May 3, 2016, 10:00 am
Last edit by: forumpersona999
This is a Cat 4 Hotel located in the K11 mall
Considered by many, but certainly not everyone, to be a better location Hyatt then the GH HK.
Hotel email: [email protected].
DSU will get you a Regency Suite and access to the Lounge
All Suite occupant will include the following benefits in the Regency Club Lounge on 23rd floor:
• Complimentary Continental Buffet Breakfast
• Complimentary Evening Cocktails
• All day complimentary tea, coffee and soft drink service
Picture of the Lounge:
(add here if you have it)
Picture of the Regency Suite:
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/23375541-post319.html
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Other Perks:
Blogger Reviews:
http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.c...tsim-sha-tsui/
Considered by many, but certainly not everyone, to be a better location Hyatt then the GH HK.
Hotel email: [email protected].
DSU will get you a Regency Suite and access to the Lounge
All Suite occupant will include the following benefits in the Regency Club Lounge on 23rd floor:
• Complimentary Continental Buffet Breakfast
• Complimentary Evening Cocktails
• All day complimentary tea, coffee and soft drink service
Picture of the Lounge:
(add here if you have it)
Picture of the Regency Suite:
(add here if you have it)
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/23375541-post319.html
tips:
Other Perks:
Blogger Reviews:
http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.c...tsim-sha-tsui/
Hyatt Regency Hong Kong Tsim Sha Tsui - REVIEW - MASTER THREAD
Mar 9, 2019, 11:08 am
#781
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Our 2-bedroom suite was on a lower floor without a view, but the view from the lounge is spectacular. We spent many hours there over the course of our visit having a cocktail and enjoying that view. I think it depends on what you need out of the room. In our case, with our kids, the suite was really helpful.
Mar 9, 2019, 12:08 pm
#782
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Our 2-bedroom suite was on a lower floor without a view, but the view from the lounge is spectacular. We spent many hours there over the course of our visit having a cocktail and enjoying that view. I think it depends on what you need out of the room. In our case, with our kids, the suite was really helpful.
Mar 9, 2019, 12:41 pm
#783
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I booked two separate rooms. I cannot remember if the second room for kids was at family rate or not. I can check. They upgraded us to the 2-bedroom suite on arrival. I’m Explorist.
Mar 9, 2019, 12:54 pm
#784
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Mar 9, 2019, 10:34 pm
#785
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Room size. The GH rooms are quite spacious and elegantly furnished. By contrast, I find the regular rooms at HR claustrophobically small.
Room assignment. GH always upgraded me as a Diamond/Globalist to a harbour view club room, even on p+c rates. By contrast, I had repeated issues with room assignment at HR, even as a Diamond/Globalist. I never got one of the larger rooms that jpdx mentions. My last stay, they put me in a regular city view room despite harbour view being available.
Lounge. GH has possibly the nicest lounge in the Hyatt system, with top quality food and outstanding service. HR has a very nice view, but food options are more limited and I found the service extremely hit or miss, especially at breakfast, where I was never able to get any of the custom made options.
Restaurant breakfast. I've done the buffet at both, and it is no comparison. While HR has a wide selection of items, the quality is mediocre. GH quality is exquisite. One of the nicer hotel breakfasts I've had in recent years.
Pool. GH has a large, resort quality pool. HR has a tiny, ugly thing.
Fitness center. GH has a large, state of the art facility. HR has a very small fitness room, with extremely limited equipment.
Service. HR service is competent, but perfunctory. A perfectly acceptable 3-4 star business hotel. GH service is at an entirely different level, just below true 5 star.
So I'll repeated, IMO the only advantage of HR is the Kowloon/K-11 location, which is really quite excellent.
Mar 10, 2019, 1:16 am
#786
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Okay. Here are the details underlying my opinion.
Room size. The GH rooms are quite spacious and elegantly furnished. By contrast, I find the regular rooms at HR claustrophobically small.
Room assignment. GH always upgraded me as a Diamond/Globalist to a harbour view club room, even on p+c rates. By contrast, I had repeated issues with room assignment at HR, even as a Diamond/Globalist. I never got one of the larger rooms that jpdx mentions. My last stay, they put me in a regular city view room despite harbour view being available.
