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Room Service Food Hotel Guests Delivered Eat Restaurants

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Episode Id ESLPod 90
Episode Title Room Service
Title Ordering from Room Service
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Room service offers many "benefits" (advantages; good things) to hotel guests. "First and foremost" (most importantly), it is very convenient. Hotel guests do not have to leave the hotel - or even their room - to eat. Instead, they can have food delivered directly to their room. This is especially helpful when the hotel guest is an "out-of-town" (not from the local area) traveler who doesn't know the restaurants in the area or who doesn't have a car.

Another benefit of room service is that hotel guests can "place an order" (say what one wants to have or buy) for breakfast the night before. For example, the guest can ask to have breakfast delivered at 7:00 the next morning. This "eliminates" (gets rid of) the need to wake up early that morning, place an order, and then wait for the food to be delivered. Room service is also generally available anytime, so guests can order food even at 3:00 a.m. when most restaurants are closed.

However, not all hotel guests enjoy using room service, because it has some "drawbacks" (disadvantages; bad things). Room service "tends to be" (is usually) more expensive than food served in a restaurant. Even if the prices listed on the menu seem "reasonable" (not too expensive), the service charge makes room service expensive. Room service also has a "limited selection," meaning that the menu is smaller than most restaurant menus and people might not be able to order what they really want to eat.

The last drawback of room service is that the food is often delivered cold. In a restaurant, food can be moved from the kitchen to the tables quickly, but with room service there are often delays in taking food from the kitchen to the guests' room, especially in a large hotel.

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