Grand Hyatt Baha Mar Review: Nassau Bahamas

Grand Hyatt Baha Mar

1 Baha Mar Blvd, Nassau, The Bahamas
Tel: +1 242.788.1234

• Book Direct with Hyatt:  Grand Hyatt Baha Mar (book a paid stay or use Hyatt points)
• Book Online with a Virtuoso Rate (Includes complimentary room upgrade, free daily breakfast, early check-in, late check-out & a resort credit). Learn about Virtuoso rates here.

Location

Baha Mar is a 1,000-acre mega-resort on Cable Beach, which is in the center of the island of New Providence, The Bahamas. There are 3 luxury hotel brands at Baha Mar:

• Grand Hyatt Baha Mar
• Rosewood Baha Mar, and
• SLS Baha Mar

The location is conveniently located near the Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS), which is just a 10-15 minute drive away.

Rooms

As a Hyatt Globalist member, I used one of my free night certificates to get upgraded to a suite and get an extra bonus. Normally, the suites available for upgrade are facing the front of the property, overlooking the fountain. However, since only half of the resort was open during my stay I was “double upgraded” to an ocean view suite, which was great!

The marble bathrooms were large and very nice with two rain shower heads, double sinks, a separate room for the toilet, and a large soaking tub.

Amenities

The resort is loaded with amenities and things to do including a bunch of pools (I think around 8 or 9), a beautiful white sand beach, a huge fitness center, a spa, and much more.

Restaurants & Bars

There is no shortage of places to eat at the Baha Mar. However, since we were traveling during COVID many of them were closed. Here is a list of the restaurants that were open during our stay.

• 3 Tides – Only open for Breakfast
• Carna – Steakhouse
• Drift Bar & Grill – Pool Dining and Bar
• Fi’lia – Italian
• Jazz Bar
• Katsuya – Japanese and Sushi
• Out Island Bar – Pool Dining and Bar
• Pizza Lab – Great pizza and gelato
• Starbucks
• Stix Noodle Bar – Casual noodle restaurant
• T2 Cigar Bar
• The Lynden

We ate at all of the restaurants, except Stix Noodle Bar. I normally prefer to leave the property for dinner, which we did twice. However, if I had to do it over again, I would just stay on the property as the food at the resort was much better than the food at the other places we ate on the island.

The following restaurants were not open during our visit and are scheduled to open in March when the SLS and Rosewood open back up.

• 25N
• Cafe Boulud
• Cafe Madeleine
• Cleo
• Costa
• Da’ Poke Bowl
• El Jefe – Food Truck
• Streetbird – Food Truck
• Regatta
• Scoops Ice Cream
• Shuang Ba
• The Swimming Pig
• Tingum on the Sand
• The Palms
• Unami Burger

Activities & Things to do

Baha Mar offers a variety of sports and activities, including:

• The Royal Blue Golf Club – the Jack Nicklaus Signature 18-hole Golf Course;
• The Racquet Club Baha Mar – 9 tennis courts including clay, hard, and grass surface courts;
• Bocce & croquet;
• Mini Golf; and
• Basketball Courts

Grand Hyatt Baha Mar Review – Points & Elite Status

Like the Park Hyatt St Kitts, I found the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar to be great “point value” for a luxury resort in the Caribbean. Standard rooms typically run about $250-$400 per night, in season, with the suites starting at $500 per night. This is a Hyatt Category 5 hotel, so a standard room will require 20,000 points per night.

I booked a 2 standard rooms for 5 nights for 200,000 World of Hyatt Points. However, there was a great Hyatt promotion at the time which rebated back 50,000 points. I also used a Hyatt Globalist certificate to upgrade one of the rooms to a suite.

As a globalist, I received the room upgrade, free valet parking, free daily breakfast for 2 (per room), and a daily drink voucher at the bar for 2 free drinks up to $50 in value. Despite the volume of people that normally come through this property, they did a great job with customer service and loyalty recognition.

How to stay here with Points

There are a couple of ways you can stay at this hotel for free. The first is via staying at Hyatt properties and earning points through stays. If you are going to try to earn free nights this way, make sure to check out our World of Hyatt Promotion page– here you will find a variety of ways to earn Hyatt points and any promotions that are currently being offered to accelerate your earning power. This method will take some time, but if you are a frequent business traveler, it absolutely can be done.

The fastest way to earn free nights at this hotel is to apply for a credit card with a solid bonus offer such as the Hyatt Visa Card or the Chase Sapphire Reserve Card, which offers 1:1 transfers of Ultimate Rewards Points to World of Hyatt Points.

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