Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, Golf Club & Spa

I stayed at the Park Hyatt Aviara in Carlsbad for a business meeting and had an excellent experience. It’s a beautiful property in a great location, with impressive amenities and the level of service you would expect from a luxury resort. The hotel and grounds are extremely well maintained, and the entire property has a relaxed, upscale atmosphere. It worked very well for a business meeting, but it’s also the kind of resort where I would happily return for a personal trip and have more time to enjoy everything the property has to offer. Beautiful location, great amenities, and an excellent hotel overall. Definitely one of the nicer properties I’ve had the opportunity to stay at for business.

Love it here. Golf was a blast. Breakfast and amenities were spectacular. Would absolutely consider coming back here. Besides the massive wedding that was happening, it did feel very quiet and relaxed.

This is my very first stay in a Park Hyatt Hotel. I had no idea that they were playing in the luxury hotel market. This is a good hotel with very good restaurants and a Miraval Spa. But there were little things that they have to do better. One concierge from 7AM to 3:30 is not sufficient. Not enough check in people so there was always a line. There was a wedding at the hotel which shut down the front driveway for hours. They did not plan for this and the line of cars sitting for an hour was very long. Just bad planning.

The pool was way over capacity. My guess is that there were non guests using the pool as well. Despite being a globalist, the receptionist did not make an effort to let us know of our benefits or to provide us with early check in or late checkout. The toilet was not clean and made a loud noise all night.

I enjoyed my stay here with my kids. To be clear, this is a 4 1/2 star type hotel. If you are expecting it to be on par with a classic 5-star luxury hotel you will be disappointed. That said, rooms were a good size, clean, comfortable enough beds. Pool is kind of small for the size of the hotel (finding a chair later in the day is certainly an issue) but the slides were a nice feature for the kids. Pool food was just ok, but I was very pleased with the restaurants and breakfast was excellent. Did not golf so can’t speak to that aspect. I also didn’t use the Miraval spa, which looked very nice. I would probably return but I can’t say I thought the cost of this place is worth it when you can stay at the Omni for 1/2 the price (I’d say this was marginally nicer from an adult perspective and my kids certainly didn’t notice a difference).