Lodge overview: A keep at Dream Hollywood by Hyatt

Los Angeles has a dizzying array of lodging choices, from price range motels to ultraluxury accommodations. The sprawling metropolis of greater than 500 sq. miles will be overwhelming for a first-time customer like myself to pick the proper location, noting the beachfront neighborhoods can simply be an hour’s drive from downtown, due to LA’s notoriously dangerous site visitors.

As a World of Hyatt loyalist, eager to earn one other Model Explorer Award, I narrowed my search to lesser-known Hyatt properties near town’s prime vacationer points of interest and settled on the Dream model, smack bang in the midst of Hollywood.

Regardless of colleagues dwelling within the metropolis expressing considerations that, whereas central, the property wasn’t in essentially the most fascinating location attributable to security considerations at evening, I wished to see if a Hyatt group property may ship a stable visitor expertise within the metropolis’s coronary heart.

This is what it is like staying at Dream Hollywood, a World of Hyatt property.

Associated: The 27 finest accommodations in Los Angeles to your subsequent go to

What’s Dream Hollywood?

Opened in 2017, Dream Hollywood affords 178 visitor rooms and suites on the nook of Selma Avenue and N. Cahuenga Boulevard within the Hollywood Hills. The model is thought for its upscale facilities and a give attention to nightlife with in-house cocktail bars and rooftop lounges.

The Los Angeles location is one in every of simply six Dream properties worldwide, with two in New York and one every in Nashville, Miami Seashore and Doha. Future areas are deliberate in Atlanta, Dallas, Las Vegas and extra.

Associated: What it is like staying at Dream Nashville, Music Metropolis’s downtown life-style lodge

Day by day Publication

Reward your inbox with the TPG Day by day e-newsletter

Be part of over 700,000 readers for breaking information, in-depth guides and unique offers from TPG’s specialists

A part of World of Hyatt’s “Boundless Assortment,” the Dream model is to not be confused with the Desires model, an all-inclusive World of Hyatt model with quite a few properties throughout Mexico, the Caribbean and southern Europe.

Suites begin at $516 per evening for a 430-square-foot King Suite Platinum, a comparatively good worth for an expensive metropolis like Los Angeles. Observe these charges embody a pesky $42 per evening obligatory “vacation spot charge,” which incorporates minimal advantages like two bottled waters, Champagne on check-in, electrical charging stations, premium Wi-Fi and health and pool deck entry.

As a Class 6 property, you’ll be able to ebook this lodge from 21,000 World of Hyatt factors per evening on an off-peak date as much as 29,000 factors per evening on a peak date. Do not forget that World of Hyatt redemptions are not charged a vacation spot charge.

When reserving Dream Hollywood, you will wish to use one of many bank cards that earn essentially the most factors for Hyatt stays and one which presumably affords computerized World of Hyatt elite standing for value-added advantages. These embody:

• World of Hyatt Credit score Card: Earn 4 factors per greenback spent at Hyatt accommodations and resorts; computerized Discoverist standing; and 5 elite evening credit per 12 months towards a better tier.
• World of Hyatt Enterprise Credit score Card: Earn 4 factors per greenback spent at Hyatt accommodations and resorts; computerized Discoverist standing; and 5 elite evening credit per 12 months towards a better tier.

A TPG colleague with top-tier Globalist standing kindly gifted me a Visitor of Honor award, which allowed me to use Globalist advantages to at least one upcoming Hyatt keep. Utilizing this at a premium property for an extended keep is advantageous to maximise the advantages.

Whereas receiving the award was easy (I wanted to offer my colleague with my World of Hyatt quantity, and I quickly acquired an electronic mail stating the award was in my account prepared to make use of), making use of it to an present reserving wasn’t. I needed to name Hyatt to have them manually add the Visitor of Honor award to the reserving, which was time-consuming, although I perceive in case you are making a brand new reserving and have this award in your account, you’ll be able to select so as to add it on-line in the course of the reserving course of.

Luckily, the method was smoother on the property, and the advantages have been tangible. The pleasant check-in agent suggested me he may see the Visitor of Honor award on my reserving and would waive the vacation spot charge, a Globalist profit on money stays. He additionally suggested me breakfast could be complimentary on the rooftop and to say to the restaurant employees that I had a Globalist profit to make use of. He additionally proactively provided me a 2 p.m. checkout on my last day, which was precious earlier than a night flight house.

I did not routinely obtain a room improve at check-in. Once I requested if there have been higher rooms nonetheless on the market that evening, I used to be instructed there was just one single room accessible at this practically 200-room lodge, so I did not push my luck, on condition that there might have been reliable Globalist members arriving to improve as a substitute.

In hindsight, I ought to have saved the Visitor of Honor award for a keep the place loads of superior rooms and suites have been accessible to improve to. Nonetheless, the free breakfast and waived vacation spot charge saved me $100 per evening and made me “Dream” about my path to incomes Globalist standing.

