ADMINISTRATOR MTC Posted June 12 ADMINISTRATOR Share Posted June 12 364 rooms across two towers. A DreamWorks-branded family entertainment center next door. The Entertainment City hotel that affluent Filipino families have made their default — and the only Manila luxury hotel where a five-year-old can meet Shrek on the way to breakfast. The Hyatt That Chose Family When Hyatt Hotels & Resorts opened its City of Dreams Manila property on February 2, 2015, it was making a deliberate market choice. Solaire and the other Entertainment City five-stars had taken the casino-adjacent business traveler and the high-roller. The Manila Hotel and Peninsula owned the corporate-luxury heritage corner. Hyatt Regency, by positioning itself inside the City of Dreams compound but oriented around family travel, opened a different niche: the affluent Filipino family staycation at a casino-resort scale. The bet has paid off. Hyatt Regency Manila is now the de facto family pick for the Entertainment City compound, and one of the most consistently booked Filipino family hotels in Metro Manila. The Twin-Tower Layout The property is built across two towers, with 364 rooms distributed between them. The layout — a deliberate City of Dreams design choice — gives the hotel both the volume to host major family bookings and the modularity to keep tower-by-tower guest profiles distinct. The towers connect at the lobby level, which means the casino, the pool deck, the DreamPlay center, and the dining are all accessible from both towers without going outside. The Accommodations The room program is calibrated for the family stay. Each room is: Furnished in striped wood and warm earth tones (the brief was "calm, not casino") Marble-lined bathrooms with full-size tubs (important for the family-with-young-children booking) Workspace with ergonomic desk chair and 42–55-inch HDTV Floor-to-ceiling windows oriented toward either the pool deck, the resort grounds, or the broader Entertainment City skyline For families with two or more children, the Twin Bed rooms and Suite categories offer real flexibility — connecting rooms are available and frequently booked for the multi-generational booking. DreamPlay by DreamWorks The single biggest reason Hyatt Regency works for families is what sits beside it: DreamPlay, the world's first family entertainment center from DreamWorks Animation. Spread across 2,400 square meters, the facility is built around DreamWorks's most-loved characters — Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar, How to Train Your Dragon, the Trolls — in an integrated blend of live and digital play spaces. This is not a hotel kids' club. This is a full family entertainment center on the property's footprint, and it is the single feature that differentiates Hyatt Regency from every other Entertainment City five-star. Family guests staying at the hotel typically get DreamPlay access bundled into their booking or at a substantial member rate. The Pool A luxury outdoor pool — the Hyatt's volume pool, set in the central deck between the two towers — anchors the property's outdoor space. A dedicated children's pool sits beside it, with shallow water and shaded seating for parents. Dining The property's dining is calibrated for the family resort use case: international buffet (Café), a Cantonese restaurant, a lobby lounge for afternoon tea, and the casino-adjacent dining options through the connected City of Dreams floor plan. For affluent Filipino families, the weekend brunch at the main café is one of the property's most-booked experiences — large enough to accommodate three-generation families, well-priced for the segment, with a children's corner that frees the parents. The Casino Context The hotel is fully integrated with City of Dreams Manila's casino and entertainment program. For adult guests, this means immediate access to the gaming floor, the Nobu Restaurant (in the adjacent Nobu Hotel), the casino's bar program, and the broader Melco entertainment calendar. For family guests, the casino is non-intrusive — the gaming floor sits one level down, with a separate ingress that families with young children rarely encounter. When to Stay Hyatt Regency is a year-round hotel. Peak family booking is December–January (school break), April–May (summer break), and Holy Week. These are also the windows when DreamPlay runs its full programming. For corporate-adjacent stays, weekday rates at Hyatt are often the best value in the Entertainment City cluster — competitive with non-luxury peers but with full five-star amenities. Getting There NAIA Terminal 1 → 10–20 minutes by car NAIA Terminal 3 → 25–35 minutes via Skyway Makati → 25–40 minutes via Skyway or Roxas Boulevard BGC → 30–45 minutes via Skyway Mall of Asia → 10–15 minutes Related — All Properties Under Metro Manila Hotels: Luxurious Makati CBD The Peninsula Manila (Makati): The Lobby & Manila Luxury Hotel Standard Raffles Makati: All-Suite Ultra-Luxury & Butler Service Fairmont Makati: Spectrum Brunch & Premium 5-Star Dusit Thani Manila (Makati): Thai 5-Star & Recently Renovated Discovery Primea Makati: Boutique Luxury & Contemporary Design Mandarin Oriental Makati (Upcoming Dec 2026): Ayala Triangle Luxury Tower Return BGC / Bonifacio Global City Shangri-La The Fort Manila (BGC): BGC Anchor 5-Star Grand Hyatt Manila (BGC): Hyatt Premium Flagship & BGC 5-Star Ortigas Center / Mandaluyong Edsa Shangri-La Manila (Ortigas): Ortigas 5-Star & Shangri-La Plaza Connection Marco Polo Ortigas Manila: Premium 5-Star & Ortigas Cluster The Westin Manila (Ortigas): Wellness 5-Star & Mandaluyong CBD Newport (NAIA-Adjacent) Hotel Okura Manila (Newport): Japanese 5-Star Hospitality & Newport Cluster Hilton Manila (Newport): Hilton 5-Star & NAIA Convenience Manila Marriott Hotel (Newport): Newport World Resorts 5-Star & NAIA-Adjacent Entertainment City Nobu Hotel Manila (Entertainment City): Boutique Luxury at City of Dreams Pasay Bay Area Conrad Manila (Pasay): Hilton Ultra-Luxury & MOA Bayfront Lanson Place Mall of Asia (Pasay): Premium Serviced Suites & MOA Bayfront Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila (Pasay) [Closed 2024] Ermita (Heritage) The Manila Hotel (Ermita): The 1912 Historical Icon & MacArthur Suite Parent thread: Metro Manila Hotels: Luxurious Other Threads of Interest City of Dreams Manila: Nobu Hotel & Casino — the full integrated resort context Okada Manila (Entertainment City): The Fountain & Cove Manila — the Entertainment City rival Solaire Resort Manila: Sky Tower Hotel & Casino — the other Entertainment City five-star Your turn. DreamPlay-with-kids reports, family-booking tips, weekend-brunch reviews, connecting-room logistics, and how Hyatt Regency stacks against Solaire's family product — share your stays. — Bizman Quote Link to comment
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