They've never run out in the lounges I've been in. I'm not sure why someone should buy food when it's provided for free as part of our benefits? That's like saying a 1k who gets so many upgrades shouldn't take their UDU even if F is open and no others on the waiting list because we get so many of them anyways.

Just noted that there is a inconsistency among the published benefits with Marriott. When I look at the page linked somewhere earlier in the thread I see the language posted here, however when looking at the Elite T&C, still the old language persists.

Given my experience with Marriott in general showing the (more prominently posted) first link will have your breakfast comped on the weekend when in doubt, I think it would be nice that the second place where the guarantee is posted should also reflect the "new" wording.

In terms of "running out of food" in non-US lounges: I have not experienced that here in Europe. One time e.g. in Berlin they were running out of the Chicken they offered (with the second hot dish still available), but they went out of their way to get a different second offering (steaks from their restaurant). And in Frankfurt when the same happened, they called down to the Sports Bar to bring chicken wings to the lounge.

No lounge in Europe I have been to has been out of food during their regular hours, and most still have quite some offers available even after official food hours...

Greetings - Dirk

I have not known a lounge in Europe to run out of food during the advertised hours of operation either.

Sometimes my British humour doesn't work too well, this was only meant to be a tongue in cheek remark. Whilst I have a personal dislike of people who use the lounge to create an evening meal, it is entirely your choice - as you say, you have paid for the room/lounge access so why not enjoy it... The lounges I was thinking of aren't near the best in the Marriott chain and are stingy with regards to refills, they may not run out of food completely but will not refill the food until every last scrap has been scraped away (Europe only, certainly doesn't apply to Asia/South America). However this is very much off topic so lets not continue the discussion here, hopefully didn't offend anyone too much and apologies if I did.

Off-topic:

Evening appetizers are part of the bennies in lounges. However, nowhere does it say evening dinners are part of the bennies. Nor is it reasonably expected that someone is going to eat 15 mini beef pot pies. I'm sure Marriott does an expectation (as does anyone in catering) of people eating 'x' amount of nibbles when they're calculating & I doubt 15 is the amount expected. Also, when someone takes more than their share, that leaves less, if anything, for fellow travelers.

I know the GM of a European Marriott hotel hotel who deliberately scaled back on munchies in the evening because people in the lounge were making the evening offerings their dinner, & thus was impacting his restaurant revenue. I know a different UK Marriott family hotel who beefed up their offerings and people were easily making meals out of them. While I appreciated the extended offerings/choices, I personally thought the mgmt was nuts to do so due to the restaurant revenue reason.

On-topic:

It's nice to know about the 7days/week cont'l brekkie (note, it doesn't say full brekkie ) outside the US/Canada. Hopefully Marriott will get both portions of their website to match.

BTW - is anyone else interpreting this as 7days/week only for hotels that don't have exec lounges? That's how I'm reading it. I'm not reading it as if the lounge is closed on the weekends you get cont'l brekkie.

Cheers.

I read it as outside of US/Canada, Gold/Plats are entitled to breakfast 7 days a week. Note PhillyPhlyer40's bolded text in the OP. Breakfast will be provided either in the lounge or via some other mechanism (i.e. local restaurant.).

I agree it is not intended to be a full meal. We do skip dinner once or twice usually on a trip and just have a couple of items from the lounge. Usually because we had a very big or late lunch or because we're too jetlagged to go out and just hit the bed at 7 pm!

But the sentence before his bolded says in hotels w/o lounges you'll get free cont'l brekkie during weekdays. Outside the US/Can you'll get cont'l brekkie 7 days. To me it implies that it's only hotels w/o lounges outside the US that it's 7days a week - basically the only differentiator is the US it's 5 & outside 7. That's how I'm interpreting it.

Cheers.

I took the preceding sentence to be referring to hotels in the US/Canada where you are only guaranteed breakfast for weekdays. The bolded sentence was to add that outside of the US/Canada, the breakfast benefit is now 7 days a week.

But that was just the way I originally read it. I'm definitely not an expert at understanding legalize. So I have no idea if my original interpretation is correct or not.

We probably need to ask Marriott Concierge to clarify.

Since we're reading it differently, means the hotels might as well. Don't want someone thinking they'll get something when they might not do so.

Cheers.

I PM'd Marriott Concierge to get clarification, and received the following this morning:

"This was new to me too. I was working under the understanding that it was only Monday through Friday. I have researched this and have learned that at all JW, Marriott Renaissance, and Autograph Collections, outside the US and Canada you are entitled to a free breakfast 7 days a week. You generally get it in the concierge lounge if it is open, when it is not or if the hotel does not have one you receive it in the restaurant.

Let me know if this has not completely answered your question.

Regards,
Ira"

I said thanks for the clarification, and then suggested he pass along to website folk to match the verbiage in the 2 links that people have posted. If by chance there was an issue re: this new benefit, it could create difficulties if a guest had a printout showing the bennie & the hotel printed out the T&C w/o the new verbiage.

Cheers.