The best family hotels in Frisco TX are the ones that give kids a pool and a real breakfast, and give parents a second room or at least a door to close. Resorts like the Omni PGA Frisco and the Westin Stonebriar go big on water. Suite hotels around Stonebriar Centre and The Star win on space and price.
This guide is for parents planning a stay of two to five nights, from toddlers through teenagers, and it fits the wider Frisco Texas family vacation guide. The one caveat: Frisco is a sprawling suburb, so the hotel you pick decides how much of your day disappears into a car seat. Checked September 30, 2026.
| At a glance | |
|---|---|
| Cost | Suite hotels sit in the middle, resorts at the top. Room rates swing with sports, concerts and school breaks, and the city adds a hotel tax on top (13% combined, state plus local). |
| Time needed | Two nights is enough for one big attraction plus a pool day. Four or five nights suits a resort stay. |
| Best for | Families with kids of any age who want a pool, free breakfast or extra room to spread out. |
| Book ahead | A few weeks for normal weekends, two to three months for spring break, summer weekends and big Star or stadium events. |
How do you choose a family hotel in Frisco?
Start with three questions, in this order. How old are the kids? Do you want to cook or at least chill out in a room that isn’t also the bedroom? And what are you actually in town for?
Age decides the pool. Toddlers and young kids live at the splash pad and the shallow end, and a resort with a kids’ pool, slide or lazy river can carry an entire afternoon. Teenagers care more about Wi-Fi, a game room, and being near things to do that aren’t a hotel. If yours are toddlers, the Frisco toddler survival guide covers the naps, strollers and meltdown logistics that make a hotel choice easier.
Space decides the sanity. A standard room with two queens works for one night. For three nights, a two-room suite changes the trip: you get a door between the kids’ bedtime and your own evening. Suites with a kitchenette also cut the cost of eating out with kids, which is where family budgets really leak.
Location decides the driving. Frisco’s big draws sit in a few clusters. Stonebriar Centre and SH 121 hold the mall, restaurants and most chain hotels. The Star, along the Dallas North Tollway, holds the Cowboys’ headquarters and the Ford Center. Riders Field sits beside the Frisco Conference Center, Toyota Stadium is a separate drive, and the PGA Frisco campus is its own destination off PGA Parkway. The Star is roughly eight to twelve minutes from Stonebriar Centre by car up the Dallas North Tollway, so nothing is truly far. It just adds up over four days.
Everything below is organized around what each hotel gives a family, not stars or awards. For the broader hotel landscape, including business and downtown-style options, see our Frisco hotel overview.
Which family hotel in Frisco is best for your trip?
Here is the short version, with what the operators themselves list as family-relevant features. Details on each follow below.
| Hotel | Area | The family hook | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omni PGA Frisco Resort | PGA Parkway | Two leisure pools with a splash pad, a lazy river, Omni Kids Club | A resort weekend where the hotel is the trip |
| Westin Dallas Stonebriar Golf Resort & Spa | Stonebriar Country Club grounds | Pool with cabanas, waterslide and splash pad, Westin Family Kids Club | Pool-first families who still want a spa and a golf-course setting |
| Embassy Suites Dallas Frisco | Frisco Conference Center area | Two-room suites, made-to-order breakfast, evening reception, indoor pool | Families with kids who need their own room |
| Hyatt House Dallas/Frisco | Across from Frisco Conference Center | Extended-stay suites, free breakfast, indoor pool | Longer stays and baseball or soccer weekends |
| Homewood Suites Dallas-Frisco | Near Stonebriar Centre | All-suite layout, free breakfast | Budget-minded groups and families with a teen or two |
| Home2 Suites Dallas-Frisco | Adjacent to Stonebriar Centre | Free hot breakfast, mall next door | Short stays where the mall is half the itinerary |
| Hampton Inn & Suites Legacy Park-Frisco | Legacy area | Free hot breakfast, about two miles from The Star | Straightforward value near The Star |
| Drury Inn & Suites Dallas Frisco | Stonebriar district | Ninth-floor pool terrace, free hot breakfast, free early-evening food and drinks | Saving money on food with hungry kids |
| Hyatt Regency Frisco-Dallas | Inside Stonebriar Centre | Rooftop pool, attached to the mall by a breezeway | Rainy-day or scorching-day stays without a car |
Pick the row that matches your priority and skip the rest. You do not need a resort to have a good family trip in Frisco, and you should not pay resort prices if the kids will spend most of the time at KidZania or a stadium.
