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Best Rooftop Restaurants in Salt Lake City 2026
Rooftop · Salt Lake City · 6 tables ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 14, 2026 · Updated June 14, 2026
Salt Lake City is supposed to have no rooftop scene, too dry, too buttoned-up, too far from the coast. The reality is a small, serious set of rooftops that punch well above the altitude, and the best of them is not a cocktail bar but a chef's tapas room: Tyson Peterson's Mar | Muntanya, six floors up at the Hyatt and named the city's Best Chef in 2024. The sleeper at the bottom of this list has no bar at all and closes at three. These six SLC rooftops are ranked on what the kitchen sends out and how the Wasatch frames it, proof that a thin rooftop scene can still be a genuinely good one if you know where to climb.
1.Mar | Muntanya
Tyson Peterson's sixth-floor Spanish room at the Hyatt, $8 funeral croquetas and Wasatch views; Best Chef 2024. Book it for dinner.
Mar | Muntanya sits on the sixth floor of the Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City on West Temple, an indoor-outdoor room with panoramic windows and a terrace facing the skyline and the Wasatch. Chef Tyson Peterson, named Best Chef in Salt Lake City Weekly's 2024 Best of Utah, runs a Northern Spanish menu with a Utah accent: the funeral croquetas, a riff on the local cheesy-potato casserole breaded in corn flakes, start at $8, with a gin-forward cocktail program made with Alpine Distilling. Opened in October 2023, it is the rooftop where the cooking, not the height, is the headline. Reserve on OpenTable, book the terrace at sunset, and start with the croquetas and a gin and tonic.
Book on OpenTable; request the terrace at sunset.
2.The Roof Restaurant
Temple Square from the 10th floor, reopened in 2025 with a la carte plates and $16 flatbreads; the landmark returns. Go for the view.
The Roof Restaurant looks straight down on Temple Square from the 10th floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, a Salt Lake landmark that first opened in 1914, closed in 2020, and reopened in November 2025 after a five-year renovation. The old buffet is gone, replaced by an a la carte menu: a Utah scone built from the Lion House roll, reimagined funeral-potato bites, wood-fired flatbreads at $16 and signature steaks. The view over the temple and downtown is the best in the city, and the room serves no alcohol, in keeping with its setting. It is the landmark rooftop, freshly returned. Reserve on the restaurant's site, book a window table over Temple Square, and go at dusk as the grounds light up.
Book on the Roof site; request a Temple Square window.
3.Van Ryder
Le Méridien's rooftop, $18 cocktails and short-rib sliders over the West Quarter; the cocktail pick. Start at sunset.
Van Ryder tops the Le Méridien Salt Lake City Downtown on 300 West in the West Quarter, opened in February 2024 with floor-to-ceiling windows framing the Wasatch Range and the skyline. The kitchen sends out Western-leaning shareable plates, short rib sliders and pork belly bao, plus a Thursday sushi night, while the bar is the real draw: cocktails $18 to $24, including The Drifter, a cedar-smoked Old Fashioned with two High West whiskeys. It is the cocktail-and-views rooftop, polished and easy, near the ballpark and the West Quarter restaurants. Reserve on OpenTable, take a window table at sunset for the mountain light, and lead with The Drifter and a round of sliders.
Book on OpenTable; take a window at sunset.
4.Stoneground Italian Kitchen
A second-floor loft deck downtown, the $33 lobster Black Tagliatelle and library views; the pasta sleeper. Order the tagliatelle.
Stoneground occupies a second-story loft on 400 South with a rooftop deck overlooking the architecturally striking Salt Lake City Public Library. The kitchen makes pasta, cheese and Italian sausage in house and runs thin-crust pizzas alongside it: the Black Tagliatelle with lobster claw, knuckle and a chardonnay cream sauce is the order at $33, with a bolognese at $30 and pizzas from $15. It is the rooftop for a real Italian dinner rather than a cocktail scene, a long-running downtown room that locals keep to themselves. The deck is the summer move. Reserve on OpenTable or Toast, request the rooftop deck rather than the indoor loft, and go on a clear evening for the library and skyline view.
Book on OpenTable; ask for the rooftop deck.
5.Gracie's
A heated year-round rooftop on West Temple, $18 blackened salmon and downtown views; the all-weather pick. Pencil it in.
Gracie's runs a two-story gastropub on West Temple with an upstairs rooftop deck that stays open year-round thanks to winter heaters, a rarity in a mountain city. The kitchen turns out solid American pub fare, with a blackened salmon around $18 and a crowd-pleasing weekend brunch, while the deck looks out over downtown. It is the casual, all-weather rooftop, a 21-plus room built for a relaxed evening with a group rather than a special-occasion dinner, with live music and a buzzy crowd. It is the dependable everyday pick. Go for an early dinner or weekend brunch on the deck, grab a heated table in the cooler months, and keep it easygoing with shared plates and cocktails.
