Hotel Biscuits

[EastFifeFiveForfarFour]

AIBU to think that the availability and standard of hotel room biscuits has declined significantly?

There was once a time when you could at the very least rely on a solid, standard biscuit, like a bourbon or a custard cream. Now you’re lucky if you get any at all.

More expensive places used to give you a home baked cookie in a fancy bag tied with a bow. Now you get bought in standard conference room biscuits at best.

Big up to the Premier Inn though - their premium rooms had Green & Blacks chocolate last time I stayed.

Maybe I need to get over this shit.

AIBU?

Stupid comment. It’s a chat forum, people can post about what they like.

I’ve not stayed in a nice hotel and not had biscuits. Always had at least borders or walkers shortbread. In more luxury hotels, nicer biscuits or home made. Some have pantries where you can go and help yourself rather than in the room itself.

only time recently I got. Nothing was in a hub by premier inn - most basic of basic 😂

What also annoys me in hotels is the selection of teas and coffees. There are never enough normal breakfast teas. We often want a tea when we arrive, maybe another later in the evening and one when we wake up before breakfast. We don't need a whole selection of fruit teas and coffees but sometimes there are only 2 normal tea bags for 2 people. I am sure a lot of people want to drink several of the same drink. The other moan is they are not replaced if you don't have your room serviced, which seems to be done less now since COVID.

Oh this!

I mean who the hell drinks fruit and herbal teas by the bucket load anyway. I have tea on a drip virtually. Normal, straightforward tea. None of your nonsense.

See I do like a peppermint tea of an evening.

The Travelodge I stay in for work gives you a 2 finger KitKat - sometimes, it's not always consistent.

The Butler Arms in Waterville, Co. Kerry, provide Skelligs chocolate truffles instead of biscuits. A very pleasant surprise.

We didn't get Welsh cakes there 😢
We did get Molton Brown toiletries though

Before my most recent hotel-stay (short package/Spain), I'd fortunately read in advance that the hotel didn't even provide kettles in the rooms. Shock, horror. So, I've added a small travel kettle to my travel kit, along with v small cafetiere, a week's supply of ground coffee and some tea-bags.

Perfect for sitting reading on the balcony looking at the sea - which is my ideal relaxation.
Naturally, there's also a corkscrew in that kit for locally sourced wine.😁

Does every trivial thread really need to have a <lighthearted> disclaimer so that you don't grumpily assume the OP thinks that poor-quality biscuits etc are a source of terrible woe and deep trauma?! Seriously- how could you possibly think a thread about biscuits was anything other than lighthearted?

The only hotel I've stayed in lately had a couple of chocolates rather than biscuits. I was delighted... until I ate one. Vegan chocolate - bleurgh! Yes, I get why they'd choose to put vegan ones out, but honestly they were horrible.

I have genuinely never had a bad experience in a Travelodge, stayed in one in London on Saturday, it was fantastic.
no biscuits though

The only reason I give blood is for a fab, guilt free biscuit selection at the end.

I'm still salty about the fact that when I went to a Radisson Blu in Essex in 2015 but got caught in traffic on the way and was ravenous by the time of arrival, I was relying on hotel room biscuits to fix me. And there were none provided! Shocked and disappointed. It's quite common these days though, sadly.

We recently stayed in a fab B&B in the lakes which had lovely biscuits and ALSO from 4pm onwards home made cake for you to help yourself too from the breakfast room 😍

Try being coeliac then come back to me on this...🙄

This is genius! Please start this business

I stayed in a hotel last week and there was a couple of biscoff. This is extremely exciting when you're vegan, second only to a bourbon (which as you rightly point out, is a rare occurrence these days.)
Unfortunately on opening the little packet I found that one had been smashed to crumbs and was quite undunkable.
I felt that my (firm but fair) trip adviser review conveyed my disappointment.
They haven't responded.

I think there needs to be a biscuit rating.

All Borders biscuits are low down in the ratings for me same with a walkers shortbread. Too ordinary and mainstream.

Warm cookies yes, cheap bourbons no.

Locally made, perfect!

I love love love these biscuits especially the half Lemon ones mmmm

My DP brought home a packet of Biscoff a few weeks ago. I didn’t think of hotels at the time. I said “For some reason I feel like I’m at the hairdressers when I eat these.”

We all need a little levity in our lives. If all we talked about on this, or any other forum, were super serious issues, it would be bloody depressing.

I'm with you OP, I feel the standard has declined. Although I stayed in a very cute guest house last week and they had Biscoff biscuits AND a Lindt chocolate on the tray, so they will be getting my return business! Maybe independent is the way to go.

Oh I would hate that! One of the few perks for me about staying away in a hotel is being able to make a coffee 2 feet from your bed and getting back in bed to drink it and watch morning tv!

Love it. Can't beat a Tunnocks.

They have disappeared completely from most hotels, even at 4 star level. I'm most disappointed. Also decaffeinated tea/fruit tea is rare now