I've just returned from a two night stay at this hotel, for business and I really liked it!

My room was a great size, with a fab bathroom (typical Hyatt style) big tub, seperate shower, good selection of toiletries. There was a nice walk in closet, good bed, desk and chair (lounge style).

The pool area is amazing! big pool and very spacious with plenty of loungers and chairs. The gardens are beautiful and there's a 800m running track around the grounds.

The health club is just as any other Hyatt I've stayed in (Singapore & Auckland only) great! Plenty of machines, towels and water available everywhere, the changings room are spacious and the showers very powerful. There's also a steam and sauna with a great plung pool (both hot and cold) between the two, so you can have a quick dip before entering again!

I didn't get much time to explore the surrounding area, I only managed the attached shopping centre, which is where I went for dinner and breakfast - there's lots and lots of options here (both Asian and western), so I wouldn't have breakfast in the hotel, although on my first night I order room service for dinner and it was pretty good, big portios, but nothing special.

One of the things I did notice and I saw mentioned in another review here, is the smell of unrine in the bathroom. I noticed this in other Asain hotels and have always put it down to poor drainage/sewer systems, as my room here (and in other hotels where I've encountered this) was spotless and cleaned throughly.

Jakarta is a very busy city, so I would suggest you give yourself plenty of time to get places. One last tip is to make sure you get a proper taxi from the airport. As with many airports there are lots of touts hanging around the arrivals area, these are not reputable taxi firms.

Please make sure to find one of the proper firms (I used Bluebird, clearly maked blue cars) outside the building. It may (or may not!) cost more but it's worth it to arrive at your destination safely.

LOVED IT! Awesome sized rooms. GREAT service. Food good- all perfect. Even though there was massive flooding in Jakarta the hotel did a great job of managing communications regarding what was going on.

Great choice for business travel. Generously sized room with walk-in closet and large upscale bathroom. Fantastic gym with lots of equipment and individual cabled TVs and Sennheiser headsets! Breakfast buffet has decent variety. Service is very personalized and warm. Adjoining posh shopping mall has good affordable restaurant options. Only 15 minutes from stock exchange area. All in all, a great choice and I hope to stay there on next trip.

Having stayed at Hyatt Hotels in many other cities around the world, I was very disappointed with this one. The amenities are all there, but the service ts extremely slow and the staff cold and unfriendly. The restaurants offer almost nothing for vegetarians. The breakfast is nothing out of the ordinary.

When I first arrived in my room, I found the bathroom had not been cleaned properly and there was a urine smell in the shower cubicle. Although I called Housekeeping to clean it up and complained to the Front Desk, noone attended to my request for well over a half hour. In the end, I spoke to the manager. She came over to my room, brought Housekeeping with her and asked them to clean it up. They didn't succeed in removing the smell, but at least they tried.

This experience on top of the cold, unfriendly service I've had on both this visit and a previous visit mean that I will not be staying at the Grand Hyatt in Jakarta again.