}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2007-03-15|title='Patang' sold, set to soar again|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Patang-sold-set-to-soar-again/articleshow/1764728.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507145241/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Patang-sold-set-to-soar-again/articleshow/1764728.cms|archive-date=2020-05-07|access-date=2020-05-30|website=The Times of India|language=en|agency=TNN}}</ref>

== Architecture and services ==
The design was inspired by ''[[Chabutro|Chabutaro]]'', a traditional tower-like structure where the birds are fed.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /> According the 2018 [[Limca Book of Records|Limca book of Records]], it was the first revolving restaurant at {{convert|221|ft}} above the ground level in India.<ref name=":1" /> It completes a 360 degree revolution in 90 minutes.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> It is located near the [[Sabarmati Riverfront]] on the bank of [[Sabarmati river]] which enables the view of old and new city of Ahmedabad for the visitors.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c79aDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT148&dq=first+revolving+restaurant#v=onepage|title=Limca Book of Records: India at Her Best|publisher=Hachette UK|year=2018|isbn=9789351952404|location=|pages=}}</ref>

It is a [[Buffet#Restaurant_buffets|buffet restaurant]] serving 40-45 types of vegetarian dishes of [[Indian cuisine|Indian]], [[European cuisine|Continental]], [[Thai cuisine|Thai]] and [[Chinese cuisine|Chinese]] origin. It is also considered as a tourist attraction.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=May 27|first1=Jhumari Nigam-Misra|last2=May 24|first2=2010 ISSUE DATE|last3=May 27|first3=2010UPDATED|last4=Ist|first4=2010 12:25|date=|title=Toothsome tales|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20100524-toothsome-tales-742899-2010-05-27|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805111327/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20100524-toothsome-tales-742899-2010-05-27|archive-date=2020-08-05|access-date=2020-08-05|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Restaurants :: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation|url=https://ahmedabadcity.gov.in/portal/jsp/Static_pages/must_visit_for_tourists.jsp|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805114024/https://ahmedabadcity.gov.in/portal/jsp/Static_pages/must_visit_for_tourists.jsp|archive-date=2020-08-05|access-date=2020-08-05|website=ahmedabadcity.gov.in}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
File:Ahmedabad riverfront.JPG|Patang visible from Sabarmati river
File:Ahmedabad Riverfront.JPG|Patang visible from Sabarmati Riverfront
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of revolving restaurants]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Ahmedabad topics}}

[[Category:Buildings and structures in Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Revolving restaurants]]
[[Category:Restaurants in India]]

Patang Hotel - Revision history

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