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AIBU to think hotel breakfast in pyjamas is not acceptable?

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Nextones · 30/08/2026 10:36

AIBU yo think that adults should not arrive at the hotel breakfast in their pyjamas?

we’re staying in a city centre hotel. Nice place- nothing fancy, with breakfast included.

thus morning, 2 young women (prob early 20’s) came down to breakfast wearing short pyjamas, barefoot- clearly just out of bed. They were loud, and not overly polite to the staff either- “where are the plates” etc. just brash and abrupt.

Im generally not a fussy person but this sort of thing feels like a lowering of standards to me. I don’t think we saw stuff like this 10-15 years ago.

AIBU to think that this is not acceptable?

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TheChosenTwo · 30/08/2026 11:50

Pyjamas to a hotel breakfast is slovenly. The end.

Mrsmch123 · 30/08/2026 11:51

I don't care what others eat there breakfast wearing. However no shoes is grim🤮

Bargarran · 30/08/2026 11:52

Any hotel worth its name and reputation would have a manager that would've sent them packing back to their room. I saw a woman in Asda yesterday with four of those big, huge rollers in her hair. What's happened to society's standards?

zingally · 30/08/2026 11:57

Last September I was in the US, staying in a nice hotel in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and this American family, Mum, Dad and two little boys of about 8 and 3 were all sat at the breakfast buffet in their pjs.
I was there with my mum and we were both quite surprised. It's pretty gross.

IonianNerveGrip · 30/08/2026 11:58

Strikes me that fellow buffet goers in headgear that contains any hairs they might shed is probably to my advantage.

PartoftheBand · 30/08/2026 11:58

Mrsmch123 · 30/08/2026 11:51

I don't care what others eat there breakfast wearing. However no shoes is grim🤮

Yes, for some reason the bare feet feel even more revolting than the pyjamas. Gross.

BCBird · 30/08/2026 11:58

There should be signs to say it is not allowed. I have been to spas where you eat in your bathrobe. I always felt exposed and uncomfortable. On another note, I am not fit to be near to someone first thing unless I've had a shower, surely I'm not the only oneSmile

Popstarrrrr · 30/08/2026 11:59

thelegacyofdragons · 30/08/2026 10:44

I’ve only ever seen British people do this for some reason. It’s gross.

Interestingly I've never seen this in a British hotel but then I'm usually travelling for work and having breakfast early. I've seen it in plenty of American hotels and cruise ships. I personally have a breakfast dress or in the UK leggings and a top.

Friendlygingercat · 30/08/2026 12:00

I don't wear any clothes in bed but last time I stayed in a hotel I just threw on a kaftan (over no underwear) and went down to breakfast. No one gave me a second look. They were all too busy on their phones and I also had a tablet with me. Breakfast is meant to be a relaxing meal. I would not have noticed what others were wearing. This was at a hotel in Venice.

Traitorsclaudia · 30/08/2026 12:03

I wouldn't do it but I'm not bothered by other people doing it.

I do regularly go shopping/run errands straight after the gym though so people are probably horrified by me in my sweaty gym kit.

Redpaisley · 30/08/2026 12:03

thelegacyofdragons · 30/08/2026 10:44

I’ve only ever seen British people do this for some reason. It’s gross.

That’s not true. Maybe in Europe in Western Europe, it’s only British. I have seen Americans, Indians in India, Asians ( not Japanese) and Latinos in US doing that. I have not been to Eastern Europe, so can’t comment on that.

Bargarran · 30/08/2026 12:04

Friendlygingercat · 30/08/2026 12:00

I don't wear any clothes in bed but last time I stayed in a hotel I just threw on a kaftan (over no underwear) and went down to breakfast. No one gave me a second look. They were all too busy on their phones and I also had a tablet with me. Breakfast is meant to be a relaxing meal. I would not have noticed what others were wearing. This was at a hotel in Venice.

Deary me...🙄

MyDeftDuck · 30/08/2026 12:05

No, not acceptable and perhaps the hotel will ensure that there’s something written into the booking criteria so it doesn’t happen in the future.
Maybe management should have intervened and asked them to put on more suitable clothing too!

