Teddy studied the room-service menu while listening to water running in the bathroom.

Two other guests, who had just flown in for the weekend from L.A., on our host's unused frequent-flier awards, now consulted a room-service menu.

Did they glance at the varieties and the prices of a room-service menu?

And these days such hotels offer a room-service menu of bath indulgences.

The room-service menu replicates that of the Tower Bar ($32 for seared monkfish, $17 for a turkey sandwich).

My hotel was the Morakat, which had two room-service menus, one for food, the other for girls.

The room-service menu is also exceptionally good - a large bowl of fresh soup and a generous portion of warm, crusty bread tasted all the better for costing £4.

Family-friendly extras include a kids room-service menu and a big indoor pool.

The room-service menu, also served in the bar, is ample, but it was in the restaurant, Halo, that the Morrison excelled itself.

She got up, partially closed the drapes, turned on the bedside lamp and scanned the room-service menu, finding what she hoped she would find: twenty-four-hour availability.