Hotel Biscuits

Me and DH once went to a fancy pants hotel in the Yorkshire Dales. We were blown away to be given fresh milk in a jug and biscuits made in the kitchen. We’re easily pleased 😀

This is the first world (at the moment), so any problems therein are first world problems

@EastFifeFiveForfarFour YANBU. But it’s part of a Ryanair approach to hospitality I am finding now. Everything is “extra” - not necessarily costing more but you need to ask for it.

Stayed at a very nice Hilton fairly recently and we didn’t even getting housekeeping as we “didn’t request it”. The only thing in the room mentioned towels only - the thing that hangs on the door said something like “I cannot help save the planet today so please change our towels” - on BOTH sides of the notice. Neither side said “please make up our room” which I thought was rather sneaky. And I hate the way hotels try to pass this off as a climate initiative rather than just cost cutting.

I had to go to reception to request clean cups, milk, more tea bags etc. Then had an argument with them as no one told us at check in we’d need to request such basic service. We were paying about £120 a night for 2 adults. Won’t be back, that’s for sure.

I used to run a B&B. Walkers shortbread biscuits since you ask.

The best hotel "biscuits" I had were a generous decorative tin of stroopwafel in Amsterdam 😋.

I read this and immediately thought it would be about a biscuity version of Hotel Chocolat. They would have beautiful versions of warm biscuits, biscuit mixes, travel biscuits, biscuit selection boxes ...

And there would be a marvellously retro version of a biscuit maker that makes foolproof, cafe-quality biscuits.

Bitterly disappointed.

Ah my kind of thread! Biscoff is a lazy choice for hotels. And I don't like Borders choc chip biscuits as the chips are too small.

@LynetteScarvo LTUnsympatheticB.

DH used to travel a lot for work and I was jealous of him having Double Tree Hilton warm cookies in check in. Then I went to stay at Double Tree Hilton in the US and after travelling for 12 hours they didn't offer me one. This was two years ago and I was mentioning it to DH last night. I'm still upset about it. He thinks I should get over it.

I did have one in Woking though (I remembered to ask) and it wasn't that great.

Other than that. I can't really complain about hotel biscuits. I'm quite easily pleased.

Been in a couple of Holiday Inn Express branches in the US that do free warm cookies in the lobby in the afternoon.

The Doubletree check-in free warm cookie is a worldwide thing, AFAIK.

Currently in a U.K. Holiday Inn - we got a packet of 3 bourbons. I love bourbons so not complaining.

I've had them in Spain and the Canaries

It's been there equivalent of rich tea biscuits. A pack of 4 in a white, red and silver foil packet. They have them at breakfast too

I love them and even bought a pack home!

I love plain digestives at home, I put butter on them though!

We used to stay in small places where there'd be a jar with homemade shortbread or tablet as a little personal touch.

Life seems to be pre COVID and post COVID and that we stay in different places now.

We have a static caravan that we rent out which on the scale of holidays must be way below a hotel and probably just above camping and even we provide biscuits (for the family and biscuits for the dogs!).

You can tie yourself in knots worrying about what to provide (allergies/preferences etc.) but in the end we just plumped for something that was local to the area.

Love a good biscuit - first thing I look for after getting to the room (that and the tea/coffee facilities, I look for decaf coffee too, then look how nice or not the bathroom is then how dark will the curtains make the room!).

Didn't know about the green and blacks chocolate and premier inn plus but that may just sway it for me!

Just back from a week in a lovely hotel and the biscuits left at turndown were vegan and my DC declared they tasted like dirt. They stopped leaving them after a couple of days as they could see they weren't being eaten.

There were plenty of Earl Grey teabags though so they did redeem themselves slightly.

Hilton doubletree in the US do warm cookies on arrival

I recently stayed at a 'Staypineapple' hotel in San Francisco.
They give out warm pineapple shaped cookies .
They were lovely.

I do love a unique comment.

It’s been so long since I’ve been in any kind of hotel but Green & Black seems the height of luxury especially if they were complimentary. I appreciate a bourbon or custard cream but wouldn’t be too impressed with a Rich Tea.

My last hotel in Luton had no biscuits, a dirty tea cup and pubes in the shower 😩

I clearly need to make better hotel choices

I do too!
But it annoys me that I have to!

I take a few tea bags of my own.
Can't stand those single-wrapped tea bags: the brew is too weak.

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I think there used to be biscuits in travelodge, way back when it was travelinn.

If a hotel has those little packs of borders biscuits I'm sold