The buffet spread at a Hampton by Hilton hotel .
F & B
BREAKFAST
IS BACK
BUFFETS ARE MAKING A COMEBACK , AS HOTELS ALSO BET ON HEALTHY GRAB-AND-GO OPTIONS .
By KATHAKALI NANDI
B
reakfast , or the lavish breakfast buffet spread to be precise , has always been one of the highlights of a stay in a hotel and one of the main factors worth getting up early for . Imagine walking into the dining hall to be greeted by the sound of sizzling bacon , plates of fluffy omelets , rows of cereals and freshly squeezed juice and helping yourself to warm pancakes and fresh fruit . The pandemic , however , forced hotels to suspend breakfast services as contactless methods of operating became the main goal and the morning meal service became one of the casualties of the stringent safety norms .
Breakfasts , though , are gradually making a comeback at hotels , amid the normalizing pandemic conditions and increasing travel demand , with a keen demand for healthy , pre-packaged meals .
Although many hotels were forced to stop breakfast services during the pandemic , it gave them time to change their menu , methods and also rethink the overall breakfast experience . Many of the innovations which became popular
46 hotelsmag . com October 2023