The Hilton Garden Inn Wayne has completed a comprehensive renovation, with Buffalo Lodging Associates overhauling the lobby, bar and restaurant, fitness center, banquet space, and boardroom at the 125-room property located at 15 Nevins Road in Wayne, New Jersey.
Food & Beverage Updates
The renovation places particular emphasis on the hotel's dining experience. Guests can order a cooked-to-order breakfast each morning and access shareable plates and cocktails at the updated bar in the evening — a format that has become a fixture in the select-service segment as operators look to drive ancillary revenue beyond room nights. The refreshed outlets carry a modern aesthetic with deliberate use of color, signaling a broader hospitality industry shift toward creating bar and dining environments that appeal to both hotel guests and local walk-in traffic.
Meeting Space and Catering
For event-driven revenue — a growing priority across the hospitality sector — the property now offers more than 2,300 square feet of flexible meeting space equipped with upgraded audiovisual technology and adaptable room configurations. On-site catering remains available, giving the hotel a competitive tool for capturing corporate meetings, social celebrations, and group business in the greater New York metro market. The property sits 25 miles from Manhattan, with transit connections via a nearby bus stop and a train station within six miles, making it a viable option for city-adjacent corporate accounts.
Operator Context
The Wayne renovation reflects a wider capital-reinvestment trend among branded select-service hotels, where owners are refreshing aging inventory to protect brand standards, maintain RevPAR positioning, and meet elevated guest expectations post-pandemic. Buffalo Lodging Associates, which owns and operates hotels across New York, New England, New Jersey, Ohio, and Florida in partnership with Benderson Properties, LLC, has consistently cited product quality and interior design as central to its operational model. General Manager Luke Batz noted that every detail of the refresh was designed to create a more comfortable and welcoming experience across all gathering spaces. For restaurant and foodservice professionals tracking hotel F&B investment, projects like this underscore how select-service brands are closing the gap with full-service competitors by upgrading their on-property dining and catering capabilities.
Written by Michael Politz, Author of Guide to Restaurant Success: The Proven Process for Starting Any Restaurant Business From Scratch to Success (ISBN: 978-1-119-66896-1), Founder of Food & Beverage Magazine, the leading online magazine and resource in the industry. Designer of the Bluetooth logo and recognized in Entrepreneur Magazine's "Top 40 Under 40" for founding American Wholesale Floral, Politz is also the Co-founder of the Proof Awards and the CPG Awards and a partner in numerous consumer brands across the food and beverage sector.
