Cory S.
Yelp
When getting Final Four tickets last Fall, my friend and I looked at San Antonio hotels and found that any hotels near the Alamodome were approximately $1000 per night. We then looked about a half hour away and found the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa at an affordable price for a resort experience and more. I also used status for us to get some nice perks at the resort, and we were very pleased overall with our experience. The hotel has great staff and service, nice restaurants, and also fun activities (mostly for kids but some for anyone). I highly recommend this resort for anyone whether families, couples, or even those in San Antonio for work. In fact, there were two different conferences at the resort over our stay there.
Prior to arriving to the resort, one of the guest service managers reached out to see if I needed anything and to answer questions. She was such a great resource! I also found that we had been upgraded to a suite though as my friend and I wanted two double rooms, we ended up requesting to downgrade back to a room similar to what we originally booked (as we didn't want a suite with a king bed and a pullout couch. Neither of us thought that our backs would manage on the pullout. We still appreciated the offer for a complimentary upgrade. We still got a slightly larger room than originally booked with two patios to sit on.
Our meals were regularly spent at the Springhouse Cafe where we had dinner one night and breakfast all four mornings. Three of the four breakfasts included the incredible buffet and the last breakfast had a la carte items only. The food was absolutely incredible, and we pulled a great rapport with our server, who served us for three of the four breakfasts. Even if we don't stay at the resort in the future, we would certainly come back for the buffet and meals. The dinner had some great Texas-themed menu items. We also tried to go to Vince's Watering Hole but they were unexpectedly closed even though their hours said they would be open.
The service was good and housekeeping always went above and beyond even though they missed a dead roach that was found in the corner of our room right before housekeeping service took place. We pointed it out upon our return to the room, and they took care of it. As we were in nature and there being multiple patio doors, we cannot fault the resort for bugs occasionally getting in though I appreciated it was dead (and would have liked housekeeping to have found it and cleaned it up without us pointing it out). Everything else with service was top notch.
Everyday activities included bicycles available for rent, sand volleyball, pickle ball and tennis courts, an arcade, fitness center, water park and pools (including a lazy river and a wave machine), and special activities for the week. Free events included wildlife feeding, musical hula hoops, little critters water activity, water balloon toss, fireside s'mores (our favorite!), family movies, kickball, tug-o-war, hold your horses, nature of the resort with the ranger, battle ship, and more with paid activities including crafts and a jr. ranger experience. As we were on our own and had activities in the city for the Final Four, we really only took part in the s'mores, which was indoors on our first day due to a storm but outside the other days. There was also a murder mystery dinner which was't taking place during our stay but was advertised for a week or two later.
If you are staying at a Hyatt Regency and have Globalist status (or had a Guest of Honor certificate like us) for staying 60 nights at a Hyatt over the year, you can get bonus point accrual, early check-in, late check-out, upgrades at check-in based on available (to suites), free breakfast in the hotel restaurant (in this case the buffet at the Springhouse Cafe), elite check-in, and free parking (if booked on points) among other benefits. If you book through the Hyatt Privé, you may even get other benefits in addition to the Globalist benefits including a complimentary room upgrade at time of booking, $100 credit per stay, daily breakfast, welcome amenity, priority for early check-in and late check-in, and free WiFi.
It's certainly a great deal to stay at a wonderful resort like this. Though it was a bit chilly for the pool and lazy river and construction was taking place, that should all be better towards the summer. I definitely recommend staying at this hotel, especially then.