Overall the Hyatt Place is a nice hotel but i did run into a few unwanted problems. Upon check in i asked for a room facing the Space Needle as I had read to do from the recommendations on trip advisor. The lady informed me that if i wanted to be on the space needle side i would have to pay $25 for an upgrade for anything on the fourth floor and up. A room was available on the second floor but she warned me the traffic noise from Denny Way might be audible as it was close to the corner. I asked for a free upgrade but she said that wasn't possible. From what i understood the only thing better about the rooms on the higher floors is that they were higher up and may have had a better view. In years and years of checking into hotels I've never had a hotel deny a free upgrade if a room was available. I said i would sign up for the rewards program etc but there was no changing her mind.
The room was nice although you could hear some traffic noise. The rooms have a functional layout aside from the sink being outside of the bathroom area. Normally that wouldn't be a bad thing but the sink is at the foot of the bed so it is loud if someone else is sleeping. We found the room to be very large and the TV was a nice 42 inch flat screen. The shower unfortunately, was not clean and neither was the floor of the bathroom. Little curly hairs were all over the shower and bathroom floor. We reported this to the front desk and they said they could send someone to clean it but we decided we were too tired at that point to wait around for that to happen. The other downer about the room was the bed. The beds are very soft and if you are not used to that you will not sleep well. Both my girlfriend and i woke up feeling sore. The last thing which was more of an annoyance than anything was the bathroom door. It squeaked and creaked like crazy. It was SO LOUD it was almost funny. We told the front desk about it and they said they would have someone look at it but upon returning to our room a few hours later it still sounded like a rusty dungeon gate. It was halloween so didn't bother asking it again...it suited the time of year.
The hotel offers a nice pool and work out gym but no hot tub our sauna. Continental breakfast is served free every morning but if you are not there for business you will probably miss it as we were told it's only available from 6 to 9am. If you are there to rest and relax like we were, you won't get to taste it. Food is available for sale in the lobby area but there is no room service. Thankfully there are some nice restaurants in the area.
The hotel charges $15 dollars per night for parking and although it's not a bad price, it's not a great price either. Other hotels like the Holiday Inn a block away charge only $10 for the same type of underground parking. There are many cheaper parking options around the hotel all within a two block radius.
In general the Hyatt Place Seattle is a nice hotel but a lot of little things started adding up. In the end it was the super soft beds that left us achey after our two night stay that will not see us returning to this hotel.
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