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13 Most Popular Room Service Items
13 Most Popular Room Service Items

Room service is a luxury and a true hallmark of traveling. Having a piping-hot meal delivered right to your hotel room lets you know that you've arrived. It's comforting, nourishing, and downright convenient. To find out what travelers were ordering, The Daily Meal reached out to hotels across the country to see what dishes topped the list of in-room best-sellers.

Some of the results were surprising. Who would have guessed that Maryland crabcakes were the most-ordered dish at a New York Cityhotel? But others were totally expected, like the fact that guests at a Washington, D.C. hotel known for hosting business professionals were most likely to request a healthy yogurt, fruit, and granola plate.

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Although room service is typically thought of as a lazy morning treat, breakfast foodsonly represent six of the 13 items on our list. When it comes to room service, it turns out that comfort, not time of day, is the bigger factor in determining what guests will order. And the majority of the most popular room service items on our list are, well, comfort foods - pancakes, eggs, burgers, and pizza all make an appearance, but regional differences also tend to influence menus. For example, Rhode Island visitors prefer their hash with some lobster, while travelers in Texas often request Mexican-influenced huevos rancheros to start their days.

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Regardless of the location, travelers across the country can probably agree that ordering room service can make you feel more at home, and not to mention, satisfied. Check out this list to see what topped the list of most-requested in-room dishes.

Margherita Pizza
Margherita Pizza

Margherita Pizza from Tulio Ristorante at the Hotel Vintage Park, Seattle

Seattle's Hotel Vintage Park's cooking staff is most frequently asked to whip up classic and simple margherita pizzas for its guests to enjoy in their rooms. The pie is made with fresh mozzarella, sweet basil, and tomato. As of press time, guests have ordered 299 pizzas since the start of 2013.


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Roasted Anaheim Cage-Free Huevos Rancheros at the Omni La Mansión del Rio, San Antonio

Huevos rancheros top the list of most-ordered dishes at San Antonio's Omni La Mansión del Rio. In addition to eggs, the plate includes a crisp corn tortilla, refried beans, queso fresco, and is topped off with spicy ranchero and tomatillo salsa. To date, the Omni has sold 810 of these Mexican-tinged plates that reflect San Antonio's heritage.

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Eggs Benedict
Eggs Benedict

Cleveland Benedict at The Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland

The Renaissance Cleveland Hotel's top-seller for breakfast is the Cleveland Benedict. This plate, which was designed to reflect the area's food preferences, includes in-house cured corned beef atop a seeded rye toast medallion, a poached egg, and Amish butter hollandaise sauce.


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Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies at The Biltmore, Coral Gables, Fla.

One of the most-ordered desserts at The Biltmore in Coral Gables, Fla., are the comforting (and delicious) staple chocolate chip cookies. They're made fresh, in-house daily. Last year, the cooking staff made 5,941 chocolate chip cookies.





Country Fried Steak
Country Fried Steak

Country-Fried Steak at Charleston Place in Charleston, S.C.

The undeniably Southern country-fried steak is one of the most-asked-for room service dishes at the Charleston Place in South Carolina. This filling breakfast comes with beef short ribs, caramelized onion gravy, breakfast potatoes, and two eggs any style. In keeping with the hotel's reputation as one of the most luxurious spots in all of Charleston, all the in-room tables are set with fine china and silverware. Each ordered plate comes with pineapple (the symbol of Southern hospitality) dipped in dark chocolate, along with a fresh-cut rose.

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-Teresa Tobat, The Daily Meal