It's been a policy at every Hilton i've stayed at world over that you are not supopsed/allowed to take food or beverage out of the lounge back to your room. However, I can't for the life of me think of why? I'd much rather pour myself a drink and get a plate of veggies to take back to my room and kick off my shoes at the end of a long day than sit in the lounge.

Some properties are lax at enforcing the policy, but the European Hiltons seem to be the most strict. I've had to resort to hiding two bottles of Schwepps Lemonade inside of a rolled up newspaper to smuggle them out of the lounge.

The funny thing is, most UK properties stock gigantic 1.5 liter glass bottles of Strathmore water in the lounges - does anyone sit there long enough to drink that? They also have smaller glass bottles as well, but why stock the enormous ones if you have to drink it all in one sitting?