In September 2022, we saw the Grand Hyatt Singapore close, so that it could undergo a full renovation. This doesn’t just represent some minor cosmetic refresh, but rather a full reimagining of the property. In the summer of 2024, the hotel started a phased reopening, after being closed for nearly two years. There’s now an additional update, as roughly a year later, the project is now complete.
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Basics of the renovated Grand Hyatt Singapore
The refreshed Grand Hyatt Singapore is now fully open, with all room inventory and facilities available to guests. The property initially opened nearly 55 years ago, in 1971, so it has quite the history. It’s located off Singapore’s Orchard Road, famous for shopping and dining.
The property has 699 keys, compared to 677 prior to the renovation. Basically everything about the property has been updated, from the guest rooms, to the public areas. Of course if you’re looking for a boutique property, this hotel isn’t for you. However, as far as mega Grand Hyatts go, this is generally considered to be one of the best.
Guest rooms at the hotel are located in two wings, with different designs:
- The Grand Wing has 407 rooms and suites, designed by Tokyo-based interior design firm Strickland, and it delivers “a refined city stay infused with Singaporean character”
- The Terrace Wing has 292 rooms and suites, designed in collaboration with UK-based Grand Associates, and it’s “immersed in tropical greenery, koi ponds, and cascading waterfalls that echo the Japanese concept of shinrin-yoku”
The room product looks great, with entry level rooms starting at 42 square meters (452 square feet). Meanwhile deluxe rooms start at 54 square meters (581 square feet), so are very generously sized.
The Grand Hyatt also boasts a massive wellness area, with a full service spa, 24/7 gym, outdoor pool, and wellness garden.
As you’d expect in a city like Singapore, the Grand Hyatt is a dining destination, with quite the array of food and beverage outlets, ranging from Le Pristine Singapore (from chef Sergio Herman), to Pete’s Place (an Italian restaurant), to StraitsKitchen (a Singaporean restaurant), to Martini Bar (a bar, as the name suggests), to BRIX (a subterranean nightspot — quite the scene, based on what I’ve heard).
The hotel also has a relocated Grand Club, on the mezzanine level, which World of Hyatt Globalist members get access to. Back in the day the lounge quality was excellent, so hopefully that’s still the case.
Grand Hyatt Singapore rates & points requirements
Now that the Grand Hyatt Singapore has fully reopened, what are cash rates and points requirements like?
For those redeeming points, this is a Category 6 World of Hyatt property, meaning a free night redemption in a standard room costs 21,000-29,000 points per night. Meanwhile a free night redemption in a standard suite costs 36,000-44,000 points per night.
As far as cash rates go, they currently start at around 360 SGD (~280 USD) per night.
Bottom line
The Grand Hyatt Singapore has now fully reopened, after undergoing an extensive renovation. While the hotel reopened in a phased manner last year, at this point all room inventory is available, and all restaurants and other amenities have reopened. Having stayed at the “old” Grand Hyatt, the renovated property looks like a huge improvement, and I look forward to checking this out.
What do you make of the renovated Grand Hyatt Singapore?
The new rooms are really nicely done. It's a shame they didn't refurb the breakfast restaurant etc downstairs imo. Felt very old when I was there earlier this year.
I had the option to stay here last year when the hotel had just started to open up again from the renovations but chose to stay at the Andaz instead because it cost fewer World of Hyatt points and I preferred the location. The Andaz was fine but just didn't feel distinctive. I'm still not sure if I made the right decision or not, because the renovated rooms here do look very good.
I stayed there in 2022 and loved the lounge and staff - they were excellent. The rooms were nice, though very dated. The only downside was "professional ladies" in the lobby, who gave it a weird vibe. I wonder if that's gonna remain.
I stayed there in 2019 before the renovation. The pro was that the rooms were spacious (I was in a suite - 1 or 2 bedroom, can't remember) and the restaurants were very nice as well. The rooms were extremely dated though. I stayed at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo Roppongi prior to this hotel, so the contrast between them was huge.
The old Grand Club was on the top floor, but it wasn't accessible via...
I stayed there in 2019 before the renovation. The pro was that the rooms were spacious (I was in a suite - 1 or 2 bedroom, can't remember) and the restaurants were very nice as well. The rooms were extremely dated though. I stayed at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo Roppongi prior to this hotel, so the contrast between them was huge.
The old Grand Club was on the top floor, but it wasn't accessible via elevator. You had to walk up a flight of stairs. One person in my party was handicapped, so this wasn't possible. We had gotten club access specifically for daily breakfast. As a result, the hotel GM comped us free 2 daily meals (breakfast and dinner) for our entire party in the hotel's restaurants on the ground floor. So, excellent service but dated rooms. Glad to hear the latter has been updated. The rooms look amazing based on the renderings. Can't wait to be back!
@dan beat me to it.
Stayed there right before covid and the property was dated. It also had a bit of a weird vibe to me, though I was rather jetlagged and hungover from an overindulgence in SA F.
Stayed here last week, Terrace Suite upgrade, impressed with the room. The new club lounge was as advertised, both happy hour and breakfast rivalled anything I’ve seen in the region. Would definitely return.
Will the Brix club still have the 100s of escorts?
The old bar was popular with my ex-pat friends working in Singapore for happy hour and also had tons of escorts. I sure hope Brix is the same way.
100s? 100s at one time!
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Another thing to note is that they have been doing some Prive deals here and there, which when stacked with a CAA cover all the bases. I'm checking in next month and looking forward to seeing what it's all about!