Originally Posted by
Raffles
Ironically, the antiquated UK star rating system (which allows scruffy dives to get 5-stars because they tick all the boxes) does protect you from this, since cutting 24-hour room service would automatically ban you from 5-stars, as would plenty of other things.
In all fairness to the UK system, in many countries there is usually nothing to stop a hotel calling itself a 5 star hotel (or even 6 star hotel) purely on the whim of the marketing department