Hyatt Regency Irvine

The staff was very friendly. They called within two minutes to make sure our room was ok. This is a nice touch, except for that in two minutes you really haven’t had the chance to look around. Once we did look around we found the bathroom door covered in dirt, dust, and hair. I posted a picture of this disgustingness. The sink was also dirty. The fan was broken in the bathroom and you could see the steam marks on the mirror — meaning it hadn’t been cleaned. When I got into bed I saw a power strip with so many cords tangled around it I was scared to plug anything in. I also posted a picture of this. As frequent visitors of Irvine we will not be returning to this hotel.

This review is for Hyatt Catering for my Sept 14, 2013 wedding. My husband and I are so thankful to Hyatt Irvine especially Caroline Bosak for making our wedding unforgettable. We worked with Caroline as our Hyatt wedding coordinator and she was amazing. We selected Hyatt Irvine white tent because the venue was conveniently located, allowed outside catering, had an awesome large white tent, and most importantly Caroline provided us excellent customer service. Caroline was always very responsive and answered all of my emails and questions the same day. She is very organized, detailed oriented, and worked well managing my other wedding vendors. She knew every single detail of the wedding and even reminded me if there was anything that I missed. Now that is excellent customer service. As a project manager myself, I know that I can be very detail oriented and have a tendency to try to micro manage my project if necessary but when I worked with Hyatt Irvine and Caroline, I knew that I was in good hands and I trusted them. I felt like I was working with the «A Team» project managers on my wedding. All of my wedding vendors were excellent project managers especially Caroline. Words can’t express the wonderful customer service we received from Caroline. She made sure that everything went as planned and I can honestly say that our wedding planning process was not stressful as I thought it might be and the day of the wedding was stress free. I credit the successful wedding for all of the pre-​planning and coordination we did ahead of time with Caroline so that during the day of the wedding, I can relax and enjoy the moment with my family and friends. When the hotel and my wedding planner gave me a sneak peek into our wedding venue white tent before all of our guests entered the white tent, I was speechless because the venue was so beautifully decorated and it was exactly how I envisioned everything. She made sure that everything at our wedding was setup properly from the cocktail area to the reception area. I hired so many different wedding vendors for lighting, décor, catering, cake, florist, stage, DJ, MC, linens, photographer, videographer, candy bar, photo booth, projector, and IN & OUT truck and it was amazing that Caroline along with my wedding planner Melissa helped make sure that all the vendors worked well together and everything went as planned at Hyatt Irvine. The wedding was everything that my husband and I wanted. Aside from the wedding venue, we loved the suite that they provided us on the top floor! Wow, the room was huge and beautiful. I was so glad that they upgraded us because the room easily accommodated my large bridal party the morning of our wedding. Wedding planning is a difficult process but honestly thanks to Hyatt Irvine and Caroline for making my wedding planning easy and non-​stressful. The wedding was successful and all of our guests continue to compliment us how beautiful the wedding was and how smoothly everything went. Thank you Hyatt Irvine catering especially Caroline Bosak for giving us the wedding of our dreams!

The hotel itself is beautiful, and conveniently located near the airport and major shopping/​dining centers in Irvine. My 2 biggest irks were the fees for things that most hotels offer, free of charge.
1) There’s a daily charge for WiFi, which can be horrendously slow during peak hours, regardless of how much you pay
2) You have to pay to PARK at their hotel. I understand paying to stay there, but paying to park there? Really? I’d expect this if it was in some very run-​down neighborhood, and this was their way of offering security to their guests (pay to park in a gated, safe area), but this is Irvine. I mean, really, you can park at most places in Irvine for free
For the end-​cost for the extra amenities that most places offer for free, we could have stayed somewhere nicer, and had WiFi and parking be complimentary (like most normal places). Sigh. At least the beds were soft and cushiony.

This review is for the SNA Airport Parking ONLY.
Usually when I fly out of SNA I’m able to bum a ride pretty easily, but when a recent trip found me leaving too early to ask a friend for a ride in good conscience, a Google search led me to book in at the Hyatt for airport parking.
I opted for the outdoor self-​parking lot as it was significantly cheaper than the valet option. When I pulled in at the early hour of 5 a.m., there was no attendant on duty but the gate was up, so I pulled in and took a spot. I checked in with the front desk to see if I needed a ticket or anything, and he told me no I was fine. So I go on my merry way to the terminal shuttle.
The shuttle schedule is a little incomprehensible «on the :20 and :50 before 6 a.m., and then on the :15 and :45» is what was posted. My shuttle left at none of those times. Another passenger was inquiring with the driver about the lack of attendant; he told us that we’d be charged full price and that our prepay was invalid without a ticket. But we were already at the airport, so he sent us on our way.
When I got back, the shuttle arrived quickly (but not on the :20 or the :50, or event the :15 or :45), and got me back to the Hyatt. I schlepped it back to the self-​park lot, where the attendant took my prepay printout and asked for my parking stub. When I told him I didn’t have one, he said «OK! Have a nice day!» and it was no big deal.
General lack of useful information from the Hyatt staff lost a star, and another for the overabundance of sap-​producing trees in the outdoor lot. Next time, I think I’ll spring for valet.

