Top spots for hotel food

SINGAPORE Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore have more in common than close proximity and easy flight connections, they are also renowned for their distinctive culinary flavours which attract foodie-loving travellers from right around the world.
Wego, a leading travel search site in the Asia Pacific and Middle East, along with big data review partner TrustYou, examined hotel culinary review comparisons for the three Southeast Asian capitals, for the past year. The reviews were split into a variety of categories that received the most mentions from millions of verified guest reviews collected by TrustYou. The data is applicable to hotel restaurants, bars and food in each city.
“These three cities pride themselves on their individual culinary specialities and have a natural and neighbourly, competitive nature,” commented Joachim Holte, Chief Marketing Officer for Wego.
inside no 5“Singapore won out with an overall total quality rating of 86% with Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta following with extremely decent scores of 83% and 82% respectively,” said Holte.
“We know that food can be a singular motivation for travel in itself, especially popular with Malaysians, Indonesians and Singaporeans who really appreciate the tradition and experiences that food contributes to a trip,” continued Holte.
Breaking down the reviews, Kuala Lumpur listed highest in the restaurant and bar category (91.61%), with Singapore and Jakarta tying at 90.7%.
The city that received the most mentions specifically about food was Kuala Lumpur (82.6%), followed closely by Jakarta (81.2%) and Singapore (79.03%).
Jakarta rated highly in the fruit and dessert category (81.2%), with Singapore’s beef and poultry receiving the most dish mentions rated at 76.02%. Kuala Lumpur’s famed fish and seafood rated high at 77.89% and breakfasts were very popular with reviewers, rating 79.14%.
Bar and beverage mentions saw Jakarta leaping to a rating of 75%, an increase from 64% in the previous quarter, edging up to Singapore’s rating of 76% in the same category.

sourced:ttrweekly.com