Park Hyatt Phu Quoc, Vietnam, Opening Late 2025

If you’re looking to splurge on a resort/beach vacation in Vietnam, you must consider Amanoi. I was there in September and it was blissful.

Is Phu Quoc, Vietnam, worth a visit?

No. As a Vietnamese, the food there is subpar compared to other regions in Vietnam. Outside of hotels, there are not many things or places to do or visit. Only consider it if you spend more than 70-80% of your time in the beach resort.

I stayed at Salinda Resort on Phu Quoc in February 2020. It was great. And a fraction of the cost of the other resorts. No need to pay US style prices in Vietnam.
As far as whether Phu Quoc is worth it, I enjoyed my time. The beaches were beautiful. It was my first stop in Vietnam as part of a larger trip, and I enjoyed it, mainly because i stayed there for a few days to get over jetlag. That's how I'd recommend it. I wouldnt fly all the from the States just for Phu Quoc, but it would be part of a larger trip.

Not worth it. Captive resort if you care. Amanoi might be worth it. JW is one of a kind, but you can experience the whole resort without staying (grab a coffee by the beach)

The only hotel worth traveling to Vietnam for is Amanoi—it’s sublime and with every penny. Phu Quoc is more of an “additional” place to go if you’re in Vietnam.

I stayed at JW Marriott before it was JW and it was fantastic, like everyone else is saying. However, previous posters are correct. There isn't all that much to do in Phu Quoc. While the beaches are beautiful around the resorts, if you venture out more like I did, they were filthy and disgusting (the contrast was stark). The most interesting thing on the island is the prison, so that's all you need to know, haha. I would make it a part of a larger itinerary but I definitely would not visit just Phu Quoc itself.

Also, while the beaches on Phu Quoc are nice, I preferred the whole beach/ history/ town experience near Hoi An much more. There is a Four Seasons resort right on the beach in Hoi An, though I prefer staying in the town where there are a lot of nice hotels and biking out or cabbing out to the beach for the day. Much better food than at the resorts in Phu Quoc, and a better overall cutural experience. Also, Phu Quoc, while in Vietnam, really isnt close to anything. So journey times can be long to get to/ from there.
There's this HIDEOUS development on the south part of the island. It's called SunWorld. It has a huge cable car that leaves from this artificial community at the south that takes you to an island with an amusement park. Steer clear of it. It's truly awful.

As I and others have stated, the beaches at the resorts are mostly nice and a nice place to hang out to recover from jetlag after a long trip, but the focus of your trip to Vietnam should be elsewhere, not here. I loved the Salinda Resort and would consider it as well.

The Regent Phu Quoc was phenomenal when it opened (and in most ways still is). However, they've raised prices significantly on their better rooms, and created a fake lowest-tier room for award bookings that "upgrades" to basically the same room. It's still the best newer large resort in SE Asia, but it's no longer the absolutely ridiculous value that it was even a year ago. Will be nice for them to have some competition from the new Park Hyatt.

The JW is fantastic. The beaches are great and they have awesome elite recognition. I stayed there a few years ago as a platinum and used Suite Night Upgrades for a 3 night stay and had an amazing suite that was huge. Great property!

All the large resorts are outside the main Phu Quoc town area, so you're basically on the resort or taking a taxi to get into town.

When I went I stayed at the L'Azure resort in town, which was walkable to markets and small authentic restaurants. I found the island to be gorgeous, great beaches, friendly people and food. It felt like a less crazy and touristy Phuket.

I travelled in June 2022, easy nonstop flights from Hanoi, and then to Saigon. If you're in Vietnam it's easy enough to get there.

I'm in Phu Quoc now and stayed a week at the Regent before renting an Airbnb in Sunset Town. The Regent, like the Park Hyatt, is on the West side of the island and probably 3 or 4 miles north of where they are building it. FWIW, the Regent is really nice as was its beach when I was there. No trash at all. I'd bet that currents at different parts of the year could effect beach quality quite a bit. The beaches (bai sao and bai kem) on the Eastern side of the island just north of the JW are good now as well.

I think Phu Quoc is worth including as part of a larger trip. You could combine it with stops at the Park Hyatts in Jakarta (fantastic) and Kuala Lumpur. As a bonus, Vietnam's strategy for tourism development on the island could merit a post. I've never seen anything like it.

The Amanoi is one of the best properties I've ever visited, anywhere. I would say that alone is worth a visit if one if looking for a beach vacation in Vietnam. That said, there is (and will always be) the issue of keeping the beach itself clean, since it's so close to a working fishing harbor, and it's WINDY, which is actually helpful with the heat.

