penegal

I agree mostly, there are a lot of fairly average rooms at this property, and a handful of good ones.

IMHO the best non-suite rooms at this property are the "Club View" rooms (xx13 and xx14) on levels 28/29 mostly, as they are a pair of rooms in an alcove behind the service elevator. The alcove seems to limit noise to guests accessing the other of these two rooms only. They are also a rectangle shape rather than a wedge, which some people may prefer.

The same rooms on levels 31ish and up have an interconnecting door to the "big" suites (Diplomatic / Premier), so are less desirable.

This property remains a good use of a DSU, as all suites at this hotel are great rooms.

The Grand Suite (DSU upgrade) is a great room, and combined with a good rate and a DSU represents great value for a Melbourne CBD hotel.

IceTrojan

This exact thought had crossed my mind, and I'm fairly certain (without being able to confirm) that this is actually what happened in my case... the knucklehead gave away our room thinking we were no-shows, and tried really REALLY hard to convince us how great our newly assigned room was.

Mona probably gets dirty hands dealt all the time... she seems like she's had a lot of practice dealing with it

And P.S. The Diamond amenity points haven't posted. Sigh.

oranjemakker

Hi all,

I have an upcoming long weekend stay in Melbourne for four nights.

I am booking using Air NZ airpoints and am weighing up between Grand Hyatt and Park Hyatt. Both would be standard rooms and I have no status at Hyatt.

I am not bothered by exec lounge but want a nice room to chill out in and be close (walking distance) to bars and restaurants

The Park Hyatt is about 30% more points, is it worth the premium over the Grand hyatt? From the website the Grand rooms look quite compact?

penegal

Park Hyatt is worth it IMHO. The base room is substantially larger. Both hotels are walking distance to each other, and plenty of bars, restaurants, entertainment, etc.

Base room at Grand Hyatt - 33sqm
Base room at Park Hyatt - 48sqm

m0hamed

+1

oranjemakker

Thanks! Have gone ahead and booked the Park Hyatt. Looking forward to it!

Pierre48

I stay at the GH Melbourne six or seven times each year and like the hotel and its staff. The use of DSU's for the suites is great value. On my stay last weekend I noticed a real improvement in the food offerings in the Club Lounge. There is now a separate dessert station to the left as you enter the lounge. Desserts used to be a small section at the end of the main table previously.

MarkP24

I've also throughly enjoyed the GH as a truly fantastic property, although I've never been to the PH. I thought the GH was awesome with such great staff who remember me that I continue to stay there on subsequent trips.

Ross0

Looking forward to an upcoming stay here on C+P plus DSU. Do Diamonds have the choice of full buffet breakfast in lieu of club lounge, or must breakfast be eaten in the lounge?

Thnx

m0hamed

Nope. It's an expensive $22 uncharge.

Ross0

Darn. Stayed last year as PLT but on AmEx PLT rate and enjoyed the buffet

m0hamed

Why not check the FHR rate? In fact, you could probably just email the hotel to alter the rate plan for you to avoid DSU issues.

Ross0

The hotel no longer participates in FHR

CRAZ8

Correct - the Crown Towers was added and the Grand Hyatt was dropped from FHR in Melbourne for 2016

talfred

Hey guys
How are the evening club lounge offerings at this property?

For ease of comparison, the good spreads I've experienced are from GH KL, HOTB Shanghai, GH Bali, GH BKK to name a few...