Which Hyatt executive club lounge level is the best in the world across America, Asia, Europe, and Australia? The best Hyatt hotels in the world encompass a considerable variation in branded hotels.
Park Hyatts are the best luxury hotels that Hyatt offers. These include the Park Hyatt Zurich and the Park Hyatt Vienna which are both exquisite properties and are amoung the best Hyatt hotels in Europe. Park Hyatt hotels rarely offer executive club lounges.
There are a vast number of Hyatt Hotels, Grand Hyatt Hotels, and Hyatt Regency Hotels in the Hyatt portfolio. These hotels offer large luxury settings with fine dining, expansive meeting facilities, and, usually, a club lounge. Some cities, like Miami, have more than one Hyatt hotel.
Hyatt Place and Hyatt House are lower-end brands which most of our readers will be less interested in. Andaz hotels are art-and-design-focused luxury lifestyle hotels that also represent luxury within the Hyatt brand but rarely offer an executive club lounge.
Hyatt Centric is the other Hyatt brand worth considering, and these are upscale lifestyle properties, usually without club lounges. Alila Hotels, Thompson Hotels, and The Unbound Collection by Hyatt also fall under the luxury Hyatt umbrella, but these rarely offer club lounges.
We think the best Hyatt executive club lounge is the lounge at Hyatt Regency London, The Churchill, because:
- It has Mary Poppins views over rooftops
- It has two lounges on either side of the club floor foyer, a quiet lounge, and a more rowdy lounge that children are allowed to enjoy
- The breakfast is generous and includes eggs cooked to order and delivered to your table
- Its all-day drinks and snacks are hugely advantageous in expensive London
- The evening meal is usually enough to fill you up. It is often a large fish that you can pick at with lots of nibbles
- In the evening, guests can enjoy alcoholic drinks, beer, wine, and spirits, which can be a big money saver in London
The best way to get a discount at a Hyatt hotel is to book with an Impresario agency like our luxury travel concierge. When you book with us, you get your usual World of Hyatt points, room upgrades and late checkout (subject to availability), free breakfast, and hotel credit at all luxury Hyatt hotels.
We offer free club lounge access at some InterContinental hotels including London Park Lane, Paris Le Grand, and InterContinental New York Barclay. This is a great perk because InterContinental Club lounges offer excellent full breakfasts with free a la carte breakfast options, snacks, and drinks throughout the day and a small buffet with canapes and complimentary alcoholic drinks and cocktails in the evenings.
Here are 10 Hyatt hotels that we consider to have the best executive club lounges:
1. Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill
Before the Park Hyatt actually opened, the best Hyatt in London was the Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill. This is one of the best luxury hotels in London, ideally situated overlooking Portman Square, just a short walk from Oxford Street and Marble Arch, tucked away in upmarket Marylebone. If you know the shops in this area, you will find this hotel just behind Selfridges.
The hotel has a regal entrance with many white pillars and a white marble interior. The bar and restaurant sit on one side of the foyer, and lifts to the rooms can be found off the back of the foyer.
Unsurprisingly, there are many references to Winston Churchill in and around the hotel. The dining within the hotel is fairly unbeatable. Savor idyllic Portman Square views from The Montagu Kitchen as you sit down to enjoy the best British produce inspired by the National Trust’s Chartwell House and Garden in Kent. This is also where you have breakfast.
With an award-winning menu and outdoor seasonally-themed terrace, The Churchill Bar & Terrace is the perfect place to unwind with creative cocktails and light bites in a chic setting. Within the bar, there is an old-world cigar room-type feel. Inspired by Sir Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine, The Churchill Bar & Terrace offers award-winning cocktails and delicious dining in a glamorous setting tucked away behind Oxford Street.
Some of the best dining in London can also be found here. Try the delicious Italian fare at Locanda Locatelli, a Michelin-starred restaurant located in the hotel. Locanda Locatelli features a menu of Italian-inspired cuisine, which has earned the acclaimed chef Giorgio Locatelli a Michelin star. The fresh, flavorful menu shines amid the chic ambiance. Enjoy homemade pasta, roasted monkfish, slow-cooked suckling pig, and more. Enhance your meal with a glass of fine Italian wine curated by the sommelier Virgilio Gennaro. The food here is fabulous. The best lobster I have ever had.
Globalist members get free access to the club lounge here, where you also get a decent breakfast and dinner selection and snacks and drinks throughout the day. While the lounge is pleasant, it is not the best club lounge in London. The view is lacking, and the dinner offering becomes a scrum with lots of elbows as people push in to grab something from the dishes available. That said, this is still a nice facility and is separated into a family and an adults-only lounge for a quieter place to work.
Rooms are fairly standard by London standards. The nicest views overlook Portman Square. The amenities are Molton Brown and are really nice.
