I've lately stayed with my family at Hyatt Place for our trip to Ottawa. It was a bad experience all along which really put a damper on our vacation. The hotel was clean service was poor. Here are the issues that we experienced during our two night stay at the hotel:
1. We had booked our room a few days before through Expedia, fully paid for the hotel room and received our confirmation from Expedia. We called on our way to inform the hotel that we might arrive later that night. To our surprise, the reception staff told us the hotel was overbooked, there was no guarantee that they'd give us a room and whoever checks in first would get the room. We reminded them that we had booked via Expedia and our reservation was confirmed. The answer was: "this is not how it works". They tried to blame overbooking on Expedia and offered to get us a room in a hotel nearby. When we checked in that night, reception staff said we were lucky to have a room and it's only because someone had cancelled earlier.
2. Both nights, people next door to our room were loud and noisy and we couldn't sleep until 2 AM. We called the reception, explained the situation and ask them to do something but nothing changed.
3. The hotel offered free breakfast but this was poorly managed. They ran out toast and it took more than half an hour to refill it. I wanted to make tea but no hot water was available. I had to ask one of the servers to bring it.
Overall, it was a frustrating experience for my family and me.