Room service?

This seemed to me to be the most appropriate forum for this topic. If not, please move it to Misc. Vegas Chat.

So far, we have at least one confirmed report on VMB that Caesars Palace is not doing room service. Michael Trager of TravelZork has firsthand confirmed the same at CP (and I will edit this and link to the source material once it becomes available). I have seen confirmation on at least one Vegas-related Facebook group that Flamingo is also not doing room service right now.

Where else in Vegas right now do we have confirmed reports of room service (or in-room dining, as many hotels call it) being either definitely available to any extent or entirely unavailable at this time? I figure that this topic would be of significant interest for anyone visiting Vegas over the next 3-4 months since dine-in options will be much more limited (and potentially awkward) and visitors might be spending more time in their rooms than usual.

 

It sure is, I was planning a trip to CP and counting on room service as one of the main dining options!

 

If you going to Las Vegas to stay in your room, methinks that you should re-evaluate your travel plans.

IMHO, there are plenty of places to eat. I'm going in July and have already made plans for all of my meals, both on and off strip. It just takes desire and a little planning.

Don't mean to offend, but IMHO, that's like going to Europe or Asia and eating at McDonald's or Burger King all the time.

 

Staying at Bellagio next week and they confirmed they have room service-it is limited. I like room service breakfast the first morning I wake up in Vegas.

 

I respectfully disagree with this actually, the OP didn't say he was necessarily seeking to have all meals in his room.

I think there is absolutely a case for not going to restaurants as much while in Vegas right now... both for the sake of limiting the risk of exposure to other people, and especially for the sake of not having to wait around for a table with seating capacity cut in half at minimum (i.e., there could be lineups at many restaurants). Even if ordering an in-room breakfast would cost $40 per day, for a four day trip I'd rather pay $160 to have both the comfort and the convenience of eating breakfast in my room than pay probably about $80 ($20 per day) for a sit-down breakfast with all of the risk and uncertainty that comes with it.

Of course, if he was looking to have all meals in-room, it does raise the question about going in the first place. But under current circumstances, I can 100% sympathize with wanting to rely on in-room dining for a certain percentage of your meals, especially meals like breakfast that most people don't want to wait around for.

 

Sympathize away. I just consider the logic of having ANY meals in the room if you going to a place with wonderful dining like Las Vegas.

There are things that people "like" to do on vacation, but "extra" money spent on room service isn't my kind of action.

 

No room service at Caesars when we were there Saturday, Bellagio does have room service.

 

I don't see anything wrong with it. I am planning a trip now and intend to eat in my room (whether it be room service or carryout from a nicer restaurant). To each their own, whatever their reason.

 

I'm not a room service guy, myself, but I see some value in it in certain situations, including the following:
1. You want to have some decent food and coffee in your room without having to make yourself presentable to the general public. This way you can eat, drink, and lounge in bed until it's time to destroy the toilet. After that, you can get a shower and be ready to go for the day.
2. You are painfully hungover, and the thought of having to walk more than a few feet makes you want to die. I can confirm this one from years ago when a buddy and I stayed at Cosmo. That sandwich saved me.
3. You have a show or club event you want to get to, and you and your partner/mate want to be able to pre-game with food and drinks in your room, so that you have plenty of time before you have to leave your room.
4. It's late night/early morning and either you don't feel safe going to get food, or the kind of food you want isn't available.

Outside of these -- and probably a couple others that I am forgetting -- it doesn't make sense to me, either.

 

I don't have a dog in this fight, but folks just need to do what they want to do in Vegas. I can't see where room service being enjoyed by one should be a point of consternation by another.

Now for the "risk" thing. If travel and a casino is being risked in the first place then a properly distanced eating establishment seems a strange add-on worry. And then there are all the other contact points and persons, the seen and unseen connections.

 

I order room service at least once a trip. 4 am chicken wings typically make an appearance. Maybe a breakfast. Maybe way to hungover to move for the next hour so i don't want to be seen in public. Room service has its place. Its not the best meal but its the best at that time! Now i want early morning chicken wings.

 

Bingo! I'm actually pleasantly surprised to see some interest in room-service, I believe previous posts on the subject indicated about as much desire to do so, as to purchase the $12 mini-bar peanuts... meaning many frugal visitors abstain. I'm generally a solo visitor and I enjoy a nice room-service breakfast while watching First Take in the morning before I head out for the day. I also have been known to eat the $12 peanuts if I'm hungry.

 

We all have "wasteful" practices in the eyes of others. I could drink Two-Buck Chuck or Coors. I could buy an Acura instead of a Honda -- bad example, no Ridgeline badged "A" instead of "H" -- or an Audi instead of a VW.

 

I opened this thread primarily to grow a more consolidated resource for others who might be seeking information on the current state of room service in Vegas, and because I could not easily find the information myself. (I do this in general when I can't find answers.) In-room dining -- be it delivery to the room, bringing prepared food back to one's room, catering for an in-room/suite gathering, or even cooking in one's room (possible to do at Vdara and at various timeshare-type places) -- is a legitimate way to dine in Vegas, and Vegas is probably the best place in the world for in-room dining. This is especially true right now. Not every hotel/resort publicly posts their in-room dining options, even if the information can be found in the room itself.

We are indeed getting good information in the thread thus far.

 

At NYNY last weekend, they had a barcode to scan for the menu. We tried to call a few times for breakfast and it never went thru.

 

I stayed downtown last weekend (June 5 to 7) at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas. There was NO room service and in fact none of the restaurants were yet open (Claim Jumper, etc.) EXCEPT Vic and Anthony's but I did not want to spend that much, so I went across the street to the Fremont and ate at Dunkin Donuts! (No wait!) At the D, Andiamo Steakhouse was open and the hot dog place underneath. The restaurants along Fremont street outside of the casinos were all open (Therapy, Tacos, White Castle, etc.)

 

FWIW, I have spoken with three hosts at different Vegas properties who told me exactly this regarding takeout at their resort restaurants