I stayed there a few weeks ago. Nice older hotel and very well located. Older rooms but large.

I stayed here recently and was given a one bedroom corner suite as a Glob. There's free basic wine (and beer?) for all in the lobby every day from 5 to 6 pm, with an appetizer of the day. Glob breakfast is room service with a very generous limit. Globs are also told to take one of the big $7 bottles of water in the room.

The sushi and steak restaurant, IIRC called Rare, on the second floor closed suddenly in February; I haven't heard anything about plans to fill the space with another F&B outlet. In the meantime, the lobby bar is also a restaurant and even has a couple private (karaoke like, as one would find in some hostess bars in Asia) rooms on the side toward the back. They offer an inexpensive buffet breakfast (AKAIK all cold, but it's on a long table behind the wall behind the bar) and some lunch deals. The lobby has a fireplace (long fake as I've seen in other Hyatts) and the "famous" lion status, which I've been told will be preserved in the renovations to become a Hyatt Centric. Currently the place is quirky with some vestiges from its Minneapolis Athletic Club era (when it did have a lot of basic hotel rooms, but they might not have been bookable by the general public) as well as its Kimpton era.

Valet parking is expensive here, so it can be a decent local place to use an expiring cat 1-4 free night cert.

Interesting, I was told that for Glob breakfast I could take a credit for the buffet or order from room service, with the large limit. The front desk agent encouraged me strongly to take the room service breakfast.

Also, there's a nice (free) coffee service in the lobby until pretty late in the morning.

I was told $39 (for one person), which covered steak, juice, potatoes, another side, etc. Their breakfast items are priced very reasonably for room service.

However, they didn't clarify whether the $39 includes tax, delivery fee, service, etc. In my case, I was under $39 on just the food, but over including tax/delivery/service and everything was comped.

IIRC the charge for the breakfast buffet was in the $12-15 range.

The HR has a (small) club lounge on a high floor, although it doesn't have the good city views. I like it, but it's mostly cold food. The downstairs restaurant and bar off the lobby specializes in locally sourced food and is good, although in the bar wood tables style so it wouldn't be considered fancy or fine dining.

Normal suites for upgrades at the HR are "lockoff" style one bedroom suites on high floors or junior suites (big room with bit sitting area and Murphy beds in addition to the regular bed on low floors. At the Grand, I was given a small one bedroom suite.

I liked the staff at both places and both are connected to the skyway system, although not in a way that makes it convenient to use the skyway for much, although the Grand would be better in this dimension.

The Grand has a health club too Iit's the former Minneapolis Athletic Club building). I don't know about the pool, but I don't really like the pool at the HR; IMO it just looks rather depressing.

Both places seem pretty good at elite recognition. Grand is Kimpton is style, with the wine and (single) appetizer social hour in the lobby for everyone every day, while HR shows some Frank Lloyd Wright influences and is in a newer building. Most HR rooms get lots of light and at least half have good views. Grand rooms seem dark.

I heard a rumor (from someone in the local F&B industry) that the Grand's former restaurant that closed suddenly will soon be replaced, but I don't know a date or details.

BTW, there's also a newly renovated HP downtown that's a former Embassy Suites. It has an indoor pool, health club, bar and restaurant (with more F&B choices than most HPs, including a huge breakfast area), and more of a real lobby than most HPs. I've gotten large one bedroom suites here with kitchens as a free upgrade. In fact, I suspect that this property has lots of suites. It's worth considering too IMO and is likely to be closer to a business destination in the downtown area. It's also several blocks closer to the light rail line to/from the airport.