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October 8, 2025 • 11 min read
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Quick summary
The Hyatt Regency Times Square is New York City's first Hyatt Regency, offering nearly 800 recently renovated rooms in a prime Broadway location.
Standard rooms can accommodate up to four guests, with options for two queen beds, which is uncommon in Manhattan.
Dining options include a new restaurant, grab-and-go venue and bar, with breakfast and dinner service featuring local favorites.
The hotel charges a daily destination fee, but this can be avoided when booking with World of Hyatt points.
What to consider
The property is in the heart of Times Square, making it ideal for theatergoers but potentially overwhelming due to crowds and street activity.
A daily destination fee includes perks like yoga classes, Citi Bike passes and laundry discounts, but does not apply to points bookings.
Room rates start just under $300 or from 21,000 World of Hyatt points per night, with accessible room options available.
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To get straight to the point, the Hyatt Regency Times Square has rooms bookable from 21,000 World of Hyatt points per night and could be the right choice for someone looking to stay at a new hotel in the heart of Times Square, especially if you're on the hunt for standard rooms that sleep up to four people.
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First impressions of the Hyatt Regency Times Square
After coming up the escalator from the hustle and bustle of Times Square, my first impression of the new Hyatt Regency Times Square was that the lobby is genuinely massive. It is massive in footprint but also in its two-story ceiling height.
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The look was one of clean, uncluttered lines but with a touch of midcentury modern-inspired design and some colorful pops of art, which I'd later learn were inspired by the Broadway theater marquees.
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With almost 800 rooms, it's not just the lobby that's large, but really the entire hotel. It's also fresh off an extensive multimillion-dollar renovation since the doors closed on the property's previous identity, the Crowne Plaza, and months later reopened as a Hyatt Regency.
The rooms at the Hyatt Regency Times Square
If you ask me, the best hotel to stay at is usually the one with the newest or most recently renovated rooms, so by that metric, the Hyatt Regency Times Square definitely checks that box for those looking to stay in this part of the city. The room came outfitted with white linens, showcased a modern brown and ivory color palette and offered lots of counter space to keep your things up off the floor.
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And families, take note: You can book stays for four people in rooms with two double or even two queen beds, the latter of which is somewhat rare in Manhattan. As a renovation rather than a new-build, the property features rooms that are actually a bit larger than some of the hotel options in the Big Apple.
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Dining at the Hyatt Regency Times Square
As of April 2026, Cue 48, Hyatt's fun new restaurant, is now open. TPG got to check it out for dinner.
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There is a grab-and-go venue and a bar, along with the restaurant, all located in the same area off the lobby.
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Breakfast is served from the main bar, and World of Hyatt Globalists can choose multiple items, from a New York-themed selection including bagels, what they call the bodega breakfast sandwich, Brooklyn lox and schmear or Greenwich Village avocado toast, among other items.
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Dinner is served in the main dining area overlooking Times Square, a really fun setting for a casual bite.
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Dinner included burgers, steaks, pasta and salads. We tried the Little Italy aurora pasta ($24), and the Times Square Cue 48 burger ($23). Service was excellent, and do try one of the fun mixed drinks if you go.
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Amenities and service
I was only at the hotel for a quick overnight, so while I didn't have many interactions with the friendly staff, the check-in and checkout process was prompt and without issues.
Cue 48 is now open, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner in the main lobby. Check out the killer views of Times Square.
Since this hotel is in the heart of the theater district on Broadway between 48th Street and 49th Street, it is less than a five-minute walk to virtually every Broadway show, and it even takes some of its decor inspiration from the colorful signs and marquees situated nearby.
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The Hyatt Regency Times Square is literally right next door to both the Walter Kerr Theatre, which is showing "Hadestown," and the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, where you can currently see "The Book of Mormon."
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I was in town to catch a showing of "Hamilton," which is at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, a venue that's less than a five-minute walk away from the doors of the hotel.
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Things to know before staying at the Hyatt Regency Times Square
This hotel is one to consider when you want to devote a chunk of your time to seeing — or even being surrounded at night — by theater. For example, there is even a "Mamma Mia!"-themed room you can book to coincide with the opening of that beloved show on Broadway in August 2025.
There is a daily destination fee of $45.90 that confers some benefits and discounts, such as one yoga class at the hotel per day, one Citi Bike day pass per guest and $15 off in-house laundry. You should be able to avoid this fee by staying on World of Hyatt points.
While the Times Square area is extremely convenient for some traditional tourist-centric activities, know that it is also a very busy pedestrian part of town that not everyone enjoys due to its crowds and various eccentricities, including street performances and characters in costume.
What it costs to stay at the Hyatt Regency Times Square
If this hotel ticks off the items on your list of must-haves and you value proximity to many of Broadway's shows, know that nightly rates currently start at a bit under $300 when paying with cash or 21,000 World of Hyatt points.
(see rates and fees): Points transfer to Hyatt at a 1:1 ratio*, and this card is currently offering a welcome bonus of 75,000 bonus points, earned after spending $5,000 on purchases in the first three months from account opening.
(see rates and fees): Points transfer to Hyatt at a 1:1 ratio, and this card is currently offering a welcome bonus of 100,000 bonus points, earned after spending $6,000 on purchases in the first three months from account opening.
*For cardholders who applied before June 15, 2026, this ratio will reduce to 4:3 on Oct. 1; for those who applied on or after June 15, this ratio is in effect immediately.
The Hyatt Regency Times Square has accessible rooms with a king or two double beds and either an accessible roll-in shower or tub.
The hotel also has a portion of its website dedicated to outlining details about the property's accessible spaces, should you need more information about wheelchair-accessible routes from the lobby to the rest of the hotel and accessible tech features in meeting spaces and guest rooms.
Bottom line
If you're in search of a new, affordable hotel very close to all the Broadway shows, the Hyatt Regency Times Square is worth a look. I'd absolutely stay there again when I’m back in town one day with the kids to take in a show, especially if the points or cash rate was right relative to other options.
That said, I'm not thrilled with its classification as a Category 6 property, as that puts it on par rates-wise with the Hyatt Thompson Central Park New York and The Beekman, A Thompson Hotel.
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I'd rather see it as a Category 5 hotel, though if New York City could again get a Category 4 property, that would be epic news for those with Hyatt Category 1-4 certificates to burn. Even though I wish it fell within a lower Hyatt category, I'm still excited to see a new Hyatt option in the Big Apple, especially one with rooms that can comfortably sleep up to four people.
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