room service

noun

1. the serving of food, drinks, etc., to a guest in their room, as at a hotel.
2. the department or section, as at a hotel, responsible for rendering service of food, drinks, etc., to a guest in their room.

room service

noun

1. service in a hotel providing meals, drinks, etc, in guests' rooms

Word History and Origins

Origin of room service¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

After a year in their homes, Americans are ready for mints on their pillows and room service.

From Vox

Diners will be required to wear masks except while eating or drinking, and they can opt for room service.

From Washington Post

She has made peace with the fact that there will also be no room service at the resort where she will be staying on her upcoming 52nd-birthday trip to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.

From Washington Post

To Butler, being able to order room service, sit at the bar and have her bed made daily are “the best part” of staying at a hotel.

From Washington Post

Instead of meetings and dinners with the production and technical crews all week, everything was virtual and Nantz said he planned to eat a lot of room service.

From Washington Post

Finally, reluctantly, he allows me to call room service and have them send him up a cheeseburger.

From The Daily Beast

I paid in advance without asking why, we went to our room, locked the door, called room service and requested a menu.

From The Daily Beast

The room service is available 24-hours and features a menu to rival any decent neighbourhood London restaurant.

From The Daily Beast

Upscale hotels are offering a new kind of room service: dispatchable mixologists who craft bespoke cocktails.

From The Daily Beast

Why venture out for happy hour when room service can literally wheel it to you?

From The Daily Beast

By the time I came out he had all the information we needed, and was calling room service to clear the dishes.

From Project Gutenberg

He had improvised dining-room service with the two Italian boys from the Brodhigera, whose families were living in Monaco.

From Project Gutenberg

Or if the dining-room service was silent and quick and perfect, then tell those who served it how well it was done.

From Project Gutenberg

After the room-service bot had left, we cracked the beers and pulled chairs out onto the porch.

From Project Gutenberg

He went back into his own room, dialed for room service, and ordered a couple of pots of strong black coffee.

From Project Gutenberg