The resort picks: pools, kids’ clubs and a full weekend at the hotel
Omni PGA Frisco Resort
If the hotel is the destination, this is the one. The Omni PGA Frisco Resort at 3255 PGA Parkway anchors the 600-acre PGA Frisco campus, which Visit Frisco describes as home to the PGA of America’s headquarters, two championship golf courses, a 500-room resort and an entertainment district.
For families, the pool setup is the draw. Omni lists four pools: two leisure pools with a splash pad, an adults-only rooftop infinity pool, and a private spa pool for the resort’s spa guests. There is also a lazy river. The resort runs an Omni Kids Club with crafts, games, outdoor activities and movie nights, and its family programming has included weekly glow parties, poolside activities and s’mores kits. Next door, the PGA District hosts seasonal family events; in spring 2026 local TV reported an Easter Eggstravaganza there with a scavenger hunt, carnival games and a petting zoo.
The catch is the usual resort math. Ask at booking about resort fees, parking and the cost of the Kids Club sessions, because those add up over a long weekend. The setting is also golf-focused, so if nobody in your family plays, you are paying partly for scenery. Verdict: the best pick for families who want pools and programming in one place and plan to use them. Book it for a weekend, not for a week of sightseeing.
The Westin Dallas Stonebriar Golf Resort & Spa
The Westin sits on 400 acres next to the Fazio golf course at Stonebriar Country Club. Marriott’s listing describes a lagoon-style pool with poolside cabanas, a waterslide, a splash pad and poolside dining. Kids get the Westin Family Kids Club, and adults get the Well & Being Spa and a WestinWORKOUT fitness studio. The resort also has an activity lawn, handy for burning energy between check-out and the drive home.
It is a smaller, calmer resort than the Omni. One odd family bonus: a Topgolf Swing Suite inside the hotel, with golf, baseball and hockey simulators and food from the resort’s Beans & Barrel restaurant, which is an easy rainy-afternoon backup with older kids.
Check-in is at 4 p.m. and check-out at 11 a.m. according to search listings, so a morning pool session before you leave is tight; ask about late check-out if the kids will be in the water. Verdict: the best resort for families who want a pool with a slide, a kids’ club and a quieter setting than a mega-resort. Weekdays are usually calmer at the pool than weekends.
Suite hotels: the smartest choice for most families
If you take one piece of advice from this guide, take this one: for most families, a suite hotel with free breakfast beats a resort on value. You get more space, a meal that doesn’t cost $60 for four, and often a pool kids can still enjoy.
Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas Frisco Hotel & Convention Center
This all-suite hotel, at 7600 John Q Hammons Drive, is connected to the Frisco Conference Center and sits beside Riders Field, under a mile from The Star per Hilton’s description. Every stay includes free made-to-order breakfast and an evening reception, and the hotel has an indoor pool, a restaurant and room service. The indoor pool matters more than it sounds: it keeps your stay workable from December through February and on triple-digit July afternoons when the outdoor deck is a griddle.
Its two-room suites are what families are paying for. Kids typically get the sofa bed in the living area, with a door between you and them, and the free breakfast saves real money. Verdict: the best all-round family pick in Frisco, especially for baseball families and anyone with kids old enough to want their own space. The downside is that the hotel doubles as a convention venue, so the lobby can get busy on event weekends.
Hyatt House Dallas/Frisco
Hyatt House is an extended-stay brand, which usually means a kitchen in the room, and it sits across the street from the Frisco Conference Center and Riders Field. Hyatt lists a complimentary breakfast, an indoor pool and free Wi-Fi. Confirm your room type at booking if the kitchen matters to you, since suite layouts vary.
