I recently stayed at the Hilton Strasbourg and was upgraded to the exec floor and given lounge access. In the morning I decided that I would prefer to have breakfast in the restauarant instead of in the lounge because I figured there would be a larger selection of items. When I got to the restaurant, the greeter told me "if you prefer you can have breakfast in the private lounge" and I said I would prefer to eat in the restaurant. I didn't think that this was a problem but I noticed that the hotel charged me $28 for breakfast. She didn't tell me that eating in the restaurant would cost me $28. If I'd known then I'd have reverted to eating in the lounge. Is this normal that being allowed breakfast in the lounge doesn't mean you're allowed to take it in the restaurant?

I stayed at the Hilton Copenhagen Airport on Friday and I was told that I could eat EITHER in the lounge or restaurant. Still, I'll wait til my e-folio is available before I can confirm whether my choice to eat in the restaurant at CPH garnered a fee or not.