We had one night in Beijing, arriving at 6AM and leaving at midnight the following night. While I’ve wanted to check out the Park Hyatt Beijing, I figured for a one night stay where we were hoping for early check-in we would be better off at a mega-hotel, where there’s a greater probability of rooms being available early in the morning.
So instead we booked the Grand Hyatt Beijing. It’s a Category 4 World of Hyatt property, so I actually redeemed by annual free night certificate from the Chase Hyatt Visa Card (which is no longer available – for a current option, see here). Given that paid rates were over $200 per night, I considered that to be a pretty great deal.
The drive from the airport to the Grand Hyatt took about 30 minutes, and the exterior sure did live up to the name — it was a grand hotel!
Grand Hyatt Beijing exterior
Grand Hyatt Beijing exterior
Grand Hyatt Beijing signage
We were immediately approached by bellmen who directed us towards check-in, which was located inside the lobby to the left. The lobby was beautiful, with high ceilings and lots of natural light.
Grand Hyatt Beijing lobby
Grand Hyatt Beijing lobby
Grand Hyatt Beijing lobby
At the reception desk we were helped by Mamie, a friendly associate who tried to process our check-in as fast as she could, though it still took about 15 minutes before we had our keys. All of the Gold Passport Diamond benefits were explained to us, including Grand Club access, complimentary internet, late check-out, etc. You can’t beat checking into a hotel at 7AM and being able to check out at 4PM!
Grand Hyatt Beijing reception
I took the elevator up to my room on the 18th floor, room 1842.
Grand Hyatt Beijing hallway
It was located at the far end of the hallway, and was a standard Grand Club King room.
Grand Hyatt Beijing room entrance
Grand Hyatt Beijing floorplan
The room was a good size for Beijing, with a large entryway. The bathroom was located to the left.
Grand Hyatt Beijing room entrance
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club King room entrance
The room featured a king size bed, small couch with coffee table, desk with chair, and flat screen TV.
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club King room
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club King room
The bed was extremely firm which I don’t usually like, but in this instance I found it oddly comfortable — it might just have been my exhaustion by the time I went to sleep.
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club King room
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club King room desk
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club King room couch
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club King room TV
The room felt somewhat modern — it had clearly been renovated, but not in the past few years. It also had a minimalistic design, which I quite like.
The room overlooked the front side of the hotel, and the surrounding office buildings, which are part of the same complex.
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club King room view
The bathroom was also a good size, with a sink, tub, walk-in shower, and toilet.
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club King room bathroom
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club King room toilet
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club King room shower
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club King room bathtub
The bathroom featured June Jacobs toiletries.
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club King room toiletries
On the whole I thought the room was very nice, though there’s one massive caveat. The Wi-Fi in the room — and for that matter in the hotel as a whole — was unusable. I realize that China blocks a lot of websites (though there are a lot of hotels where even those sites aren’t blocked), but my issue at the hotel wasn’t limited to those sites. Virtually any website I tried to search took at least five minutes to load.
When you live in hotels full time and need to still work efficiently on the internet for at least eight hours a day when traveling, this translates into an absolute nightmare. So I can stop right here and say that this is a hotel I could never return to due to that alone, though I realize not everyone is as dependent on Wi-Fi as I am.
Thanks to Gold Passport Diamond status we had access to the Grand Club, which is located on the 17th floor. You can either take the elevator down there from the 18th floor, or there’s a staircase that leads directly there.
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club
The Grand Club is nicely furnished and quite large. Even though there were lots of guests, it never really felt full.
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club
Breakfast was served from 6:30AM till 10:30AM, and featured a fairly good spread. They had salad, fruit, yogurt, cereal, croissants, pastries, cheese, cold cuts, etc.
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club breakfast spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club breakfast spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club breakfast spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club breakfast spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club breakfast spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club breakfast spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club breakfast spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club breakfast spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club breakfast spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club breakfast spread
Then cooked to order eggs were available off the menu. While there was a cappuccino machine, there were servers constantly roaming the lounge to clear plates and offer drinks. My only comment regarding the food spread otherwise is that I wish they had more Chinese options — there were two types of dim sum, but not much else.
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club breakfast menu
Then during the day they had some cookies and fruit available.
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club daytime snacks
In the evening from 5PM till 8PM they had the evening happy hour, with snacks and complimentary beverages. The spread was again fairly good, with cheese, crackers, sushi, chips, spring rolls, quiche, etc. I’ve definitely seen better spreads elsewhere, but it was at least average for an Asian Hyatt property.
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club evening spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club evening spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club evening spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club evening spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club evening spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club evening spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club evening spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club evening spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club evening spread
There were also well over a dozen liquor options, as well as beer and wine.
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club evening spread
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club evening spread
Interestingly they also had a menu with two evening options.
Grand Hyatt Beijing Grand Club evening menu
We didn’t spend very much time in the hotel, but the only other thing worth noting is that this hotel has a totally ridiculous pool area.
Grand Hyatt Beijing pool & spa entrance
Grand Hyatt Beijing pool & spa entrance
Grand Hyatt Beijing pool
It’s the craziest hotel pool I’ve ever seen, and I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.
Grand Hyatt Beijing pool
Grand Hyatt Beijing pool
Grand Hyatt Beijing pool
Grand Hyatt Beijing pool
Grand Hyatt Beijing pool
Right next to the pool is the gym, which was also nicely equipped (though three pictures in I was told “no photo” by the trainer staffing the gym).
Grand Hyatt Beijing gym
Grand Hyatt Beijing gym
Grand Hyatt Beijing gym
Grand Hyatt Beijing bottom line
This is a nice, “mega” Grand Hyatt. The rooms and Grand Club were nice, service was attentive though a bit cold (which I find to be common in China), and the pool was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. The only thing that kills this hotel for me is the Wi-Fi situation.
Redeeming points at Grand Hyatt Beijing
The Grand Hyatt Beijing is a category four property in the World of Hyatt Program, making it 15,000 points per night. If you want to redeem for a suite you can do so for 24,000 points per night.
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