The revolving restaurant, Pind Balluchi, with a view of the Patna skyline. Picture by Nagendra Kumar Singh

Patna, Aug. 6: Good news is in store for foodies in Patna. Their long wait for a revolving restaurant is likely to end within a week.

The first revolving food hub in eastern India is likely to start functioning in the city from August 11.

The revolving restaurant on the 18th floor of one of Patna’s tallest building, Biscomaun Towers, is near completion.

The promoters of the revolving restaurant have tied up with a Gurgaon-based company, involved in the restaurant business, Pind Balluchi.

Sunil Singh, one of the promoters of the restaurant, said: “In the past three years, Patna has witnessed a rapid rise of quality restaurants. Lifestyle changes within a section of the population have also seen the trend of eating out with the family, at least once a week. This change has prompted us to open the restaurant.”

Panchdeo Singh, the manager of the revolving restaurant, said: “With the opening of the restaurant, Patna will join the elite club of cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Surat with revolving restaurants.”

Revellers, while enjoying their food, can see the entire city and its surroundings, including the Ganga, the historic Golghar, Gandhi Maidan and other tall buildings, as the restaurant makes a 360-degree round.

The restaurant has a lobby on the ground floor and a separate lift to reach the restaurant on the 18th floor. The lift stops at the 16th, 17th and 18th floor. The 17th floor has a bar while the 16th floor has a banquet hall.

The restaurant is divided into four sections with separate waiters for attending to the customers. The space available is enough to accommodate 140 customers in one go.

Assistant manager of the restaurant Chandan Singh said: “The restaurant has been beautifully decorated with a village theme. The restaurant’s door and ceiling reminds one of the village life.” Singh added that the customers would be served their food on brass and stainless steel utensils, just like in villages.

The employees of the restaurant, including the cooks and waiters, are from Delhi.

Singh said: “If the residents of Patna can afford restaurants like Kapil XI and Yo China, they will be able to afford this one too.”

Singh added that north Indian cuisine would be served to people at an affordable cost at the restaurant. Prices start from Rs 100 for dal makhani and Rs 120 for a paneer dish at the revolving restaurant, while non-vegetarian dishes start from Rs 140.