4 years ago
We like staying at Hyatts and came to expect a cer...
We like staying at Hyatts and came to expect a certain level of quality. Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead has valet parking ($40+) or self parking ($30+). We used the valet service &received a discount for our disabilities placard. Entrance was clean, check in was quick. Pool was not heated & the location of the pool was completely in the shade when we got there around 5pm. I felt it was too cold to swim but my kids stayed in until about 7pm. Pool area was clean; towels were available for use and also some pool noodles and a few other toys. There is no hot tub & and a lady decided to walk her yellow lab around the pool while my family was swimming. She took it off the leash & kept me wondering if she was going to let it get into the water . Our room was on the 20th floor, the view was not fantastic (however, we didn't book it for a view). There was no microwave in the room, the beds were extremely uncomfortable (neither my husband nor I got restful sleep), pillows were flat (almost like the cheap pillows from walmart), and we encountered cockroaches in the room and the bathroom . We had dinner @ the restaurant inside the hotel. The server told us the items on the kid's menu ( there were no printed kids menus available) and she didn't remember the prices. Strange since they advertise their 'by kids for kids' menu on their website Service was pleasant and kitchen took over an hour to put our food out & everything was cold, flavorless & dry. We ordered the strauss burger with twisty fries, chicken panini w/ salad, chicken tenders w/ fries & cheese quesadilla. I would suggest going out to eat. We ordered room service for breakfast; salmon bagel, 2 eggs any style, 2x pancake meals from the kids menu, 3x orange juice. Altogether, it came out to $70+. Salmon bagel had an excessive amount of salmon (I guess that's better than the opposite) & smelled strangely of kitchen cleaner or similar , eggs were good & potatoes burnt, bacon was too salty and perfectly crispy. Kids pancakes were multi grain and fantastic! Huge complain about the breakfast arriving packaged in all plastic with plastic tableware, inside bags WHY? so much unnecessary garbage!!!! By far, this Hyatt did not meet our expectations of what Hyatt stands for based on our experience with other locations.