Aug 29, 2023, 5:07 am
Grand Hyatt Fukuoka REVIEW - MASTER THREAD
We're not returning for many years.
Nov 22, 2018, 5:59 am
#273
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SFO
Posts: 4,914
Had a 2 night stay stay at the Grand because relatives were already booked here. Booked a club access room with points.
Got a 12th floor room facing the waterway with two doubles. Non noise issues from the mall water show. Large and spacious after coming from a traditional Japanese inn with rooms the size of half a shoebox. Room is old school style but maintained well.
Club on the 5th floor manned every time we entered. Breakfast is simple but had some hot dishes and cold dishes enough for a hearty breakfast. Happy hour with drinks had hot and cold snacks enough for a light dinner.
The pool is chargeable unless in a club room. (Charge is 1k yen pppd). Nice indoor lappable pool. The sauna and japense bathhouse is nice with hot, warm, and cold pool with sauna and steam room.
Location within the Canal City shopping. Not exactly close to Hakata or Tenjin stations but 100yen but near the hotel will get you there.
Would definitely return if the price is right. Really enjoyed the Grand. (Disclaimer: we stayed at a local hotel for the previous 3 nights which made this made a real upgrade)
Got a 12th floor room facing the waterway with two doubles. Non noise issues from the mall water show. Large and spacious after coming from a traditional Japanese inn with rooms the size of half a shoebox. Room is old school style but maintained well.
Club on the 5th floor manned every time we entered. Breakfast is simple but had some hot dishes and cold dishes enough for a hearty breakfast. Happy hour with drinks had hot and cold snacks enough for a light dinner.
The pool is chargeable unless in a club room. (Charge is 1k yen pppd). Nice indoor lappable pool. The sauna and japense bathhouse is nice with hot, warm, and cold pool with sauna and steam room.
Location within the Canal City shopping. Not exactly close to Hakata or Tenjin stations but 100yen but near the hotel will get you there.
Would definitely return if the price is right. Really enjoyed the Grand. (Disclaimer: we stayed at a local hotel for the previous 3 nights which made this made a real upgrade)
Dec 12, 2018, 5:20 am
#274
Moderator: Mileage Run, InterContinental Hotels
Join Date: May 2004
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I just read that you and some others were discussing this in the HR Osaka thread. I wanted to respond here to avoid going off-topic there.
I had a couple stays at HR Fukuoka (plus some at the GH) in November/early December. I have a hard time calling the HR terrible. Yes, the rooms are old, but that's not uncommon in Japan -- I've experienced lack of investment at numerous Hyatts (Osaka, GHF, HRT), Sheratons (Osaka, Yokohama, Miyazaki), ICs (Tokyo Bay), Hiltons (Odawara), Westins (Nagoya -now gone- and Tokyo) and CPs (Kobe, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kanazawa) in the last few years. Some of these hotels have started remodeling select floors, and some are now fully remodeled, but in Japan, unless I pay upward of 30k yen, I tend to go in with very low expectations in terms of getting a modern room.
I don't pick HR Fukuoka because of a burning desire to stay there, but only when no realistic alternatives exist (GH and CP sold out or 3-5x more expensive). I've always been given decent sized rooms (39sqm) on the club floor. Everything is old, but clean and functional. The club lounge is not bad. A couple hot items, and some high-quality cold stuff. Decent drinks selection. I'm always given vouchers for restaurant breakfast, and it's a great breakfast -- Hakata style wagyu beef, truffle omelets, a huge selection of hot and cold items, with lots of tasty and unexpected options. I'm not a breakfast eater, but this is one of my favorite breakfasts anywhere. This isn't a hotel I'd choose if I needed to impress a date, but it often plays in the sub-10k yen league (or 8k points on a busy Saturday), and at that range it's not bad value.
I had a couple stays at HR Fukuoka (plus some at the GH) in November/early December. I have a hard time calling the HR terrible. Yes, the rooms are old, but that's not uncommon in Japan -- I've experienced lack of investment at numerous Hyatts (Osaka, GHF, HRT), Sheratons (Osaka, Yokohama, Miyazaki), ICs (Tokyo Bay), Hiltons (Odawara), Westins (Nagoya -now gone- and Tokyo) and CPs (Kobe, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kanazawa) in the last few years. Some of these hotels have started remodeling select floors, and some are now fully remodeled, but in Japan, unless I pay upward of 30k yen, I tend to go in with very low expectations in terms of getting a modern room.
I don't pick HR Fukuoka because of a burning desire to stay there, but only when no realistic alternatives exist (GH and CP sold out or 3-5x more expensive). I've always been given decent sized rooms (39sqm) on the club floor. Everything is old, but clean and functional. The club lounge is not bad. A couple hot items, and some high-quality cold stuff. Decent drinks selection. I'm always given vouchers for restaurant breakfast, and it's a great breakfast -- Hakata style wagyu beef, truffle omelets, a huge selection of hot and cold items, with lots of tasty and unexpected options. I'm not a breakfast eater, but this is one of my favorite breakfasts anywhere. This isn't a hotel I'd choose if I needed to impress a date, but it often plays in the sub-10k yen league (or 8k points on a busy Saturday), and at that range it's not bad value.
