Pickles

In LIT, they actually show Bill Murray in two different rooms, what looks like a Park Corner room (when he's arguing with the shower, shown getting up in bed, and when they show him with the lounge singer), and what looks very much like the 1-bedroom suite in the "lip my stockings" scene. I know that because he knocks over a Noguchi floor lamp which is not in the regular rooms but only the suites.

trd

gee, after staying in many other hotels in Japan over the last 12 years, even the smallest of the Park rooms are generous. Just returned from 13 nights in Japan (11 at Hyatts).

trd

just returned from annual stay at the PH -- they do NOT require jackets at the New York Grill, just lots of $ ; the Citibank branch is about two blocks from the South exit of Shinjuku on the north side of the street on the walk towards the PH (another 4 blocks); the taxi should not cost more than Y680; after staying in many hotel rooms throughout Japan over the past 12 years even the smallest Park room is more generous than almost anything else. The only larger "regular" room I have ever had in Japan was at the Four Seasons.
For breakfast you will get one croissant, one muffin and one danish -- the type of muffin and danish seem to be the whim of the chef. One day I did ask on the hang tag for a blueberry muffin . . . and then got THREE (only) blueberry muffins. BTW the time that you circle for delivery (8:30-9:00, etc) will be delivered EXACTLY at the earliest time of the range.

ENJOY

Pickles

The way around that is to put down exactly what time you want them to show up. That's when they'll show up. I get a kick out of putting down 8:47 or 9:23 or something equally goofy, and just like the train schedules, there they are at the appointed time.

pdb

If on a budget and with such a considerable amount of time in Tokyo, you might also consider spending the last part of your stay at the GH Tokyo, if available. The RC on the 10th floor (with view of Mt. Fuji, weather permitting) has splendid fare, both at breakfast and cocktail hour--vs. the 3 toast/juice/coffee in your room offered at the PH.

thesilb

I'm a little bit confused. Can you only have in-room breakfast for Diamonds, or can you have your breakfast in a restaurant (be it that I understand you only get three pastries, coffee and juice)?

RichardInSF

Only in-room. I like their cocoa instead of coffee, it's also an option.

saimike

besides the train, u might want to consider a bus from NRT. there are busses going to various destinatioons but the one going to shinjuku should stop at te PH. i have taken it to the century hyatt and the hilton in shinjuku. last i took it, it cost 3000Y but that might have changed.

the nice thing abt this option is convenience: you wheel ur luggage to the curb at NRT, someone helps you put it in the bus, you board it, get off at your hotel, bellboy helps you remove your luggage. almost like a cab ride.

ps. there should be lotsa info on jpn in FT. pm me if u need more, its been a few years since i've been to tokyo, but i've been to japan at least once a year for the last few years.

Tummy

So we just checked into the PHT after a 14.5 hour flight from EWR and 2+ hours on the Limo Bus.

The doorman too our bags directly from the bus and the manager on duty escorted us to our room, bypassing the checking desks. The hotel is very fancy looking and I think we may be underdressed.

I am a bit disappointed at the room size which was preassigned. It appears to be the smallest sliver of all the rooms on the floor. I think its a standard Park room. The windows face Yoyogi Park and not Mt. Fuji as we had requested, though with the weather the way it is, we probably wouldn't see it anyways.

For some reason, I thought the rooms all had walk in closets. We weren't even able to fit both our bags inside, let alone walk into ours.

We were too tired to ask for an upgrade tonight, though I might ask tomorrow.

The bathroom is very nice, but I think I like the PH Paris Vendome better.

sphere

Did you get King Park Room (which used to be called King Guest Room). These are the smallest in the house and VERY disappointing. I was shocked when I was sent to this room but they didn't have anything else available so I had to wait like 2 hours. I was moved to bigger room (Park Twin Room) later and it felt like it was twice the size.

Tummy

I believe you are right. When we booked the FFNs it was booked in a King Guest Room, which I suppose is the standard room. I'll see if we can / want to move in the morning since I'm sure I will feel let down if we don't move.

I would have thought they would have given us at least small upgrade for being a Diamond. They don't appear sold out and there are Deluxe King and Park Suites available for sale.

Happy

We found that in almost every hotel we had stayed in, twin bed rooms are always bigger.

Mind you, in Japan, they charged by how many persons (and how many beds) in the room - and the room sizes vary accordingly. I recalled I have seen room types of single, semi-double (one bed, 2 persons), double, or twin ...

If you are on points or FFN, it is better to ask for Twin than for King.

If you are paying, you pay more for Twin.

It seems Asia and even the Pacific region, the hotels operate this way, as versus how we are used to in U.S.

Even in Hyatt Auckland, and Park Hyatt Sydney, the twin bed rooms are much larger than the king bed room. The twin bed room at Park Hyatt Sydney is enormous, but I have peeked into the king bed room which seemed a lot smaller. ditto at Auckland, the twin bed room was at least 50% larger than the king bed room.

sy7

I was just at the PHT a few weeks ago, also on FFN. I was given a deluxe King room, which was huge (and had a big closet area). However, my stay was for 4 weeknights (M-Th), and I think they were pretty empty at that time. They seemed to be more booked for that weekend. I would ask to see if they can move you, especially if there are deluxe rooms available for the remainder of your stay.

City view, or more specifically, a view of all the Shinjuku buildings, is nicer at this hotel than the Mt Fuji view. For the 4 days I was at the hotel, there was only ONE day where you could see Mt Fuji, and this is during winter when supposedly visibility is better. You can see Mt Fuji from the public areas in the hotel during the daytime. I actually thought the view, especially at night and early morning, was the best thing about staying at this hotel--it is like having your own personal observation platform.

I also agree that the Paris Park Hyatt has the better bathroom (my favorite bathroom in my limited hotel experience). You can't beat the PHT view however. You'll probably have a better impression of the PHT once you move into a deluxe room.

sphere

Which floor are you on? I was sent to 51st floor originally because I checked "High Floor" and "King Bed" boxes when I made the reservation and it seemed they honored these requests but didn't care much about the size. I had to be moved to Twin Room but that was million times better than being stuck in the small King Room. Having stayed at Park Hyatt Chicago a few times, I almost cried because the room was so so disappointing and it was a birthday anniversary stay (We did get flowers though).

Good luck getting a better room today!

Tummy

Thanks for the tips. It looks like we're in the disappointing room.

I talked to them this morning and they said they are completely sold out this weekend, but could move us on Monday. So we might do it since we'll be here until Thursday.

I also checked King Bed, High Floor, but they put us on the 42nd floor, which I think is the lowest floor guest rooms are on.

We got directions from the concierge and went to Tsukiji market this morning. That was really interesting. It reminded me a lot of the Sunday Market in Bangkok from when I was little. We stood in line and ate at a really tiny sushi place.