Verdict: the top pick for a stay of four nights or more, or for families who want to cook a couple of dinners. It also works well on game weekends at the ballpark.
Homewood Suites by Hilton Dallas-Frisco
Hilton describes Homewood Suites as about two miles from the Dallas North Tollway, near Stonebriar Centre, with complimentary breakfast included. It is the brand to know if you travel with older kids or grandparents and want the extra space of a suite without resort prices. Homewood Suites suites generally include a separate living area and kitchen, so check the room description for your dates.
Verdict: the practical pick for a group with two adults and two or three kids who will share space. Skip it if your kids need a big pool with a slide.
Home2 Suites by Hilton Dallas-Frisco
Home2 is adjacent to Stonebriar Centre, just off SH 121 near the Dallas North Tollway, with daily hot breakfast and Wi-Fi included. The appeal is simple: the mall, the movie theater and restaurants are a short walk or a one-minute drive away. That is handy for a family with a stroller or teenagers who want a little independence.
Verdict: a solid budget-friendly choice for families whose main plans are in the Stonebriar Centre area. Pair it with the indoor activities guide for hot days.
Hampton Inn & Suites Legacy Park-Frisco
Hilton describes this one as about two miles from the Ford Center at The Star, with free hot breakfast and free Wi-Fi. There is nothing fancy here, and that is the point. It is a dependable, reasonably priced base if The Star, the Legacy restaurants and the tollway corridor are your priorities.
Verdict: a good value stay if you will be out all day. Skip it if the pool is the main event for your kids.
Mid-range and in-mall options worth a look
Drury Inn & Suites Dallas Frisco
Drury’s Frisco hotel is a nine-story property in the Stonebriar district, with an outdoor observation terrace and pool on the ninth floor. The pitch is the freebies: a full hot breakfast, and the 5:30 Kickback, Drury’s free early-evening spread of food and drinks, every day of the week. For a family of four, that is essentially dinner. The hotel is also close to Toyota Stadium, Stonebriar Centre and The Star according to Drury.
Verdict: the best value in this guide if you are watching the food budget. The pool sits on a rooftop terrace rather than a big resort deck, so expect it to feel more like a relaxed rooftop than a water park.
Hyatt Regency Frisco-Dallas
This 303-room, 18-story hotel opened June 1, 2020 inside Stonebriar Centre at Preston Road and the Sam Rayburn Tollway. You reach it from the mall’s second floor, between Nordstrom and Dillard’s, through an indoor breezeway. Hyatt lists a rooftop pool, with Steel Horse Cabana serving the pool, and on-site dining under the Copper & Steel name.
The mall connection is the feature. When it is 103 degrees or pouring, you can walk from your room to shopping, food and entertainment without a car. Teens can wander with some independence. Verdict: the best pick for a hot-weather or rainy-weather stay and for families who like the idea of walking to a mall. It is a higher-end hotel, so expect pricing to reflect that. Skip it if you want a kids’ club or splash-pad pool.
Sheraton Stonebriar Hotel
The Sheraton, at 5444 State Highway 121 in the Stonebriar Commons area, has an outdoor pool, a fitness center and an on-site restaurant called Emerson, per Marriott. It is a conventional full-service hotel rather than a family-focused one, so think of it as a comfortable base with a pool rather than a place with children’s programming.
Verdict: worth a look if a Marriott loyalty stay or a specific rate appeals. Otherwise, other hotels on this list do more for kids.
Where should you stay near The Star, Toyota Stadium or Riders Field?
If a specific attraction drives your trip, choose the hotel around it.
- Riders Field and the conference center: the Embassy Suites and Hyatt House are the closest on this list. Riders Field seats 10,316 and is home to the Frisco RoughRiders, the Texas Rangers’ Double-A affiliate, and Visit Frisco notes that the ballpark is known for its lazy river.
