Hi
Do I mean to give priority to lan traffic to/from internet over the hotspot traffic?
If so what is needed is queueing,
https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Queue. There are two options "Simple Queue" & Queue tree.First is incompatible with FastTrack (a method for optimisation of traffic processing).
Post your current config to clarify your current situation (/export hide-sensitive compact).