I am a diamond member with Hyatt hotels, and when we check in we sometimes get an amenity delivered to the room. This time was no different, yet this time, the room service department seemed to take their sweet ass time delivering it. Being as I was starving, I called down nearly an hour later and was assured it was on its way. It was. It arrived, but when they dropped it off it was missing more than half of what was advertised! Kind of lame, actually. I immediately called down, and I admit I was impressed by how they responded.
They made it right, but what really makes this review worth the four stars was Carlos, the attendant who delivered my meal. He went above and beyond and even brought me a bowl of soup (w/​o me asking), saying it would be good to have something warm. He was right! He wouldn’t even accept a tip the second time around. This department is lucky to have him, and it was so refreshing to find someone who thinks about customer service in that way.
I normally would be extremely pissed in a situation like this, but Carlos was so accommodating and kind that I was able to take a step back and be thankful for coming across him.

For the price paid for this room I would have expected wifi to be included but apparently the corporate rate does not include wifi and it was $ 10 a day extra. I was told I was more than welcome to sit in lobby to use wifi.
I never ate at the hotel as their food was overly priced. Rooms were ok, the beds were comfy. The TV was horrible with lousy reception. I expected better.

I recently worked a fashion show here and it was absolutely amazing! The hotel is beautiful and the staff is helpful. Very clean and what a great location! Plenty of parking.
I cannot say much about the rooms because I was in a banquet room back stage doing hair. They provided us w wine glasses and lemon water.

For price and proximity to South Coast, John Wayne, Spectrum, Newport… It’s a pretty good deal. Sure the bathrooms could use a little work, but the beds are pretty comfy. Negatives?
–when we walked into our room it smelled like men’s aftershave. It was strange.
–we had to turn the AC down to 69 degrees in order to feel it. Friend and I slept in the room without using blankets because it felt like the AC wasn’t working. I know they’re an energy conservation friendly hotel so that might have been the cause.
-$ 18 for overnight parking. Pretty steep
The pluses?
–The fitness room is quite nice with several cardio machines and standard weight equipment. –Starbucks tea and coffee in the room. The coffee maker = single cup and is located in the closet.
–Staff was extremely nice. I felt like I received 5 diamond service.

This review is for the Restaurant 6 Park Grill only. I tried to see if they had their own Unilocal and was unsuccessful. I’ve had lunch here a few times now as I work in the building next door. This restaurant is always nice and not too busy considering the amount of businesses surrounding the area. Food is always solid, nothing spectacular but good enough. I’ve found myself ordering the same thing the past couple of times. Here is what I’ve ordered in the past:
Quick Fix: Half Caprese sandwich, sping salad and a cup of soup — This sandwich is pretty tasty, they use super fresh mozzerella cheese and perfect balsamic mixture to compliment the cheese, tomato and basil. The spring salad is your typical spring salad, and they top it with some kind of lemon/​acidic dressing that is just ok. You choose the type of soup you want to accompany your meal, I’ve had both Chicken Tortilla and Vegetable, both soups are very good! Perfect light lunch!
Club Sandwich — Very good! Crisp bacon, plenty of turkey and avocado, the sandwich is pretty big so I would reccomend ordering only if you’re very hungry as it comes with your choice of fries, etc.
Chocolate Tart — Perfect for a chocolate lover, very chocolatey and smooth.
Berries and Cream Eclairs — The berries and cream are good, eclairs tasted old like they had been premade several days ago. Certainly not fresh, airy and light.
Overall this place is good if you want to spend a good $ 20 on lunch. Most Sandwiches average around $ 15 so you’ll have to be willing to shell out some cash for this meal.
Service is always great, I’ve never had one tiny bit of an issue here.

