101 Best Hotel Restaurants

Another day, another list. Daily Meal has issued its annual list of the 101 Best Hotel Restaurants. There is plenty to like or dislike about it, but its a great starting point, It also made me do a list of my favorite 15 Hotel Restaurants.

Here is their top 20. For the rest you can check out their full list here. Of the 101 I’ve only been in 14 so far

1. é by José Andrés at The Cosmopolitan (Las Vegas, Nevada)
2. El Motel Restaurant at Hotel Empordà (Figueres, Spain)
3. Restaurant Guy Savoy at Caesars Palace (Las Vegas, Nevada)
4. Felix at The Peninsula Hotel (Hong Kong)
5. Emiliano Restaurant at Emiliano (São Paulo)
6. Aubergine at L’Auberge Carmel (Carmel, California)
7. Livingstone Room at Victoria Falls Hotel (Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe)
8. Joël Robuchon Restaurant at MGM Grand (Las Vegas, Nevada)
9. Epicure at Le Bristol (Paris)
10. Man Wah at Mandarin Oriental (Hong Kong)
11. Le Louis XV at Hôtel de Paris (Monte Carlo)
12. Le Cinq at the Four Seasons Hotel George V (Paris)
13. Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons Restaurant at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons (Great Milton, U.K.)
14. Anne-Sophie Pic at Beau-Rivage Palace (Lausanne, Switzerland)
15. Café Boulud at The Brazilian Court Hotel & Beach Club (Palm Beach, Fla.)
16. Michael Mina at Bellagio (Las Vegas)
17. Proof on Main at 21C Museum Hotel (Louisville, Ky.)
18. Norman’s at The Ritz-Carlton Orlando (Orlando, Fla.)
19. Fountain Restaurant at Four Seasons (Philadelphia)
20.  Scala at the David Citadel Hotel (Jerusalem)

What are my favorite hotel restaurants?

1. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal at the Mandarin Oriental (London) – How is this not in the original list!
2. Joël Robuchon Restaurant at MGM Grand (Las Vegas)
3. Café Boulud at The Brazilian Court Hotel & Beach Club (Palm Beach, Fla.)
4. The Nomad – Nomad Hotel (New York)
5. The Bazaar by José Andrés at the SLS Hotel (Miami)
6. Clio at The Eliot Hotel (Boston)
7. Dulce Patria at Las Alcobas Hotel (Mexico City)
8. Maialino at Gramercy Park Hotel (New York City)
9. Ametsa with Arzak Instruction at the Halkin Hotel (London)
10. Alain Ducasse at the Hotel Plaza Athenee (Paris) and at the Dorchester (London)
11. Bar Boloud at the Mandarin Oriental (London)
12. Scarpetta at Fontainebleau Miami Beach (Miami Beach, Fla.)
13.  Hakkasan at Fontainebleau Miami Beach (Miami Beach, Fla.)
14. Duhau Restaurante & Vinoteca at Palacio Duhau Park Hyatt (Buenos Aires)
15. Cecconi’s at the Soho House (Miami)

Some more relevant Links:

• The Best Hotel Restaurants in Paris
• Hotels for Food Lovers
• Food & Wine Magazine’s Best Hotel Restaurants
• America’s Hottest New Hotel Restaurants
• Top hotel restaurants in the world