Originally Posted by nkedel

I've never been much for ambiance, and would rather not pay for the magnificent dining room regardless of the meal.

Having been catching up on this thread missing yesterday, I was not sure what constitutes a "great breakfast" that would justify a $20 charge, just on the food (going on the theory that everything in the UK costs roughly what it does in the US, but in GBP rather than USD)... I've paid $20+ for breakfast a few times as a matter of convenience (and a couple times had it included in a hotel rate where paying otherwise would have been pricier than that), but I can't say I've ever had the food justify the cost increase over a $9 breakfast at a good local diner, and in many cases I'd have been happier with a $4 "Everyday Value Slam" Denny's or the $4 "big breakfast" at McDonalds. There are only so many ways to cook scrambled eggs, and most of them make them worse than the really simple ones.