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Hilton Garden Inn Ft. Walton Beach

3.0 star property

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Indoor pool, outdoor pool, pool umbrellas, pool loungers
Poolside bar
Indoor pool, outdoor pool, pool umbrellas, pool loungers
Junior Suite, 1 King Bed (Gulf Front)
Reception

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Bar
  • Housekeeping
  • 24/7 front desk

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1297 Miracle Strip PKWY SE, Fort Walton Beach, FL, 32548
  • Okaloosa Island Beach
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Okaloosa Island Pier
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Fort Walton Beach, FL (VPS-Northwest Florida Regional)
    ‪21 min drive‬

Room options

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In-room safe, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

2 Queen Beds, Mobile Accessible w/Roll In Shower, Limited View

  • Partial sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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In-room safe, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

2 Queen Beds, Hearing Accessible, Limited View

  • Partial sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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2 Queen Beds, Mobile Accessible w/Roll In Shower, Inland View

2 Queen Beds, Mobile Accessible w/Roll In Shower, Inland View

  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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In-room safe, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

Premium Room, 2 Queen Beds, Balcony, Oceanfront

  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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2 Queen Beds, Balcony with Gulf Front View

  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Suite, 1 King Bed, Pool/Gulf View | Living area

Suite, 1 King Bed, Pool/Gulf View

  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 King Bed

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View from room

1 King Bed, Pool View

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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View from room

1 King Bed, Balcony, Gulf Front

  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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View from room

1 King Bed, Hearing Accessible, Balcony with Gulf View

  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible (Gulf Front, Hearing)

Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible (Gulf Front, Hearing)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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In-room safe, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

2 Queen Beds, Hearing Accessible, Balcony with Inland View

  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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In-room safe, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

Room, 2 Queen Beds (Drinks & Snacks)

  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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In-room safe, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

2 Queen Beds, Balcony, Pool/Gulf View

  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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In-room safe, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

2 Queen Beds, Inland View

  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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In-room safe, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

2 Queen Beds, Limited View

  • Partial sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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In-room safe, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

2 Queen Beds, Pool View

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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In-room safe, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

2 Queen Beds, Balcony with Inland View

  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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In-room safe, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

Junior Suite, 1 King Bed

  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

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Junior Suite, 1 King Bed (Gulf Front) | View from room

Junior Suite, 1 King Bed (Gulf Front)

  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Fort Walton Beach

When you stay at Hilton Garden Inn Ft. Walton Beach in Fort Walton Beach, you'll be on the beach, within a 10-minute walk of Okaloosa Island Beach and Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island. .This beach hotel is 0.6 mi (1 km) from Fort Walton Beaches and 8.7 mi (14 km) from Destin Beaches.

What's nearby

  • Okaloosa Island Beach - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Destin-Fort Walton Beach Convention Center - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Okaloosa Island Pier - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island - 8 min walk - 0.7 km

Getting around

  • Northwest Florida Regional Airport (VPS) - 17 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Boardwalk - Okaloosa Island - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Rockin Tacos - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪Angler's Beachside Bar & Grill - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Old Bay Steamer - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Al's Beach Club - ‬10 min walk

About this property

Hilton Garden Inn Ft. Walton Beach

Oceanfront with outdoor pool, near Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island
Hilton Garden Inn Ft. Walton Beach offers 178 accommodations with laptop-compatible safes and safes. LCD televisions are featured in guestrooms. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and microwaves.

This Fort Walton Beach hotel provides complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include complimentary newspapers and phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and complimentary toiletries. Housekeeping is provided daily.

