Hyatt Place Iowa City Downtown

"Stayed here a couple of nights. The rooms are nice and clean, some have windows that start on the floor. It has a small pool, gym, good location, and breakfast is pretty good. Hotel parking is $12 a night. Will stay here again."

"Not sure where to even start on how amazing our experience was staying here! The staff was soooooooooooo nice and accommodating to our needy requests. Clean room, good breakfast, awesome hospitality. They even gave us gifts to celebrate our baby. So thankful. Staff here restored my trust in humanity again is this Iowa thing or are they just super kind people?!? Recommending here to anyone visiting Iowa City."

"Our check-in went smoothly and there was a very friendly person helping us. The parking is a little bit tricky as is where to go to check-in. There is a small parking area on the street near the entrance to get checked in. The parking ramp is shared with an adjoining building and you have to go around the back of the hotel and go several levels down for parking. It is a very nice parking area - it's just a little tricky getting there. Our room was great and impeccably cleaned. I had a little bit of a chuckle when I saw that their electrician had every single screw in the room turned in a uniform direction. It was representative of the attention to detail that we found at this Hyatt Place. We thought the breakfast was top notch for this level of hotel. Everything was prepared nicely, the food service area was very clean and the staff was good about cleaning tables as guests left after breakfast. It was a great stay and we highly recommend this location if you are visiting Iowa City."

"The front desk staff are absolutely amazing at this location. We left a stuffed animal in our room and didn't realize it until the day after we checked out. Since we live out of state, there was no way we could go back to get it ourselves...within minutes of calling the staff confirmed that the animal had been located and would be returned to us immediately. They are friendly, accommodating and seem to really like working at this facility. Talk about "Iowa Nice!""

"Alright, so I really liked it. I would love to give it five stars BUT I had two major issues and those were with the room. The first is that the air conditioner/heating unit is LOUD. It actually woke me up a few times and I am not even a light sleeper. It would be a good idea to get a quieter one or modify it somehow because it was hard to sleep. The second big issue is that the bed and the pillows were very soft. If you like a soft bed then maybe this would be great, but I have some back issues and can’t sleep if the bed is too soft as it can actually hurt my back. I prefer a firmer bed and pillow. Those were the only big issues with the rooms. The view from the room is great as you can see out over Iowa City. Although there was some dude in the room on the opposite side of the courtyard who walked naked out in front of his window and did not bother to close the blinds and I didn’t want to see that. So be warned that you need to close the blinds on the window. As far as cleanliness goes, the room was very clean and the bathroom was very clean and was also spacious enough and had a working fan which was nice. The shower was also big, and it had soap and shampoo and conditioner in a dispenser in the shower. It did have a little water pressure issue as the faucet leaked at the same time as the shower ran, but that might have just been my unit and I could still shower with no difficulties and plenty of hot water. So good job on the shower. The room also had a comfy couch, plenty of closet space, and had a little refrigerator and a little coffee maker with coffee and tea. The TV could be seen from the bed, although the channel selection could have been better. As far as the service goes, the staff were mostly pretty friendly. Especially the next morning. There was a guy with long hair working the front counter who was a bit unhelpful and made me come in as well as my wife to complete check in (she went in with my id). It would have been nice if he could have helped us as it was really cold out. However he explained it was for security. The staff did help us by giving us toothbrushes and toothpaste which was nice. Parking is not free, and is 12 dollars a day. However you could get to the garage with an elevator and it is heated and safe. The breakfast was delicious. Not the best hotel breakfast I have ever had, but was pretty good. It wasn’t just a basic continental breakfast. They had scrambled eggs, and also had “Canadian Turkey Bacon” which was nice. They kept the coffee on all morning and it was piping hot and decent quality. The view from the breakfast room was also great, and the tables were clean. Overall a great place, but you should really work on the heater/AC as well as on the bed situation, maybe in a two bed place have one soft and one firm bed? TLDR Decent hotel. Great breakfast. Great location."