Hotel breakfast list: what it is and what it should show
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A breakfast list is the list a hotel restaurant works from each morning: which rooms are in house, how many guests are in each, and whether breakfast is included in their stay. It is also called a breakfast report.
What a useful list shows
- Room number and guest name.
- Number of adults and children.
- Whether breakfast is included, and if not, that the guest pays.
- Notes the restaurant needs: allergies, early departures, a group name.
A morning with the list
At 06:30 the night manager prints the list and leaves it on the restaurant desk. By 08:00 it has ticks against most rooms, a coffee ring, two rooms added in pen after late check-ins, and a question mark next to 108, whose guest said breakfast was included but who isn’t marked that way. Someone at reception will have to work out 108 later.
Where it comes from
Many hotels print the list from the PMS before breakfast, usually after night audit. In OPERA Cloud it is typically a report based on packages, rate codes or market codes. In Mews it can be a report or the digital Product Checklist. Some hotels keep a spreadsheet, or have reception copy the arrivals by hand.
Its limits
A printed list is right at the moment it is printed. A late arrival, a guest who upgrades at check-in, or a room move after the print won’t be on it. Ticks on paper also have to be counted and, for paying guests, charged afterwards. That’s why many hotels have moved to a list on screen, or to guests registering themselves at the door.
Related
Kløvr registers breakfast at the restaurant door and writes it back to OPERA Cloud or Mews.