Rooms at Dream Hollywood

I acquired the identical King Bronze Balcony room I had booked, a compact however well-appointed and light-filled 300-square-foot area on the third ground.

Having just lately toured the spectacular new Park Hyatt London and being stunned to see hardwood flooring within the bedrooms at such a premium property, I a lot most well-liked the tender carpet beneath the queen-size mattress at Dream Hollywood.

A correct desk and leather-padded chair offered a helpful, comfy area to work beneath the massive flat-screen tv.

Realizing I needed to fly again to my house in dreary, grey London instantly after this keep, I appreciated how a lot pure gentle this room was bathed in.

Whether or not company have been trying to get into the spirit earlier than hitting the city or persevering with the festivities after close by venues closed, the in-room minibar mirrored the property’s social gathering vibe. Half-size bottles of Patron tequila, Hennessy cognac and Nicolas Feuillatte Champagne have been all accessible for an additional cost. Nonetheless, the essential amenity of a espresso machine was nowhere to be seen.

The balcony, with its cafe-style picket desk and chairs, was an ideal place to absorb the SoCal sunshine; nevertheless, the lower-floor stage I used to be on did not present a lot of a view past neighboring rooftops.

The lavatory additionally loved loads of pure gentle due to the full-length window on one bathe wall. Nonetheless, with the curtain on the skin, two company sharing a room might not be comfy with how simply somebody may peek into the toilet from the bed room.

The spacious walk-in bathe featured sparkly silver tiles for a contact of Hollywood glamor and the Karl Lagerfeld toiletries additionally added some luxurious.

I used to be stunned {that a} property of this measurement provided solely two eating venues. One in every of them was the upmarket TAO Asian Bistro subsequent door, whose menu was past my price range.

That left the rooftop Spotlight Room Grill, a small however nice outside area with views of the Hollywood signal on a transparent day.

Breakfast is served day by day on this area, and the omelet together with your alternative of three fillings ($24) paired with a well-crafted espresso-style espresso ($5) proved a wholesome strategy to begin the day.

My second breakfast of a ham, cheese and egg muffin with breakfast potatoes ($18) did not scream premium, being extra fancy McDonald’s than Michelin-starred.

I additionally tried out the room service menu, which might be simply ordered by cellphone within the room. My order was delivered in a paper bag with a receipt stapled to it, which felt slightly low-rent and made me marvel why I did not simply order by means of an exterior meals supply service with a a lot wider vary of cuisines as a substitute.

The style of my crispy rooster sandwich ($28) was there, and the meals had been very just lately cooked earlier than being whizzed right down to my room, however the shiny plastic cutlery and sauces in tubs made it one of many extra underwhelming room service meals I’ve had.

Dinner at Spotlight Grill again on the rooftop was a extra subtle affair. It began with tuna poke wonton tacos with spicy mayo ($19) and a Peaches and Spice cocktail ($23), a punchy mixture of Avion Silver tequila, mezcal, Cointreau, peach, membership soda and habanero.

My entree of grilled branzino with panzanella salad and tomato French dressing ($34) was among the best fish dishes I’ve eaten just lately. It was completely grilled whereas being moist, recent and flavorful, and I might return to Spotlight Grill for this dish alone.

• The rooftop pool is an off-the-cuff, relaxed and social area to work in your tan; although on weekends, you will must be up early to safe a solar mattress.
• Open 24/7, the lodge’s fitness center is well-equipped to remain in form throughout your keep.
• The rooftop additionally has a cocktail membership named The Lounge at Spotlight Room that’s solely open Friday and Saturday nights for just a few hours at a time, with desk bookings required.
• Hollywood’s well-known Stroll of Fame is a simple five-minute stroll from the lodge. Nonetheless, the celebrities stretch for 15 blocks, so discovering your favourite celeb may take a while.
• Valet parking is out there instantly in entrance of the lodge for $60 per evening.

Insider ideas for staying at Dream Hollywood lodge

• The property appears common with party-ready weekenders, so anticipate chaos and noise if checking in on a Thursday or Friday afternoon, with company balancing circumstances of booze on their baggage.
• Request a excessive ground (5 or above) in the event you’re hoping to take pleasure in a view out of your room, and keep in mind some rooms face the well-known Hollywood signal.
• A terrific, quiet and peaceable coworking area is out there close to the health heart, which is right if you’d like a break from working in your room.
• The realm surrounding the lodge felt secure and quiet within the evenings, with loads of safety and valet parking employees exterior the lodge.

Accessibility

Dream Hollywood has broad, flat paths from the entry by means of reception to the elevators. Visitor ground hallways are equally accessible.

Although the rooftop pool has steps right down to the Spotlight Grill restaurant, a considerate ramp assists company with mobility points.

The lodge additionally affords a number of tiers of mobility-accessible visitor rooms and suites with roll-in showers.