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| - This five star review is not in the context of having a nice, restful stay in a hotel... It's about HAVING AN OFF THE HOOK, BANGIN' PARTY AT 5AM!!
I was recently at a music fest in Montreal and it was a few days into the festival when I was here. It was about 2:30am after Saturday night's show, the rowdiest one yet, when a friend of mine texted me and one of my hotel roommates an invite to the party. We were a bit dubious about the whole thing- fancy hotel, nearly 3am, and could we get past reception?- but we were only two blocks away and my roomie's bf was there, so off we went!
We were still in our clothes from the show and pretty much looked like drunken, glittery, fancy gothic strippers, so we figured we probably wouldn't even get past the front desk, but nope, no gate keeper was to be seen! Our cheap little hotel a few blocks down had someone at the front desk 24/7, but apparently not the Hyatt! Take note party-goers: That's pretty awesome!! Take note hotel patrons: You might not be too stoked on that.
We hopped on the elevator, amazed at our luck, and took the elevator up to the floor the party was at. We had to use our key cards to operate the elevator at our hotel, but i guess anybody can hop onto the elevator at the Hyatt and go wherever they like! As soon as the elevator doors opened we could hear the loud buzz of many people talking. We figured the room must be right around the corner because of the volume, but nope... We walked down many a hallway and took many a turn before arriving at the suite the party was in! All the musicians and out of towners were being put up at the Hyatt, and the hotel must have sensibly booked them all at the same floor and made sure no one else was staying nearby. If they were really smart they probably made sure there was a buffer of empty rooms on the floors above and beneath them as well. I am AMAZED no one had complained. Take note party-goers: You CAN start an impromptu sing along to cheesy 80s love songs!!
To accommodate all the people at the party in the tiny little room someone had tipped one of the beds up on the sides. Clever, very clever. I was pleased to note that the carpet under the bed looked just as clean as the areas around it, so points to the Hyatt on cleanliness- I mean, i think i would have been a bit uncomfortable if the carpet around where the bed was supposed to be was a darker shade of brown.
My friend and i stayed til about 5am (we noticed the sun coming up and had enough sense to not want to walk home in our flashy outfits when it was light out!) and left without incident. No one ever came by the hotel room to shush the party, and there was still no one to scold us in the empty lobby. Probably a good thing since by that point i probably would have drunkenly slurred out 'don't judge meeee' if anyone on staff so much as looked at me.
All in all, i recommend this hotel if you are looking for a hotel to party in after a bachelorette party, stag, graduation, concert, club night, or whatever else merits being rowdy until long past the rest of the world is waking up without a hangover!
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