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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?

OP posts:
carbonelthecat · 30/08/2026 14:01

I don't think it's that new a thing - I remember being on a school trip abroad where we were staying in a hotel in the mid-90s and one table of girls getting a proper ticking off from the teachers for coming down to breakfast in their nightwear.

Artefact23 · 30/08/2026 14:07

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

It would take me less than a minute to take off a nightie and put on jeans and a t shirt. No excuse for going down in a nightie.

SapphireSeptember · 30/08/2026 14:13

Ilovecheeseyah · 30/08/2026 13:13

Can’t we go back to the days of dressing beautifully and formally? Bring back Downton Abbey!

No one is stopping you, if you can afford it. There's a bloke who lives in 18th century and Regency clothing.

Savvyshopper17 · 30/08/2026 14:13

Nextones · 30/08/2026 10:50

I think it’s just selfish. It’s like there’s no consideration for anyone. I mean I was dressed very casually in Jean shirts and hoodie, but I was dressed! They had other family members with them too who didn’t appear to say anything

I have seen this many times. It's usually women, i haven't seen a man yet.. For reference, i have seen them at 5* hotels (Fairmont) and also at the 3 and 4 stars. It is becoming very common and it is downright disgusting. I wish i had complained at the Fairmont because they make a big point of lunch and dinner etiquette but there are no signs or pushback for brekky

Topseyt123 · 30/08/2026 14:15

SapphireSeptember · 30/08/2026 13:01

I don't consider breakfast at a hotel as properly public though. It's like me taking my rubbish out, or the bin out, in my nightie without having a shower. Someone in the street might see me, I don't care. When I actually go out properly I'll be showered and dressed.

Of course it is public!! You are mixing with other guests, plus many hotels do allow outside members of the public to come in and purchase breakfast, or any other meal of the day too.

BoredZelda · 30/08/2026 14:16

Brightbluesomething · 30/08/2026 10:47

Definitely not classy and I would judge them. But I don’t think they’d care. If this is normal for them they probably do a lot worse.

And yet, the only place I have ever seen anyone wandering about the hotel in dressing gowns and jammas was an uber posh hotel in Canada.

SapphireSeptember · 30/08/2026 14:16

Artefact23 · 30/08/2026 14:07

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

It would take me less than a minute to take off a nightie and put on jeans and a t shirt. No excuse for going down in a nightie.

I didn't have jeans and a t-shirt, I had one set of clean clothes and I wasn't getting dressed without having a shower first, and I needed to eat far more than I cared about how I looked.

Savvyshopper17 · 30/08/2026 14:18

Squirrel437 · 30/08/2026 13:04

Same 5 star Mauritius hotel. Indian family came to breakfast every day in nightwear. Totally unacceptable but if the hotel doesn’t prevent it what can you do. No one follows a dress code these days.

Omg we were in Mauritius this summer and also saw an indian couple in pyjamas everyday at breakfast time, this was at Le Meridien

ScarlettOYara · 30/08/2026 14:18

SapphireSeptember · 30/08/2026 14:16

I didn't have jeans and a t-shirt, I had one set of clean clothes and I wasn't getting dressed without having a shower first, and I needed to eat far more than I cared about how I looked.

You could have had time for a quick shower. Surely? You must have been absolutely desperate to eat.

BoredZelda · 30/08/2026 14:19

IPM · 30/08/2026 13:17

And everyone's naked when they get out of the bath, but they don't go out in public until they get dressed 🤷‍♂️

Because that is illegal.

Toastersandkettles · 30/08/2026 14:20

The rudeness is unacceptable. As for the pyjamas I couldn't care less. Clothes are clothes, as long as they're not naked I don't see why it matters. And as for being unwashed, exactly how dirty does someone get sleeping?!

BoredZelda · 30/08/2026 14:22

Bikergran · 30/08/2026 10:58

Any decent hotel would send them back to their rooms to get dressed.

Fairmont is a pretty decent hotel. It was absolutely fine there.

