Apparently they (as well as the Westin next door) are transitioning into emptying all the minibars

. I was in two different rooms during this stay, first a suite, then a regular room on the 21st floor - the suite still had stuff in the minibar, the regular room didn't. Takes 25 minutes to get some beverages

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How and why they do this wasn't explained to me, but apparently there have been a lot of complaints already (rightly so).