Your Turn: Vote For The 101 Best Hotel Restaurants Around The World
The Daily Meal presented its first annual 101 Best Hotel Restaurants Around the World, a carefully curated collection of the world's most exemplary epicurean endeavors, in August. Now, we need your help.
With hundreds of innovative restaurants to choose from, it was a culinary challenge to whittle the list down to a select 101. Now, it's your turn to rank the list, which seeks to pay homage to the world's most delicious hotel feasts.
After checking out The Daily Meal's 101 Best Hotel Restaurants Around the World slideshow, rate your favorite restaurants from the 101 Best Hotel Restaurants Around the World by completing the 101 Best Hotel Restaurants Around the World Survey.
Recreational restaurant reviewers and armchair travelers alike are invited to rate their favorites. Rate your favorite restaurants from one star for OK to five stars for outstanding. Voting begins at 7 p.m. (EST) Sept. 11 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 5. Once the voting period ends, The Daily Meal will tabulate the results and reveal the People's Choice Ranking of 101 Best Hotel Restaurants on Oct. 10.
Those who vote are automatically entered into the The Daily Meal #101BestHotelRestos People's Choice Sweepstakes for a chance to win a $50 American Express gift card or an autographed copy of the book Ferran: The Inside Story of El Bulli and the Man Who Reinvented Food by The Daily Meal's editorial director Colman Andrews.
Which restaurant will make it to the top of the list? That's up to you.
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