Mike F.
Yelp
I am so happy that we chose to stay at the Hyatt Centric French Quarter New Orleans for a recent trip to the "Big Easy"!
(+) Location, location, location. You are literally a 2-3 minute walk to Bourbon Street and the entire French Quarter! You are just paces from an incredible selection of food, drink, shopping, and so much more! This is a very walkable area where you can see, do , and experience so much!
(+) Outstanding service from the front desk to the concierge (Tom was fantastic and went way above and beyond to help us get set up with our tours!) to the housekeeping staff to the bellmen everyone was so polite and helpful. Some of the best service I've experienced during our travels.
(+) We ended up booking a "Petite Suite", which was pretty spacious at 550 square feet! In addition to either 2 Queen Beds or 1 King Bed, you have a living room space with a sectional sofa. The rooms facing away from Bourbon Street were very quiet and allowed for a few great nights sleep.
I did not have the shared balcony, but I don't think I would be comfortable with a situation like that anyway.lol Actually, I know I wouldn't.
(+) I went back and forth between 4 or 5 stars during the course of our stay. What pushed it over the top was what happened on the last morning we were there. We had a late flight and didn't want to be "outdoors" for 8-9 hours before even jumping in the cab to head to the airport. Makes for a long day.. Fortunately, they accommodated a late checkout until 4 pm for $75.
now, remember, we're in a suite. Before calling I checked to see what the regular room rate was for that day on the same website that I had booked my reservations through. They were starting at 199.00 for a single King bed room. So to keep our suite until 2 hours before heading to the airport was awesome! We were able to go out, eat, and do some last minute things and then come back to the room for a power nap and a shower before heading back home. Totally worth it!
(+) Beds were very comfortable and had 3 pillows on each bed with an extra pillow in the closet.
(+) Nice little bar in the hotel lobby. They have some fantastic happy hour specials from 3-6 pm. Draft beers are only $4 for a healthy pour! On my final day I did enjoy the NOLA Blonde IPA draft. The bar and seating areas in the front lobby feel very open and inviting IMO.
(+) Rooms were turned over every day. The rooms were cleaned and restocked early and there was never an issue with our room cleanliness. And unlike my last stay in NOLA, the housekeeping weren't banging their carts and chatting loudly at 7 am! This was much appreciated! lol
(-) Bathtub is small and standard. If you enjoy a soak, this is not the place for that. Shower/water pressure was fantastic though.
(-) Some of the digital channels were spotty on TV. It wouldn't have been so annoying if it didn't just randomly happen on a few of the channels I was actually watching while in the room.
This was an outstanding stay that exceeded all of my expectations! If my travels bring me back to New Orleans one day, this will be the first place I look to book my stay!
5 stars!