Originally Posted by
BeantownDisneyFan
That to me is a sign of an Absentee Landlord (and total lack of leadership) in a hotel's food and beverage department. If Starwood and Marriott do not have staff with the wherewithal to know how to maintain fresh oatmeal, that is a truly negative reflection on Starwood and Marriott. I'm sorry, if Element Hotels don't know how to maintain fresh oatmeal, and they have to resort to instant oatmeal, due to their own failures, then Element Hotels should buy a big box of Bandaids to cover all of their wounds, and aim for getting to the heart of their service failures and irregularities.
This is why I never stay at Element hotels. I'd much rather stay at a Ritz Carlton and pay $18 for fresh steel cut oats with a spoonful of brown sugar and a handful of blueberries.