Your complete guide to breakfast benefits at Hilton Honors hotels

You might be wondering, "Does Hilton have complimentary breakfast?" Or perhaps you're unsure whether your Hilton Honors elite status entitles you to free breakfast on your next stay. Either way, you've come to the right place.

This guide will discuss which Hilton brands provide breakfast for all guests and the breakfast options often available to Hilton Honors Gold and Diamond elite members as MyWay benefits. So, let's dive in.

Hilton Honors brands with complimentary breakfast

Some Hilton Honors brands offer complimentary breakfast to all guests, regardless of how they booked or their elite status tier. Specifically, you can expect to get free breakfast at the following Hilton brands:

• Embassy Suites by Hilton
• Hampton by Hilton
• Homewood Suites by Hilton
• Home2 Suites by Hilton
• LivSmart Studios by Hilton
• Spark by Hilton (only at North American hotels)
• Tru by Hilton

However, confirming before booking a stay is always a good idea. You can check your hotel's official website and scroll down to the amenities section to quickly determine whether your property offers free breakfast for all guests. For example, here's the amenities section for a Hampton by Hilton in New York City:

If complimentary breakfast for all guests is a must, you can filter by properties that offer free breakfast when searching for a hotel on the Hilton website. Here's a sample of Hilton hotels in New York City that offer complimentary breakfast:

If you're traveling with friends or family members, staying at a hotel that offers free breakfast for all guests can save you serious money.

Related: Which hotel has the best free breakfast? TPG ate 10 meals to find the winner

Breakfast for Hilton Honors elite members

In July 2021, Hilton eliminated the continental breakfast benefit it previously offered Hilton Gold and Diamond members at many properties in the U.S. Now you and up to one additional guest registered to your room may be eligible for one of the following as part of your MyWay benefits if you have Hilton Honors Gold or Diamond status:

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• Daily food and beverage credit: At select brands in the U.S. and at Motto by Hilton globally; not provided if you have executive lounge access and breakfast is provided in the lounge
• Complimentary continental breakfast: At select brands outside the U.S. and Small Luxury Hotels of the World globally

To get elite benefits, including these MyWay benefits, you must book directly with Hilton or through a qualifying global distribution service. Unfortunately, this typically excludes most credit card travel portals. Now, let's take a closer look at each option.

Complimentary continental breakfast

Hilton Gold and Diamond members can enjoy complimentary continental breakfast as a MyWay benefit for stays at the following brands:

• Canopy by Hilton (only at properties outside the U.S.)
• Conrad Hotels & Resorts (only at properties outside the U.S.)
• Curio Collection by Hilton (only at properties outside the U.S.)
• DoubleTree by Hilton (only at properties outside the U.S.)
• Graduate by Hilton (only at properties outside the U.S.)
• Hilton Garden Inn (only at properties outside the U.S.; must be selected online instead of 750 bonus points)
• Hilton Hotels & Resorts (only at properties outside the U.S.)
• LXR Hotels & Resorts (only at properties outside the U.S.)
• NoMad (only at properties outside the U.S.)
• Signia by Hilton (only at properties outside the U.S.)
• Small Luxury Hotels of the World
• Tapestry Collection by Hilton (only at properties outside the U.S.)
• Tempo by Hilton (only at properties outside the U.S.)
• Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts (only at properties outside the U.S.)

At these properties, Hilton Gold and Diamond members and up to one additional 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 Hilton stays?

