Multifunctional rooms are reigning supreme. A lot has changed in home ownership and design ... some alternative ideas for how to repurpose—or add an extra purpose—to your dining room.

At luxury vertical hotels, you'll get beautiful dishes on expensive china. Sprawling resorts are different because room service comes via golf carts.

Chef Victor Garvey is to relaunch the Midland Grand Dining Room at the St Pancras Renaissance hotel in London, with new menus ...