Location

The hotel is well away from the tourist center of the city, but was good for me considering I was on a long overnight layover and wanted to be relatively close to the airport.  I’m not familiar with the area, but Zaha Hadid’s Soho development is nearby and there are metro stations 10/15 minute walk away.  Taxi to/from the airport was about $8USD.
 

Arrival

I arrived around 3:30am after a late arrival to PEK for an overnight layover with my flight back to the states at 6:30pm the next evening.  Arrival by taxi was a bit of a pain as the taxi driver looked at the (100% correct) map and address (in Chinese) in the Hyatt app and proceeded to drop me off a 10 minute walk away at 3am.  I should have argued with him, but managed to figure out where I needed to go.  Note that the location in Google Maps is currently NOT correct, but the map that loads in the Hyatt app is correct.

Check-in

Check-in was relatively quick and painless.  The staff spoke good english, let me know I was upgraded as a Globalist, and that breakfast would be in the 3rd floor Regency Club.  4pm check-out was granted easily upon request.

Overall Design

The exterior (at least at night) was not much to behold.  Inside, the overall aesthetic is very subdued with a definite Asian vibe.  Stay away if you don’t like wood paneling — it’s everywhere, but feels modern and high end to me.  The hallways are done in a very dark wood which changes to a blonde tone inside the guest rooms.  

Room

I was upgraded to a Regency Suite on the 8th floor — not sure if it was the “deluxe” or not.  As you enter, there is a half bath off the entry foyer and a minbar/tea area where a full size bottle of red wine and a jar of nuts were placed (presumably complimentary, but there was no explanation and I didn’t get around to drinking the wine).

Also off the foyer is a dining table seating four with some complimentary fruit and then a large living room with sectional sofa and two chairs.  This whole entry/living area is hardwood floors with a notably pretty area rug in the living area next to floor-to-ceiling windows.  The seating is all very low and not particularly comfortable.  There’s a very large TV along with a small Bose bluetooth tabletop speaker.

The bedroom is large as well with a nice king bed with massive pillows and very comfortable bed linens.  The headboard is dark brown leather(ette?) as is the loveseat by the window.  The bedroom is carpeted in a striped brown wall-to-wall carpet that I didn’t love.  A wall panel next to the bed has switches for the various lighting and to operate the motorized shades and sheers.  Of note:  all outlets in the room are universal-plug equipped so no adapters are needed.

Another large TV in here as well.  There is a wall panel with HDMI and Aux inputs as well as a button to activate Bluetooth audio on the TV which loads screen telling you which bluetooth device to connect to as well as a 4-digit pin needed to complete pairing.  Unfortunately the device name is simply “Bluetooth” so it’s the same for presumably every TV is every guest room so it took some trial and error to identify the correct one.  Once paired, the audio will play through the TV as well as a ceiling-mounted speaker in the adjoining bathroom (with a separate volume dial next to the vanity).  I could not get the wall-plate HDMI port to work.

The bathroom can be entirely open to the bedroom or closed off with sliding doors.  In the center of the green stone-tiled room is a really nice bathtub.  At the back are a large separate shower stall (with bench and overhead + handheld sprayers) and an enclosed toilet (not Japanese style).  To one side is the vanity area with double sinks.  On the opposite side is an obscenely large walk-in wardrobe/closet.

The website lists the toiletries as Portico, but the brand in the room is actually [comfort zone] by LaBottega (60ml size).  Not sure how these brands compare, but the [comfort zone] products were fine for me and felt fairly luxe.  There were also two light bathrobes as well as two decent pairs of slippers.

Floorplan for reference below.  I was given an odd-number room which didn't have much of a view while I belieive the even-numbered rooms across the way have views over to the Soho area.

Regency Club

The club is on the third floor and is very nicely designed.  It felt relatively large, but it was almost empty at 8:30am and I’m not sure how busy it might get when the hotel is at full capacity.  I was only able to visit for breakfast and didn’t explore much, but it appears that there was some outdoor patio space as well.

The breakfast itself was somewhat limited, but good quality.  A hot food station had a few buffet-style options, both Asian and Western.  Eggs could be ordered to your liking in addition to noodles (or maybe it was congee... or both?).

A decent selection of yogurt, fruit, and juices was available as well as the European style cheeses and sliced meats.  High quality bread and pastries rounded out the selection.  Coffee is from an automated machine which made a relatively decent latte.

The staff at breakfast were very sweet and eager to help me navigate and then clean plates away.