If you book a stay here or at any other Hyatt via our luxury travel concierge you will get a free Hyatt breakfast for 2 people, complimentary room upgrade and late checkout (subject to availability), $100 hotel credit, welcome gift and more.
2. Hyatt Regency Maui
We are such fans of the Hawaiian islands. A brilliant choice is the completely reimagined Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa, which sits on the shoreline of the beautiful Ka’anapali Beach. Here you can enjoy Hawaiian hospitality with stargazing and a traditional nightly luau on-site, stay loose on the links with oceanfront golf, or unwind at the mesmerizing beachfront spa.
The Regency Club Lounge is one of the best club lounges in Hawaii and is big with over 3,000 ft² of space. Amenities include a continental breakfast every morning, refreshments, and snacks throughout the day, with light hors d’oeuvres and desserts in the evening. Alcoholic beverages are chargeable but discounted.
You must book a Regency Club room to access the lounge, but they have better views and are on higher floors of the hotel. You get free access to this lounge if you hold Globalist status.
Bearing jet lag in mind, the Regency Club is open from 6:30 – 9:00 am for breakfast, so if you arrive early or leave early, this can be handy. Breakfast is usually a selection of juices, all the usuals, a selection of cereals, pastries, muffins, bread, a hot egg dish, smoked salmon, and sliced meats.
There are mid-day snacks, including nuts, fruit, and cookies, as well as soft drinks and juice, and in the evening, there is a salad bar with loads of choices to make up a nice salad, along with meats and rolls as well as snacks like cheese and crackers.
Dinner for two of these resorts can easily cost close to $200 USD, which means that eating in the lounge is sometimes of great value, although remember, you will be paying around $5 USD for a drink. Dessert is available later in the evening.
Having Regency Club access at the Hyatt Regency Maui is likely to save rather than cost you more when considering resort food and drink costs, so it is worth splurging on.
3. Grand Hyatt Hong Kong
The Grand Hyatt Hong Kong has one of the best club lounges in Hong Kong. This luxury 5-star hotel is situated in the Wan Chai district right on Victoria Harbor’s prestigious waterfront.
It is just five minutes from Central, and across the water, you can see the neon lights and bustle of Kowloon. It takes about forty minutes in a taxi to get there, or the Grand Hyatt can arrange a limousine if you need to stretch your legs after a long flight.
The Grand Hyatt definitely impresses as you enter the triple-storey foyer. Dark marble pillars shoot towards the distant ceiling, huge marble and gold sweeping staircases cascade towards you, and flower arrangements the size of small gardens fill the foyer with heady scents and lush perfumes.
As we had the Victoria Harbour Suite, so we had free access to the Grand Club Lounge, a two-story palace on the hotel’s top floor. Complimentary drinks, cocktails, champagne, food, and refreshments are offered at varying times throughout the day. The complimentary breakfast buffet is from 7:00 – 10:30 am.
Breakfast at the lounge comprises a buffet of pastries (muffins, croissants, etc.), fruits, and hot options on heated plates. Overall, the food was enough to fill you up but not desperately inspiring (for top-notch Club Lounge food in Hong Kong, you must try the Four Seasons Executive Club Lounge).
There’s also a wonderful finger food buffet between 5:30 and 7:30 in the evening, with champagne and cocktails.
As beautiful and impressive as the room is (and it is), the view is the star. Huge double-height windows from floor to ceiling reveal the Hong Kong skyline in all of its glory.
4. Grand Hyatt San Francisco
The Grand Hyatt is definitely one of the better chain hotel choices in San Francisco. The Grand Club lounge at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco is one of the best club lounges in San Francisco and is on the 32nd floor of the 36 story building, which means you can enjoy some great views.
The decor here is modern, with hues of brown and mustard, a sofa area in the middle, and cafeteria-style seating to the side. High bar stools and tables are set up against the windows so that you can enjoy the views while working, eating, or drinking.
The lounge has a coffee machine and a set of refrigerators that hold juices, sodas, water, and even yogurts. Both of these are available throughout the day.
For breakfast, there is a huge array of pastries, including muffins, cakey bread, croissants, and some pastries with fruit in the middle, along with cereals in mini boxes including Raisin Bran, Cheerios, and Frosted Flakes, and a variety of juices.
There is a large bowl of smoked salmon next to the savory bagels and bread for toasting, and there are tomatoes, onions, and cream cheese to go with these.
There is a big fruit bowl with apples, oranges, bananas, chopped melon strawberries, and, strangely, a lump of cheese on a wooden platter in the fruit area. There are cold cuts, tomato, and salad to go with your scrambled egg.
In the afternoon, the fruit bowl remains out, and a big bowl of various cookies is available, which can go with all the drinks on the refrigerator and the coffee from the coffee machine.
