Aspirational Fine Dining: The Four Best New Hotel Restaurants

It used to be that hotel restaurants were reserved for the lone business traveler, forced to dine alone on a variable array of mystery meats and boring side dishes, but now even the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Victoria Beckham and Britney Spears pester their assistants to get a reservation at the hottest spots around the world – hotel restaurants. With celebrity chefs debuting new restaurants at the world’s finest hotels, hotel dining is no longer a dreaded experience, but a new hotspot for the who’s who of celebrity elite.

Booking your next trip may be more about the food than the actual accommodation. Getting a dinner reservation will be just as hard to nab as a luxury suite at these 5 star hotels, but well worth the effort.

Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester

London

In the world of glitzy hotel restaurants, Alain Ducasse's work at Plaza Athenee and Monaco's Hotel de Paris reign supreme.
Ducasse's latest undertaking at London's Dorchester does little to maintain the existing ambiance of the hotel and instead recruits Patrick Jouin from previous work at the Plaza Athenee.

The result is a serene dining experience echoed through sand-colored walls with rosewood paneling and circular tabletops surrounded by low-back cushioned chairs. The room is ignited in numerous sculptural lighting features including a crystal-ensconced private dining room.
The only chef to have a three-star Michelin rating on three continents, Alain Ducasse master's fine French cuisine with resident chef Jocelyn Herland, lured away from Plaza Athenee. The two create a series of tasting menus including seven, four or three-course options with marinated scallops with black truffle sauce, Scottish Langoustines over julienned vegetables or fillet of beef with seared foie gras.