Review – Hyatt Regency Chicago

Introduction

Since this was a cat 4 hotel, I used a Chase Hyatt annual certificate for a 1 night stay since I had no destinations planned with a Hyatt category 4.  We got to the hotel at around 11AM, and we immediately noticed there was a convention going on.  The hotel lobby area was HUGE and beautiful.  The hotel had 2 towers of rooms (East and West towers.)  We had to take an escalator upstairs to the lobby.

 

Checking in

There was a dedicated World of Hyatt desk where we checked in versus waiting behind 4 other people at the check-in desk for the serfs.  The rep mentioned that as a Discoverist, we got 2 coupons for bottles of water at the cafe downstairs.  Turns out there isn’t any water bottles in the room, which is always my biggest annoyance at hotels.  I was appreciative of the 1 liter Aquafina water bottles that the coupons got you.

 

Wifi

I didn’t even use it since I wasn’t in the room that long, but my wife didn’t seem to have a problem with it.

 

Room

Nothing special.  Just a regular room.

 

Lounge

I heard the breakfast at the lounge wasn’t that good.  Only 1 hot item and the usual bagels and cold cuts of meat.  The 6PM snacks were a bit better with some chicken fingers, cold cuts, and lots of vegetable options.  However, the alcohol wasn’t free and was based on an honor system – $4 for beer/wine and $5 for liquor, which wasn’t outrageous once you’ve calmed down that it wasn’t free.

 

Conclusion

I thought the location was great (just south of Michigan Avenue.)  Convenient Uber/Lyft pickup spots.  However, it is MASSIVE, so if you’re into small boutique hotels, then this isn’t for you. Also, the overnight parking fee was something outrageous like $67 all in per night (only waived if you are a Globalist booking on award!)  

 

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6 comments on “Review – Hyatt Regency Chicago

  1. I have reservations there the weekend of my birthday in October. I don’t usually like the huge convention style hotels but points and cash were available here and not at most of the other Chicago Hyatts.

        1. Centric location is slightly better. Room should be better too. Depends on if you think that’s worth the extra $$$

  2. I had drinks at the big bar there when I was 19 or 20 – I will always have fond memories of the place because of that 😉

    Parking charges everywhere in Chicago are outrageous – sometimes it is about half of what they are charging for the rooms.

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