- The Star: the Hampton Inn & Suites Legacy Park is about two miles away, and the Omni Frisco Hotel at The Star is on the campus itself. Our Omni Frisco Hotel guide covers it, and the hotels near The Star page compares the rest.
- Stonebriar Centre: the Hyatt Regency, Home2 Suites, Sheraton and Drury are the closest. See hotels near Stonebriar Centre for the full set.
- Toyota Stadium: Visit Frisco lists the stadium at a 20,500 capacity, home of FC Dallas and the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Drury is the closest on this list, and it is usually a 10 to 20 minute drive from the other Stonebriar-area hotels.
The big family attractions are spread out. KidZania, described by Visit Frisco as a space for ages 4 to 14 with more than 50 role-play scenarios, is covered in our KidZania Frisco guide. The National Videogame Museum guide covers the museum on Dallas Parkway. Water play is in the Frisco water parks and splash pads guide. Teens get their own list in things to do with teens in Frisco.
What does a family hotel stay in Frisco cost?
I won’t quote nightly rates, because they change constantly and any number would be stale within a week. Here is what drives the price instead.
- Tier: resorts (Omni, Westin) cost the most, the Hyatt Regency is next, and the suite brands and Drury sit below them. Free breakfast at the suite brands usually saves more than the room-rate difference.
- Events: Cowboys and Stars activity at The Star, tournaments, concerts and stadium matches push rates up. A week before or after the same event, the same room can cost far less.
- Season: summer and spring break are busiest for families. October through early December, outside big event weekends, is often the softest.
- Taxes and fees: Frisco’s hotel tax is 7% local on top of the state’s 6%, for 13% combined, per the City of Frisco. Resorts may add resort fees and parking. Always compare the total with fees, not the nightly price.
For a cheaper trip, the budget hotels guide is the place to start, and if you want to go the other direction, the luxury hotels guide covers it. Traveling with a dog? Our pet-friendly hotels guide sorts out the fees, which differ a lot from one hotel to the next.
Planning your stay: getting there, parking, timing and what to skip
Getting there. DFW Airport is roughly 30 to 50 minutes from most Frisco hotels by car, depending on traffic, using SH 121 and the Dallas North Tollway. DART’s Silver Line, which opened October 25, 2025, links DFW Airport Terminal B with Plano, but it does not reach Frisco itself, so you will still need a rental car or rideshare to get around once you are here. Plan on driving everywhere in Frisco.
Parking. Most chain hotels offer free parking, but resorts and some hotels near event venues may charge, so ask at booking. On big event days, the drive to Toyota Stadium or Riders Field is short but parking lots fill early. The hotels beside the conference center and ballpark can be a real advantage in that case.
Timing. Kids’ water play is best from May through September, and Frisco’s own Commons splash pad, per the city, runs May 15 through September 30 daily, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., weather and maintenance permitting. After that, indoor pools matter. For the weather month by month, read our best time to visit Frisco guide.
What to book ahead. The hotel itself, for any weekend with a big event. KidZania tickets and any kids’ club slots, too. Everything else you can decide once you arrive.
What to skip. Skip the resort if you’ll be out from breakfast to bedtime, because you’ll pay for a pool you don’t use. Skip a standard room if you’re staying three nights or more with two kids. And skip booking a hotel far from your main activity just to save a little; the gas, tolls and time cost more than the savings.
Finally, a note on tolls. The Dallas North Tollway and SH 121 are toll roads, and rental cars often add fees for toll transponders. Ask at the rental counter how tolls are billed. The playgrounds and parks guide lists free things to do that cost nothing once you are in town.
Frequently asked questions about family hotels in Frisco TX
What is the best family hotel in Frisco TX?
For most families, Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas Frisco is the best all-round pick: two-room suites, free made-to-order breakfast, an evening reception and an indoor pool near Riders Field and The Star. For a resort weekend with a lazy river and kids’ club, choose the Omni PGA Frisco Resort instead.
Which Frisco hotels have pools for kids?
