There's something so luxe about ordering room service, right? In hotels around the world, at any hour of the day or night (thanks to The Waldorf-Astoria, which is said to have invented 24-hour room service), you can order up everything from a double-stack burger to a rich chocolate souffle, with a side of bubbly.
The best hotels even feature full room service menus of local and international delicacies, often created at the hands of Michelin-starred chefs.
We're serving up our seven picks for hotels with the most decadent room service menus in the world.
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The Surrey, New York City
How does a private rooftop with butler service sound? Pretty sweet, when it's the rooftop at The Surrey, our pick for sumptuous room service in New York City. What's more, the hotel offers a 24-hour room service menu served by the Michelin-starred Café Boulud -- think mouthwatering gourmet picks like Peekytoe crab benedict, short rib sliders, and a prime dry-aged hamburger. And since The Surrey is home to some of the most comfortable beds in New York, we're betting you'll give the room service menu a workout.
Hotel Le Toiny, St. Barts
Okay, so if you're in St. Barts and you're at the Hotel Le Toiny, life is good. But it's even better when you order up room service, which at Le Toiny includes such unbelievable choices as gourmet pasta in a cheese bowl. That's right: knock knock, and there's a chef-cum-cheese sculptor at the door, ready to carve out a wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano and fill it full of rich spaghetti and decadent black truffles.
Makanda by the Sea, Costa Rica
Fancy-pants room service menus usually comes with equally fancy prices, but at Makanda by the Sea in Manuel Antonio, it's complimentary. In-room breakfast service, included in the rates, takes the form of local and international delicacies -- everything from Costa Rican mainstay gallo pinto(rice and beans), to gourmet omelets, to ultra-fluffy French toast dusted with powdered sugar. Add in fresh fruit, homemade bread, and tropical fruit juice, served in the privacy of your luxury villa, and you have the recipe for one of the world's most indulgent room service breakfasts.
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