Although some ryokan offer dining in a large banquet room, or a communal dining room, at many ryokan nakai serve meals on a tray to each guest room, which is called 'heya-shoku' or eating in the room.
なお、食事は館内の大広間や食堂で供するところもあるが、仲居が客室内まで運んで膳で供する、いわゆる「部屋食（へやしょく）」が一般的である。