Of course, the culinary cachet of some chefs can also attract diners from outside the hotel.
Sometimes large restaurant/entertainment venues have promoted 'Christmas in July' meals as a novelty event to attract diners, but that's about it.
In the airport's early days, the Terrace was a popular restaurant on top of the main terminal, and it attracted diners who had no connection to flying.
It's one of the house specialities of Solmar, a legendary eating house that attracts diners from as far afield as Japan.
This is a sophisticated cuisine that attracts serious diners.
Facing the marina in the spectacular Winter Garden atrium, it attracts diners from the bibulous after-work crowd at the sprawling office-and-retail complex.
In the meantime, these restaurants will attract diners arriving by cab, car, bus and, of course, foot.
The restaurant attracts both common and distinguished diners as well as tourists from other parts of Mexico and abroad.
The side ventures all failed, and by the late 1990s the flagship restaurant was losing money rapidly, unable to attract enough diners to support its high operations cost.
Swank resorts like this generally are not known for their food and don't normally attract outside diners: yet nine-month-old Baleen deserves wider recognition.