Stayed for one night on March 11, 2008 at the downtown Hyatt Regency. Check-in was brisk and uneventful. The room was large and old. The rug was rundown, the TV was too small for the room, and the furnishings look as if they had seen better days. The bed was comfy, although the sheets were a little over laundered and starchy. The bathroom wisely used black marble, which never looks dirty or rundown. Then you get in the shower. They had a fabric valance over the shower rod, which basically cut off all light into the shower. Why do hotels do this? I felt like I was showing in a closet with no light. Then the showerhead . . . wow, terrible awful water flow. I attempted to adjust it, but to no avail. I had to maneuver under the water dripping out of the showerhead and it took 3 minutes to get the shampoo out of my hair. I am male, and do not have a mullet. So that’s about 2 minutes and 30 seconds too long. It was difficult to get soap off me, since the water flow was so bad. The towels, like the sheets, over laundered and starchy. Thought I was getting chemical burns as I dried off.
Check-out was uneventful and quick. In sum, this hotel had nice rooms, but as other have mentioned, it really could use some updating. Start in the bathrooms, get some better showers and lights. It was a typical hotel room, with its elderly fixtures in need of repair. I will likely attempt to stay elsewhere on my next sojourn through Houston.
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