HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Breakfasts

Tokyo: Where to Score a Royal View in Tokyo

JetSetCD — 2012-02-08T15:45:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/penitokbrekkie.jpg" class="top"> A quick tip for a stay at the ridiculously well located <a href="">Peninsula Tokyo</a>: pay the extra to secure a Deluxe Park View, because that "Park" bit actually means Imperial Palace gardens. They may be out of focus in the photo above, but can you blame us for being far more focused on a large Japanese breakfast spread at the moment? Rooms on the park side of the hotel have commanding views of the Imperial Palace and its acresbring mini binoculars to watch the processions, full of pomp, without having to even venture outside and join the throng of photo-snapping tourists. At night the view is just as pleasant, since having all of these private gardens next

New York: The Kimberly Will Send You Sky High For Breakfast This Month

ASchechter — 2012-02-08T09:17:55-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/KimberlyHotelUpstairs.jpg" class="top">We've never known a hotel to be modest about showing off its awesome views. Still, we usually reserve our best window-gazing for later in the evening, when <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/20/155241/065/hotels/The+King+of+the+Killer+View+is%2C+Without+a+Doubt%2C+Singapore%27s+Marina+Bay+Sands">skylines</a> are a-twinkle and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/11/125435/557/hotels/Chill_Sunsets_at_the_Southernmost_Hotel_in_the_USA">sunsets</a> are killer. But guests at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Kimberly+Hotel/local/3588">Kimberly Hotel</a> in Manhattan get to enjoy awesome views of the city first thing in the morning, with free breakfasts in the rooftop lounge, Upstairs. A buffet spread will offer French toast, pancakes, oatmeal, pastries, omelets, bacon and hash browns. Though the usual cost of the meal is $25 per person, all guests will get it for free through the end of the month. Turns out February isn't <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/2/7/94130/77434/hotels/Pounce_On_These_Leap_Year_Hotel_Deals_Now_Before_They_Leap_Away">such a bad time</a> to stay in hotels

Palm Springs: What is The Parker Palm Springs' 'Waz-Za?'

JetSetCD — 2011-12-20T15:52:59-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/1PSbrekkie_2.jpg" class="top"> It's called the "Waz-Za?" and we're assuming that's because of the jealousy of other diners when this $20 Belgian waffle is deliver to you. Like a "what's that?" The menu description says only "fruit inside, fruit outsidecrackly brulee top," but the magic isn't in listing off ingredients; it's in seeing the blueberries and bananas right there, glistening under the hot desert sun. The Waz-Za is something we recently tried at the emphatic suggestion of a good friend and Palm Springs veteran. Our waitress nodded approvingly at our choice, so we knew we'd done well. Normally we wouldn't shell out $20 for a glorified fruit waffle, but this is Norma's at <a href="">The Parker Palm Springs</a>, where regular

New York: Piecing Together Yotel, One Brunch Invitation At A Time

ASchechter — 2011-10-14T09:30:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/YoBaby.jpg" class="top">Last time we checked in on <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Yotel+Times+Square/local/4852">Yotel Times Square</a>aka the $10 hotel for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/26/11417/8229/hotels/_10_Buys_You_a_Yotel_NYC_Room_If_You_re_Really_Really_Small">ants</a>the lobby bathroom was suffering from some major <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/20/194457/581/hotels/Bad_News_About_Yotel_s_Bathroom_Doors_They_Don_t_Lock">door malfunctioning</a>. They appear to have addressed the problem, and have since added a rather interesting <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/7/13/20398/1201/hotels/What_Is_Up_With_The_Yotel_s_Moose_">moose</a> to the lobby decor. But we were left wondering to ourselves: what is actually going on over there? After opening to such fanfare with a mammoth performance piece that literally spanned <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/15/94611/3452/hotels/A_Look_at_The_100_Performances_Last_Night_Inside_The_Yotel_Times_Square">100 rooms</a>, we haven't exactly heard much from them since. Oh, except for this bizarre Sunday brunch invitation that showed up in our inboxes yesterday. A baby, gnawing on a plate, with the caption: "Eat Yo! Brunch". Well, it's not a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/12/20514/490/hotels/Which_Hotel_Chef_Is_Making_Jelly_Doughnut_Pancakes_">jelly doughnut</a>

New York: Which Hotel Chef Is Making Jelly Doughnut Pancakes?

ASchechter — 2011-10-13T09:30:02-05:00

Few things excite us more than a delicious hotel breakfast. Sometimes, we wish we could just spend the whole day inside a swanky brasserie, gazing out the window, eating omelets and sipping tea. Chef Franklin Becker's new joint Lexington Brass, located inside Hyatt 48Lex, might be just the place for it.

The menu's winning item, no doubt, are the jelly doughnut pancakes, which borrow the concept of a baked, jelly-filled doughnut and impose it onto a regular old pancake. The result is thick, fluffy, jelly-filled and awesome. You might call it a dough-cake. Either way, it's served with berries and lemon cream, costs $17, and is the most delicious-sounding breakfast we've ever encountered.