Grand Hyatt Erawan

[oliver17 10,638]

Recently I received an email from Hyatt offering Hyatt Gold Passport members 30% off room rates at their higher-end Asian properties. The dates of the offering

coincided with my Dec 2015 - Jan 2016 BKK ladyboy jaunt, so I jumped at it and spent a few days at the Grand Hyatt Erawan in Bangkok. The normal rates

at the Grand Hyatt range from 6000 baht up to 10000 baht per night, with Club rooms at 8000 baht. If you are so inclined, you can also take one of their cottages

starting at 22K baht per night. I selected a standard room at the discounted rate of 4K baht ($110 US). I then traded in some of my Gold Passport points

and upgraded into a Club level room. It costs 3K points per night to upgrade. It really was a deal too good to pass up. A similar room in New York or

Tokyo would cost around $450-$500 per night, so this was a steal in my opinion.

 

Hyatt also has a Park Hyatt under construction in Bangkok. It is set to open "mid-2016". Park Hyatts and Grand Hyatts offer similar amenities at roughly

the same level of luxury, so you can't go wrong either way.

 

 

The spacious lobby features soaring ceilings and plenty of seating. Also plentiful were smiling security guys dressed in dark suits everywhere you turned.

 

 

My room was number 1008, a corner room located at the end of the hall...

 

 

 

 

 

 

The minibar. Inside was the usual soft drinks, liquor and candy, nothing extraordinary.

 

 

 

The well appointed bathroom.

 

 

 

 

Bathroom personal items included everything you need in this cabinet.

 

 

 

The Grand Hyatt has 8 different restaurants and bars by my count. A big favorite with every ladyboy I took here was the

Bar@494, actually a wine bar that also had ace bartenders who knew how to mix some truly bodacious cocktails. This bar

had just the right vibe for a drink or two prior to going upstairs for boom-boom. (this pic is courtesy of Hyatt website).

 

 

 

The Grand Hyatt has a BTS station close by (Chit Lom). A taxi ride to Nana Plaza takes about 10 minutes more or less determined by

traffic on Sukhumvit.

 

Even at regular rates, the Grand Hyatt offers a real bargain. I certainly would not hesitate to stay there again.

Edited January 22, 2016 by oliver17

[OneTrueSaxon 6,000]

Nice write up Oliver. It looks a great place and well done on the upgrade.

[mardhi 1,689]

I used to frequent the wine bar and Spasso when over for weekends while living and working in Singapore and then when I moved to Bangkok to work. Even at the relatively high prices being charged, it was still much much cheaper than equivalents in Singapore. There used to be 3 lovely hostesses in the wine bar, fluent in English and just model look stunning.

 

Oddly enough, I have never stayed here, despite being a regular at Grand Hyatt in Hong Kong and Jakarta. It was just always that much easier for me to stay next door to our office which meant the Sheraton Grande in Sukhumvit which is an equally nice property.

 

Great report.

[jl2009 6]

Ver nice. Thnk you for the review.

[Youngone 2,258]

I used to frequent the wine bar and Spasso when over for weekends while living and working in Singapore and then when I moved to Bangkok to work.

Great review Oliver, thanks for making the effort. The lunch buffet in the main lobby used to be excellent quality and real value for money, did you try it? Personally I'm not too keen on the location of the hotel because getting to Sukhumvit from there by taxi is a bit of a pain in the ass due to not being able to just turn right onto Sukhumvit. Getting back home is easy peasy as it's just a straight drive.

 

@Mardhi: I used to be a Spasso regular as well for quite a long period of time. Nowadays my visits are limited to around 3 a year, mostly in the company of a couple of GG's ( I find it easier to bring more than 1 so they can entertain each other, rather than me having to go through the root canal treatment of having to make small talk). They usually have really good live bands which rotate every 6 weeks, the food is good but overpriced as you'd expect from a venue that's part of a 5 star hotel, the service is impeccable and ordering a bottle is surprisingly good value. I've never taken a LB there though and I don't recall ever seeing one, are they LB friendly?

If yes, we should go there next month as it will make a nice change from the usual haunts.

[mardhi 1,689]

Great review Oliver, thanks for making the effort. The lunch buffet in the main lobby used to be excellent quality and real value for money, did you try it? Personally I'm not too keen on the location of the hotel because getting to Sukhumvit from there by taxi is a bit of a pain in the ass due to not being able to just turn right onto Sukhumvit. Getting back home is easy peasy as it's just a straight drive.

 

@Mardhi: I used to be a Spasso regular as well for quite a long period of time. Nowadays my visits are limited to around 3 a year, mostly in the company of a couple of GG's ( I find it easier to bring more than 1 so they can entertain each other, rather than me having to go through the root canal treatment of having to make small talk). They usually have really good live bands which rotate every 6 weeks, the food is good but overpriced as you'd expect from a venue that's part of a 5 star hotel, the service is impeccable and ordering a bottle is surprisingly good value. I've never taken a LB there though and I don't recall ever seeing one, are they LB friendly?

If yes, we should go there next month as it will make a nice change from the usual haunts.

 

I have taken Jay there before on a number of occasions, albeit 5+ years ago. However, I also have hardly ever seen any LB's there and suspect they have to be accompanied in.

 

If you get there before 10pm and/or eat, there are no security on the door so could just walk straight in. Pizza's are good from memory,cooked in wood fired oven.