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?

Thank you, 🫡 I will! My stay is 9th November… If I remember I will ask about gluten free too so they know there is demand.

I’m pretty sure it’s just the Doubletree brand that has the lovely warm cookies on arrival. I haven’t had them in other Hilton hotels.

Can't speak for the UK specifically, but the last time I stayed in a Hilton there were no warm cookies at check-in (whereas there were at Doubletree).

We stayed in a b&b in whitby where there was freshly baked cakes to help yourself to in the communal living room. And homemade lemon curd and jam with your toast for breakfast. It was amazing

The Hilton Garden Inn that I last stayed in didn't have any!

And the Glasgow Radisson Blu by Central Station didn't have Tunnock's Wafers 18 months ago either, I feel cheated!

A good few years ago (25+) stayed 3 or 4 times in a lovely B&B in a farmhouse in the south west when down for work (sadly now just a house), it was a bit before its time. Not cheap but never advertised, only word of mouth type. Work always booked it well in advance.
The then owners used to leave a lidded jug of fresh milk (from nearby dairy, which likely is also no more) in a dinky fridge and you could ask for more if you ran out, the cups were a decent size and a teapot that poured well (bugbear of mine), good choice of assorted herbal as well as ordinary teas, coffees and hot chocolate, a small tin of assorted home made biscuits with a card listing ingredients - each type was a different shape - again ask for more if run out - the lime & ginger ones were divine. In late summer there was often a bowl of fruit to help yourself - had an orchard to the side of the house, always lovely displays of fresh flowers (she was into flower arranging), a choice of small bottles of sparkling water, still water, Pepsi, lemonade in the fridge, the toiletries were really nice ones decanted into dispensing bottles - there was a laminated card stuck to the mirror which said which was which but they were made by a local company, I absolutely loved one in particular I think it was rose, thyme and peony liquid soap, so much I bought everyone it one year for Christmas.
Breakfast was lovely all from local farms, and accompanied by home made toasted bread with home made marmalades, jams and curds.
Sadly the owners retired and sold up just as I was leaving that job, and it became just an ordinary family house.
Never found another B&B as nice since.

Lovely room in a pub in Hampshire at the start of the week. Only £50 for the night. The tea tray looked like this. Hot chocolate and oaty biscuits.

Moved on to stay in a super luxury hotel in Bristol. Greeted at check in with a fresh cream Halloween cupcake. Shortbread fingers and Clipper fruit teas on the tea tray. How I managed to get the room for £80 a night I don't know!

Stayed in a hotel with a nutella dispenser at the breakfast buffet. My kids were beside themselves with excitement

Check in treat at Holiday Inn, Cardiff was Welsh cakes! Far superior to the Doubletree cookie for my tastes.

@PollyannaWhittier ooh Tony's choc is a nice touch!

Currently at a Marriott. Biscoff cookies in the room.

I travel a lot for work and get unreasonably annoyed at rubbish tea trays and snacks 😁 I stayed in a lovely hotel in Majorca recently and got a free room upgrade that came with not only a Bali bed and swim up pool (shame I only had two hours free time!) but a daily treat of a personalised large profiterole. I fear the tea tray at my premier inn next week won't live up to that!