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 | Hyatt Regency Jersey City On The Hudson: The Best View outside of NYC
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I have wanted to stay at the Jersey City Hyatt Regency Hotel for years. Most people I know thought it was a bad idea - "no, no! You must stay IN the city! You must wake up IN the city and prowl around the streets at night.
But I am a view junkie and every view I've had IN NYC has been of a brick wall, an alley way, or someone's bathroom window. The view from the Jersey City Hyatt Regency is of the Manhattan skyline! From another angle we see the Statue of Liberty. The Hudson River stretches out past us and ships and boats and helocopters come and go. I bet it was really something to see the US Air jet land in the Hudson from this hotel! Or even more, I can't imagine what it was like the day the Twin Towers fell.
The Hyatt itself is like most Hyatts. Our room is comfortable and well appointed. Our twin doubles are both incredibly comfortable with loads of pillows. An easy chair by the window welcomes me to sit and watch the view, or read a book. The bathroom is sparkley clean with upscale amenities.
One thing that always frustrates me is that the more expensive the hotel, the more they nickle and dime you for the extras; internet connection - $9.95 per day, parking - $32.00 a day, room service comes with a $5.00 delivery fee and a 20% service charge, on top of an already outrageous price per item. There is free coffee and $3.00 bottles of water.
The Vu Lounge (and Vu Restaurant) are on the main level and both boast fantastic views of the skyline, the river and all else that you can see.
The PATH station is just adjacent to the hotel and trains come every 5 minutes every day to race you under the river and into the City. Frankly, it still seems like a no brainer to me, given whatever neighborhood you stay in IN the city, you face a subway, bus or taxi ride somewhere. Now let's head over there and see if we can find the CASH CAB!!!!
Note: If you are a Priceline user, you can often get really good deals (under $100) on this property. For our March weekend, we netted a $129 per night rate from the hotel website, something you'll NEVER find IN the City!
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| Hyatt Regency Jersey City On The Hudson: WOW! This Regency rocks
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4 out of 5 stars. Great location in the financial district of Northern Jersey City. (Stay away from lower Jersey City, it's bad news.)
The people were all helpful and friendly. Our view from our room 645 was breathtaking overlooking the Hudson at Manhattan.
We paid $189 for the night, but parking was $31, steep. Make sure you check the rates on the internet, as they were cheaper than calling in for a last-minute reservation. (You think they'd want to sell out their rooms when someone calls in for a room, but NO. They jacked up our price. I had to address the issue at check-in to get the internet price of $189.)
The rooms are nice. They even have refrigerators (at least our room did), and it came in handy, as we bought extra water bottles in Hoboken since, at $1.20, they were the cheapest around. (the room has Poland Spring water bottles (warm) for $7. No joke.
We had their room service for dinner and breakfast. The food was good. The kids menu was good for room service for dinner and breakfast, and both boys rec'd generous amounts of food for both meals, which were only $5 each.
Internet access is $9.95 for a 24 hour period, which is ridiculous.
Their restaurant, The Vu, looked okay, but the food from room service came thru them anyway. The room service menu did not offer an adult hamburger, but was simply asked, and they were happy to accommodate.
The pool is a very small lap pool. Our boys said it was cold water. No hot tub. Pretty nice workout room, with lots of machines. Theme: HotelComparison: less expensive than averageDirections: On Columbus in the Financial District of NORTH Jersey City. This is the only safe area of Jersey City, so beware!! I rated it less expensive than average, because you get more for about the same price.
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| Hyatt Regency Jersey City On The Hudson: The view may be worth it...
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I was booked into the Hyatt because it was only two buildings down from the office that I was working at. That being said, reviewing a hotel that I am not personally spending my own money on may not be entirely fair, but I will try and be very objective. I suppose if someone were going to NYC and didn't want to pay the extremely high prices and could get a deal at the Hyatt (and didn't mind taking a ferry to the city) then this hotel may work. I did notice 99% of the clientelle were business people (I didn't see any families or people wearing jeans, etc.) The layout of the hotel is semi-odd (although I have seen similar in other ritzy hotels)... you walk in and take an escalator up to the lobby/reception desk and walk down the hall to the elevators and either go up or down depending on what room you are in. The hotel was fairly stuffy, but the staff was always pleasant.
The rooms were nice. Mine had a very large bathroom, nice product, 2 double beds, and extra large work area, a refrigerator and a gorgeous view. Some of the room actually look out at the Statue of Liberty (mine looked at Wall Street), but it was beautiful both during the day and at night when the city was all lit up. Room service was horribly expensive ($15 hamburger, $5 delivery charge, $5 service fee plus tax)... not good for the per diem budget! The food was okay, but certainly not worth the money charged. The do have a bar and a restaurant, but I didn't go to either. There are a lot of meeting rooms, a very small gift shop, a fitness center, and a pool. The hotel is very convenient to the ferry and the rail system (right outside the hotel).
I'll be staying here again when I go back next month so maybe I'll try and explore more of the hotel, maybe not!! :)
I was amazed at the view... maybe that's just me though!
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