653649 Sun Sep 20 12:19:54 -0700 2009 15 29 Not About Food 0 5044026 Love love love room service and I find that the kids menu has sometimes, not always way more appealing things and its so much cheaper too...just had the chicken nuggets breaded in a macadamia crust with a plum dipping sauce with mac n' cheese and a bowl of ice cream with hot fudge for around $8..it was frigging delicious. So with the chicken nuggets, a turkey sandwich, bowl of chicken noodle soup, 2 ice cream sundaes..total for about $25+ vs. $150 for the plain seared ahi for two with a plain salad and no ice cream sundaes. The Wynn Las Vegas has a huge kids Angus cheeseburger with fries for $8 on a brioche bun..vs. the adult menu burger for $25+..it is by far one of the best burgers ever.. I haven't seen any verbage that states you have to be 'under 12' to order, yet..it saves a ton of money after they do there delivery charge, gratuity charge..did have my name spelled out in some tomato soup with creme fraiche once. ; ) Sun Sep 20 12:19:54 -0700 2009 97452 Beach Chick 1 5044307 Best part of Kids Menu? Tater tots! Sun Sep 20 14:55:47 -0700 2009 5044026 11583 ipsedixit 2 5044816 love tater tots but most kids menus are much more evolved than they used to be..and they didn't have them at the Grand Hyatt Kauai and after snorkeling all day, I was craving them..extra crispy with lots of ketchup.. Sun Sep 20 19:01:10 -0700 2009 5044307 97452 Beach Chick 3 5045121 I have yet encountered a hotel room service that could not provide tater tots on demand (regardless of what the menu says -- either on the kids side, or adult side). The Four Seasons in Mexico City happily made me tater tots the entire week I was there -- and it was not an item on the menu at all. I suspected they were sourcing it from a local grocer ... And, I'm pretty sure by mid-week they realized there was nary a "kid" in our room. Sun Sep 20 22:09:55 -0700 2009 5044816 11583 ipsedixit 4 5046363 tater tots at the FS in Mexico City all week...priceless! Mon Sep 21 11:14:55 -0700 2009 5045121 97452 Beach Chick 4 5055612 Chamacos de papa? Thu Sep 24 12:02:28 -0700 2009 5045121 186923 Cachetes 1 5044528 Sounds like a smart solution to me if the establishment doesn't state a policy against it. What bugs me is the outrageous portion sizes in some places (not all, of course, but many hotels and some restaurants today). I'm not exactly a dainty eater, but even I end up puttting half of it out in the hallway on the cart for the hotel staff to dispose of for me. That's a sin, thinking of all the hungry people in the world. I wish some of these places would cut the portions in half, and then they could cut the prices, too. :-) Good for you for beating the system. Sun Sep 20 16:40:49 -0700 2009 5044026 1104013 Normandie 2 5053920 Unfortunately, at the types of hotels we're discussing (Four Seasons, Wynn) the labor is probably much more expensive than the raw food. If they slashed the portions in half, the price would probably barely go down and they're get complains from people who are bigger eaters than you are about the portions being too small. Vegas, especially, is all about overindulgence, right? Wed Sep 23 19:22:15 -0700 2009 5044528 11577 Pei 1 5046422 Very clever. But when I lived in Polanco near the Four Seasons, the restos were way too good to succumb to tater tots to save a peso. Mon Sep 21 11:32:08 -0700 2009 5044026 57170 Veggo 1 5047290 slight change in topic, but I recently spent two nights at the Tuolumne Lodge in Yosemite, where the menu had a section that was listed as "Light bites/kids menu" with the subheading "For Kids from Four to Ninety-Four". The burger was $4 less (and presumably smaller) than on the regular menu (though I didn't notice if they had tater tots :-)) I did wonder if that meant you got your meal free if you were under four or over ninety-four.... :-) Mon Sep 21 15:56:34 -0700 2009 5044026 10158 susancinsf 2 5047597 Hey, at 100 they pay you off on your life insurance policy, they are so tired of waiting. Mon Sep 21 18:02:51 -0700 2009 5047290 57170 Veggo 1 5050918 We often stay at Fairmont properties and every time we order items from the kids menu they ask us the ages of our children. I am not sure if they are making sure we aren't ordering more kids meals than the two we have or are just trying to make the service seem more personal. Their kid's meal portions are big enough for adults though we've never ordered kid's meals for ourselves. (Though we often share one adult entree!) Tue Sep 22 19:39:43 -0700 2009 5044026 173282 beggsy 1 5051384 I have seen verbage to the effect that the kids menu is for kids under 12, or something to that effect. My daughter used to travel for dance competitions on weekends, and her favorite part of the whole event was room service breakfast. I am not even a coffee drinker, so our order was usually just the kids french toast, juice and chocolate milk, for about $10. Couldn't beat it, and it was always a very generous portion, with a couple bites leftover for me. The kids menu is definitely a bargain, but I haven't ordered off of it for myself. Wed Sep 23 04:51:01 -0700 2009 5044026 124908 jeanmarieok 1 5055597 Excellent idea. I always hate to see so much food go to waste when portions are too large to finish and you can't keep them for later because there's nowhere to heat them up if the room doesn't have a kitchenette. Thu Sep 24 12:00:19 -0700 2009 5044026 26054 Jasz 1 5057032 Sometimes I work room service at the resort I work at and often times parents order room service for their children, especially if they are leaving them with a babysitter. So I would never question someone only ordering off the kids menu. If we wanted to be real strict, we get ever kids name and age at check in, so we could always check if there were in fact kids in the room, but who really cares? We are just happy for your business! Fri Sep 25 01:12:11 -0700 2009 5044026 70884 Mag454 1 5062683 Sometimes when I am traveling and I'm tired of big meals at every restaurant, the only thing the sounds appealing is a grilled cheese sandwich off the kids menu. Sun Sep 27 17:47:33 -0700 2009 5044026 74556 manraysky