Breakfasts in hotels

Primrose53

MissInterpreted

GrannyGravy13

When we go out to eat in local restaurants (Indian, Malaysian, Thai, Italian to name a few) if there is food left over we are always asked if we would like to ^take it away^

Indeed - we were at a lovely Turkish restaurant in Edinburgh last week and we couldn't manage the whole meal, so the waitress asked if we would like it to take away.

That’s quite different to eating in hotels where many of them do buffet style food and people pinch pieces of fruit, cakes, croissants,bread rolls etc.

So answer me this then - what is worse, someone loading up their plates from the breakfast buffet, then leaving half of it, or someone taking a piece of fruit or pastry to eat later? I'd much rather see the food being eaten than going to waste.

MissInterpreted I dislike seeing food wasted.

Last week at the breakfast buffet, my GS’s would have a slice of watermelon along with a pan au chocolate. I had absolutely no qualms with putting a piece of fruit and a pastry in my bag for them to eat mid morning.

There were children on other tables with plates piled with bacon, sausages, beans, eggs etc. half eaten, along with opened yoghurt pots and cereal pockets.

It is definitely not pinching

Exactly, GrannyGravy13 - if we stayed anywhere which had a buffet, I always told my children to take only what they were going to eat. If they were still hungry, they could always go back for seconds. Food waste is a real pet hate of mine.

As I’ve said, we don’t over gorge or steal 🙄 ❤️

I’m annoying myself now 😂🍹

JaneJudge

As I’ve said, we don’t over gorge or steal 🙄 ❤️

I am definitely on your team 👍🏻😘

GrannyGravy13

JaneJudge

As I’ve said, we don’t over gorge or steal 🙄 ❤️

I am definitely on your team 👍🏻😘

Yes, me too!

If I may, as an aside. What would you think is a fair price for breakfast on top of room price, in a Hotel?

If it is more than £15, we just go out instead.

Primrose53 you say

Nobody on here is accusing anybody …….. why so bothered?
I’m not, but I am wondering why you are so bothered.

MissInterpreted

Primrose53

MissInterpreted

GrannyGravy13

When we go out to eat in local restaurants (Indian, Malaysian, Thai, Italian to name a few) if there is food left over we are always asked if we would like to ^take it away^

Indeed - we were at a lovely Turkish restaurant in Edinburgh last week and we couldn't manage the whole meal, so the waitress asked if we would like it to take away.

That’s quite different to eating in hotels where many of them do buffet style food and people pinch pieces of fruit, cakes, croissants,bread rolls etc.

So answer me this then - what is worse, someone loading up their plates from the breakfast buffet, then leaving half of it, or someone taking a piece of fruit or pastry to eat later? I'd much rather see the food being eaten than going to waste.

Many restaurants will offer to box up any leftovers to take home. When we've stayed at a hotel the breakfast has been included in the price of the room, but when we have gone out for an evening meal we have paid exactly for the meal we ordered. Many times it was cooked especially for us and a box was provided, so no shame or sneaking about.

I think if the hotel didn't mind people taking snacks for later they would call it bed, breakfast and snacks for whenever you feel like it.

If someone has taken so much that they cannot eat it, then it's definitely better to ask to take it for later so it doesn't go in the bin, but that's quite different from deliberately pilfering from the breakfast table with the intention of having it later.

If the staff are happy for things to be taken because they're not going to be eaten by anyone else, that's also different. I think asking is the key.

No I wouldn’t dream of it. Could you not just eat a bigger breakfast instead, maybe ask for an extra sausage😀. A couple of bananas should keep you going till dinner. Helping yourself to food is just not a nice thing to do.

It's good manners to ask, I agree.

I know some people joke that their eyes are bigger than their tummy, but mine are not as there isn't any food left on my plate. Granted I've usually been lots more active though and often don't eat lunch afterwards.

I hardly dare to say that my husband (the most upright man I know) often has two hotel breakfasts when we’re on holiday abroad.

We go on an activities holiday to a Greek island most years and guests who are going cycling (including my husband) usually take a handful of nuts each from the breakfast buffet to sustain them during their ride; I’ve always assumed they are put out for that purpose. When they return from a bike ride it’s quite usual for them to also have a second breakfast, with the staff well aware of this as they chat to them about where they’ve been.

Breakfast is available from 7am (when the cyclists turn up) until 11am, with hot food ceasing to be served at 10.30am - lots of people openly leave the breakfast buffet with fruit and/or pastries and I have seen staff offer plates for the latter, so I can only assume that it’s accepted practice in those hotels.

I am surprised there are hotels out there that put a sign telling their hotel guests not to take food from the restaurant or the restaurant manager checking up on their guests. What kind of hotel is that??

If you stay in an international or upmarket hotel, no one will make a fuss if you take a few pastries to your hotel room.

SporeRB

I am surprised there are hotels out there that put a sign telling their hotel guests not to take food from the restaurant or the restaurant manager checking up on their guests. What kind of hotel is that??

If you stay in an international or upmarket hotel, no one will make a fuss if you take a few pastries to your hotel room.

I never saw that either in the Hyatt Regency where we stayed, in Germany, nor the 3* hotel in Italy where we stayed recently.

But on here it’s implied you’re a thief if you do that.
How unpleasant.

LauraNorderr

If anyone clutches their pearls just smile sweetly while inwardly hoping they choke themselves with them

Love it!

Perhaps they ask not to remove food from the dining room because they don’t want to find crumbs and smelly banana skins in the bedroom?

Joseann

Perhaps they ask not to remove food from the dining room because they don’t want to find crumbs and smelly banana skins in the bedroom?

What's to stop people bringing in food from outside and eating it in their rooms?

True, but why eat your bought food in your room when there's parks and nice picnic eating spaces outside on your travels? Even in big cities.

By the way, I'm just being trivial, because this whole thread has turned into a pig's breakfast!
Off out now.

Joseann

True, but why eat your bought food in your room when there's parks and nice picnic eating spaces outside on your travels? Even in big cities.

No idea, I'm just playing devil's advocate here.

I had sourdough with ricotta and wild mushrooms with poached eggs, with fresh tomato juice and a pot of tea. I managed not to have a single thing from the continental 😂

The food here is amazing.

Sounds delicious. I'd have liked some fruit first though.

I really wouldn’t have put ricotta and eggs together tbh but it was actually lovely. The tomato juice hit the fruit button. Why has fresh tomato juice gone out of fashion? It’s so lovely and refreshing

I have loved this post, thank you.
Would just like to add two things.
I don’t eat breakfast, never have. Just don’t feel like it. My Husband might have cornflakes then some bacon and tomato. We do love a hot cup of tea though.
We’ve lived in France for ten years. Breakfast on holiday is usually mainly pain au raisin or croissants, sweet yoghurt and jam, maybe cold meats and cheese!!? Never bacon and sausage. People are usually given limited amounts of the yogs/cold meats etc. seems to be little waste.
However, it was sad to see our local Chinese banquet restaurant being exposed to lots of greed. €14.00 euros per head was for all you could eat. Even knowing that I’ve seen couples stacking their plates Sky high with Chinese prawns and maybe a tablespoon of rice. Nothing more than returning to the buffet for the same again, sometimes twice. No thought of other diners and I think that’s similar to this breakfast post. I found it to be an embarrassing thing to do, sad to say, they were almost always Brits. Maybe it’s in the DNA for some holiday goers. If you need every penny worth and it consumes your holiday experience then go camping, take your own food and have a lovely time. Slaughter me for this view if you wish. Not Bovvered xxx