When booking my hotel in Bangkok this week I was surprised to see not only a Hyatt Place show up in my search, but that it was available for booking. I quickly booked it.
Turns out I arrived on the second day of the hotel’s soft opening and I have the distinction of being the first Globalist member to stay at the property. It’s still a work in progress, but already a very nice property at a much more reasonable price point than either the Grand Hyatt Erawan or the new Park Hyatt.
I was assigned a corner room on the 7th floor (currently only the first 18 floors are open) which actually reminded me of the corner room at the Park Hyatt. The view was great, but more importantly the room was very spacious.
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Even better, the room offered universal plugs and USB outlets everywhere…a lot of thought went into the design of the room.
Hyatt Places outside the USA are not the cookie-cutter properties found in the USA. The common areas of this hotel are quite beautiful.
Like all Hyatt Places, a pantry is available in the lobby that offers ready-made meals and a microwave to heat them up. I ordered Mexican food (of course) from a nearby restaurant and had it delivered to the property.
The 19th floor features a two-room fitness center and swimming pool. The pool is not yet complete, but the fitness center has brand new Matrix and Life-Fitness equipment.
Excellent Breakfast
Breakfast is also very nicely dine, in a beautiful third floor dining room with a nice selection of eastern and western items.
I’ll put up a full review of the property next week, but it is nice to see Hyatt enter the limited-service market in Bangkok. Obviously the Grand Hyatt and Park Hyatt are nicer properties, but I will not hesitate to return here. A new rooftop bar is opening soon that will afford beautiful views of Bangkok.
The hotel is located on Sukhumvit 24, just a few doors down from Hilton and Marriott full-service properties.
Between the new Hyatt Place and the Park Hyatt is a construction site with a sign saying future Grand Hyatt. Hyatt will go from an also ran to a leading contender in BKK! Good to see.
@Markj – future Grand Hyatt? There’s going to be another one?
Markj is talking about the Hyatt Regency on soi 13.
Staying at my usual choice of B&B in BKK is like an extending experience of traveling F in AF. The front desk greets you by name, ask about the family at home, pleads to see their pictures, escorts to the room, double-checks every corner is pristine, tests all appliances and outlets, offers to explain the use of every item in the room. The curtains open to gardeners manicuring the grounds. Breakfast cooked to order with eggs, fruits and vegetables procured at the market that morning. The chef asking what your in the mood for the night. All for $50 a night.
JoeMart – are you able to share the name? 🙂
While I’m tempted to book any of the many chain hotels at relatively cheap rates for an upcoming trip, at some point it indeed does become a little irrational if there’s options like you’ve come across.
Yes, please share!
Yes, because with so many top properties in Bangkok for very cheap rates I will choose to stay at a Hyatt Place. I guess sometimes loyalty for a US hotel chain becomes an addiction.
Always a killjoy when it comes to chain hotels in Bangkok. 😉
As far as I can tell, Hyatt is reeling in their loyalists with rates well above what BETTER hotels in other chains are charging. I can get five star hotels for Hilton and Accor for less per night than the Hyatt Place when I plugged in dates for an upcoming trip. Hyatt Place instead of a five star at a better price? LOL, thanks but no.
Good for Hyatt for making their elites this irrationally attached to a chain. More chances for me to enjoy good hotels in Bangkok at cut rate prices. Everyone gets what they want- Hyatt loyalists get their preferred chain, Hyatt gets more money, I get better hotels for less money.
Sarcasm aside, Santastico has a point. Hyatt charges a premium, in many cases an obscene one like the PH in BKK, for their properties in Asia. Yet you Hyattists throw economic rationality out the window to remain loyal. Good for Hyatt, and you and Kyle have both justified your rationales for doing so. But honestly I don’t get it, especially for a chain that no longer seems to value your loyalty all that much.
Also in Hyatt Place Phuket?
@MDT I have to correct my comment. It is a Hyatt Regency.
Thanks for the review Matthew, it’s nice to see another Hyatt in BKK. I can certainly see taking advantage of this HP on those occasional overnights instead of blowing $250 for a night at the Park Hyatt.
Looks like a nice property. You got a nice room – I don’t assume it’s the standard room though.
That electrical plug looks standard Thai plug – mix of continental Europe/Korea and North American/Japanese plug. Definitely not universal plug, which I have yet to see in most properties across Asia.
I should have added the power bank at the desk. It was equipped for more plug-types. I’ll add it to the full review.
Swimming Pool?
Yes, but not open yet.