An indoor pool, an outdoor pool, and a hot tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a lazy river and a 24-hour fitness center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 178 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions. Complimentary wired and wireless internet access is available. Conveniences include laptop-compatible safes and complimentary newspapers, as well as phones with free local calls.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities, including an outdoor pool, an indoor pool, and a lazy river. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and a picnic area.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at the hotel's restaurant, Garden Grille, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Unwind at the end of the day with a drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar.
Featured amenities include express check-out, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. This hotel has 2 meeting rooms available for events. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Garden Grille - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Green Key Global, a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired internet
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Electric car charging station on site
  • Uncovered parking on site (USD 15 per day)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking and van parking available
  • Onsite parking includes off-street options

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A poolside bar
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Garden Grille

Things to do

  • 24-hour gym
  • Golf
  • Hot tub
  • Indoor pool
  • Lazy river
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Children's games
  • Free cot
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Indoor pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Lazy river
  • Outdoor pool
  • Pool gate

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Proposal/romance packages

Business services

  • 2 meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Beach towels
  • On the beach
  • On the waterfront
  • Picnic area
  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Lift
  • Phone accessibility kit
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible gym
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible pool
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchair-accessible van parking

More

  • 1 building
  • 5 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 2017
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Free cot

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 43-inch LCD TV

Food and drink

  • Limited room service
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Free local calls
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop-compatible safe
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
A late check-out fee will be charged
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 75 per accommodation, per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs and cats only
2 total pets

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 18 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Uncovered self parking fee: USD 15.00 per day
  • Pet fee: USD 75 per accommodation, per stay
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • A late check-out fee will be charged

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room

We should mention

This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly)

Property is also known as

Hilton Garden Inn Fort Walton Beach Hotel
Hilton Garn Inn Fort Walton
Hilton Ft Walton Fort Walton
Hilton Garden Inn Fort Walton Beach
Hilton Garden Inn Ft. Walton Beach Hotel
Hilton Garden Inn Ft. Walton Beach Fort Walton Beach
Hilton Garden Inn Ft. Walton Beach Hotel Fort Walton Beach

Hilton Garden Inn Ft. Walton Beach Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 624 out of 1007 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 213 out of 1007 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 87 out of 1007 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 49 out of 1007 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 34 out of 1007 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Chris

Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Graclynn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Walking distance to the convention center. Beach right out back. O’Neil and his staff are exceptional!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
LOVE this location! Highly recommend. Super clean and staff is SUPER friendly. They go out of their way to make your stay enjoyable. Clean rooms with soft beds, drawers and hangers in closet, full sized mirror, microwave and fridge, desk area, reading chair, side table. Safe and well lit parking lot, onsite cafe, breakfast buffet, indoor and outdoor bars, heated outdoor & indoor pools, private beach access. Fireplace, outdoor games, mini onsite store. Mix of families, business, military guests. Holiday Inn next door is their sister hotel with access to their pool. Bring your inflatables they provide free air to fill them. Outdoor pool is heated, yet in March the wind was still strong so it was not warm but not icy like the beach! The indoor pool area was nice and warm. They provide free beach towels and you exchange them for fresh ones at anytime. Happy hour available in indoor bar and outdoor Tiki bar makes great drinks and non-alcoholic ones for kids too. Lazy river provides tubes but your floats are welcomed. Its so close to everything and yet Fort Walton has a small town feel. Hotel is located right after bridge and has lots of restaurants and entertainment nearby. Easy drive to Destin and to major grocery stores. Lots of outdoor lounging chairs and tables onsite. HIGHLY recommend. Their customer service left the best impression on me and my family. Great job to their team and management for this! Every team member was friendly and made great small talk.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Anita

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location on the beach, Restaurant food was really good
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Javier

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was good with the exception of us getting a slight smell of gas every now and then in our room. We called the front desk twice about it and they said that they'll check in to it, but nothing came about it and the next morning, we still were getting the slight smell of gas every now and then. Upon checking out, I asked them and was told that it's from their laundry room and that it happens from time to time. If it wasn't for that issue, everything would've been 5 stars.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Terry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Claire

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No table or chairs to eat in the room.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

LG

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marla

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

David H.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hotel right on the beach. The balcony view facing the beach was amazing
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Aaron

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Do your own negotiations with hotels

