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.
I have been to a few HGIs which contracted out room service for dinner hours to the local restaurant (breakfast is standard HGI All American Breakfast). The one which really comes to mind was the HDI Tampa Oldsmar where the room service was from CityFish next door which I thought provided a good meal for a nice price each and every time. Also of note, the Hilton Richmond Short Pump has a Shulas as its restaurant/room service and that was definitely above average for Hilton restaurant/room service. Incidentally, that is a nice little Hilton with a Spa to boot which gives a nice room/experience for usually a pretty fair price.