IPM · 30/08/2026 14:23

BoredZelda · 30/08/2026 14:19

Because that is illegal.

Not necessarily.

It's a grey area if you'll pardon the pun 🤣

JMSA · 30/08/2026 14:23

Skanks, the pair of them.
YANBU.

thelegacyofdragons · 30/08/2026 14:25

SapphireSeptember · 30/08/2026 13:01

I don't consider breakfast at a hotel as properly public though. It's like me taking my rubbish out, or the bin out, in my nightie without having a shower. Someone in the street might see me, I don't care. When I actually go out properly I'll be showered and dressed.

😂 Of course it is public. Incredibly daft..

Banjas · 30/08/2026 14:26

40andwingingit · 30/08/2026 10:37

Ew. No class or manners. Totally unacceptable.

Edit to add you're right OP, standards just aren't what they used to be sadly.

Edited

I agree 💯

Gardenhabit · 30/08/2026 14:26

dizzydizzydizzy · 30/08/2026 14:01

I’ve seen Americans do in tbe US. There were also various people in PJs when I stayed in Singapore - no idea where they were from.

It’s certainly inappropriate to appear at a hotel breakfast in PJs. I don’t see that it is inherently more unhygienic than normal clothes.

I always try to arrive early at the breakfast buffet because you never know how grubby other people’s hands are.

I've seen people in their PJ's at breakfast in a upmarket hotel in Delhi

helpfulperson · 30/08/2026 14:28

Savvyshopper17 · 30/08/2026 14:18

Omg we were in Mauritius this summer and also saw an indian couple in pyjamas everyday at breakfast time, this was at Le Meridien

And both of you having the same experience doesn't give you a clue that perhaps their cultural norms are different?

pimplebum · 30/08/2026 14:29

WobblyJogger · 30/08/2026 10:44

I've seen this in a Premier Inn and shrugged it off. Meh, you get what you pay for and at £60 a night my standards are much lower.

However, we had a few days away at a 4 star spa hotel recently and there were two women in pyjamas, bonnets and dressing gowns at breakfast. I was a bit shocked the staff allowed it to be honest.

It's always young women, late teens to twenties. Never see a chap in boxers and dressing gown at breakfast!

at a spa you are supposed to be in your dressing hiwn

ScarlettOYara · 30/08/2026 14:29

I think it's a case of "I'll wear what I want to. Don't care"

XenoBitch · 30/08/2026 14:29

Attheendofthenight · 30/08/2026 13:55

Just gone to curry's wearing slippers accidentally Must be losing the plot

TBF, there is the fashion right now to be wearing those slider things that look like slippers.

loosingjammer · 30/08/2026 14:31

Their eyelash extensions and eyebrows and floppy mum buns divert you from their clothes 😂😂😂

PistachioTiramisu · 30/08/2026 14:32

I think the whole point is that standards in general have dropped dramatically. People don't seem to have any self-respect any more, or respect for others' feelings either. I would never have dreamt of going down to breakfast in any hotel without getting washed and dressed first - it's a matter of self-discipline and also not wanting other people to feel offended or embarrassed. Added to that, a lot of nightwear is light and quite transparent - do these people really want others to catch sight of their 'bits'?

pimplebum · 30/08/2026 14:32

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 .

Not sure how unhygienic you are not licking each other / the seats only your hands need to be clean

ive just had breakfast in my pj at premier in
no one would know

ScarlettOYara · 30/08/2026 14:34

PistachioTiramisu · 30/08/2026 14:32

I think the whole point is that standards in general have dropped dramatically. People don't seem to have any self-respect any more, or respect for others' feelings either. I would never have dreamt of going down to breakfast in any hotel without getting washed and dressed first - it's a matter of self-discipline and also not wanting other people to feel offended or embarrassed. Added to that, a lot of nightwear is light and quite transparent - do these people really want others to catch sight of their 'bits'?

I think you're right. Nightwear is for private spaces, not public.

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