I arrived in Amman at around 1:30PM, and my flight out of Amman was the following night/morning at 1:30AM, meaning I had about 36 hours on the ground. Amman has a few options for Hyatt and Starwood loyalists. There's the Grand Hyatt, Le Meridien, and Sheraton. While not yet open, there's also supposed to be…
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Looks like they got a new coffee machine since I was there last in May. The old one was finicky but made great coffee!
And either I missed it or something has changed - I was not offered bfast in the restaurant.
Hey Lucky,
The hotel's actually a category 3, not 4. You still probably would have paid cash though 🙂
@ janyyc -- Interesting. Was specifically told at check-in that restaurant breakfast was free for Diamonds, and wasn't charged for it. Guess it's a new policy.
@ John doe -- Whoops, somehow didn't see the pool. Based on Googling, here's a picture, though:
https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g293986-d308142-i21674872-Grand_Hyatt_Amman-Amman_Amman_Governorate.html
I had the same problem during a recent hotel stay, I was kept up all night by a loud drilling noise. I think the couple next door was on their honeymoon.
The layers of securities set up at the Grand Hyatt Amman are the direct results of past attacks:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Amman_bombings
Hi Lucky,
There is security like that at most of the major hotels in Amman. There was a coordinated bombing in hotel lobbies in 2005, and since then there have been external security checkpoints at most hotels. You will find them at other nice hotels in Amman such as the Kempinski Hotel located in the very nice Schmeisani neighborhood.
With your observation about security forces deployed in the street, that is a product of some of the recent ISIS attacks in the country. Amman is still very safe and has seen very little ISIS violence, but farther north in the country near the Syrian border there have been issues. That being said, I wouldn't worry too much about your physical safety in most of the tourist areas of Amman and Jordan as a whole such as Aqaba, Petra, Wadi Rum, Mount Nebo, the Dead Sea, etc.
P.S. Those toiletries are made from the mud of the Dead Sea. They are quite expensive and considered very luxury in Jordan.
Where did you eat in Amman? I've spent several months there so am quite familiar with the city. It's exciting to read a report of you there! I hope you explored Rainbow Street and the city center!
I stayed two nights at this hotel on December 25-27, 2016. We used the pool with my 13 year old daughter. Kinda strange was that there was an employee in the room watching us the whole time. Additional security comment is that the driveway to the hotel is blocked by 2 large metal barricades to block car bombers and access (although they can lower these as a wedding couple had a car up front after the wedding. We used two free night certificates from our cancelled Hyatt cards not points (me and wife) so had no status but bought access to lounge for $72 USD a night which included a full breakfast. We went to Petra by private tour and rested the day after and was given a courtesy 4pm check out when asked if we would pay the second night for lounge and breakfast access I said we would if we could get late checkout which worked out. There is both an indoor and outdorr pool by the way nicely heated indoor pool. There is steam and jacuzzi but is is separated by sex no mixed sexs in the jacuzzi or steam room. We were on the 8th floor similar room with nice rollaway. There was a US state department alert to avoid Jordan just around when we arrived (via Emirates 2 F and 1 J from Dubai after a stopover at Al Maha and LAX-DXB booked before the Alaska devaluation))
The 50 JOD/$72 USD was for all 3 of us per day and you can easlily est dinner in the lounge one night they had delicious lamb chops... so with no status and both breakfast and dinner for 3 I though paying for lounge access worked out.
The Hyatt certainly were level 1-4 not the any property certs we used the year before at Park Hyatt Vendome...
Looks like platform bed, was it? I know you like them and find them comfortable, but I avoid them.
I stayed there for 4 nights recently and the level of service I received was way different than yours in the lounge and restaurant. They were attentive and I had no issues. Maybe you just give off a douchey full of yourself attitude.
I stayed at the Grand Hyatt less than four months after those bombings. I picked the location because I figured it would then have the best security in the country 😉