Originally Posted by
It'sHip2B^2
I kind of wish hotels would get out of the dinner business themselves. I can't say that I've been to an in-house restaurant that I was satisfied with. Most of the time a Chili's would provide a better meal. Instead they could contract out the space to a decent chain or popular local restauranteur. Not every hotel could have a Morton's or Ruth's Chris but surely they could do better than they are doing. And if they can't get something upscale enough, why not make a room service and room billing deal with a nearby hot spot. Then they can use the restaurant space to do an awesome breakfast -- the one thing that it's hard to do badly.
This is reminiscent of what Anthony Melchiorri did on the Travel Channel's Hotel Impossible with the Corpus Christi Bayfront Hotel. He contracted with a place across the street for room service.