You might be wondering: “Does Hilton have free breakfast?” Or, maybe you’re not sure if Hilton respects elite status and gets you free breakfast the next time you stay. Either way, you come to the right place.
This guide will discuss which Hilton brands offer breakfast for all guests, as well as breakfast options that Hilton usually has to use in honor of the benefits of Gold and Diamond Elite members as Myway. So, let’s dive in.
Hilton Honor Brand Free Breakfast
Some Hilton Honors brands offer free breakfast for all guests, regardless of how they book or the elite status tier. Specifically, you can expect to get a free breakfast at the following Hilton brands:
- Hilton Embassy Suites
- Hampton’s
- Homewood Suites in Hilton
- HOME2 HILTON Home2 Suites
- Hilton’s Livsmart Studios
- Sparks of Hilton (North American hotels only)
- Hilton’s TRU
However, it is always a good idea to confirm before booking your stay. You can check out the hotel’s official website and scroll down to the Facilities section to quickly determine if your property offers free breakfast for all guests. For example, here is the Hilton amenities section in Hampton, New York City:
If a free breakfast is required for all guests, you can filter by the property that provides free breakfast when searching for hotels on the Hilton website. Here is a sample of Hilton Hotel in New York City, with free breakfast:
If you are traveling with friends or family, staying in a hotel that offers free breakfast for all guests can save you a lot of money.
Related: Which hotel has the best free breakfast? TPG eats 10 meals to find the winner
Hilton Honors Breakfast Elite Member
In July 2021, Hilton canceled the continental breakfast benefits that previously offered to Hilton Gold and Diamond members on many properties in the U.S., and now you and another guest who registered in your room may be eligible for one of the following, which can be part of the Myway benefit if you have Hilton Honor Gold or Diamond Status:
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- Daily Food and Beverage Credit: Featured brands in the United States and the global Hilton motto; if you have access to and breakfast in the executive lounge, please provide breakfast in the lounge
- Free continental breakfast: Featured brands and small luxury hotels around the world outside the United States
To obtain elite benefits, including these Myway benefits, you must book directly with Hilton or qualified global distribution services. Unfortunately, this usually does not include most credit card travel portals. Now, let’s take a closer look at each option.
Free continental breakfast
Hilton Gold and Diamond members can enjoy a free continental breakfast as a benefit to staying in the following brands:
- Hilton’s Canopy (only on properties outside the United States)
- Conrad Hotels and Resorts (properties outside the United States only)
- Curio Collection in Hilton (only on properties outside the United States)
- Doubletree in Hilton (only on properties outside the United States)
- Hilton Graduation (only on properties outside the United States)
- Hilton Garden Inn (Properties outside the United States only; 750 bonus points must be selected online)
- Hilton Hotels and Resorts (properties outside the United States only)
- LXR Hotels and Resorts (Properties outside the United States only)
- Nomad (only on properties outside the United States)
- Signia in Hilton (only on properties outside the United States)
- Small luxury hotels in the world
- Hilton’s Tapestry Collection (only on properties outside the United States)
- Hilton’s Speed (only on properties outside the United States)
- Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts (only properties outside the United States)
Among these properties, Hilton Gold and Diamond members and another guest staying in the same room can enjoy breakfast in the hotel’s designated restaurant or executive lounge.
Related: Which credit card should you use for your Hilton?
Hilton Food and Beverage Credit
Hilton Gold and Diamond members can enjoy daily food and beverage credits as a huge benefit left in the following brands:
- $25 per person per night: Conrad Hotels & Resorts (in the United States), LXR Hotels & Resorts (in the United States), Nomad (in the United States) and Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts (in the United States)
- $15 per person per night ($18 per night, in Boston; Chicago; Washington, DC; New York City; San Francisco; Key Largo and Key West in Florida; Los Angeles; Hawaii; Hawaii): Canopy by Hilton (within the US), Curio Collection by Hilton (within the US), DoubleTree by Hilton (within the US), Graduate by Hilton (within the US), Hilton Hotels & Resorts (within the US), Signia by Hilton (within the US), Tapestry Collection by Hilton (within the US) and Tempo by Hilton (within the US)
- $10 per person per night: Hilton Garden Inn (in the United States; you must designate it as your Myway online benefit)
- Change with attributes: Hilton’s motto
These credits are for Gold and Diamond members and can be registered to up to one other guest in the same room. You can only use food and beverage credits in the hotel’s designated restaurant or executive lounge. Although daily food and beverage credits are applied every night and do not accumulate, you can use the remaining credit on the checkout day (but only reach daily credit).
Related: The Best Hilton Hotels in America, From Luxury to Budget Stays
Lounge entry
Hilton honors Diamond members and stays up to one guest in the same room, and gains access to the Executive Lounge (in the Executive Lounge real estate) when residing at the following brands (at the Sakura Club in Conrad Washington, Citrus Club in Biltmore, Arizona, and Signia by Hilton Hotels by Arizona Biltmore and Club Signia citia cill citrus club in Hilton Hotels) (at the Executive Lounge property):
- Conrad Hotels and Resorts
- Hilton’s Curio Collection
- Hilton’s Doubletree
- Hilton Hotels and Resorts
- LXR Hotels and Resorts
- Hilton’s Signia
- Hilton’s Tapestry Collection
If you have access to the lounge, you can have breakfast in the lounge. However, if you can use the executive lounge that provides breakfast, the food and beverage credits are available in the United States.
Related: That’s Why Lounge Visit is My Favorite Hotel Elite Status
How to get Hilton Honorary Elite status
To win the Hilton Golden Status, you need 40 nights, 20 accommodations or 75,000 calendar years. Meanwhile, it takes 60 nights, 30 times, or 120,000 basic points per calendar year to get Hilton Diamond Status.
But some credit cards offer automatic Hilton Honor Elite identity. In particular, this is a card that offers gold or diamond status as a card person:
Information on the Hilton Aspire Card has been collected independently by Points Guy. The card details on this page have not been reviewed or provided by the card issuer.
So even if you don’t stay in the Hilton brand often to win the Hilton status organically, you can still ensure the benefits of identity as one of the above cards.
Related: Comparison of the best hotel elite status tiers and how to earn them
Bottom line
Some Hilton hotels include breakfast for all guests; you can easily filter search results on the Hilton website to display properties that offer free breakfast.
If you have a Hilton Honor Gold or Diamond Elite status, you will usually get a free continental breakfast at a hotel abroad and daily food and beverage credit at a hotel within the United States, which is the food and beverage credit for many U.S. properties, and the global Hilton motto is usually not enough to cover breakfast. However, if you usually don’t eat breakfast and prefer drinking or food at the hotel later in the day, you might like it.
Although TPG’s Carly Helfand likes the way Hilton offers breakfast for elite members, I think Hilton Honors should give members a choice. If the Food and Beverage Credit is designed to give members flexibility, the program should allow members to choose between continental breakfast and food and beverage credit for each stay.
As a diamond member, I usually avoid being with Hilton when I know I’ll get food and drink credit instead of a free breakfast for two. However, I have some excellent Hiltons and breakfasts outside of the US, and the International Hiltons usually offer a full buffet, not just the continental breakfast you need.
