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JapanFlyerT
Stayed last week on Chase award night. Free parking, normally ¥1,000, which was nice. Perhaps because I am Discoverist? Easy check-in, robes and amenities in lobby. Small selection of foods and drinks for sale in lobby. No upgrade for us, but the room is fairly spacious. Chatted with the manager and he said 90% are kitchen-type rooms. Nice gym. Ice and water coolers on each floor. Many shops on the first floor, and hitting the supermarket around 6-7pm meant a lot of 50% stickers.
Because of COVID/low occupancy, they gave us tickets for full breakfast at the Centric next door, which was excellent. I believe that usually runs ¥3,000/per person. Hyatt House would normally be continental.
We walked to Kenrokuen and the 21st Century Museum in 35 minutes. Went back at night by bus for the light-up show.
+1. Stayed there for a second time a month ago, and the breakfast at Hyatt Centric was a really nice surprise! Considerable upgrade from the much spartan breakfast at this property. It makes sense as the occupancy rates at both properties is quite low. They do take the no upgrade policy quite seriously. They usually will upgrade from the Den to the Kitchen studio for most elite levels (since these are the most numerous types of rooms). However, as a globalist couldnt get any upgrade beyond that to the two suite types, even though there was very low occupancy while I was there. They did quote an upgrade rate of 20,000 Yen /night which I politely declined!
I don't see the point of staying at Centric next door with the current setup unless you need a full service place. This is considerably cheaper and I really enjoy having the full kitchen setup!