I stayed at the GH Guangzhou for a week on business. Got a great deal of $100/night bundled with my airfare on Asiana. But, it didn't include breakfast and the breakfast buffet, only choice - no menu, was one price of US$28 so that bumped the daily rate. Take note, there is no central heat in this restaurant and the mornings were COLD. I ate with a sweater and coat.

The place is sparkling new and the rooms are large and beautiful. Comfortable bed, electronic shade & curtain. Large flat screen HD TV that swiveled out of the wall for good viewing. The iPOD dock was a nice addition.

The bathroom was a classic example of form over function. The shower/tub area had a window into the bedroom albeit with a shade. The sink was an island but the mirror was too far from the end of the sink so you stand on the side of the sink and swivel the mirror. Weird.

"G" the western style restaurant is spectacular but expensive. Great food. I ate one lunch and one dinner there. Clients took me out the rest of the week. The bar is comfortable with a nice liquor selection. But, beware. I ordered a Talisker 10yo Scotch after seeing the bottle and it was $35! Ridiculous. I then switched for the rest of the week to Glen Morangie which was a more "reasonable" $12. The Chinese tend to pour measured shots so you don't get much of a break.

Staff is the usual cloying, overattentive Chinese model. But, cheery and helpful when necessary. The 22nd floor sky lobby is inconvenient. You go up from the ground floor, then switch elevators to go down to your room. Gym and pool are great.

The location in New City is pretty isolated but a 10-15 minute cheap cab ride can get you into more interesting parts of the city.

I rarely stay at Hyatts (even the so-called "Grand" ones). They are boring but pretentious, and the staff are generally poorly trained. Like Radissons, they think they are better than they really are. HOWEVER, THIS hotel is a cut above the rest. A BIG cut. Big, bold, contemporary, and spacious, with legions of well-trained staffers (essential, because getting lost in the cavernous but minimalist corridors is an hourly occurrence). The designer had his way over those obsessed with functionality, it seems, as signage was also minimal, and public rooms concealed behind door that more resembled solid walls. The trek to the restaurant was a liability insurer's nightmare, as continually stepping up, down, or over (with poor lighting and counter-intuitive motion) is a necessity. This may sound as though I didn't like the hotel -- just the opposite is true. From the spectacular water sculpture at the entrance to the (mentioned by other reviewers) beautiful and (over-, really) designed bathrooms, this hotel is superb. Mirrors everywhere enhanced the feel of spaciousness (in the room I walked into one, thinking it was a doorway). Swivels on mirrors, the television, and more allowed constant arrangement and rearrangement of the room to suit my mood, function, or desires. I upgraded to the business floor, and the lounge was convenient, well-staffed, and open long hours.

I've been in museums and attended art exhibits that were not as impressively designed and arranged as this hotel. All of the room lighting had dimmer switches, electric drapes and blinds opened and closed for the exterior view, to change the bathroom from amazingly open to exceptionally discreet (though the switch for the blinds for the bathroom was outside the bathroom -- allowing someone to play an interesting prank or take a sneak peak at the person in the bathtub or separate shower in the glassed-in room). The bathtub was soaking size, and everything else was LARGE, as well.

This hotel is too good to be a Grand Hyatt. It is truly a 5-star service with a 6-star design. However, to be on the safe side, wear a helmet when walking over the uneven surfaces, and bring a map to find your way around.

Beautiful new (April 2008) property in Guangzhou, quite convenient to the Canton (CIEC) Fair grounds by hotel shuttle, or subway just a couple of blocks away. A bit out of the way from the usual hotel areas, so the taxi drivers don't know it yet.

During the fall Canton Fair , the hotel had staff at the Guangzhou East train station to meet arriving guests and shuttle them to the hotel at no extra charge.

Our standard room was huge, ultra-modern, with a king bed and electronic controls for lighting, window shades and blinds. High speed internet (extra charge) and big flat screen TV with integrated iPod and PC feeds were standard. Bath facilities may be the nicest I have ever experienced in years of travel to good hotels worldwide.

All the amenities were there, with very attentive service by a large staff, most of whom spoke enough English to be very helpful. The concierge found us a local dim-sum restaurant for brunch on those wonderful delicacies within a five minute cab ride.

The 22nd floor Market Cafe restaurant offered a superb dinner buffet of western, Chinese & Japanese food at a reasonable price in a beautifully decorated environment. The adjacent lobby bar in the bridge connecting the two towers of the hotel was a quiet environment for drinks with a spectacular city view.

As another reviewer commented, the 22nd floor lobby is not the most convenient, forcing you to go there, to get to and from your room each time. But offsetting that is the fact that it creates a very secure hotel environment, since only those with room keys can use room elevators from the well-staffed lobby floor.

Overall, an outstanding experience. We'll book again on our next trip to Guangzhou

this is absolutely 5 star. a bit hard to find straight away, its in the middle of a massive redvelopment , so its surrounded on all sides by new buildings going up, and taxis dont know where it is yet, but well worth the effort. Annoying is the sky lobby, basically reception on floor 22, so you go up to 22, then change elevator to go to your floor, gets a bit tedious after a while. staff are very good, if not a bit over bearing. they want to take you to the elevator each time, and i usully got two room visits a day, to see if everything was ok, plus a turndown visit late at night. but overall well worth the money. i stayed in the basic room, a grand king. king size bed, huge room, fantastic bathroom , shower, tub, great view.. and all for about 900 yuan plus tax,. about $200. if everyhotel was as good as this i would travel more