Gold / Diamond breakfast at Hampton

[Gary B]

Does a Gold/Diamomnd reveive the free breakfast benefit at Hampton by Hilton hotels.

[zio]

Yes!
Edit- it’s included anyway so would be a bit mean not to give it to top tier guests.

[Rob]

No upgrades for elites at Hampton so even if they have better rooms, you’re not getting one. See the T&C.

[zio]

That’s the theory so there are no guarantees… but if a hotel has better rooms why wouldn’t those go to status holders? I’m currently platinum (thanks to HfP) and in Oxford last week I got one of their bigger corner rooms.

[zio]

*diamond… sorry!

[Gary B]

Thanks for the replies everyone. Good news that breakfast is included anyway because I am booking 3 rooms for 6 people in Birmingham for a couple of nights for the Ashes Test in June. It works out well because as a diamond I was worried that me and a room mate would have free breakfast but the other four would not. 🙂

As an aside I am a bit surprised there are on only Hilton Gardens and Hamptons in Birmingham, no Hiltons or Doubletrees.

[Anna]

It’s very clear when booking if breakfast is included, e.g. Hampton, Homewood Suites, presumably because this is a big selling point for the hotels. I’m now only booking such properties in the US because the F & B credit is a joke!

[davefl]

Anna wrote:

It’s very clear when booking if breakfast is included, e.g. Hampton, Homewood Suites, presumably because this is a big selling point for the hotels. I’m now only booking such properties in the US because the F & B credit is a joke!

Ditto although it is worth contacting other Hilton properties to ask them how much their breakfast is as sometimes it’s low enough that the F&B covers it or the hotel adjusts it to comp you.

The HGI by the conference centre in Austin is one such. I think the buffet was $12 and the credit was $10, but they adjusted it to cover. The location was fantastic and it was a much nicer stay for me personally than the Hilton a few blocks away where the credit would have been higher but not covered b/fast as far as I’m aware

[John]

Some Hamptons have been doing the 72 hour advance auto upgrade for G / D even though it’s not officially a benefit.

Gary B wrote:

Thanks for the replies everyone. Good news that breakfast is included anyway because I am booking 3 rooms for 6 people in Birmingham for a couple of nights for the Ashes Test in June. It works out well because as a diamond I was worried that me and a room mate would have free breakfast but the other four would not. 🙂

As an aside I am a bit surprised there are on only Hilton Gardens and Hamptons in Birmingham, no Hiltons or Doubletrees.

Hampton breakfast is free for anyone who walks in off the street… as long as you look the part

There is a Hilton (with lounge) at the NEC. And DTs in Coventry

[Lady London]

I have definitely had better rooms at Hamptons through having status – sometimes just given, sometimes more willing to give me the room I asked for on checkin. Not every Hampton though and like HIXes, there may only be very small differences between rooms.

[Anna]

In America uniformed service personnel seem to be welcome (I think!) to have breakfast, I’ve noticed this a couple of times. The other morning the US coastguard popped into the Marriott lobby for the complimentary coffee!

[davefl]

I’ve always maintained you could walk into almost any BW, HiX, Hampton, etc in the US that offers free breakfast, sit down and help yourself and nobody will ever bat an eyelid. Dishonest but if you’re dressed normally you wouldn’t go hungry. And they all have free coffee, popcorn maybe as well in the lobby 24/7

But yeah, military are accepted everywhere for everything. Delta lounges etc, if they’re in uniform they get in free. Atlanta is crazy at times for this. More uniforms than regular pax.

[lifelessordinary.xyz]

Gary B wrote:

Thanks for the replies everyone. Good news that breakfast is included anyway because I am booking 3 rooms for 6 people in Birmingham for a couple of nights for the Ashes Test in June. It works out well because as a diamond I was worried that me and a room mate would have free breakfast but the other four would not. 🙂

As an aside I am a bit surprised there are on only Hilton Gardens and Hamptons in Birmingham, no Hiltons or Doubletrees.

Yes. Bit annoying. Having stayed extensively at all three, the Hampton by Hilton on Broad Street is actually slightly better than the other two options and the manager is good. They do recognise status for things like preferred rooms and you get a welcome amenity and sometimes water on top. The breakfast is almost identical to Garden Inn and better than the JQ HH and it also feels more secure than the Garden Inn as you need to swipe card to get to your floor. They also keep families on lower floors if noise is a concern however the only drawback I’ve noticed is Fridays and Saturdays where it is hard to avoid the noise if the hotel is busy as everyone is hammered and multiple people in double occupancy rooms partying till late and in and out of the bathroom, slamming the trademark heavy sliding doors every 5 mins. (Hilton garden Inn wins on that front) The only other things are HGI room has a fridge and better coffee at breakfast.

[John]

HGI has real eggs and omelettes while Hamptons use fake eggs. Well the HGI breakfast has declined in quality since 2017 but so has everywhere else.

Agree Hampton BS rooms are slightly better. Bottled water and a snack is a G/D benefit at Hamptons but not officially at HGIs though doesn’t this HGI put bottled water in most rooms anyway? Can’t remember as I only use bottled water in an emergency. The HGI is also noisy on weekends but at least the noise only comes from inside rather than outside and inside. But couples having fun times next door are worse than young male racers (which the building of the tram seems to have stopped)

[lifelessordinary.xyz]

John wrote:

HGI has real eggs and omelettes while Hamptons use fake eggs. Well the HGI breakfast has declined in quality since 2017 but so has everywhere else.

Agree Hampton BS rooms are slightly better. Bottled water and a snack is a G/D benefit at Hamptons but not officially at HGIs though doesn’t this HGI put bottled water in most rooms anyway? Can’t remember as I only use bottled water in an emergency. The HGI is also noisy on weekends but at least the noise only comes from inside rather than outside and inside. But couples having fun times next door are worse than young male racers (which the building of the tram seems to have stopped)

LOL!! Seems to still be popular with Quad Bike racer lad. Up and down like a yoyo. Yes… Egg chef at HGI nice touch, forgot that. They do put Bottled water in fridge, and on occasion I’ve been given free drink voucher upon check-in too (that was as a gold too I think), but then when the fridge doesn’t work and you’ve unpacked everything and settled in and then realise that, the solution apparently (according to maintenance) is to not switch the tiny fridge but to offer a different room with a working fridge. I couldn’t see the logic in that so politely declined. Fortunately FOH were great and gave me some comp beers which more than made up for it and also supplied pints of ice for the room when needed. They are a friendly lot in HGI and Broad Street if that is important for a stay.