At a glance:

Located within 30 minutes of downtown Seattle in Renton, the Hyatt Regency Seattle Lake Washington is a lakeside hotel for tourists, stay-cationers, and business travelers. With 347 rooms, it is a larger hotel, popular for events and conferences, and guests who want to enjoy time by the lake.

What is actually is: A modern lakefront hotel – ultimately almost everything you’d like a suburban Hyatt Regency to be.

What it is not: Nearby to any interesting neighborhoods – the only things within walking distance are part of an outdoor shopping complex.

Time of Year: Summer

Room: Partial Lake View room

Scores:

Hotel Design: 81 – The overall design feels more luxurious than your average Hyatt Regency, but is still fairly generic overall.

Location: 81 – A beautiful setting on lake Washington (which is very enjoyable when weather permits) but far from most area attractions.

Sleep: 88 – Very comfortable overall.

Service: 87 – Friendly staff who went above-and-beyond to make our stay enjoyable.

Room Design: 85 – Upscale but fairly generic. Due to the hotel’s design, you may lack some privacy and only rooms located at the front of the hotel really good views. Our partial lake view room was more of a courtyard view facing the other building. We enjoyed our stay in an executive suite more as it had more privacy.

Room Amenities: 81 – Standard amenities for this brand.

Hotel Amenities: 82 – The lakefront patio and restaurant are a big draw during nice weather. The onsite gym is large and well-equipped, and the onsite cafe/store in convenient (but priced as expected).

Vibe: 80 – A popular lakeside gathering place. Summer stay-cations, business travelers, and guests who are there for a special event (there were 2 weddings during our stay).

Cleanliness/Maintenance: 88 – Very clean and well-maintained.

Value / Extras & Perks: 74 – Hyatt elite member upgrade was minimal for our stay. Summer rates are high, and additional destination and parking fees are unfortunate. Our experience was different as Hyatt Globalists, which is explained in this post “Review- Hyatt Regency Seattle Lake Washington: executive suite“.

OVERALL: 82.7

Would we stay again? Yes!