Dec 12, 2018, 5:33 am
#275
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Join Date: Mar 2013
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Posts: 10,053
I just read that you and some others were discussing this in the HR Osaka thread. I wanted to respond here to avoid going off-topic there.
I had a couple stays at HR Fukuoka (plus some at the GH) in November/early December. I have a hard time calling the HR terrible. Yes, the rooms are old, but that's not uncommon in Japan -- I've experienced lack of investment at numerous Hyatts (Osaka, GHF, HRT), Sheratons (Osaka, Yokohama, Miyazaki), ICs (Tokyo Bay), Hiltons (Odawara), Westins (Nagoya -now gone- and Tokyo) and CPs (Kobe, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kanazawa) in the last few years. Some of these hotels have started remodeling select floors, and some are now fully remodeled, but in Japan, unless I pay upward of 30k yen, I tend to go in with very low expectations in terms of getting a modern room.
I don't pick HR Fukuoka because of a burning desire to stay there, but only when no realistic alternatives exist (GH and CP sold out or 3-5x more expensive). I've always been given decent sized rooms (39sqm) on the club floor. Everything is old, but clean and functional. The club lounge is not bad. A couple hot items, and some high-quality cold stuff. Decent drinks selection. I'm always given vouchers for restaurant breakfast, and it's a great breakfast -- Hakata style wagyu beef, truffle omelets, a huge selection of hot and cold items, with lots of tasty and unexpected options. I'm not a breakfast eater, but this is one of my favorite breakfasts anywhere. This isn't a hotel I'd choose if I needed to impress a date, but it often plays in the sub-10k yen league (or 8k points on a busy Saturday), and at that range it's not bad value.
I had a couple stays at HR Fukuoka (plus some at the GH) in November/early December. I have a hard time calling the HR terrible. Yes, the rooms are old, but that's not uncommon in Japan -- I've experienced lack of investment at numerous Hyatts (Osaka, GHF, HRT), Sheratons (Osaka, Yokohama, Miyazaki), ICs (Tokyo Bay), Hiltons (Odawara), Westins (Nagoya -now gone- and Tokyo) and CPs (Kobe, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kanazawa) in the last few years. Some of these hotels have started remodeling select floors, and some are now fully remodeled, but in Japan, unless I pay upward of 30k yen, I tend to go in with very low expectations in terms of getting a modern room.
I don't pick HR Fukuoka because of a burning desire to stay there, but only when no realistic alternatives exist (GH and CP sold out or 3-5x more expensive). I've always been given decent sized rooms (39sqm) on the club floor. Everything is old, but clean and functional. The club lounge is not bad. A couple hot items, and some high-quality cold stuff. Decent drinks selection. I'm always given vouchers for restaurant breakfast, and it's a great breakfast -- Hakata style wagyu beef, truffle omelets, a huge selection of hot and cold items, with lots of tasty and unexpected options. I'm not a breakfast eater, but this is one of my favorite breakfasts anywhere. This isn't a hotel I'd choose if I needed to impress a date, but it often plays in the sub-10k yen league (or 8k points on a busy Saturday), and at that range it's not bad value.
Feb 17, 2019, 4:16 pm
#277
Join Date: Oct 2017
Programs: Hilton Diamond, Hyatt globalist, Marriott Gold
Posts: 142
question: Is Grand Hyatt worth the extra 4k points for award stay? or should I just stay at HR?
I'm not quite interested in shopping, but I'd like to stay in a area where there are restaurants and izakayas, etc
I'm not quite interested in shopping, but I'd like to stay in a area where there are restaurants and izakayas, etc
Mar 9, 2019, 8:05 pm
#278
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: On the road, 24/7/365
Posts: 3,467
I just completed an enjoyable week at the Grand Hyatt. I had a tough time making a booking there because my top hotel priority is a good gym, open long hours. So this hotel had s major strike against it. But staff was great and quick to take a hint (I'll make my own coffee, thanks.) The club lounge fare was very good for people who don't eat meat - a rare thing in Japan. (I don't say disparaging things about hotels that don't cater to my chosen, minority-population diet. No one owes me anything, but it is nice.) The location was perfect for what leisure time I had - midway between Hakata and Tenjin..
Yeah, there is a funky smell, but I didn't notice it for very long - a few hours. My room overlooking the river was quiet. Everything I touched, worked. Little things like faucets and shower heads didn't seem weird, balky or low-quality.
Yeah, there is a funky smell, but I didn't notice it for very long - a few hours. My room overlooking the river was quiet. Everything I touched, worked. Little things like faucets and shower heads didn't seem weird, balky or low-quality.
Apr 5, 2019, 10:00 pm
#279
Join Date: Oct 2017
Programs: Hilton Diamond, Hyatt globalist, Marriott Gold
Posts: 142
just completed a three-night stay at the HR, rooms are fine, but extremely warm during the day since AC is not turned on and is centrally controlled, the only option is to ask housekeeping to open the windows. There is also a lack of basic amenities in the room like bathrobes and irons, etc.
