Mini-bar

A refrigerated mini-bar in a hotel

A mini-bar is a small, private snack and beverage bar, that is often found in upscale Western-style hotel rooms.

Typically, a minibar comes in the form of a counter and small refrigerator stocked with a precise inventory. The room's guests can take a beverage or snack at any time during their stay.

The bar is commonly stocked with small bottles of alcoholic beverages, juice, and soft drinks. Also as well as candy, cookies, crackers, and other small snacks. Prices are generally very high compared to similar items purchased from a store, because the guest is paying for the convenience of the items' easy access and also the upkeep of the bar. Prices vary, but it is not uncommon for one can of non-alcoholic beverage to cost between $4-$10.

Some hotels offer non-food items, such as socks, toiletries, and sometimes condoms.

Some even use infrared or other high-tech methods of automatically recording purchases, to detect the removal of items, even if the items are not consumed. This is done to prevent guests from consuming the items and then restocked the mini-bar later on with store bought items.

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