Hyatt Regency Resort & Spa Scottsdale at Gainey Ranch Review

Perhaps you too will notice at check out how well behaved the children are sitting in the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale lobby. They are luxuriating in the childrens’ library set up there to amuse them. The older ones may have just visited the Native American mini-museum in the lobby too. Then it occurs that even though families with children were always around during your stay, there hadn’t been one cranky child or vacation-spoiling tantrum in ears’ reach.

Above all-- Comfort

Perhaps some credit for this should be given to the spacious comforting surrounds and welcoming staff in every corner.

Frank Lloyd Wright is said to have inspired the architecture, and knowing his attention to details like designing chairs to bring childrens’ eyes even with adults at the table you imagine that similar attention to detail is what has made your stay so comfortable.

True, our stay was during the start of the off-season. If you are an early riser you can get a feel that you are the only guests in the hotel, an impression only dispelled when crowds collect in the various patio spaces during cocktail hour.

High or low season—the calling card of this resort is clearly the way it is designed for ample privacy and sense of spaciousness.

Hyatt Regency Regency Club Luxury

Spacious does not even begin to describe the Regency Club suite rooms. Palatial is a more apt descriptive. It is actually two suites paired into one, with a large deck, living room/dining room suite with sleeper couch capabilities, two large bathrooms, plush bedroom with a second office area and a fully equipped kitchen.

The latter is almost a mystery, because at any hour you can go to the private Regency Club for breakfast, snacks or light dinner fare.

The adjoining duck and lily pond just outside the Regency Club door quickly became a favorite spot, inviting a good book read as much as your private deck chairs do.

All Amenities- a Playland!

Jogging, cycling, golf course, tennis courts, spa, an enormous water park playground and even a childrens’ camp—it’s all there.

This strikes as a family-friendly resort, first and foremost. Yet, the visitors seemed to run the gamut— a wedding party, escapees from the demands of a business trip, and others just in full recharge batteries mode.

Convenient-- But Why Leave?

Logistically, Scottsdale’s downtown is a short hop from the resort. The concierge table is overflowing with information on things to do in the area and the concierge staff always helpful, smiling and personable.

But with five restaurants on the sprawling grounds there might not be much reason to leave.

Two top tips—Time your visit for a Native Trails dance performance if you can, and do the Wine Me, Dine Me four course meal at the resort’s SWB Bistro at least once.