Several do. The Omni PGA Frisco has two leisure pools with a splash pad and a lazy river. The Westin Stonebriar has a pool with a waterslide and splash pad. Embassy Suites and Hyatt House have indoor pools. Drury and the Hyatt Regency have rooftop pools, which are more relaxed than kid-focused.
Do Frisco hotels have kids’ clubs?
The two resorts do. Omni lists an Omni Kids Club with crafts, games and movie nights, and the Westin lists a Westin Family Kids Club. Suite hotels do not. Hours, ages and prices change, so call the resort before you book if a kids’ club is part of your plan.
Are there free breakfast hotels for families in Frisco?
Yes. The Embassy Suites, Hyatt House, Homewood Suites, Home2 Suites, Hampton Inn & Suites and Drury list free breakfast. Drury also offers a free early-evening food and drink spread. Confirm the details at booking, since perks can change.
Is it better to stay near The Star or Stonebriar Centre?
Stay near whichever one you will visit most. Stonebriar Centre has more hotels, restaurants and shopping, and The Star is roughly eight to twelve minutes north by car. If you are going to a Cowboys event or the Ford Center, choose The Star. Otherwise, Stonebriar is the easier base.
How far in advance should I book a family hotel in Frisco?
A few weeks ahead works for a normal weekend. For spring break, summer weekends and big events at The Star, Toyota Stadium or Riders Field, book two to three months out. Pick a refundable rate if you can, because plans with kids shift.
Do I need a car if I stay in Frisco?
Yes, for nearly every family. Frisco is spread out, and public transit is limited. The exception is the Hyatt Regency, which connects to Stonebriar Centre, so you can reach the mall without driving, though the rest of the city still needs a car.
Final thoughts
Choose for the kids’ actual habits, not the brochure. If they will live in the water, go to the Omni or the Westin. If they need a room of their own and a cheap breakfast, the Embassy Suites or Hyatt House is the smarter spend. Whatever you pick, lean on the full family itinerary ideas for Frisco to fit the hotel to what you will actually do with your days.
Related Frisco Guides
- Frisco Texas Family Vacation Guide: Everything Kids & Parents Need (2026): the full family trip plan around your hotel
- KidZania Frisco Complete Guide: Tickets, Tips & What to Expect (2026): the biggest indoor draw for ages 4 to 14
- Frisco TX Water Parks and Splash Pads Guide: more pool and splash-pad options
- Frisco TX with Toddlers: A Parent’s Survival Guide: hotel and logistics tips for little ones
- Best Things to Do with Teens in Frisco Texas: what to do once the kids outgrow the pool
- Budget-Friendly Hotels in Frisco Texas Under $100: cheaper places to stay
Sources and verification
Details in this guide were checked on September 30, 2026 against the official sources below. It is compiled from them rather than from other travel lists, and it doesn’t describe first-hand visits. Prices, hours and schedules change, so confirm with the venue before you go.
- Omni Hotels: Omni PGA Frisco Resort pools
- Marriott: The Westin Dallas Stonebriar Golf Resort & Spa
- Hilton: Embassy Suites Dallas Frisco Hotel & Convention Center
- Hyatt: Hyatt House Dallas/Frisco
- Drury Hotels: Drury Inn & Suites Dallas Frisco
- Hyatt: Hyatt Regency Frisco-Dallas
Photo credits
- Families swimming in a hotel pool with balconied rooms overlooking the water (top photo): photo by Erdem ÖZDEMİR, Pexels (Pexels License)
- Pool with inflatable toys, the kind family hotels in Frisco TX offer: photo by Erdem ÖZDEMİR, Pexels (Pexels License)
- Children in goggles jumping into a resort pool while an adult waits in the water: photo by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels (Pexels License)
- Two young children playing with pillows on a hotel bed: photo by Gustavo Fring, Pexels (Pexels License)
- Overhead view of a hotel breakfast table with eggs, toast, pastries and coffee: photo by Joan Germaine, Pexels (Pexels License)
- Dr Pepper Ballpark entrance in Frisco: photo by User:Scm83x, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Curving park path with a lamppost and playground in Youth Center Park, Frisco: photo by Michael Barera, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