Originally booked (Hotels. Com) for Valentines weekend with weekend rates. On the day of travel realized we were bumped to Tuesday night (obviously over booked) and NOWAY to communicate to Hotels.com, except the near worthless "virtual chat" (they got your money). Did get an Email about paying 10 bucks for insurance the next day but couldn't call anyone to see what that all pertained(thinking it maybe a SCAM too). Ended up able to go Tuesday anyway, at the expensive weekend rates, and tried to make the best of the rear penetration given by hotels.com . My fiancé works the frauds dept. at a large financial institution, she said this practice where you can't communicate effectively with the third-party "money taker" is an extremely common call she gets. *Do your own negotiations with the hotel directly, while not perfect, at least you cut the third-party out of it, otherwise the hotel(that picks up the phone) will tell you you'll have to go through the booking company anyway if you went that route. All in all the hotel was on the edge of dated, fairly dirty, unvacuumed in hall areas the facilities seemed nice enough for off season and being a non-resort hotel, the check-in staff we had at check-in seemed to be of an average C- grade of animatron greeters, displaying dry and very little helpfulness skills in describing amenities. Our expensive room gulf view we had was nice, the lazy river and indoor pool look as it should, lots of road work out front expect traffic and delays.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean. Beautiful beach. Rooms comfortable.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Baron

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The entry way is currently under construction.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

DeBLasis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff are amazing!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Diane

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Overpriced!! & Bad Experience!

We stayed here for our anniversary. The only good thing was the awesome view. Check in took forever. The gentleman checking me allowed a lady to cut in line in front of me, while I was on crutches. The lady complained of not having a room with a view, but after much discussion, she couldn’t prove she even booked a room with a view. The cabinet to refrigerator door was broken. The refrigerator itself didn’t work. The TV didn’t work. Both these issues were fixed but during a time we wanted to get ready to eat. We ate at the restaurant. DO NOT eat there. They had a VERY OVERPRICED Valentine’s meal that was not great. They did give us one free dessert & 2 small glasses of champagne for our anniversary. After we spent money on the bad meal. Then if they don’t charge enough for the room, they charge for breakfast. We paid the extra $5 a person for the breakfast when I booked. I’ve had many many better free breakfast at motels that cost a third of what this motel cost. DON’T pay the $16 for the breakfast they want to charge you. It wasn’t even worth the $5 we paid.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Petru

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Dawn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Timothy

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Kristina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Definitely hear every single door slam shut in your room.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Jody

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The view from our balcony was gorgeous! The issues I had with the stay…. The toilet was visibly dirty , the shower head was hanging out the wall, the hot water was like warm at best and the breakfast was really nothing more than a continental breakfast. Breakfast was 16 and adult and 9 a child. There was also a charge to park of 17 a day with taxes. Due to the hot water issue I was refunded for the parking . The lady who checked us out was super sweet but the rest of the front desk staff came off as rude, esp when I reported the hot water issue. A maintenance person came to my room and told me it was normal ( in very broken English). I was torn between this hotel and an Air BNB and in the future I will not stay here.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

CRYSTAL

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort

Great staff, broken hotel

When we got there, the room was warm so I turned on the ac. We went to the pool and played for a couple of hours. When we got back the room was still warm and I called the front desk. They said they would send someone but no one ever came. We slept in a hot room all night. There was also no warm water for our showers or baths. When I called the front desk they told me to run it for 10 minutes and they would send someone up. They did indeed send someone up, but he said that my room would continue to have barely warm water. When I asked the next morning, they had no knowledge of what was going on. The hotel staff were friendly and very nice and I understand things break. They comped us a night of our room which I appreciated and they gave us free meals and I would go back because the staff was very friendly however room 555 was not a lucky room.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Cody

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was extremely helpful and polite!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ramon

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love the lazy river and the easy access to the beach
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

William James

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had a romantic valentines weekend planned, Pebble was beyond amazing and super helpful in each and every aspect of our stay. She helped facilitate a bouquet of roses being delivered as a surprise, having champagne and chocolate covered strawberries being delivered as well. She made the stay amazing and most definitely eased my stress and made the proposal go as easy as could be. She could easily be the mvp of my weekend :). Much thanks to you Pebble!!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Edwin, Aurora

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good 👍
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025