{{short description |Restaurant in Perth, Western Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox restaurant | name = C Restaurant | logo = C Restaurant logo.png | logo_width = | logo_alt = C Restaurant logo | image = C Restaurant View Swan.jpg | image_width = | image_alt = View of the Swan River from the C Restaurant | image_caption = View of the Swan River from the C Restaurant | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker = restaurant | mapframe-marker-colour = #BE1596 | pushpin_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | slogan = | established = {{Start date|2001|01|26|df=y}} | closed = | chef = | food_type = Modern Australian | dress_code = | rating = | street_address = Level 33, 44 St Georges Terrace | city = Perth | state = Western Australia | postcode = 6000 | country = Australia | iso_region = | coordinates = {{coord |region:AU-WA_type:landmark_dim:{{wikidata |property |qualifier |raw |P625 |P2386 |format=%q}} |name={{wikidata |property |P1448 }} |display=inline,title |format=dms}}{{EditAtWikidata|pid=P625}} | seating_capacity = | reservations = Recommended | other_information = | website = {{Official URL}} }} '''C Restaurant''' is a revolving restaurant located at Level 33 of St Martins Tower in Perth, Western Australia. The only revolving restaurant in Perth,<ref name="perthnow 02-08-2008"/> it completes a full 360-degree rotation in 90 minutes,<ref name="wa 25-10-2000"/> and offers views of the Swan River, the suburbs and the hills.<ref name="st 24-03-2002"/>
==History== C Restaurant is the second restaurant to be located at the top of St Martins Tower. The first, Hilite 33, was opened in 1978.<ref name="wa 01-01-2004"/> Its staff included a young Shane Osborn,<ref name="wil14" /><ref name="han24" /> who was later the head chef at Pied à Terre in London.<ref name="a 08-09-2011"/> In 2000, Hilite 33's co-founder and then owner, Alain Kuhl, sold the business.<ref name="wa 25-10-2000"/> The other co-founder of Hilite 33 was Jean-Daniel Ichallalene.
The new owner, Phil Clements,<ref name="miettas review"/> renamed the business, and relaunched it on Australia Day, 26 January 2001.<ref name="bn 02-08-2008"/> Although Clements later claimed that C Restaurant offered "fun dining rather than fine dining", he also aimed to establish a national reputation.<ref name="wa 29-09-2001"/> 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",<ref name="miettas review"/> and had won the Gold Plate award for fine and occasional dining.<ref name="wa 29-09-2001"/> 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.<ref name="st 24-03-2002"/>
In August 2006, Clements sold the business to restaurant manager Olivier Letrone, entrepreneur Franck Duroleck and waiter Jermone Guesdon.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
==See also== {{portal|Food|Western Australia}} *Australian cuisine *Greenhouse (restaurant) *Print Hall *Western Australian wine
==References== <references>
<ref name="a 08-09-2011">{{cite news |last1=Lethlean |first1=John |last2=Wilden |first2=Necia |title=Top chef puts on his happy feet to walk away from cooking |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/executive-living/food-drink/top-chef-puts-on-his-happy-feet-to-walk-away-from-cooking/story-e6frg8jo-1226017256269 |date=8 March 2011 |newspaper=Australian |access-date=9 August 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="bn 02-08-2008">{{cite news|last=Pike |first=David |title=The eas'C' way to impress your CEo |url=http://www.businessnews.com.au/article/The-eas-C-way-to-impress-your-CE0 |access-date=9 August 2013 |newspaper=Business News |location=Perth |date=13 March 2001 }}</ref>
<ref name="han24">{{cite web |title=Mother's Day Lunch at Lake House Denmark |date=2024-04-23 |first=Peter |last=Hancock |website=Weekend Notes |url=https://www.weekendnotes.com/mothers-day-lunch-at-lake-house-denmark/ |access-date=2024-05-14 }}</ref>
<ref name="perthnow 02-08-2008">{{cite news| last=Williams |first=Gail |title=C Restaurant |date=2 August 2008 |work=Perth Now |publisher=West Australian Newspapers |url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle/c-restaurant/story-e6frg3gc-1111117080369 |access-date=9 August 2013 }}</ref>
<ref name="st 24-03-2002">{{cite news |last=Chipperfield |first=Mark |title='Ben's career was taking off again and to lose him now is devastating' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1388667/Bens-career-was-taking-off-again-and-to-lose-him-now-is-devastating.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 August 2013 |newspaper=Sunday Telegraph |date=24 March 2002 }}</ref>
<ref name="wa 25-10-2000">{{cite news |first=Yonnene |last=Pearce |title=Hilite 33 Turns Into Club Lounge For City High Flyers |work=West Australian |page=61 |date=25 October 2000 <!--|accessdate=19 November 2008--> }}</ref>
<ref name="wa 29-09-2001">{{cite news |title=New kid on city block takes the gold plate |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-78765242.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409143926/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-78765242.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 April 2016 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |work=West Australian |date=29 September 2001 |access-date=9 August 2013 }}</ref>
<ref name="wa 01-01-2004">{{cite news |first=Liam |last=Phillips |title=Cream of desserts |work=West Australian |date=1 January 2004 <!--|accessdate=19 November 2008--> |quote=When he was starting out, Nick was asked to provide ice-cream for the 1978 opening of the old Hilite 33 revolving restaurant, at the top of St Martin's Tower, one of Perth's tallest skyscrapers. }}</ref>
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<ref name="miettas review">{{cite web |title=C Restaurant: Mietta's Review |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |publisher=Mietta's |url=http://miettas.com/restaurant/one?id=8381 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421233030/http://miettas.com/restaurant/one?id=8381 |archive-date=2018-04-21 |access-date=2024-05-14 }}</ref>
<ref name="wil14">{{cite news |title=Shane Osborn — the Perth chef who scored two Michelin stars |first=Gail |last=Williams |date=2014-04-14 |work=Perth Now |publisher=West Australian Newspapers |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/shane-osborn-the-perth-chef-who-scored-two-michelin-stars-ng-eb85a58c4420c52eb3098f00f2f82f04.amp |access-date=2024-05-14 |quote=The young lad who left Willetton Senior High School to take up an apprenticeship at what was then one of Perth’s daggiest restaurants, Hilite 33. }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website}}
Category:Australian companies established in 2001 Category:Restaurants established in 2001 Category:Restaurants in Perth, Western Australia