Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay Reviews

We were having a smallish wedding 65-80 people and toured this hotel. It is well maintained and while not new, still extremely nice. As we only planned the wedding 4 months in advance, the locations for a ceremony were limited. We originally wanted an outdoor venue, but ended up deciding on an indoor room. Thank goodness we did. There was a torrential downpour the entire day and night of our wedding. All of the other outdoor weddings planned at the hotel that night needed to scramble and move inside. But we were not stressed as ours was already inside.

We used the hotel as a host venue and every one of our guests stayed there. We also hosted a pre-ceremony reception outside the ceremony room. We wanted to do something different and had fun finger foods for hors d'oeuvres.. We had pigs n the blanket, fried Mac n cheese balls, mini pizzettes, French fry cones and pretzel bites. Our guests loved it.

We also hosted a Sunday brunch and it was also exceptional. Caitlin, the catering director, was incredible. Our event was her last as she was promoted to a new position at a different Hyatt hotel.

Lastly, we booked the bay view luxury suite for us to stay in, but also to use as a hospitality suite. While the suite itself was a little worn around the edges, the room itself was perfect. We often had 15-20 people hanging out there and there was plenty of room for everyone.

We couldn’t have been happier there with the venue. The only down side is that as a Hyatt member, I expected more credits for the rooms we booked. I personally booked 6 rooms. And yet I only received credit for 3 of them. Apparently that is a discoverist rule, which I had never heard of. I was extremely disappointed and upset when I learned that I didn’t not credit for the, especially after hosting an event there.