Lounge. GH has possibly the nicest lounge in the Hyatt system, with top quality food and outstanding service. HR has a very nice view, but food options are more limited and I found the service extremely hit or miss, especially at breakfast, where I was never able to get any of the custom made options.
Restaurant breakfast. I've done the buffet at both, and it is no comparison. While HR has a wide selection of items, the quality is mediocre. GH quality is exquisite. One of the nicer hotel breakfasts I've had in recent years.
Pool. GH has a large, resort quality pool. HR has a tiny, ugly thing.
Fitness center. GH has a large, state of the art facility. HR has a very small fitness room, with extremely limited equipment.
Service. HR service is competent, but perfunctory. A perfectly acceptable 3-4 star business hotel. GH service is at an entirely different level, just below true 5 star.
So I'll repeated, IMO the only advantage of HR is the Kowloon/K-11 location, which is really quite excellent.
Room size. The GH rooms are quite spacious and elegantly furnished. By contrast, I find the regular rooms at HR claustrophobically small.
Room assignment. GH always upgraded me as a Diamond/Globalist to a harbour view club room, even on p+c rates. By contrast, I had repeated issues with room assignment at HR, even as a Diamond/Globalist. I never got one of the larger rooms that jpdx mentions. My last stay, they put me in a regular city view room despite harbour view being available.
Lounge. GH has possibly the nicest lounge in the Hyatt system, with top quality food and outstanding service. HR has a very nice view, but food options are more limited and I found the service extremely hit or miss, especially at breakfast, where I was never able to get any of the custom made options.
Restaurant breakfast. I've done the buffet at both, and it is no comparison. While HR has a wide selection of items, the quality is mediocre. GH quality is exquisite. One of the nicer hotel breakfasts I've had in recent years.
Pool. GH has a large, resort quality pool. HR has a tiny, ugly thing.
Fitness center. GH has a large, state of the art facility. HR has a very small fitness room, with extremely limited equipment.
Service. HR service is competent, but perfunctory. A perfectly acceptable 3-4 star business hotel. GH service is at an entirely different level, just below true 5 star.
So I'll repeated, IMO the only advantage of HR is the Kowloon/K-11 location, which is really quite excellent.
But I guess everyone is entitled to like or dislike a property for their own reasons, even if it makes no sense to others - I think that was his point.
Mar 10, 2019, 6:06 am
#787
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I’ve spent hundreds of nights in HK hotels, and tried virtually every chain. I freely admit that my preferences are unusual (for instance, I don’t mind LM Cyberport). I believe that the service of Loretta and her team at HR TST is excellent (but again, I admit this may be due to the number of nights I spend there) — I’m greeted by name by every staff and treated well (as opposed to the standoffish service at GH and several other 5* HK places). I almost always receive a xx23 or xx08 room (per my preferences), and if those are not available, my preference is acknowledged, and I’m offered a choice between a suite or harbor view room. I’ve had cordial chats with the GM (a great guy), and I’m fine with the club offerings. In contrast, the GH usually requires haggling to even get a harbor view room, and I’ve never had a suite without DSU. The GH club people are snooty at best, often hostile (and maybe that’s ok; they do preside over superior champagne after all). What seals the deal, I had a stay with a friend in a wheelchair at HR TST, and the treatment was outstanding; kind, but not overbearing. IMO, the HR is everything I want a hotel to be. But of course, different strokes for different folks, so please don’t feel a need to unfriend me if you prefer the GH.
Mar 10, 2019, 6:22 am
#788
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When I stayed here last year as a Glob, I didn't get a suite and also wasn't given the fruit and wine. French cab would have been nice......
Mar 10, 2019, 8:28 am
#789
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I checked out of the PH Seoul to go to the GH 7 nights early (2 nights into a 9 night reservation) for exactly the same reason. Had my stay at the GH HK been any longer than 2 nights I would have done the same there.
I am happy to pay a lot of money for a good product, but I won't be treated poorly in the process. The GH HK may be a beautiful property, but the people who run it just ruin the whole experience. Life is too short to put up with that crap.
Mar 10, 2019, 10:47 am
#790
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For truly snooty, try the RC Hong Kong
Mar 10, 2019, 10:56 am
#791
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Mar 10, 2019, 5:06 pm
#792
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Okay. Here are the details underlying my opinion.
