If you ever find yourself vacationing in Long Beach, and you want to stay at a really really nice hotel, and you're willing to spend some money, I highly recommend staying at the Hyatt Hotel. This was a such a nice place to stay, the service was amazing. Everybody was on point, you can tell each individual is highly trained and are good at what they do. The customer service and hospitality were top notch. I was really impressed with this hotel. You can tell there was a lot of attention paid to the details, from the engraved note cards inside the rooms reminding guest to conserve towels and to not smoke, to the beautiful foliage and flowers in the lobby.
Right when you walk in, you can't help but be taken away by the beauty of the hotel lobby. Immediately I was greeted by the staff and I noticed how the hotel was populated by people on business, with cell phones and laptops out. The lobby was a huge space centrally located and had the lobby bar and coffee shop directly across from check in.
The hotel house a restaurant called Tides, which offered the usual California cuisine. The service and the food was good, but the decor was pretty ordinary. Now if you are going to call a place Tides, you need to back it up, or else it's just another ordinary restaurant with a cool name. But names aside, the food was pretty good, and I had their Cobb Salad which was excellent.
The bedrooms were nice! Below you can see a small tour that I give on the room I was staying in, equipped with full size bed, and waterfront views!
The hotel is centrally located in downtown Long Beach and there is easy access to numerous bars, restaurants around the area, and even a ferris wheel. On this particular Monday night, we hung out at the Lobby Bar and had a few cocktails and munched on some Filet Quesadillas and watched Dancing with the Stars. Our cocktail server was awesome. We later strolled the streets and was surprised to see our server honk her horn as she pulled up near us. She gave us a ride and we were able to squeeze a bunch of us in her car, she took us to a cool tiki themed bar called The Mai Tai, which obviously served strong ass Mai Tai drinks. It was a Monday night so it was pretty slow, but we found some entertainment in an R&B cover band.
I loved everything about the hotel except for one thing, and that the wireless internet access wasn't free. You had to set up an account thru T-Mobile and to use the net for 24 hours will cost you $9.99. Other than that, the hotel is beautiful and centrally located. It won't be hard to find entertainment, shopping, or eating around here.
200 South Pine Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone: 562.491.1234
www.longbeach.hyatt.com
97 Aquarium Way
Long Beach, CA. 90802
Phone: 562.435.1200
www.maitaibar.com
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