To eat Indian at hotel room or AirBnB?

[WonderingWoo]

Inspired by (and not a TAAT!!!) the babysitting thread,

Would you order Indian to eat in your hotel room or AirBnB?

YABU: No smelly take aways at all whatsoever

YANBU: All takeaways are fine

If you think it depends then please comment which cuisine is fine and why.

FWIW I eat whatever I fancy when I have paid for a room or a property. I have checked into a new place that smelt of the previous guests' cooking or takeaways (Kebab, bacon, beef burgers, soy and spring onion/ginger, curry) and admittedly that annoyed me but more so that it felt like it wasn't aired or cleaned enough between guests. Specially as often you can't open up the windows fully or sometimes at all to air the room.

Surely the property management is responsible for cleaning between guests, which includes any necessary airing out from cooking or food smells?

I wouldn’t, but really because I wouldn’t want to spend the night myself in the room stinking of curry. Not out of consideration to the next guests.

YANBU, although it would be courteous to dispose of the remnants to an outside bin the same evening, so that any smells don't linger unnecessarily.

I wouldn't eat any takeaway in a hotel room, unless there was literally no other option. Not necessarily because I'd be fretting about smells etc but just because I don't like eating meals in bedrooms, really.

I would eat whatever I wanted in a self-catering property. I've definitely had many Indian takeaways in Airbnbs/holiday cottages. A curry is a perfectly normal meal and it's up to the owner of the property to clean and air the place for the next guest.

I would (and do) but I can’t stand the lingering smell so I always remove the rubbish to an outside bin as soon as I’ve finished eating

Yes, I have done in the past. I’ve also worked as a hotel cleaner, rooms get all sorts of smells, room service, outside food and other things, it should all sorted before next guest. If it reeks talk to the hotel or the owners as it sounds like it hasn’t been cleaned

I'm finding all these threads all of a sudden about smelly Indian food a bit sus. I've always thought anyone that rules out an entire cuisine (if you can even treat 'Indian' food as one thing) very small minded. You'd never suggest someone doesn't eat any Greek food because moussakka can be very garlicky.

@SnappyOchre

Thank you for saying this. I thought it was just me.

No. In your own home, fine. In a property or room that you don’t own, it’s selfish and inconsiderate to eat hot food. No one else wants to smell it.

I absolutely would order Indian food to eat in my Air BnB

You mean you don't want to smell it. You certainly don't speak for everyone else.

There was a thread a month or so ago where the rules for an Airbnb included not cooking fish or strong smelling foods or some such nonsense. Utterly ridiculous.

Don't be daft, if I'm renting a self catering place that has cooking facilities I'm not going to eat cold food. As long as you clean up after yourself and take the rubbish out its fine.

I wouldn’t eat a take away in a hotel room if there’s a sign saying no take aways. In an air b n b I’d eat what I fancied

I think this has changed quite recently. Ordering takeaway to a hotel used to be a no no but since COVID some hotels almost encourage it. At a big chain hotel you often see guests waiting for their JustEat deliveries in reception now, and one or two have stopped serving their own food altogether. I wouldn't do it anywhere expensiveo r exclusive but at a normal chain hotel I think it's become normal.

As PPs say, whether it's Indian or fish and chips or pizza makes no difference.

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Their property, their rules.

Generally if a room or a property allows eating then eat what you like. It's same with buses vs trains - buses usually say no eating, trains don't. I've seen people complain about food that has strong aromas on train, I think it's fair game

Sounds ridiculous to me. If someone is so emotionally attached to a place they want to try to limit when someone eats in the house or apartment then imho they shouldn't let it out.

Not in one room accompdation because I wouldn't want the smell where I'm sleeping. But in an AirBnB apartment/house type accomodation yes, I'd do what I do at home.

I would eat a takeaway in a hotel room but would probably go for a pizza because you can eat it with your hands and it doesn’t have much of a smell. The lack of a proper bin and probably opening windows would put me off anything strong smelling like curry or fish and chips. I also wouldn’t order anything that is going to be a struggle to eat without plates and cutlery which would include an indian but also probably a chinese. In an AirBnB though I’d eat whatever I fancied since you’ve got plates, cutlery, the outside bin, a dishwasher and opening windows.

I've only seen the babysitting thread which got me thinking to my own behaviour when I've stayed away.
Indian food because it's a popular take away that you sit down to eat (rice) versus a kebab or fish and chips that you can eat on the go so it tends to be brought back to accommodation. Moussaka isn't a common take away food and I don't even know if it's that garlicky. Probably more lamb smell. I like a curry but it undeniably has a very lingering smell, more than a pizza for example. There is no malice behind my thread.

Was in a Hilton hotel recently and saw someone walking along the corridor with a Macdonalds breakfast. Wasn’t surprised considering the cost of the (delicious) hotel breakfast.

Yes we often have takeaways

Many hotels or B&Bs (I mean the old fashioned sort of B&B, not an AirB&B, which I have never used), do not allow you to bring in hot food, etc.
However, I have done so, though I admit, not a hot curry.
However, I would always make sure to dispose of any waste/packaging, and if a curry would probably open the windows afterwards.

That may be true. But then if you don’t like the rules, no one’s forcing you to stay there.

That may be true. But it’s their property, so they have the right to make the rules. And if you don’t like those rules, no one’s forcing you to stay there.