Phu Quoc is definitely worth a visit if you are in Vietnam. But no way would I travel all the way from the US just to visit the island. The JW is amazing and unique although service was unpolished. The rest of the island is just OK. Compared to some Thai islands, it's a dump.

I have been there and it is wonderful! There are many smaller resorts as well but you will need to rent a scooter if you really want to see the island. The cable car to smaller island is EPIC.

That cable car ride was absolutely TERRIFYING. I had to pop a few xanaxes to survive. And what was on the island was absolutely NOT worth the ride.

Combine it with a few days in HoiAn, easily reachable from Danang. HoiAn is usually described as the most beautiful town in Vietnam.

The island as a whole is still transitioning - only a few years ago it was pretty much covered in tropical forests and had no electricity. Speaking to one of my drivers while staying there in February, two big conglomerates have bought big parts of the north and south of the island respectively from the government and are speedily developing. A lot of that development was aimed at Russians and Chinese who have yet to return since Covid and as a result there are vast developments across the island that sit abandoned and unfinished. Where they have developed tourist attractions such as in the south, it feels more like Vegas than Vietnam - trying to create replicas of the Colosseum as one example. What’s very disappointing in that in all these development you see very little Vietnamese character in style and architecture! Big shame. The locals are happy because they now get year round electricity and jobs in the tourism industry due to all the resorts.

Now talking about resorts - with many of them being fairly new, you can have a great time if you just want to chill and relax at the resort. The standards are high, the food great and service is generally very good. As a destination, I’m not sure it’s worth trekking around the globe for just Phu Quoc. As part of a wider Vietnamese itinerary, it makes sense, as there are frequent flights and easy to get to from Vietnam’s main cities.

As others mentioned, the Regent Phu Quoc is fantastic and maybe you can do a combo review once the PH opens! If you do visit Vietnam, Starlux will start flying their A350 to SGN on 1/15. Gives you an opportunity to try and review their F class!

The Park Hyatt Saigon is spectacular. We loved the front desk, you'd think these people had some kind of AI camera to know who everyone was all the time.

No free rooms, though. But you can use points, so that's nice.

Retreating to the cool, peaceful, dimly-lit lobby bar for a late-afternoon libation is truly a pleasure after a day in HCMC. A great hotel, for sure.

I'd say it's worth a visit if you're already in the area. Stayed at the JW marriott for a few nights as part of a larger trip through that part of the world and would highly recommend. However, for that stage of the trip we wanted to just be at the resort/beach and it was perfect. If you're wanting to be able to explore and have off resort activities....maybe look elsewhere

We were sadly treated to a bunch of Americans clearly on credit card points (it's amazing what buying toilet paper at Costco can get you, isn't it) who were pretty annoying in the common areas.

That was no fault of the PH, though. It is a lovely property and I think we ran into some bad luck with that.

The Intercontinental Sun Peninsula near DaNang is worth staying at. It’s stunning—inside and out. (Bill Bensley designed, same as the JW on Phu Quoc.)

I think a Park Hyatt is an odd choice for Phu Quoc. PQ is good for a family with kids on holiday. Set up shop at the Intercontinental for not many points, enjoy the pools and beach. Take a cab to Vinepearl Land amusement park and aquarium. It’s affordable fun in a unique location. It’s a place to be at the beach when another part of your vacation had you somewhere more urban.

To be fair, your statement is a bit of an exaggeration. To earn enough points to travel to Asia and stay at the Park Hyatt requires an extensive amount of points, even with sign-up bonuses. People can be obnoxious, whether they are American or non-American. I've also been around extremely wealthy people who act like idiots.

Hoi An is an utter tourist trap. If you don’t wake up before dawn, you’d might as well not even bother.

As beautiful as it is, I'm not sure I'd travel to Vietnam for the sole purpose of visiting the Intercon Da Nang. (That said, I've never gone to a country "for" a hotel...but this is that kind of platform).

I’ve been to Phu Quoc 3x, most recently in 2024 and it’s a beautiful island, but I would only go there if already traveling to other parts of Asia. I travelled there from HCMC which is just an hour away by air. There is a massive new development on the southwest of the island which is a simulated Italian village which feels very fake and Las Vegas like to me and caters more to Chinese, Korean and Japanese travelers. Nothing authentic Vietnamese about it, but other parts of the island are much more authentic. Looks like the new Park Hyatt is a 20 minute drive from there and looks like a self contained resort…

Still not opened 😀