Reserve on the Gracie's site; ask for a deck table.
6.The Garden Restaurant
The 10th-floor glass-roofed room at Temple Square, a $12.99 turkey pot pie and no bar; the best view-to-price in town. Bring the family.
The Garden Restaurant shares the 10th floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building with The Roof, a glass-roofed room with a retractable ceiling, Mediterranean columns and fountains, looking over Temple Square. It runs counter-service style, no alcohol or coffee, with fresh made-to-order sandwiches, soups, salads and a renowned turkey pot pie at $12.99. It is the contrarian pick: the same landmark view as the pricey rooms, at cafeteria prices, open only for weekday lunch. For a family or a budget-minded visitor, it is the best view-to-price ratio in the city, no reservation or dress code required. Go on a weekday before 1 p.m. to beat the lunch rush, ask for a window table over the temple, and order the pot pie.
Walk in weekday lunch; ask for a window over Temple Square.
Avoid for a rooftop dinner
A nightclub, not a rooftop dinner
Sky SLC. A 15,000-square-foot music and events venue with a retractable roof, and a real draw for a night out, but it serves only late-night food and runs as a club, not a sit-down rooftop restaurant. Go for the dancing, not the dinner.
Drinks only, no kitchen
The Crown Bar at the evo Hotel. A genuine third-floor rooftop in the Granary District with Wasatch views and a firepit, but the food is limited to rotating food trucks rather than a real kitchen. Go for a sunset beer and the view, and book one of the picks above when you want an actual rooftop meal.
Reservation strategy for Salt Lake City rooftops
Salt Lake City's rooftops are seasonal and small, so the booking rules differ from a coastal city. Mar | Muntanya and Van Ryder take OpenTable reservations and their terraces fill at sunset in summer, when the Wasatch light is best, so reserve a few days out and ask specifically for a terrace or window table. The Roof Restaurant reopened in November 2025 and is the hottest table at Temple Square right now, so book its window seats further ahead, and note it serves no alcohol, as does the Garden upstairs.
Plan around the weather and the season. The open decks, Stoneground and Mar | Muntanya's terrace, are summer-first, while Gracie's heats its rooftop to stay open year-round. The Garden Restaurant is weekday-lunch only and does not take the evening crowd, so it is a midday plan, not a dinner one. Go on a clear evening for the mountain views, take weeknights for a calmer room, and see the Salt Lake City dining guide for the rest of the city's tables.
Frequently asked
What is the best rooftop restaurant in Salt Lake City?
Mar | Muntanya is our top pick. The sixth-floor Northern Spanish room at the Hyatt Regency is run by Tyson Peterson, named Salt Lake City's Best Chef in 2024, and pairs a tapas menu with a Utah accent, like the $8 funeral croquetas, with a terrace facing the Wasatch. In a small rooftop scene, it is the one where the cooking leads. Reserve on OpenTable and ask for the terrace at sunset.
Which Salt Lake City rooftop has the best view?
The Roof Restaurant and The Garden Restaurant, both on the 10th floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, have the best view in the city, looking straight down on Temple Square. The Roof is the a la carte dinner room and the Garden is the weekday-lunch, counter-service option at a fraction of the price. For mountain views, Mar | Muntanya and Van Ryder both frame the Wasatch Range.
Do Salt Lake City rooftops serve alcohol?
Most do, but two of the best do not. The Roof Restaurant and The Garden Restaurant, both at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building on Temple Square, serve no alcohol or coffee, in keeping with their setting. Mar | Muntanya, Van Ryder, Stoneground and Gracie's all have full bars, with Van Ryder's cocktail program the most ambitious. Choose by whether a drink is part of the plan.
How much does a Salt Lake City rooftop meal cost?
It spans a wide range. The Garden Restaurant is the value champion, with a turkey pot pie at $12.99 and counter-service prices. Gracie's runs casual pub pricing around $18 for a salmon, and Stoneground's lobster Black Tagliatelle is $33. Mar | Muntanya is a tapas spend that builds across small plates, and Van Ryder's cocktails run $18 to $24. Plan by whether you want a full dinner or drinks and plates.
Is The Roof Restaurant open again?
Yes. The Roof Restaurant reopened in November 2025 after a five-year closure and renovation, replacing its longtime buffet with an a la carte menu of Utah scones, funeral-potato bites, wood-fired flatbreads and steaks. It sits on the 10th floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building with the city's best view over Temple Square, and it serves no alcohol. Book a window table ahead, since it is one of the most in-demand tables downtown right now.
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