I want to start my review by saying, Hyatt had the nicest night staff that I have ever had at any hotel.
I arrived at the Hyatt around midnight, greeted by James at the front desk who was a pleasure to speak to. He had to help assist some other people and when he returned apologized for the delay and comped our parking for the 3 days we stayed at hotel. Once receiving our room cards, we went to the 5^th floor and arrived at our room. Once walking in unfortunately the room wasn’t made up, (we were informed that the room had new carpet put in earlier that day). We called down to the front desk and Cindy, asked us if we would be willing to switch rooms, which was okay with us. When we got to the front desk, Cindy had upgraded our room for the unconvinced. What a nice little surprise at midnight :)
I’m not giving this hotel 5 stars bc of the upgrades (which don’t hurt)
This hotel was amazing in all areas; front desk staff, the café had some amazing gentleman who were extremely funny, especially after a really long night. The room service staff is very quick to respond to needs or wants.
The hotel is very clean and well maintained, the bed was very comfortable (ill be purchasing the down pillows that were provided in the room), the bathroom was spacious and well stocked.
Overall I was very pleased with my stay, and we will be booking another room there next month for our next trip!

News flash to Hyatt Irvine: your hotel is not located in the theatre district of SF. $ 18/​night parking when the only people parking in your lot are either your overnight guests or people attending events hosted at your hotel is too much. Build the $ 18/​night cost into your room rates, save the trees by not printing thousands of paper tickets a week, and save money by not having to pay a parking attendant to sit there and wave by irritated guests.
When I stay here to visit family in Irvine, they can’t come by to hang out with me here without paying «$ 6/​hour or fraction thereof».
Will look for an alternative hotel in Irvine where parking is included into the cost of the stay.
That said, the rooms are fine in themselves. Clean and comfortable. And they have modern pack n plays for your infant to use. This is a real plus since other hotels often give you rickety wooden death traps from the 1970s when you ask for a crib.
Tip: don’t try to exit on the outside stairwell. Turns out it leads to a door that is alarmed and emergency exit only. I ran up and down these industrial stairs in what felt like free running meets Inception. «how do I get out of here? Run down four flights of stairs. Door alarmed. Up a flight. Down mezzanine hallway. Door locked. Back the other way, up a flight. Run towards elevator. Darn that dream architect, she forgot to build me an exit!»

**Pros**
— Very friendly staff. Check-​in/​out was fast, easy, and pleasant.
— Decent deal on
for slightly under $ 100 for a Saturday night.
— Room was clean and spacious. The bathroom was especially spacious compared to other hotels.
— Checkout was at noon. I’m used to 10am, so the extra 2 hours was nice.
**Cons**
— $ 18 for parking seems excessive, but maybe I’m just use Vegas (
).
— I had the thermostat at 66 degrees the whole night and it was still hot in the room. I don’t know if it was broken or I just didn’t know how to use it.
— The bed had a cushion pillow top. Usually that’d be a nice thing, but with the hot room, it made the bed uncomfortably hot.
**Recommendations**
— I’d recommend this place if there’s a good deal on the room.

Having stayed at a couple Hyatt Regency hotels recently, this one is not up to par with the others. The rooms are just like any regular hotel and a step down from a Courtyard Marriott. This hotel really looks like does most of its business by way of business meetings. The room is clean but the bathroom is tiny and almost useless. I would not return here for the price. I also left behind a work notebook on the desk and was thrown away.

I recently had the pleasure of staying at the Hyatt in Irvine for work. It is kind of a crappy location to be if you need to go to other parts of Orange County because of traffic. However, if you’re just going to stay in Irvine, the Hyatt is located in a prime location.
They have convenient valet. I stayed there for 2 nights and it only cost me $ 7 plus tip. The front desk people are very friendly. They offered me a chocolate chip cookie while they checked me in.
My room was on a higher floor but there really isn’t much of a view anywhere in Irvine. The room was clean and fairly spacious. I did notice that their AC did not work too well. Once it is turned on, one side of the room gets very cold while the other side remains warm. The bathroom was also a little bit small but manageable.
Most of the hotel guests are business professionals. Everyone in the lobby are dressed in jackets so I felt like I fit right in checking in after a long work day in Lake Forest in my suit. I did feel a little bit out of place walking out to check out in jeans and flip flops. I didn’t notice any family or children around so it’s probably not much of a family hotel.

