Hawaii Vacation Specialist-Chris

Here is the second hotel review I promised straight from the property of the hyatt regency waikiki resort and spa.

This blog is brought to you straight from the hyatt in waikiki.  We have a week long stay here and have been here for 4 nights.  We are in a cityview category which is actually quite nice.  We have a view of kings village which has some restaurants and shops with a cute little village look we can see straight from our balcony. 

FIrst off, if staying here I would suggest valet parking for a few more dollars a day.  We tried self parking the first day and while there were a lot of spaces open, the parking garage is tight so we had decided to just valet park for the remainder of our stay.  Valet parking here is $19.00 a day or self parking is $15.00 a day.  They valet service is great.  They are usually pretty quick at bringing the cars down and are always happy to help with your bags even from just a day of shopping.  Those bags are quick to get to your room.  They always beat us to the room it’s amazing.  Upon arrival the front desk clerk was absolutely great.  Very helpful.  I had booked my week long reservation separately being 4 nights and then an extra 3 and had asked them to try to get us in the same room so we wouldn’t have to switch half way through and they were absolutely accomodating.  Upon arrival in our room, the first thing I noticed was the smell.  It was one of the most wonderful smells I have smelt at a hotel.  I had to ask the maid what they used to get that smell in here and it is called juniper breeze although I believe it is an industrial air freshener that I may not be able to find in a store, but you can bet I am going to try as I would love for my home to smell that great.

The air conditioning is easy to control.  They have a phone bedside on the nightstand and a cordless phone on the desk next to the bed.  They have a tv in a armoir style cabinet with minibar beneath it.  The one thing I don’t like about that is in the minibar it is triggered by a sensor and it is not locked.  So if staying here with children be sure to keep an eye on them going in to that minibar as if anything is moved out of it, not even consumed, just moved it will charge you for that item.  We did get charged for coffee out of there which we didn’t drink, but they had come into the room and checked our minibar half way through and saw we did not use it and so noted that.

Their beds are comfortable and I have looked up the web address for the makers of their bedding which is www.pacificcoast.com that makes the hotel collection of feather beds , comforters and such and are not very expensive which was very surprising and I am thinking of getting some for myself.  They seem to make a good one for those of you who live in colder climates which i am thinking of trying myself.  There is ample lighting in the room and it is very nicely decorated with an elegant look, without overdoing it. The colors they use are quite relaxing. 

Room amenites.  They hyatt provides top of the line amenities in the room.  Their shampoo, conditioner, lotion and bodywash are from their spa collection and they give a good size too.  Most hotels I find give those tiny bottle enough for maybe one person to use as these bottles are enough for 3 maybe even 4 people to use a day.  Their har dryers are the best I have seen in a hotel thus far.  They are ceramic hairdryers, not those cheap ones you find at your local drugstore, also their irons are of good quality.  The shower is great with a hand held shower head, and the water heats up quickly.  They also give you a massaging soap bar in the tub.

The maids are great.  If they come once and you are still in the room and ask them to come back later, they sure do and will keep on checking on you as they did us today about 3 times.  If we tell them it’s okay, they still feel like they should give us things and always leave us with something whether it be towels, or shampoo and conditioner.  The bell desk was great too, if you need any help they are always happy to be of help too, no matter if it is their line of service of not.  We were running late to dinner one night so I had called the bell desk for our car to be brough around before we left the room, when we got downstairs we got in the car and left just that quick.

Location. The location of the hyatt is unbelieveable.  They have soo many things within walking distance.  Right across the street is a burger king, kfc, subway, tanaka of tokyo, round table pizza, keonis and then not even 5 minutes away is a chilis and a denny’s, bakin and robins, duke’s is across the street on the other side towards the beach and the beach is also right across the street with an unobstructed view from the lobby.  There are also many restuarants and shops located right on the hyatts property with a total of 3 abc stores on property which are very convenient for toiletries forgotten or even late night snacks when most things are closed.  They do not have mini refrigerators in the room, but can bring one up for your use, but they do charge you for that.

All in all so far I am really enjoying my stay at this property also.  For people not getting a car, this is the perfect location for you.  Anything is in a short walking distance to this property although walking down the main streets in waikiki is not bad as we walked the entire thing from they hyatt clear to fort derussy park and back and did not take long at all and was not at all hard to do.  I would definately recommend this property for your hawaiian vacation.