Hotel restaurants—what's on the menu?

Caribbean cuisine
For a beach holiday with delicious food, hotel restaurants in the Caribbean will serve up flavoursome curried goat, jerk chicken and fish stews—mangos and bananas will often feature.

Culinary holidays
Believe it or not, some hotels even require that you cook your own meal! Cooking holidays in Europe, Asia, South America and beyond combine the culinary delights of a hotel restaurant with the chance to learn how to prepare your favourite cuisine.

Culinary theme nights
Because hotel restaurants like to offer guests different culinary experiences, they often hold food theme nights. It's a good way to try local produce, or Russian, Japanese, Ethiopian—in fact, cuisine from anywhere in the world.

French cuisine
A popular cuisine among gourmets, many European hotel restaurants employ celebrated French chefs. French cuisine is rich in meat and poultry, seafood, pungent herbs, cheese and fine wine. For example, coq au vin is chicken cooked in mushrooms, garlic and wine.

Haute cuisine
You'll find haute cuisine (literally, "high cooking" in French) served at some of the finest hotel restaurants in the world. Haute cuisine usually involves small portions of the finest rich food, presented very elaborately.

Molecular gastronomy
If you're looking for a new food experience, then a number of hotel restaurants worldwide can introduce you to molecular gastronomy: a cuisine that uses intricate science to create astonishing dishes.

Pacific rim
You don't have to travel to Hawaii to enjoy Pacific Rim cuisine. Now widely available in hotel restaurants, it's an exciting fusion of foods from the Pacific region. You'll enjoy sweet and sour, dim sum, sushi, seafood, meats, fruits and garnishes.

Tex Mex
Nowadays many hotel restaurants serve Tex Mex. It combines North American produce with spicy Mexican recipes. Chilis, fajitas, burritos and barbecue chicken are all likely to be on the menu.

Other types of cuisine you'll find in US hotel restaurants include creole, cajun and Italian-American.

Hotel restaurant wine tip:
Many hotel restaurants employ a sommelier (or specialist wine waiter) whose job is to help you decide which wine to drink. A sommelier will highlight wines that perfectly complement your food choices. They will also advise you on the best choices within your budget.