1833 J. Stuart II. iv. 125 Boiled rice and hominie are common at the hotel tables in this country.
1837 H. Martineau III. 89 The celerity at hotel-tables is remarkable.
1990 (Nexis) 19 Feb. a14 Escorted to a hotel table during a power failure, a recent visitor could only guess at the presence of fellow diners..in the inky blackness.