escape4

How was your stay at Centric and how does it compare to GH? What price premium for GH would you say is reasonable over Centric in light of your experience?

Aventine

Try Timothy rather than Tim.

Visconti

RE: location

When heading towards TST, I generally walk through the convention center for the Star Ferry. That longer or shorter than 1/2 mile? For places on Central, I'll just take a cab.

helvetic

Not OP but I spend significant time at the Centric. It's fantastic.

Price: GH is consistently 2x the price as Centric
Location: GH is closer to Central, but not easily connected to transportation. 10min walk to MTR, hard to get a cab. Centric is right on top of MTR on the Island line but about 10min further down the line than GH. Hard to get a cab at hotel, but easier on Java Rd in front.
Hardware: GH older but well maintained, very nice. Centric brand new and modern, very nice, but most rooms are smaller and far less luxurious
Views: Both have great harbor views, but GH's are prettier from being more central on the hardbor.
Lounge: GH is excellent, Centric is solid
On-site F&B: far better at the Centric. GH's full of overpriced crappy bars/restaurants. Centric's Cruise rooftop restaurant & bar is great.

Depends what level of luxury you want, and how much you care about location. I'm perfectly comfortable at the Centric and see little reason to pay a premium at the GH.

moondog

It's definitely closer than the subway station, but this trek is highly contingent upon route optimization (and quite possibly longer than 1/2 mile if you are over reliant on Google...their walking directions will never send you through the convention center, for example).

RichardInSF

That's terrible. I always get off the lift at the mezzanine level and walk that way to and through the convention center to get to either the MTR, trams, or Star Ferry..

escape4

Thank you for the comparison!

I don't care much about location for HKG (unlike other cities) and have stayed in Sha Tin before so I am unlikely to be bothered by GH vs Centric since location will be 100 times better in either case

I care about hardware, level of luxury, new/modern, odds of suite upgrades (= I value extra space), and good lounge. Sounds like GH wins on luxury and lounge but Centric wins from being newer and better price. Centric has small rooms and does not seem to have many suites - are odds of suite upgrades significantly better at GH as Globalist? If so that can justify paying a premium because I could end up in a room 2-3 times bigger at GH than at Centric.

jpdx

Helvetic is a big fan of the Centric apparently, but many others (including me) are not. I wrote a lengthy review of the Centric (along with a comparison to HR TST) here (scroll up and down for some other posts). IMO, the Centric is a miserable hotel with a mediocre lounge, only a handful of suites (which you're unlikely to get as a free upgrade, and even DSU usually can't be applied), and terrible sleep quality due to freeway noise. It's my least favorite Hyatt in HK, and even at a rate of HKD600, I have no intention of ever returning.

Hydro88

I haven't stayed at the Centric before but consisently get upgraded to suites at the GH, if that helps.

escape4

Yes this helps, thank you! A hotel with a probability of suite upgrade is worth significantly more than a hotel with low odds and can justify paying 2x for it at least for my purposes ^

escape4

Thanks for the detailed comparison, I had not seen it because I was not considering the HR TST so I did not read that thread. ^ It makes me lean a bit more towards paying extra for GH rather than lesser alternatives, particularly if rates stay low due to protests it seems the premium required for better hotels is lower than normal so luxury comes at a discount in HK nowadays.

G-CIVC

The GH is a top 5 Hyatt in Asia (or perhaps globally).

The Centric feels like a Place compared to its Tokyo sibling. It was the only hotel where I literally bumped myself in the corridor, it was that tight. Have done multiple stays in both the presidential and standard suites. Thanks but no thanks.

MSPeconomist

Top 5? I doubt it:

PH Tokyo
Andaz Tokyo
GH ICN
PH Seoul
PH Kyoto
Andaz Singapore
GH Bali
PH Shanghai
Andaz Shanghai

.....just to name some I know off the top of my head.

moondog

I'm guessing it's been mentioned somewhere in this long thread, and perhaps in the wikipost, but the Club at the Hyatt (this might not be the exact name) can be a worthwhile investment for those that stay/eat at the GH fairly often. I'm not sure what the current list or discounted price is, but in the past, it's been around HKD 5000 per year, which entitles cardholders to pretty significant discounts on F&B (as much as 50% if you game it properly). Although the target is the local market, I believe it also pulls some weight wrt room upgrades and the like. In any event, a lot of the restaurants that people are poo pooing for being overrated are much more attractive after you knock down their prices by a solid amount.

Red259

Agreed although I did not stay at the GH ICN, the PH Kyoto (i'm willing to bet this is better though) and I was really disappointed with the PH Seoul. I agree with all the other selections. To that list I would add that I believe the PH Beijing and PH Hangzhou are better.