Hilton food and beverage credit

Hilton Gold and Diamond members can enjoy a daily food and beverage credit as a MyWay benefit for stays at the following brands:

• $25 per person, per night: Conrad Hotels & Resorts (within the U.S.), LXR Hotels & Resorts (within the U.S.), NoMad (within the U.S.) and Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts (within the U.S.)
• $15 per person, per night ($18 per person, per night in Boston; Chicago; Washington, D.C.; New York City; San Francisco; Key Largo and Key West, Florida; the City of Los Angeles; and the state of Hawaii): Canopy by Hilton (within the U.S.), Curio Collection by Hilton (within the U.S.), DoubleTree by Hilton (within the U.S.), Graduate by Hilton (within the U.S.), Hilton Hotels & Resorts (within the U.S), Signia by Hilton (within the U.S.), Tapestry Collection by Hilton (within the U.S.) and Tempo by Hilton (within the U.S.)
• $10 per person, per night: Hilton Garden Inn (within the U.S.; you must designate this as your MyWay benefit online)
• Varies by property: Motto by Hilton

These credits apply to Gold and Diamond members and up to one additional guest registered to the same room. You can only use the food and beverage credit in the hotel's designated restaurant(s) or executive lounge. Although the daily food and beverage credit is applied each night and doesn't accrue, you can use leftover credit on your checkout day (but only up to the daily credit).

Related: The best Hilton hotels in the US, from luxury to budget stays

Lounge access

Hilton Honors Diamond members and up to one additional guest staying in the same room get executive lounge access (at properties with executive lounges) when staying at the following brands (excluding Sakura Club at Conrad Washington, D.C, Citrus Club at Arizona Biltmore and Club Signia at Signia by Hilton hotels):

• Conrad Hotels & Resorts
• Curio Collection by Hilton
• DoubleTree by Hilton
• Hilton Hotels & Resorts
• LXR Hotels & Resorts
• Signia by Hilton
• Tapestry Collection by Hilton

If you have lounge access, you may get breakfast in the lounge. However, you won't get a food and beverage credit during stays within the U.S. if you have access to an executive lounge that offers breakfast.

Related: Here's why lounge access is my favorite hotel elite status perk overseas

How to earn Hilton Honors elite status

To earn Hilton Gold status, you need 40 nights, 20 stays or 75,000 base points per calendar year. Meanwhile, you need 60 nights, 30 stays or 120,000 base points per calendar year to earn Hilton Diamond status.

But some credit cards offer automatic Hilton Honors elite status. In particular, here are the cards that provide Gold or Diamond status as a cardmember perk:

• Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card: Complimentary Hilton Diamond status
• Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card: Complimentary Hilton Gold status; upgrade to Hilton Honors Diamond status through the end of the next calendar year when you spend $40,000 on eligible purchases in a calendar year
• The Hilton Honors American Express Business Card: Complimentary Hilton Gold status; upgrade to Hilton Honors Diamond status through the end of the next calendar year when you spend $40,000 on eligible purchases in a calendar year
• The Platinum Card® from American Express: Complimentary Hilton Gold status; enrollment through American Express required
• The Business Platinum Card® from American Express: Complimentary Hilton Gold status; enrollment through American Express required

So, even if you don't stay with Hilton brands frequently enough to earn Hilton status organically, you can still secure status as a benefit of one of the above cards.

Related: Comparing the best hotel elite status tiers and how to earn them

Bottom line

Some Hilton properties include breakfast for all guests; you can easily filter your search results on Hilton's website to only show properties offering free breakfast.

If you have Hilton Honors Gold or Diamond elite status, you'll usually get complimentary continental breakfast at hotels abroad and a daily food and beverage credit at hotels within the U.S. The food and beverage credit at many U.S. properties and Motto by Hilton worldwide often isn't enough to cover breakfast. But you may like it if you usually don't eat breakfast and prefer to have drinks or food at the hotel later in the day.

While TPG's Carly Helfand loves Hilton's approach to breakfast for elite members, I think Hilton Honors should give members a choice. If the food and beverage credit is about giving members flexibility, the program should let members choose between a continental breakfast and a food and beverage credit for each stay.

As a Diamond member, I usually avoid staying with Hilton when I know I'll get a food and beverage credit instead of complimentary breakfast for two. However, I've had some excellent Hilton stays and breakfasts outside the U.S., with international Hilton hotels often providing a full buffet instead of just the required continental breakfast.