Room size. The GH rooms are quite spacious and elegantly furnished. By contrast, I find the regular rooms at HR claustrophobically small.
Room assignment. GH always upgraded me as a Diamond/Globalist to a harbour view club room, even on p+c rates. By contrast, I had repeated issues with room assignment at HR, even as a Diamond/Globalist. I never got one of the larger rooms that jpdx mentions. My last stay, they put me in a regular city view room despite harbour view being available.
Lounge. GH has possibly the nicest lounge in the Hyatt system, with top quality food and outstanding service. HR has a very nice view, but food options are more limited and I found the service extremely hit or miss, especially at breakfast, where I was never able to get any of the custom made options.
Restaurant breakfast. I've done the buffet at both, and it is no comparison. While HR has a wide selection of items, the quality is mediocre. GH quality is exquisite. One of the nicer hotel breakfasts I've had in recent years.
Pool. GH has a large, resort quality pool. HR has a tiny, ugly thing.
Fitness center. GH has a large, state of the art facility. HR has a very small fitness room, with extremely limited equipment.
Service. HR service is competent, but perfunctory. A perfectly acceptable 3-4 star business hotel. GH service is at an entirely different level, just below true 5 star.
So I'll repeated, IMO the only advantage of HR is the Kowloon/K-11 location, which is really quite excellent.
Room size. The GH rooms are quite spacious and elegantly furnished. By contrast, I find the regular rooms at HR claustrophobically small.
Room assignment. GH always upgraded me as a Diamond/Globalist to a harbour view club room, even on p+c rates. By contrast, I had repeated issues with room assignment at HR, even as a Diamond/Globalist. I never got one of the larger rooms that jpdx mentions. My last stay, they put me in a regular city view room despite harbour view being available.
Lounge. GH has possibly the nicest lounge in the Hyatt system, with top quality food and outstanding service. HR has a very nice view, but food options are more limited and I found the service extremely hit or miss, especially at breakfast, where I was never able to get any of the custom made options.
Restaurant breakfast. I've done the buffet at both, and it is no comparison. While HR has a wide selection of items, the quality is mediocre. GH quality is exquisite. One of the nicer hotel breakfasts I've had in recent years.
Pool. GH has a large, resort quality pool. HR has a tiny, ugly thing.
Fitness center. GH has a large, state of the art facility. HR has a very small fitness room, with extremely limited equipment.
Service. HR service is competent, but perfunctory. A perfectly acceptable 3-4 star business hotel. GH service is at an entirely different level, just below true 5 star.
So I'll repeated, IMO the only advantage of HR is the Kowloon/K-11 location, which is really quite excellent.
hmm. I have a points stay booked in June with my family. Booked 2 rooms and applied a suite upgrade to one of them. After reading this, I’m debating on changing over to the GH. This is our first time in HK, and I think we figured staying on the Kowloon side would be more “touristy”
Doing the GH in Beijing, the TST, and then also the Hyatt on the Bund in Shanghai. Also a canopy stay in Chengdu. Knocking out as much of China as possible while we’re there!
Mar 10, 2019, 5:42 pm
#793
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hmm. I have a points stay booked in June with my family. Booked 2 rooms and applied a suite upgrade to one of them. After reading this, I’m debating on changing over to the GH. This is our first time in HK, and I think we figured staying on the Kowloon side would be more “touristy”
Doing the GH in Beijing, the TST, and then also the Hyatt on the Bund in Shanghai. Also a canopy stay in Chengdu. Knocking out as much of China as possible while we’re there!
Mar 10, 2019, 6:17 pm
#794
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For me TST way more fun as tourist. HR's neighborhood more local feel. GH is an ok hotel but I don't like the location much, not local enough nor in the center of shopping and high rises. I usually only stay there if meetings at convention center.
Mar 10, 2019, 6:24 pm
#795
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hmm. I have a points stay booked in June with my family. Booked 2 rooms and applied a suite upgrade to one of them. After reading this, I’m debating on changing over to the GH. This is our first time in HK, and I think we figured staying on the Kowloon side would be more “touristy”
Both the JW and Conrad are also in an excellent location (though very different from Kowloon). The Conrad in particular has nice sized rooms.