My favorite Hyatt property, and perhaps one of my all around favorite hotels in the world, is the Park Hyatt Sydney. It's a stunning, intimate property, with unbelievable views. On top of that, I find the staff to be excellent, in particular the concierge team. It's a hotel which isn't just considered good by those…
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I stayed at that Four Points back in February. I actually wasn't a huge fan of the location, but it is functional and not entirely unexpected for a lower-tier Sydney property. Plus, some of my annoyance is specific to my own kind of travel style. I pretty much do public transit everywhere, and being that it was summer, I was carrying a large backpack and the hotel is about a 10 minute walk from the nearest subway/metro station, which can lead to a winded and sweaty arrival. Guess that's also kind of true of the Park Hyatt.
But, happy to see this. Having only the Park Hyatt, which totally underwhelmed me at the cost in money or points, in the Hyatt portfolio in the entire city is not ideal.
Oh wow! This is the hotel I usually stay at when I go to Sydney. I know this might sound like a really vague question, but roughly how much more would you guys expect the prices to rise? During my stays I have paid roughly AUD $350-400.
Jason
I hope their standards are higher than at the Hyatt Regency in Perth. I stayed there recently and regretted not staying at the Four Points over by the arena. The Hyatt had a beautiful lobby, but the rest of the hotel was pretty sad.
Any idea how it would play out if you book a 5-night stay for 2017 including 5th night free with SPG points? It would in theory be converted to a Hyatt reservation.
The signup bonus for the Hyatt Visa card includes two free nights at any Hyatt property. Wife and I both signed up for the card, so we're getting 4 (2x2) nights at the Sydney Park Hyatt later this year. Without that (Hyatt Visa) signup bonus, there is zero chance we would be staying there.
Definitely a welcome addition to the Hyatt portfolio for Sydney. Stayed here a few times, it's certainly nice enough, and easily the best of the hotels in that area (for now that is, new Sofitel is under construction + rumoured W and Ritz Carlton coming soon). Darling Harbour is a great location, unlike seemingly most other convention/exhibition areas, it's very close to the heart of the CBD and generally a very vibrant area with good dining/entertainment options.
Welcome news, Sydney is desperate for more hotel rooms, prices can be crazy over the summer. It feels like it been loosing more rooms than its been gaining in recent years what with several TFE hotels being closed down and turned into appartments.
Depending on my budget, I may stay there, depending the on which category it is.
I prefer to stay at the Park Hyatt, as I love the location in The Rocks, rather than Darling Harbour.
Jason must have been staying at the Four Points, Sydney at peak periods if he was paying AUD350-400 per night. Somewhere between AUD200 and $250 would be more like it for normal nights. However as a Hyatt Regency, I think you could expect AUD200 to AUD300 regular nights. But wait for the moans when people find that most of the rooms are only 28 sq metres.
In regard to renovations and extensions these have been going on for some three years now and are scheduled to finish in August 2016.
There is only 1 Category 6 Hyatt Regency. I think they'll make it a Category 5; more to differentiate it from the Park Hyatt (Cat 7).
Oops, there are actually four Regencies that are Category 6 so I guess there is precedent for a Regency as a Category 6.
Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort Spa and Casino
Hyatt Regency Hakone Resort and Spa
Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill
Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Méditerranée
This construction has been going on for several years now.
The rooms are small, but nicely appointed. I agree with others that it is more of a lower tier property. The convenient location with access to the touristy Darling Harbour isn't bad, if you are into that sort of stuff.
Anyone here on how many days in Sydney are sufficient? Five is what I have read commonly but have heard some locals suggestion one could easily spend eight days and do things in and around SYD.
Darling Harbour itself struck me as a tourist trap, complete with IMAX and one of those all look the same mall on the water complexes that are in Jacksonville, Baltimore, NYC, etc. At least the other Hyatt has the historic district as a location.
I stay there when it was Nikko hotel(before Four Season). The location is not easy to access I have to say. I agree with @Dale M, darling harbour is a tourist trap! I don't know many locals go there.
A reasonable property with good sized rooms but a tricky location: not really walking distance up to the city centre . When it was consistently around 200 AUD plus it was fair value but now at over 300 or more I would pass. Hyatt could make it work but only if they keep the rate modest/category fair.
@jediwho:
In terms of how many days in Sydney is enough - I guess it depends on what you want to do (especially if you are thinking of taking day trips out of the city, like to the Blue Mountains, or the Hunter Valley)
I grew up in Australia (but not in Sydney), and found that three days in Sydney was enough for what I was looking to do - any out of city trips were always done on separate occasions. I usually spend two/three nights in Sydney on each return visit I make.
If you are making a trip to Sydney as your only destination (in other words, aren't traveling elsewhere around Australia), then 8+ days would be better, but if Sydney is just but one stop on your itinerary, then I think 3 days is enough.
@jediwho
I agree with Susan. As a BNE-born man now living in MEL who loves to visit SYD almost every single year since I was in my twenties, 3-5 days if SYD is but only one stop on your itinerary is MORE than enough - it is no Manhattan. As evidence, we are telling my brother-in-law & his fiance from Austria to only spend 2 days there when they visit later in the year.
I have stayed here several times over the last 12 years and have NEVER paid anywhere near what you are suggesting, and never would; I would only pay that for the Sheraton or Westin (and have done so a couple of times). @Rick is absolutely correct - $AU200-250 per night is normal. Any more than that and you may as well stay up at the Sheraton or Westin.
Just to clarify, the redevelopment is almost complete and the image supplied is an actual photograph (not a render).