Hyatt Regency Seattle

Character and identity

At 1,260 rooms, this is the largest hotel in the Pacific Northwest, and the scale registers the moment you walk through the glass entrance into a sleek lobby lit by a chandelier of hundreds of slim pendant lamps. Built in 2018, the glass tower brings some shine to a businessy stretch of downtown, two blocks from the Seattle Convention Center, with more than 100,000 square feet of meeting and event space. Rooms run to the dependable Hyatt template: crisp white linens, rain showers, fluffy towels. Service is prompt, professional and politely warm. LEED gold certified since 2019.

Who's it for

Bottom line

The defining quality here is reliable scale: a big, efficient, well-run convention hotel that delivers exactly what frequent Hyatt guests expect, with little personality beyond that. Book it if you're in town for business, a conference or a wedding and want a sophisticated room near the action. Use the in-house Market grab-and-go for speed, and eat dinner at Pike Place.