Most lifestyle facilitators like to place themselves one notch above your average concierge (although some of the companies will do both); their work is less about securing last-minute restaurant reservations and more about the bigger tasks of life, from organising schools, homes and banking for clientele willing to pay handsomely for the expertise.
"At my previous hotel, when I called for last-minute restaurant reservations, they'd say 'I'm sorry.' Now that I work at The Carlyle, it's incredible how much easier it is". With room rates at The Carlyle starting at $650 per night, this access doesn't come cheap; but it may be necessary to plan a special evening.
One minute his restaurant was virtually unknown, except to restaurant obsessives, then, in 2010, Noma went to No 1 and the phone hasn't stopped ringing (even though it has since dropped to No 2).
She waited more than a minute while restaurant employees did what they should have done as soon as she arrived: cleared the way.
Things are a bit rough for him at the minute, with restaurant staff attempting citizen's arrests and the possibly over-optimistic expectation that the Chilcot inquiry will finally publish its conclusions in the summer.
We take 900 orders every minute, every restaurant has a Just Connect terminal and that has taken many years to build".
Minutes later, restaurant workers heard shots outside.
He spent several minutes exchanging restaurant tips with reporters the other day, describing a dinner at Cochon in Lafayette, La., as "spectacular".
In decor and atmosphere, the hotel makes a perfect match for the horse-drawn carriages that ply the street, and is therefore an astounding location for Alan Stillman, the chairman of the Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group, to create a snappy, up-to-the-minute American restaurant.
South Asian speed dating -- Hindus one night, Muslims the next -- is the latest phenomenon to hit London, with men and women meeting each other for just three minutes at restaurants and bars before moving on to the next potential mate.
