Kitchen Amenity

[Jiin1]

Hi,

I'm a traveller that is relatively new to airbnb.

I tried reading a lot of threads to get a general idea but still need help: if kitchen is listed as an amenity in a "private room" type, does it mean guests are allowed to cook meals?

I guess it varies from host to host, but if no specific house rules or details are included, is it thought that cooking is allowed?

Also, does anyone (host or traveler) have experience with tensions with cooking certain ethnic foods?

Thanks in advance for your input!

[Karen-and-Brian0]

Hi @Jiin1 To answer your questions: yes, and yes.  If they list a kitchen as an amenity you should be able to expect to have access to it. Always best to ask questions though and make sure that what they are offering is what you expect, before you book. As far as tensions with cooking certain ethnic foods goes, yes, there have been posts here where hosts have objected to cooking smells depending on the foods being prepared. Some foods carry a heavy, lingering odour which some hosts object to - again, best to ask ahead of time.

I hope that helps! Karen

[Paul154]

Thanks for being a concerned guest.

As  a host, I hope you will be kind when you use the kitchen.

Although it is your "legal right" to use my kitchen, I really will appreciate it if you adivse me that you will follow the campers rule by leaving it cleaner than you found. - and then do so. Please ask me  if there is a good time to use the kitchen. Please convince me your kitchen use will be light and your needs few. please reconsider your need to fry and leave a greasy mess. Also realize that if you mix up your food scraps in my garbage, my city  will punish me and not take my garbage bin for that week!  And do you really need a whole shelf for your stuff or just a limited space for you milk/juice and leftover thai take-out?

This is a shared and intimate space.

I know that as a guest in my house, you will be worried about the cleanlinesss and availability of the shared bathroom by others. Now turn that around and understand that I will be just as worried about how clean or demanding you are in the kitchen.

If you plan to fry, cook three times a day and want to store a week's worth of produce in the fridge please consider renting an apartment or negotiate and find a host who is down with this high usage.

With me you'll get bonus points if you realize that in a comparably priced hotel you would NOT get a kitchen. Accordingly, please rate your stay on the cleanliness of your room and bath, NOT on the tidiness of my silverware drawer 🙂 

Thank you much

[Gina32]

@Paul154 great answer.

We allow guests to use our kitchen too, and expect they will wash up Properly..... yes put the plug in , put in the dishwashing liquid, and use the scourer to wash everything hygenically, then dry it and put it away.

We do have some issues with guests just running the dishes under the hot water, leaving them to drain and not putting them away.

Now I know this is probably the norm in some cultures but it is not mine therefore I offer this"when in Rome do what the Romans do" or with a modern day twist ."when in Australia and you are a guest using the kitchen Do what the Host does or askes please"

[Laur3]

As a guest I really do care about keeping it clean and not having bad smells while cooking, yet  a box of leftover Thai food meant that I went out and didn't use your kitchen haha. If I needed to cook vegetables or make a sandwich,  I would need to put some cheese or lunch meat in the fridge, as well as maybe lettuce or some fruit. If a Box of left overs is an example of a minimal usage of the fridge it doesn't sound realistic, but of course not a shelf.

 I wondered about the section that says "kitchen" it just says "a space to prepare and cook your food". Is that a sub category that someone has to choose, or does it just come up automatically when an owner chooses kitchen?

 Because maybe owners can just choose "a space to prepare your food" and drop the word cook in case someone doesn't want any cooking, and just hopes that you only brought a bag of chips.

 By the way I've never had any bad cooking episodes I think I'm only cooked once or twice for dinner and tried to stay out of the way as much as possible in all of my visits, But I googled the category of kitchen and trying to find out more of what owners think about it.  I will definitely ask each place that I stay in if it is alright if I actually use the kitchen.

 Glad you guys posted your thoughts on it here.