Redpaisley · 30/08/2026 12:08

PartoftheBand · 30/08/2026 11:58

Yes, for some reason the bare feet feel even more revolting than the pyjamas. Gross.

While it’s weird to go bare feet in a restaurant or in public. Feet are not dirtier than your shoes.
Feet get washed every day in shower, same cannot be said about shoes. Just commenting on the dirty part not on the etiquette side of it.

MasterBeth · 30/08/2026 12:10

Random321 · 30/08/2026 10:40

Ir's not a hotel I would stay in.

If you eanf breakfast in your PJs, order room service.

Completely unacceptable snd the hotel staff should have prevented it. H&S for starters, then hygiene, then other guests .

I think it is pretty vulgar behaviour, socially, but you are crazy to think it has health and safety or hygiene concerns.

MissBattleaxe · 30/08/2026 12:11

Traitorsclaudia · 30/08/2026 12:03

I wouldn't do it but I'm not bothered by other people doing it.

I do regularly go shopping/run errands straight after the gym though so people are probably horrified by me in my sweaty gym kit.

That wouldn't bother. me Gym kit is meant to be worn in public.

AltitudeCheck · 30/08/2026 12:12

My nan was horrifed by people eating while walking along the street and thought it was the height of moral decline!!

Standards change over time and it seems the definition of 'appropriately dressed' and what counts as a private vs public space has changed in recent years.

I can't understand how anyone would want to go out in public in their night wear or put their bare feet on the floor of a hotel restaurant where other people are wearing outdoor shoes. All restaurants should have at minimum no bare feet policy.

I am guilty of going for my hotel breakfast immediately a parkrun if we're away though so other MN probably would have me on the firing line for this too!

caringcarer · 30/08/2026 12:13

I'm surprised the hotel didn't have a policy about being dressed in dining room. Awful behaviour.

ScarlettOYara · 30/08/2026 12:14

AltitudeCheck · 30/08/2026 12:12

My nan was horrifed by people eating while walking along the street and thought it was the height of moral decline!!

Standards change over time and it seems the definition of 'appropriately dressed' and what counts as a private vs public space has changed in recent years.

I can't understand how anyone would want to go out in public in their night wear or put their bare feet on the floor of a hotel restaurant where other people are wearing outdoor shoes. All restaurants should have at minimum no bare feet policy.

I am guilty of going for my hotel breakfast immediately a parkrun if we're away though so other MN probably would have me on the firing line for this too!

Why don't you have a shower first?

CaptainMyCaptain · 30/08/2026 12:16

thelegacyofdragons · 30/08/2026 10:44

I’ve only ever seen British people do this for some reason. It’s gross.

There were some Scandinavians at a hotel in Gran Canaria about 15 years ago who all came to breakfast in their onsies. To be fair they were well covered.

SpottyAlpaca · 30/08/2026 12:16

Going down to hotel breakfast in nightware isn’t something I can get stressed about. Live & let live. My pearls remain unclutched.

BCBird · 30/08/2026 12:16

Friendlygingercat · 30/08/2026 12:00

I don't wear any clothes in bed but last time I stayed in a hotel I just threw on a kaftan (over no underwear) and went down to breakfast. No one gave me a second look. They were all too busy on their phones and I also had a tablet with me. Breakfast is meant to be a relaxing meal. I would not have noticed what others were wearing. This was at a hotel in Venice.

No underwear ? I hope the kaftan was not transparent Confused

JeanSimmons · 30/08/2026 12:20

Bare feet?! Bleugh and should be banned. I don't love the pyjamas either, but bare feet at meals are vomit inducing.

SapphireSeptember · 30/08/2026 12:20

I wore my nightie to a hotel breakfast once. I was starving and didn't have time to get showered and dressed before breakfast finished, so went down in my nightie.

I also spent nearly a week wearing a hospital gown after DS was born. They were so comfy. I could have got dressed in proper clothes, but didn't want to.

NavyViewer · 30/08/2026 12:22

This is as bad as people who do school drop off in PJs and dressing gowns, just lazy!