Staying at he grand hyatt tonight and I'll come back to report it
Staying at he grand hyatt tonight and I'll come back to report it
Apr 9, 2019, 3:03 am
#281
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: ATL
Programs: Bonvoy Ambassador, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Gold, AA EXP, UA Silver, former DL DM
Posts: 2,001
Jul 29, 2019, 8:40 pm
#282
Join Date: Jan 2015
Programs: Hyatt Diamond; HHonors Dia; Langham Voyager; Marriot & SPG Gold; UA Gold; AA Plat
Posts: 54
HR Fukuoko closed in May 2019 for renovations, to re-open in winter 2019:
https://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/news/...brand-in-2019/
All Japanese pdf with a few pics:
https://www.hyattregencyfukuoka.co.j...4013_UsfT1.pdf
https://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/news/...brand-in-2019/
All Japanese pdf with a few pics:
https://www.hyattregencyfukuoka.co.j...4013_UsfT1.pdf
Nov 4, 2019, 1:59 am
#283
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
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Any recent stays at the GH? It is still the consensus that using a TSU is a bad idea if you would rather not spend a week sleeping in a tobacco factory?
Nov 4, 2019, 4:26 am
#284
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Nov 24, 2019, 2:37 am
#285
Moderator: Mileage Run, InterContinental Hotels
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 5,916
Just completed a pretty decent 6 night stay at the GH. Was offered an upgrade to an inward-facing deluxe room at check-in, but declined. This is the 500sqft-ish junior suite-ish room type that’s been fairly recently remodeled. Ended up in a river-facing room on a high floor. Due to the curvature of the building, some of these are short and wide (better IMO), others long and narrow — that’s what I had this time, and it’s hard to get to the bed without bumping into the office chair at the work desk. Hallway had the usual GH FUK smell, room was mostly fine, except one night a strong smoke smell from an adjacent room seeped in. I had fresh fruit and little snacks delivered to the room daily.
The lounge has perhaps the strongest champagne selection I ever encountered at a hotel. A 4-night rotation of Chandon (Australia), Moët, Nicolas Feuillatte, and Roederer. I don’t think I noticed this on prior stays (although they always had proper champagne on Saturday night), so maybe it was due to the sumo tournament (and the crazy high rates it brought). The happy hour food has always been a little strange, with sandwiches/soup/salads/sushi/unappealing hot items. Certainly doesn’t match the quality of the champagne, but I guess still a pretty strong lounge food offering by Japanese standards. Desserts and fruit are outstanding.
Breakfast at the lounge is pretty weak and quite frankly not worth getting up for. Terrible (usually cold) scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, and a quiche, some picked over fruit and cold cuts, and salads/Japanese items. I met up with a FTer who had breakfast included in his rate and invited me to the restaurant one morning; rather shockingly, the weak lounge breakfast is a pretty good representation of the restaurant breakfast.
As was the case in prior stays, nobody at the lounge talked to me or made an effort to refill my glass. I guess they’re more comfortable with Japanese guests. I sort of started wondering whether the handful of western guests present were actually staying at the hotel, or had just figured out that they can just sneak in and polish off the champagne.
Rates where eye watering due to the sumo tournament, but I had made a reservation under old cash and points. Certainly a good deal, 6k points and 8k yen (vs cash rates of 35k yen). No way I’d pay anywhere near that much, and I’m also not sure that the current rate of 15k points is justified except for a handful of high demand dates.
The lounge has perhaps the strongest champagne selection I ever encountered at a hotel. A 4-night rotation of Chandon (Australia), Moët, Nicolas Feuillatte, and Roederer. I don’t think I noticed this on prior stays (although they always had proper champagne on Saturday night), so maybe it was due to the sumo tournament (and the crazy high rates it brought). The happy hour food has always been a little strange, with sandwiches/soup/salads/sushi/unappealing hot items. Certainly doesn’t match the quality of the champagne, but I guess still a pretty strong lounge food offering by Japanese standards. Desserts and fruit are outstanding.
Breakfast at the lounge is pretty weak and quite frankly not worth getting up for. Terrible (usually cold) scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, and a quiche, some picked over fruit and cold cuts, and salads/Japanese items. I met up with a FTer who had breakfast included in his rate and invited me to the restaurant one morning; rather shockingly, the weak lounge breakfast is a pretty good representation of the restaurant breakfast.
As was the case in prior stays, nobody at the lounge talked to me or made an effort to refill my glass. I guess they’re more comfortable with Japanese guests. I sort of started wondering whether the handful of western guests present were actually staying at the hotel, or had just figured out that they can just sneak in and polish off the champagne.
Rates where eye watering due to the sumo tournament, but I had made a reservation under old cash and points. Certainly a good deal, 6k points and 8k yen (vs cash rates of 35k yen). No way I’d pay anywhere near that much, and I’m also not sure that the current rate of 15k points is justified except for a handful of high demand dates.