Park Hyatt Aviara

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Phoenix Urban Living

Joined 3 years ago

The Seafood buffet at Park Hyatt Aviara is disappointing.. used to love the Seafood buffet along with everything at the Four Seasons Aviara. I had my wedding there and it was completely amazing. However since Park Hyatt took over the management I returned last night for the seafood buffet, and it was a horrible disappointment! The Park Hyatt has raised the price 5 additional dollars and reduced immensely the quality!!! There were huge lines of people 8 deep waiting multiple times for over 5 minutes for lobster that kept running out. The poor server kept having to run back to the kitchen check on it with no help. The salad options were very limited along with the entrees. When the server did get lobster he ran out within minutes because all the people waiting converged and then the waiting would begin again and another line would build. This happened I believe 4 or 5 times during my dinner. People were complaining right and left. The desert section used to be sublime and a culinary Disney experience when it was Four Seasons now it is definitely a not!!!! It is half the size and nothing to even waist your calories on. I am so disappointed I have always loved Aviara. The property is still beautiful, but do not bother eating there. I wonder if Park Hyatt will keep this property up in the long run. I am so sad and disappointed!!!!

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10blond

Joined 7 years ago

The Finest in Carlesbad !!. I really don't know the area but I bought a Frommers book trying to find great dining and good wines but it had nothing that told me anything so the hotel I was staying at was indeed all that I was seeking including

wonderful musicians. We to ask where the resturant was and was greeted by very polite staff and sat us immediately. Then came the wines great selection of many wines on the menu our choice was shariz and was quite smooth. Then I ordered home made coppa roasted golden beets with fallbrook radish and castelmagno cheese ........was incredible. I loved the teas was exeptional the best I have had in a while. Since I order the finest in Thailand there selection included loose teas by mighty leaf and feel in love with

oolong teas wow! The waiter was so attentive and friendly it made my dining pleasurable. He then served us the sweet sugarsnap peas and wild asperagus poached egg anson mills soft polenta black truffle and main dish was black spaggetti and shimp with calabrese sausage was so inviting. I want all of you to know that even at the bar the bartender had a strange laugh that mad you want to laugh. I truly had the time of my life staying and meeting new friends that you feel at home@ Thank you 4 seasons on making my stay a so pleasurable. Rooms are very clean and tidy. I strongly recommend! usagov911@hotmail

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European-style spa retreat with indoor and outdoor treatment rooms, whirlpools, saunas, steam rooms and a solarium lounge.. In Short
As part of the acclaimed Four Seasons Resort, this luxury spa boasts 25 treatment rooms including a couple's suite and Zen garden with five outdoor massage cabanas. Services include a wide choice of facials, massages, body wraps and hydrotherapy treatments, plus steam rooms, saunas, Pilates classes and a fitness center. Packages range from 50-minute facial and massage sessions to half-day and eight-hour indulgences.

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Joined 10 years ago

Upscale resort on the aviary-friendly bluffs of quaint Carlsbad.. The Scene
Situated in what has been touted as the "Nation's Best Master-Planned Community," this sprawling, wildflower-blessed upscale resort is a perfect destination for business meetings, golf-and-tennis getaways and family vacations. Guestrooms and suites are set in a series of low-rise Spanish Colonial-style buildings perched on a hillside overlooking the picturesque Batiquitos Lagoon, a protected wetlands and bird refuge. The bird theme is prevalent in the details of the contemporary decor throughout the resort, which boasts an Arnold Palmer-designed 18-hole golf course, tennis courts and a full-service spa. Though the resort is only 30 minutes north of the boutiques and restaurants of San Diego and La Jolla and just a stone's throw from quaint Carlsbad, with its eclectic mix of surfers and artists, it offers a half-dozen shops of its own, along with an array of dining options.