Originally Posted by
stimpy
The Hyatt looks to be close to the Holiday Inn where I stayed. The HI had an active lobby with normal sized rooms. Excellent service with fluent English at the front desk. The area is fine with shopping, restaurants, etc. You can see from Google maps that it's all close to the border. Maybe 15 minutes in traffic.
I would rate Hyatt Place easily and far over the Holiday Inn there; have stayed at both; they are less than a mile apart, but very very different areas.
Holiday Inn is in a slightly less developed area, and right off a minour highway along the river, and is a very NOT walkable area.
The hotel itself is certainly downscale compared to many other properties there as well.
Hyatt Place is right outside Zona Gastronomica and across the street from a high end mall (Chapultapec).
Probably 8 of the top 25 restos in TJ are 3blocks walk or less, and right across from one of the "Rodeo Drive"s of TJ (Sonora).
The hotel itself is bright, new, shiny, clean, and has a BOMB breakfast buffet.
Hyatt every time, no question.