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Hotels.com reveals most unusual room service requests

Diet water, melted ice cream and blowfish are among the 10 most unusual room service requests noted by Hotels.com.
Hotels.com reveals most unusual room service requests
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Hotels.com recently released its first list of "most unusual room service requests," which it said went well beyond food. 

The hotel-booking website said demand for room service has increased 45% in the last year among U.S. hotels.

The 10 most unusual room service requests include:

1) Diet water

2) Melted ice cream

3) Blowfish

4) Boiled bottled water

5) A cooked fish that the guest brought with them

6) Cockle popcorn

7) No-egg-white omelet 

8) Rice bowl for a dog

9) Bison

10) Eggless eggs in hell (shakshuka)

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Among the hotels surveyed by hotels.com, burgers are the most popular room service order. About 43% of hotels said their guests prefer casual cuisine. 

Hotels.com also reported that about 27% of room service orders go for more than $100. 

The report also highlighted some of the top room service experiences. Among them, the Plaza Hotel in New York offers a 16-scoop sundae akin to the one Kevin McAllister ordered on "Home Alone 2, Lost in New York." The Home Alone Sundae costs $300. 

Music lovers might enjoy the Milestone Hotel in London, which offers an in-room concert from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Rooms start at $1,500, and that price does not include the orchestra.

For $1,600, the Post Oak Hotel in Houston offers the Black Gold Burger, which includes Wagyu beef, seared foie gras, and black truffle in a caviar-infused black and 24-karat gold brioche bun.


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