Hotel Hyatt Regency Manila, City of Dreams (Manila, Philippines)

Reviewers love this hotel's location within Manilla's most prestigious entertainment complex. High-rollers rate the gigantic City of Dreams Casino and enjoy spending their winnings at the luxury retail outlets and eateries in the surrounds. Families find their fun in the DreamPlay entertainment centre by DreamWorks.

Reviewers are often blown away by this hotel's deluxe rooms. They love all the luxurious amenities including the crisp linen bedding, slippers, robes, iPod dock, magnified makeup mirror and vault. Marble-lined bathrooms delight equally, with standalone baths, twin vanities and walk-in showers.

Food lovers rave about this hotel's culinary offerings, with several claiming the international breakfast buffet is unrivalled. The Café's interactive-show-kitchen also thrills reviewers, who heap praise on the Japanese and Thai dishes available. Bathers love the fabulous finger food and fruit shakes offered poolside

Several guests have complained after smelling tobacco smoke in internal public areas of this hotel. Although this hotel is non-smoking, some travellers have suggested that smoking is permitted in the large attached casino and finds its way into the hotel's open lobby as a result.

Some travellers found that some of this hotel's facilities were so popular, it was difficult for them to take advantage themselves. Some who wanted to use the free local-area shuttle faced long queues, while some swimming pool visitors found themselves packed in like beans in a tin.

Several guests have had to report a malfunctioning key card while staying at this resort. Required to ride the elevator and to switch on lights and appliances in rooms, the cards vex forgetful guests and those without pockets, but most reviewers accept them as a necessary security precaution.