You can have alcoholic drinks from the honor bar in the evening, which are very cheap at around $2 USD for a beer and $3 USD for a glass of wine. The canapés are squirts of cream cheese with salmon or meat on small pastry bases and salad items, including raw broccoli, celery, carrot, and tomatoes with dips.
There is plenty of cheese, and the highlight is two large and plentiful hot options, including vegetarian pasta and chicken pasta in tomato sauce, which would be more than enough to fill you up in the evening.
There is very little between meal times, but this is definitely one of the better lounges of the chain hotels, and the fact that evening canapés and decent main dishes are offered is a much better food spread than, for example, the JW Marriot, which only offers breakfast in the lounge and shuts on the weekend.
Of course, the Ritz-Carlton and the Fairmont outlined above are more luxurious and better options, but they are more expensive.
5. Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa
There are plenty of Hyatt hotels in Florida, including the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa, which is located near Fort Myers. This is probably the best Hyatt hotel in Florida with one of the best club lounges in Florida.
If you redeem your World of Hyatt points here, you get a pretty good deal when compared to the actual cost of the hotel and resort in dollars. The appeal for families is the 3-acre waterpark with five waterslides, floating the lazy river, taking the boat ride to a private island, rock climbing, and the kids club. There is a quieter and more sedate pool for adults to sunbathe and lounge, along with a zero-entry pool with a toddler-friendly small waterslide.
The boat trip to the private island is also fun. The boat ride is included in your room rate. It goes once every hour and takes around 15 minutes to get to the island. You can take a free shuttle to the boat or walk down a boardwalk through the mangroves.
Reach Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa in less than half an hour’s drive from Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW). This airport is served by United, Spirit, Frontier, Southwest, American Airlines, Delta, etc.
The Regency Club lounge in the hotel offers decent evening meals with plates of peeled shrimp and dips, loads of veggies and salad items, pasta, small canapes, cold cuts of meat and cheese, and desserts a little later. You also get free drinks in the evening, including free alcohol, wine, and beer. Guests with Hyatt Globalist status get free entrance to this club lounge.
Breakfast includes muffins, bagels, smoked salmon, pastries, cereal, fresh fruit, orange juice, and sparkling wine.
This lounge is better than your average Hyatt Regency lounge, particularly for food, and the setting of this hotel is phenomenal for a Hyatt vacation in Florida.
6. Grand Hyatt Dubai
The Grand Hyatt Dubai Hotel offers one of the best club lounges in Dubai for value. The rooms here are decent, and the location is fair, close to the airport, which is convenient for short stays, although it’s not near the beach, which is a disadvantage.
The Grand Hyatt has a nice pool and usually comes on at less than half the price of equivalent beach hotels, making this compromise worthwhile. The pool here is great, and there are several pools on-site, including some children’s pools.
The Club Lounge at the Grand Hyatt is very large but can get quite crowded in the evening if the hotel is full. Happy hour during the early evening is popular.
The cold food options are excellent, with many healthy salads that vary daily, like fish salad, chicken salad, quinoa salad, and veggies and fruits. There is a chef station, where a specialty dish is prepared daily, but it is also cold. The hot options include one soup and one hot dish, like fried rice or noodles with sauce and meat. There is also an extensive array of desserts.
Children are allowed in this lounge but are rarely a problem and tend to be well-behaved. The drinks available in the evening include three choices of red wine, white wine, one rosé, a Chilean sparkling wine, a “daily” cocktail, beers, and spirits. Overall, the food and drink in this lounge is great, although hot meals are limited.
Book via our lluxury travel concierge, and you will get breakfast for free, regardless of whether you book a room with executive club lounge access. Breakfast in the restaurant is superb. They have a great choice of Asian, Arabic, and Western options. The free breakfast in the lounge is more limited, so a free breakfast in the restaurant is a nice perk.
7. Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve Puerto Rico
Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve Puerto Rico is a beachside getaway with freeform pools steps from the water. This family-friendly resort is framed against the backdrop of the beautiful El Yunque rainforest and has one of the best club lounges in Puerto Rico. Here, you can relax by the sprawling lagoon-style pool, get a round of golf in at one of two Tom Kite-designed 18-hole championship golf courses, or tour the historic buildings of nearby Old San Juan.
This club lounge here is super smart with dark wood furnishings, wall separators with intricate glass and wood designs, and classy white seating. It also has an incredible outdoor deck that is walled off to stop ordinary guests from using it and a water feature that gurgles away in the background.
The food is less impressive, with a continental breakfast, snacks, and drinks in the evening. The alcoholic drinks are charged for, and the canapés are limited to one hot item along with fruits, vegetables, cheese, and cold cuts.