The Hyatt Regency is off the 405 freeway off Jamboree avenue. When traveling to this hotel make sure to take the 405, I mistakenly took the 5 freeway which takes you four miles north. If you take the 5 freeway, you will need to take a Jamboree down if you take the 5 whereas the 405 takes you directly to this hotel.
Parking: $ 20 to park here. This is way too much, remember to budget that when your booking the room or comparing it other hotels. There is no validation whether you’re a visitor or a paying patron. That gets minus one star just for that.
Local Eateries and Bars: The District is a local mall down Jamboree avenue, it’s a smaller mall but has lots of great restaurants with everything from Red Robin & In-​N-​Out to nicer more upscale restaurants. There are various shops and even an AMC movie theater. One interesting side note, there is also an upscale Asian-​centric mini-​mall with lots of fun Asian food, karaōke bar and 85 Degrees Bakery which is super fun. If your into something different I would go there. It is contemporary with lots of professional, single people who are looking to blow off some steam. The karaōke bar is called Plush and is located within this mini-​mall off Alton Way and Jamboree. If your traveling with a big group definitely go there– they serve alcohol which is hard to find in regional karaōke bars. Taxi cabs to either malls range between $ 10 – 12 and will take roughly 20 – 30 minutes to pick you up at this hotel so take that into account if you are planning to go out.
Surprising finds: The gym is huge for a hotel, same goes for the pool. Users really need to take advantage of such amenities. Also I think the local, wide open area makes for a great morning run.
Staff: Awesome, very polite and nice. The rooms are very clean and it looks like balconies are included in every room which is a nice touch.
I have yet to order service, but I would really take a quick drive or cab ride down the road to the District mall. Also there are no local service stations or convenience stores to grab drinks. So if your with friends or planning a getaway weekend, definitely stop for beer or munchies. There is nothing close by otherwise you will be paying hotel prices for chips and a soda.

So, here again for the 3^rd year in a row. This time not quite as nice — there was some sort of high school talent show with large broadcast cameras and electrical and audio gear everywhere setting up. With about 50 electrical cables running across the only hallway to the parking lot, I tripped over one while they were pulling them across trying to get my suitcase in and did a faceplant. As a film producer, I can tell you there’s a right way and a wrong way to wrangle that sort of cable, and that wasn’t really the right way, or the right place for it. I saw a lot of other people having difficulty too, including a few hotel staff trying to get their tea trolleys down the hall.
I think this is the last time — the parking charge really is ridiculous — because the Irvine Business Park has made it so you have no other choices. Traffic in the area is very heavy too. It’s convenient to the airport.

I went to a conference here and stayed 1 night. Here is my breakdown:
Location: convenient to SNA, the freeways, and restaurants.
Parking: expensive as expected. But seriously just include the $ 18 parking fee in the room rate so guests feel they get something for free and are not being nickel and dimed.
Rooms: standard size, small beds (no kings here), no HD TV (REALLY?), and no fans in the bathroom.
Conference space: what you would expect and freezing. Why do hotels always feel they need to make rooms so freaking cold especially when it wasn’t even hot outside. I drank so much hot tea to stay warm I had to go to the restroom way too much.
Food: Breakfast was very disappointing — nothing substantial. I figured they would offer some hot items like eggs and oatmeal. But they only had fruits and Costco type «baked» good — muffins, croissants. The coffee was HORRIBLE (so bad we couldn’t even finish it, so we went to Starbucks). And the tea selection was good first thing in the morning on Day 1 but as they ran out of the good teas, they failed to restock. Day 2 was whatever was left from Day 1.
Lunches were ok and they offered some decent vegetarian options but small portions as compared to the meat dishes. Salads were very tasty both days.
Price: we paid $ 160 for 1 night — the conference rate.

Great conference amenities and rooms. Plenty of easy-​access dining with minimal wait. Very polite customer service and capable management– which to be honest, saved this review from being one star.
We arrived late but had called and reserved a room– we were told the only one they had left was a non smoking double with a balcony. When we arrived, we were told we had a choice between a smoking room or a parlor room. Opting not to suffer with smoke allergies and conference suits smelling like smoke all week, we opted to try the «parlor room.» I have traveled all over the world and have never seen anything like this– it was humorous. It’s a tiny room with a sofa that opens as a tiny pull out bed– roughly a bit larger than a twin, with a mattress about 6 inches deep making it ideal for feeling each and every spring. $ 140 a night to sleep on a lumpy sofa.

This hotel is good. Plain and simple.
Good rooms. Good beds. Good service. Good bar.
Great deli across from the bar with a coffee shop and fantastic breakfast and carry out options.
Shuttle to the airport.
Concierge is informative and cool.
Great location to restaurants, shopping and O.C. events. Oh, and they rent bikes. Most awesome. Closest beach is Newport Beach… suck it up, you love it!
so, eat some sushi, love So Cal and wake up in a fantabulous hotel wishing you lived here.

In the almost 20 years I’ve lived in the area, I’ve never stayed at this hotel. Rather, in my business, I have frequently gathered at this hotel’s conference rooms for meetings, seminars and workshops. Today’s visit was yet another opportunity come to Salon A-​B for an industry workshop with my peers.
The lobby now has a touch screen display listing the daily activities and their locations on the first floor. Still, a hotel employee directed me to where I needed to be — a nice touch.
The movable dividing walls are somewhat thin and sometimes when the audio is turned up to fill the room or during outbursts of applause or laughter, you can hear whats going on in the conference rooms next door. One layer of soundproofing could help this situation.
Otherwise, the staff who set-​up the drinks and snacks always create a proper display.