Chris C.
Yelp
Hard product is at the level of a dated 3- or 4- star hotel: The soft product/service tries to be a 5-star hotel but falls short. You're ultimately paying for the location and convenience to the Beaver Creek Village and slopes.
The low shower pressure is very disappointing to come back to after a long day out. Not to mention the shower temperature fluctuates or seems to lose heat after a few minutes, and the handle is hard to turn so it can go from warm to scalding easily.
The bedding is a thin duvet that's loose between single sheets, instead of a fully zippered up duvet (often much thicker) found at other luxury hotels.
There is one power outlet per nightstand, and it is a small outlet at the bottom of the lamp, flush with the bottom so you can't plug much in, such as if you have a travel adapter.
The front door is not sealed well so every evening and night we hear kids running down the halls or people talking outside, earplugs are a necessity.
At check-in, we weren't told anything about the resort fee benefits, and when we asked later, they just went over some basics and printed the list from the website. The list is misleading however since some of the services listed on the resort fee benefits cost more, like the arcade room.
I did appreciate the Vicks humidifier in the room which was helpful in the dry winter weather.
The Globalist breakfast is nice - wide selection of: deli meats, pastries, omelette station, avo/hummus toast station, NY steak carving station, grits station, juice/veggie drink bar, fruits, and various coffees/teas. But service could be better, we had to repeat our room number 2-3x every morning since they don't communicate between the front desk and the servers so we had to keep clarifying that yes, we do have breakfast included. I like it better at other places where you don't have to sign anything at all.
The staff is very proactive in engaging us, though it felt forced sometimes. Before the stay, they sent several emails to prepare us in addition to offering a live scheduled call, but some questions were answered too generally. For example, I asked "should we make dinner reservations or is the 8100 restaurant generally available for hotel guests without reservations?" and they just responded "you can make reservations online at this link." During our stay, they called our room and texted our number to check in which was appreciated, though on the phone it felt like they were rushing to get off the phone.
The 8100 restaurant is insanely overpriced. $40+ entrees, $20+ appetizers and drinks, and the portions were small. At the lobby bar, we saw a yuzu cheesecake on the menu but we were told they didn't have it when we sat down to order it. Service was aloof and we had to ask for utensils after they delivered an apple cake that we ordered.
It was a nice family trip for us, but not sure we would stay at this hotel again - likely another one as there are many other luxury options in this area. This feels like a Hyatt Regency or Grand Hyatt at best, not a Park Hyatt.