We look forward to welcoming you to our Mankato hotel. You*ll find detailed directions below Take Highway 169 or Highway 14 to the Riverfront Drive Exit. Exit onto Riverfront to downtown Mankato where it intersects with Hickory Street. The hotel is located on the southeast corner of Riverfront Drive and Hickory Street across from both the Civic Center and Hy-Vee. Please use the Cherry Street detour to access the hotel*s entrance during road construction and the closure of Hickory Street starting April 20 2015. Effective 9/1/12 our property is 100 percent non-smoking. The Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Mankato hotel is ideally situated in the heart of Mankato MN across from the beautiful Minnesota River. Rising in the Mankato skyline as an architecturally prominent building and connected to the Verizon Wireless Center through an indoor skyway the hotel offers close proximity to a number of events and top venues within the city. From Minnesota State University hockey games to concerts and expos our hotel provides professional service and a welcoming atmosphere to all guests during their stay. Our nine story facility offers 3 000 square feet of flexible meeting space with each room equipped with state-of-the-art audio/visual equipment including video-conferencing. From office retreats to family gatherings the facilities and meeting planners will provide you with all of the conveniences and efficiencies of the home and office while on the road. When you have to be away there is no better place than the Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Downtown Mankato to make you feel like you never left. Our full-service restaurant Olives is located on the main floor of the hotel and serves Mediterranean and American cooking that embraces a lighter modern approach to the culinary arts. Guests at the hotel and Olives will find an atmosphere which enables them to unwind and relax. Serving breakfast lunch dinner as well as exclusively catering the hotel*s entire banquet and meeting room events there will be no need to look further than within the doors of of the Hilton Garden Inn Mankato Downtown hotel. ***** Everything. Right where you need it. ***** Parking