8. Grand Hyatt Playa del Carmen
Grand Hyatt Playa del Carmen Resort has one of the best club lounges in Playa del Carmen. Retreat to beachfront rooms with balconies and suites with private plunge pools overlooking beautiful gardens or the ocean. Walk the vibrant Quinta Avenida, one block from the resort, for eclectic shopping, dining, and nightlife destinations.
It is worth noting that the central location of this hotel in Playa Del Carmen means it’s also walkable to local restaurants, making the meals cheaper than in-resort meals.
Hyatt Ziva is another good Hyatt option over in Cancun and features in our best All Inclusive hotels in Cancun. The pools and beach are better at Ziva.
Grand Hyatt Playa del Carmen Resort is a great choice and has the huge benefit of the Grand Hyatt club lounge, which is very good. You get free access if you are a top-level Globalist World of Hyatt member, or you can pay slightly more and book a club room with free club lounge access.
Within the lounge, expect an all-inclusive setup with a decent feed in the mornings and the evenings. The club lounge breakfast offers a nice selection of cut fruit and berries as well as yogurt, cereals, a hot egg dish, hot potatoes, cheese, cold cuts, pastries, and bread. The coffee and tea are good, and it is from a Nespresso machine.
The club lounge serves evening happy hour with salads, cold cuts, olives, hot dishes, veggies, hot soup, bread, and desserts. Again, this is a really nice spread and more than enough to fill you up. You also get free alcoholic drinks at happy hour and soft drinks throughout the day, making the lounge worth paying extra for.
9. Hyatt Regency Mexico City
This Hyatt Regency has one of the best club lounges in Mexico City is located in the trendy Polanco neighborhood, the perfect spot in which to explore the authentic art, shops, restaurants, and nightlife just steps away from the National Auditorium, the award-winning Anthropology Museum and one of the biggest urban parks in the world – Bosque de Chapultepec. This huge hotel houses 755 luxurious rooms with marble baths, and suites that overlook Chapultepec Park and Lincoln Park.
Regency Club perks include private check-in and checkout, plus food and beverages all day at Regency Club Lounge. This lounge was recently renovated. It offers great views from the 40th floor.
Expect a fairly decent breakfast and evening light bites (which are usually enough for a full meal). Bear in mind, from our experience with Hyatt club lounges. The evening food often results in a scrum of people taking advantage of the free food. Expect the buffet to be super busy at these times to the point where it may become unpleasant.
Beyond the club lounge, restaurant offerings include the Teppan Grill with cooking demos tableside and El Jardin’s famous Sunday brunch.
10. Hyatt Regency Mainz
Hyatt Regency Mainz in Germany has a stunning combination of contemporary design mixed with the historic charm of the integrated Fort Malakoff. It lies on the west bank of the Rhine River near Mainz Old Town, a 10-minute walk from Mainz Cathedral, and offers excellent connections to Frankfurt International Airport.
The 268 guest rooms and suites have been refurbished with modern décor and offer stunning views of the River Rhine and Mainz. Upgraded rooms add rainfall showerheads and or river views, Regency club rooms include access to a lounge for complimentary breakfast and other exclusive club privileges, and Suites include separate sitting areas. One even features a piano, a kitchen, and a sauna!
The hotel features a spa with an indoor pool, whirlpool, sauna, and personalized wellness treatments, and a modern gym with equipment from Technogym. You are spoilt for choice with restaurants and bars; the Bellpepper Restaurant serves regional and seasonal cuisine paired with German wines; the Rheintöchter Terrace and Rheinkanzel beer garden offer stunning views of the Rhine river and BBQ specialties; the Malakoff Bar offers trendy cocktails and tapas-style dishes in a historic setting, and at the center of the hotel, the recently refurbished M-Lounge & Bar serves snacks, coffees and evening cocktails.
If you book a room with club lounge access, you will usually have a room on the sixth floor. The lounge is small but rarely too busy, and its size is counteracted by the large glass windows at the front that give it an airy feeling of never being crowded.
Floor-to-ceiling windows at the front of the lounge look straight over the river, and the seating in front of these windows is much like a nice cafe. The front duos of seats offer a fabulous view right by the window. Further back are comfy sofas and coffee tables.
The breakfast is good here with a variety of juices, cold cuts, cut fruit (mainly melon and grapes), pastries, bread, yogurt, and drinks in the fridge. There is an option to order eggs.
The fridge has plenty of sparkling and still water, coke, and a few other soft drinks.
In the evening, there are olives, salad, hot soup, potato salad, a rice dish, bread, cold cuts, tomato and mozzarella, and desserts like big delicious tarts. There is also a choice of wine, including sparkling wine.
Overall, this is a small but excellent lounge with great river views.
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