Stuart Forster writes a review of the Park Hyatt Hamburg hotel, a five-star property with a spa in central Hamburg, Germany.
The Park Hyatt Hamburg is a luxury hotel in central Hamburg. Moenckerbergerstasse, the main shopping street of Germany’s second city, runs by the front of the Levantehaus, the brickwork building that houses this hotel with 252 guestrooms and 31 apartments.
The Park Hyatt Hamburg opened in 1998 yet the Levantehaus was built in 1912. It served as the headquarters of the German-Levant shipping line. It predates the Chilehaus and other Modernist office buildings of the nearby Kontorhaus district. Together with the Neo-Gothic warehouses of Hamburg’s Speicherstadt area, the urban areas were awarded UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2015.
My first impression of this luxury hotel in Hamburg was gazing up at the Levantehaus’s atrium. Its cupola features a stained glass skylight and is decorated with stucco animal figures.
Luxury hotel in Hamburg
Both the building and the service within the hotel impress. No wonder the Park Hyatt Hamburg counts world leaders and A-list movie stars among its guests.
As I was heading out for the evening, a lift opened. Among burly security guards with wires curling down their necks stood a sporty-looking Justin Trudeau. The Canadian Prime Minister had, I was told, just been for a run around the nearby Alster Lake. You would have trouble guessing that from his flawlessly presented hair.
The following day, an excited fellow guest mentioned spotting Keira Knightley in the hotel.
The warm, neutrally coloured décor plays upon Hamburg’s maritime heritage. Black and white photos, displayed in the corridors, show scenes from around the city. They include Aale Dieter, a fishmonger whose banter is a reason to rise early and head to Sunday morning’s Fish Market in Altona.
It’s worth sacrificing the comfort of the Park Hyatt’s beds to visit the Hamburg Fish Market. Bands play live music and beer flows.
Hotel in Hamburg
Despite this being in the heart of the city centre, I was impressed by how quiet my spacious bedroom proved. The large, wood-topped desk proved a good place to work. The Wi-Fi was fast, enabling me to quickly transfer high-resolution photographs of the newly opened Elbphilharmonie’s interiors.
After a busy day on my feet, I appreciated kicking off my shoes and socks and walking on the thick carpet of my bedroom.
I remembered to bring adaptors to charge my electronic devices but noticed that the room had a variety of international and USB sockets.
A bathrobe was hanging in the bathroom, which had both a bathtub and a walk-in shower. Two entrances, around a wardrobe with a safe large enough to store a laptop, emphasised the size of my guestroom and provided a sense of flow.
Dinner at Apples restaurant
Park Lounge is known as the living room of the hotel and it’s there that afternoon tea is served. People sat chatting next to the fireplace, creating a convivial atmosphere.
Cocktails are mixed by Alberto Costa, the hotel’s chief bartender. If you enjoy the drinks he serves. learn how to make them at the cocktail classes which he runs within the Park Hyatt Hamburg.
Apples, the hotel’s highly rated restaurant, serves breakfast from 7.00 am until noon each day. Warm dishes prepared to order in the open kitchen. After grabbing chopped fruit from the buffet, I ordered Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon.
I returned in the evening to dine at the chef’s table, tucking into dishes prepared primarily with produce from the region by Max Hohlfeld and his team.
This hotel is popular with business travellers, meaning reasonable weekend room rates if you’re looking for a city break in Hamburg with an upscale base.
The ConRAD Hamburg
The Park Hyatt Hamburg will reopen as the Conrad Hamburg hotel in the autumn of 2025.
Further information
Ahead of visiting Germany’s second city, you may be interested in this look at the Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg’s waterfront icon and an article about things to do during a weekend in Hamburg.
See the Hamburg Marketing website for more ideas about things to see and do in the city. They include visits to the public plaza and concerts at the Elbphilharmonie.
The German National Tourist Board website is a source of ideas for activities in Hamburg and elsewhere in the country.
Photos illustrating this post are by Why Eye Photography.
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