Hotel in-room coffee makers

[cinnaminny]

Do you use the coffee and coffee makers that are provided in rooms?

Do you use them in nice hotels/resorts but eschew them in others? Does it matter where they are located? Room v/bathroom?


I was thinking about this for an upcoming trip. I bring a small coffee maker with me when I can (and I am due for a new one) or I just buy coffee. I just can not bring myself to use one. I am a bit of a germaphobe that just can't get around it.

 

[Klayfish]

Nope, never use them. Has nothing to do with being a germaphobe...I'm nothing remotely close to that. It's just that I don't like the coffee usually. I drink decaf anyway, so half the time it's not even in the room. But even if it is, I prefer going to the local large gas station or convenience store. I hate, despise, detest Starbucks, so I won't go there...but the closest large chain gas station type place works fine for me.

 

[soccerdad72]

For the most part, yes, I use them.

 

[lorimay]

The only time we ever used one, was at a hotel that had a Nespresso and we wanted to try it.
My husband is an early bird and usually finds the coffee cafe bright and early in the hotel.

 

[gillep]

Only if it is a Nespresso machine, otherwise I know that I probably won't like the coffee, and it will just be a waste. I love having a cup each morning for the ritual and taste, but if I don't get one I am fine, so I can be picky like that.

Edited to add: I also check the supplied Nespresso capsules first, as there are a couple that are not my taste, so I would decline to waste those as well.

 

[anniemae]

No, I never use them. We will buy coffee with breakfast. The main reason is that I like milk in my coffee and there is no milk in hotel rooms. the coffee station will either have the non-refrigerated cream or powdered cream. Neither of which I like and I couldn't be bothered on vaca to go to the store to buy milk to keep in the room. So we just wait until we you out to breakfast.

 

[luvsJack]

Depends, when we go to Disney or a beach condo we take our own coffee maker. We have used the room coffee makers but dh likes more than one cup of coffee and hotel coffee tastes awful. At Universal, we just go downstairs and get Starbucks (my favorite)

 

[Aladora]

I usually try them and almost immediately regret my decision to do so...no matter what brand or type of coffee, it always tastes like crap!

 

[usnuzuloose]

I don't use them, I have issues with them being in the bathroom area. YUCK. I go to my favorite place and get coffee and add my own sugar.

 

[bcla]

Sure I'll use them. I'm cheap and I'm OK with average coffee. I've seen everything from square/round pods to Keurig. The oddest one was when we stayed at some 5-star hotel overseas and I had no idea if the room had any coffee until I noticed something in the information book saying there should be room coffee and a refrigerator with beverages. I was hidden in this column covered with vinyl padding. It literally opened like a door, but I had no idea it was there until I started looking around and then managed to swing it open. That was literally a case of having form over function. The coffee was included, but the other stuff would be charged.

That coffee was Illy's iperEspresso capsules. The only other place I've seen that was at The Hotel at River Rock in Richmond, BC.

I guess the most frustrating thing for me is not having in-room coffee and where the hotel charges a bunch. Some hotels have complimentary coffee in the lobby, with or without in-room coffee. One time we stayed at Paris-Las Vegas, and it was rather odd that they had no in-room coffee. I went downstairs one day that we didn't have the breakfast buffet, and a large drip coffee was $4 downstairs and the line took about 20 minutes. Another time was at the Grand Hyatt in Manhattan, and they had no coffee in the room. Downstairs they had a huge line at their little cafe and it was pretty pricey. Later on I went to the Starbucks (where I'm not really a fan) just around the corner and bought coffee for much less than the hotel's prices.

 

[RangerPooh]

Depends on whether or not we're in the mood for it. I have enjoyed the free coffee at the reception area at Hampton Inn. They include flavorings.

 

[bcla]

I don't use them, I have issues with them being in the bathroom area. YUCK. I go to my favorite place and get coffee and add my own sugar.

I assume you brush your teeth in the bathroom.

I kind of reminds me of a coworker who was Italian. I asked him about this one place in San Francisco that was well-known to Italian expats for possibly having the best coffee in San Francisco. He said that he would only have coffee there and refused to eat there because it otherwise seemed unsanitary. But he said an espresso there was OK for him since the heat should kill anything.

 

[Mirielle]

No. Every time I look at one of those coffee machines in a hotel, I can just envision the maid wiping down the toilet, then hurridly wiping the coffee pot down.

 

[MIGrandma]

If it's a Keurig machine, yes I do use those. We always run a cup of hot water through it first, before making a cup of coffee.

Otherwise we just get our coffee in the hotel lobby, or at breakfast.

 

[anniemae]

I'm cheap and I'm OK with average coffee. .

I don't know why this line made me LOL! Like it should be your tag line, or under your picture on a dating site, or on a button.......

 

[bcla]

I don't know why this line made me LOL! Like it should be your tag line, or under your picture on a dating site, or on a button.......

I'm easy to please. That might make for a better tag. My wife doesn't particular like my cheapness though.

I'll drink almost any kind of coffee, within reason. If it's free I don't even mind Folgers, but I've paid $3 for pour-over coffee at Blue Bottle.

 

[RedAngie]

Rarely. Like a PP said, most in-room coffee is crap. If there's a Keurig, I might.

But we usually wait until we go out for breakfast, or get it in the hotel lobby if it's available.

 

[IAHFTPT]

I've seen some interesting pics of what people might do with them, so no.

 

[aprilchem]

I've never stayed in a hotel room where the coffeemaker was in the bathroom - usually it's in the sitting area or near the desk area. Is that a common thing?

 

[bcla]

I've never stayed in a hotel room where the coffeemaker was in the bathroom - usually it's in the sitting area or near the desk area. Is that a common thing?

Depends. Quite a few setups are where it's on the same vanity, but there there's a door leading to the toilet and/or shower/bath. I've seen coffeemakers at a wet bar, on a desk, or even next to a TV.

The only place I remember where it was actually in the same room as the toilet was at Harrah's Reno. I found this photo on TripAdvisor:

So anyone sitting on the porcelain throne is staring right at the single serve coffeemaker. I think this is the kind with a prepackaged tray with a rectangular coffee pod.