We stayed at the Grand Hyatt DFW over the Jan 11 - Jan 14 weekend while in town for the Cowboys / Giants playoff game. It was our first visit to Dallas and we chose the airport location to make the arrival and departure legs of the trip easier. DFW is a massive airport and requires some time to get acclimated as the ground transportation system - along with the airport car rental / parking / airport roadways - is quite extensive and can be confusing. The hotel is nice with big, clean rooms and large bathrooms. The view of the runway is cool. We were on the 6th floor and noise was not an issue.
We found that food options were limited though. The hotel restaurant is very expensive. You are permitted to access the restaurants located within Terminal D but getting the security clearance card from the hotel (I think done by Dallas PD) and then working through the airport security lines can be very time consuming. And it causes a bit of a stir at airport security when you are without a boarding pass. We went through some extra scrutiny.
As to location - we concluded that it would have been better for us to have stayed in downtown Dallas. The drive from the airport to anywhere is long and given that we were only there for the weekend we would have preferred a Downtown location nearer to Dealey Plaza and other attractions.
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