WestLA-FF

The Master Threads about individual properties often have posts about the food and restaurants available at that hotel. But if there isn't a master thread about this very important topic in general, I think it's time to start one.

Please list properties where your food and restaurant experiences were memorable, both good and bad.

(Mods - if this is a duplicate idea, please close)

mahasamatman

Sheraton Sonoma County - Petaluma has an excellent restaurant. One of the few hotel restaurants where I'll eat eevn when not staying at the hotel.

Non-NonRev

Cafe Sirk at The Bristol in Vienna, the Anna Amalia in The Elephant in Weimar and the main restaurant in The Furstenhof in Leipzig are all outstanding - pricey but not outrageously so.

schley

Plaza Athenee Bangkok the Rain Tree breakfast.

SanDiego1K

Ducca, Westin San Francisco - wonderful food; has an outdoor seating area which I loved

Michael Mina, Westin St Francis San Francisco

troyb

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Bukkhara at the ITC Maurya in Delhi.

West View at any of the ITCs that have them.

Blue Fin at W Times Sq. in NYC

PHLGovFlyer

Kauai Grill at the St. Regis. 'Fantastic' doesn't do it justice!

thaliajen

The Remington Restaurant at St. Regis Houston I'm not much of a meat eater but every time I stay at Houston's St. Regis I have to order the St. Regis burger. I don't know what they do to it but it is the moistest, most satisfying burger I've ever had. I've had it both in the restaurant and room service, but it's usually room service.

Also, Le Meridien Cancun has a sandwich that I order out by the pool(Le St. Trop is the restaurant) that is mouth-watering. It's a Chicken Ciabatta and I was there last month and they didn't have it on the menu. BUT, they made it for me anyway. Chicken, a light cheese, and a huge grilled portobello mushroom w/ grilled onions- it is worth the stay just to get the sandwich.

"Ailoili" (Their main restaurant) is very nice and has a wonderful breakfast buffet- the amazing array of bread/rolls is spectacular. It's like going to a bakery. It's definitely worth the exercise you need to do later.

I'm a room service junkie but it is nice when you find a restaurant you like at a hotel you frequent. In fact, I believe that these special favorites are a huge part of why I return to these 2 hotels again and again.

MSPeconomist

For what it's worth, three downtown Minneapolis Starwood properties have interesting restaurants for foodies: Bank at the Westin, Porter & Frye at the Ivy (LC) and something close to d'Amica Cucina (changed recently) at Chambers (LM). All are moderately expensive, but I like Bank for the appetizers and the happy hour scene and P&F for power breakfasts and cheaper snacks/appetizers/small meals, including gourmet pizza. The W has a very expensive and very good steakhouse called Manny's, which used to be located in the Hyatt Regency. The Westin Edina has McCormick and Schmicks (seafood chain), plus several more choices in the attached Galleria shopping mall.

I concur on the Westin St Francis restaurant. Elsewhere, my Starwood dining experiences outside of Sheratons have generally been good, particularly at the Nines in Portland and St Regis Atlanta in the last six months or so, but not truly special. The other St Regis restaurants that I've tried have been better than OK but either not great or not good value.

Keyser

dakshin at the sheraton new delhi....perhaps the best restaurant in the city....

leo-chan

GB Corner at the Grande Bretagne in Athens - also great for viewing protests when they aren't throwing stuff toward the hotel
Spice Market at W Istanbul - Gotta love Jean-Georges

mrredskin

for some reason i've always related the phrases "over priced" and "hotel restaurant". however, when i stayed at the sheraton suites at galleria/cumberland mall in ATL, i noticed restaurant.com had certificates for them.

jbcarioca

Hotel K�mp, Helsinki is my favorite of all, though there are quite a few excellent ones through the system. Hotel K�mp has the small, elegant, understated courtesy that is Finland at it's best. The food is spectacularly well prepared and presented; although I can only speak of fish and seafood because I have had nothing else there.

mikeyyz

Brunch at Norma's - at the Parker Meridien in NYC. Yummy breakfast!

Forstbetrieb

Germany:

Weimar: Elephant, Anna Amalia *** also very good room service, Keller *
Leipzig: F�rstenhof **
Leipzig: Westin very good room service, ( unfortunately never enought time for FALCO )
M�nchen: Westin, ZEN ** / Paulaners * / Bar **
Berlin: Westin **
Hamburg: LRM, Ciel ** also very good room service
N�rnberg: Sheraton **
N�rnberg: LM *
Dresden: Westin: too long ago ( 2006 )
Dresden: 4PTS: *
Lenggries: 4 PTS Brauneck: inhouse ^ / Grill * / **
K�ln: 4PTS * / **

Italy:

Roma: Westin, Doneys *** / Hotel Bar *
Milano: Gallia *** also very good room service
Milano: Westin no comment and never again
Firenze: Sheraton *
Bolzano: 4PTS *
Turino: LM Tech & Art **
Turino: LM Lingotto ** good room service

Austria:

Salzburg: Goldner Hirsch ^
Salzburg: Sheraton **

*: good
**: very good
***: excellent / up to 1 star michelin
****: 2 star michelin
*****: 3 star michelin