Review: Hyatt House Anchorage

Fine review, but what a depressing premise "flying to Alaska in October to spend two nights in a Hyatt House nowhere near anything interesting to complete an airline status challenge in the cheapest way possible" is.

I forgot to add "alone". This is unfathomably bleak the more I think about it.

Hyatt house in many markets are "suite only" hotels where room is larger than a typical Hyatt Place.
In some/quite a few markets, however, the Hyatt House brand does offer standard King/Two doubles, at which point the basic room type may be smaller than the common Hyatt Place.
Hyatt House has 2 (or 2.5 generations for now), the first generation is what those Summerfield hotels were when acquired, with a wooden-toned room, feels more like dated stuff, but often starts with 1 br suite. Hyatt House 2.0 features "Studio" room type which is a large square room with separate living/br area. It's like a transposed Hyatt place room with added space so Bathrooms are larger.
Hyatt House 2.5 is similar to 2.0, but the kitchen area features greyish stone counters, some of them even have stone islands. That's around the same time for Hyatt Place 2.0 when greyish/modern decor is introduced (but Hyatt Place kept the same lay-out, just the lobby has been much, much nicer)

On the breakfast, both HH and HP offers mediocre breakfast and the quality is almost always inline of revenue generated. In a poor market both offers very little while in good markets (for example, HP Flushing/LGA) the breakfast is much better than average for a limited service hotel.

Andrew, great post like always.

@ Ben L.—If you find the premise of this post "unfathomably bleak," I'm not sure you're in the right place. Unless maybe you're here for all the credit card reviews.

Thx for this review. I live in ANC and have been looking at this hotel for friends and family. For 8k points/night it is a steal in the summer when decent hotel rates easily exceed $250/night.

Ive stayed at this hotel several times in the past year. It looks like you stayed in their basic room. I highly recommend the nicier rooms which have a kitchen island and separate living area. The also have huge corner rooms with a separate bedroom which is great for family stays. I've never had to pay for the upgrade, only kindly requested it with my Hyatt CC status. The staff are some of the niciest in town. The 40k bonus from the Hyatt credit card can get you 5 free nights here where rates in the summer (may-october) can be from $170-$250/night. Im usually just gojng thru Anchorage so thd Location is awesome. Its close to the airport or a short ride to downtown or South Anchorage via C street or Minnesota. This is one of your best bets for hotels in Anchorage

Hey Now! I probably flew there the same weekend to complete my AS MVPG status for the year. I had a great time. Stayed at the Sheraton downtown, it was “meh.”
ANC in winter can be fun. I used to live in AK, so I’m probably more familiar, but even alone, it sure isn’t depressing.

I have made four "status", one night runs in the months of Oct, Nov, and Dec during the six years. Overnighted at the downtown Marriott, $100 a night with breakfast. Each trip provided close to 10,000 airline status miles and the fare was less than $600 (off-season ). Great city to buy and bring home fresh fish. There is a nice large fish market, just out of the downtown area. Best time to go off season to Anchorage is early Oct. while in Nov you can purchase fresh king crab just off the boat from Homer, Alaska. Dec. is cold with rain or snow. Great trip for a point run but there is not much to do Anchorage except dining and drinking.

The Hyatt House Anchorage looks so different from the 2 Hyatt House properties that I've stayed at in DFW. Both Hyatt House properties in DFW had a separate fully equipped kitchen like the Residence Inns. They were like apartments to me.

Hi Andrew. I also live in Anchorage. Wish you could have stayed at the Captain Cook which is a much more interesting property and is in the downtown corridor. Next time come during the dog races.

Wow! That breakfast looks like any other hotel breakfast. Impressive!

THIS IS THE WORST HOTEL EVER I STAYED AT..
THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS REALLY BAD..DO NOT CARE CUSTOMER..ALL STAFF WITH ATTITUDE? NOT PROFFESIONAL AT ALL..
NEVER EVER AGAIN GOING TO THIS HOTEL IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!!!
THIS PLACE NEEDS TO CHANGE THE FRONT DESK STAFF FIRTS.