room service
noun
: service provided to hotel guests in their rooms
also
: the hotel department responsible for such service
ordered a meal from room service
Examples of room service in a Sentence
He ordered a meal from room service.
Recent Examples on the Web
Cruise lines, long known for their all-inclusive approach, charge for things like room service, previously free.
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Roger Dooley, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Residents of the Beverly Hills condos may receive Aman services such as housekeeping and room service.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
Brown then puts Bongiovi on room service duty, but not without ribbing him.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024
There’s no room service on Spitsbergen, but guests may call and order from a small to-go menu of breakfast sandwiches.
—Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2024
Powley’s pre-game ritual is to request a bucket of ice from room service – not for champagne, but for the depuffing properties of those sub-zero cubes.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2024
Sleeping in, enjoying room service, and then leisurely strolling through a city park or lounging on a tropical beach will be much more your speed this year.
—Nina Kahn, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2024
Yes, the rom-com quotient is satisfied with strong-jawed football player love interest, but really, this is a movie about sisterhood and surfing and ordering really nice breakfasts from hotel room service with a man’s money.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2024
Pearl members also receive a Castaway Club lanyard denoting their tiered status, a tote bag, a wet/dry bag, and the beach towel and room service offerings provided to lower tiers, plus a pair of insulated stemless flute tumblers.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2024
Roger Dooley, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Residents of the Beverly Hills condos may receive Aman services such as housekeeping and room service.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
Brown then puts Bongiovi on room service duty, but not without ribbing him.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024
There’s no room service on Spitsbergen, but guests may call and order from a small to-go menu of breakfast sandwiches.
—Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2024
Powley’s pre-game ritual is to request a bucket of ice from room service – not for champagne, but for the depuffing properties of those sub-zero cubes.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2024
Sleeping in, enjoying room service, and then leisurely strolling through a city park or lounging on a tropical beach will be much more your speed this year.
—Nina Kahn, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2024
Yes, the rom-com quotient is satisfied with strong-jawed football player love interest, but really, this is a movie about sisterhood and surfing and ordering really nice breakfasts from hotel room service with a man’s money.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2024
Pearl members also receive a Castaway Club lanyard denoting their tiered status, a tote bag, a wet/dry bag, and the beach towel and room service offerings provided to lower tiers, plus a pair of insulated stemless flute tumblers.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2024
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First Known Use
1916, in the meaning defined above
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