Just returned from the Caymans. What a great trip!
The island is the friendliest Island We've been to. The hotel was amazing. The rooms were spacious and clean, and quiet. The views were spectacular. Hemmingways rest. , the food was excellent. The shops were well stocked with everything you could need and more. The Beach was the best. I took some amazing sunset pictures. Can't wait to return. B. Fraser N.Y.

We stayed at the Grand Cayman beach suites in Mid Feb. Had a wonderful time. We took our kids, 6 and 2 they also had a great time. Even though its no long a Hyatt the staff is great and extremely helpful. The concierge was extremely nice and arranged all of our activities for us including a day trip with Red Sail Sports to Stingray city, which i recommend to anyone who visits the island. The Rooms are all suites, very nicely decorated with a very comfortable bed. We had room service every day for breakfast it was great and arrived in 20-30 mins. The Resort is right on the beach great views form our suite. Even though the hotel was 100% occupied it did not feel that way, there were plenty of avalible chairs on the beach and by the pool. The Pool is a bit small but it was perfect for us. The kids loved the swim up bar.
The food at Hemingways was great i recommend that you make reservations to ensure a nice table with views of the water.
Parking is limited at the hotel if you rent a car, but there is ample
parking across the street. This was our first visit we plan to go back soon

We just got back from a 4 Night stay at the Grand Cayman Beach Suites.

Firstly, this Hotel is no longer Hyatt!! Apparently on the Jan 1 2008, it switched to new ownership.

On the plus side,

1. We were given one of the best rooms in the 53 room hotel. We had a full balcony on the top floor facing the ocean. The room (suite) was the best part of this hotel. It was clean and well appointed. The batroom was very nice with marble tiles, etc. Since this is a suite the way the have it set up, the actual bedroom does not face the ocean, just the living area. This setup is not the best I have seen. I suspect all the rooms are setup with the bedroom facing the street.

2. The room had a handy kitchenette.

3. The sand and water at the beach was beautiful.

4. Some staff was very helpful, others not so much. It depended on the person.

There were some negative surprises.

1. The beach is very very narrow. We were there and the hotel was very empty, but the beach still felt crowded. High tide is worse.

2. To make matters worse, the hotel rents some space to Red Sail Sports. So that at least half the beach is used by them and large boats, Jet Ski's, etc. are coming in and out all day. Definitely wake up early and get a spot as far away from them as you can.

3. Apparently the space adjacent to the hotel is used by Carnival Cruise lines to bring cruise passengers to the beach when the ships are docked. We were enjoying a nice day on Thursday, when all of a sudden we were like "Where are all these people coming from". The passengers actually overflowed and set up on the hotels chairs and used facilities. I can't believe the hotel allows this kind of thing. They must know when these ships are coming. Anyway, we were not really happy as these cruise ship passengers were fairly loud and rude and basically spoiled a relaxing day.

4. This hotel used to be part of a larger complex that was destroyed when Ivan hit a couple of years ago. So that the hotel has no actual "lobby" or other resort like things. It is basically the hotel room or the beach.

5. The pool area is nice, but it is shady most of the day.

6. The main restaurant Hemmingway’s is ridiculously expensive. The food was ok, but not worth the price. A note is that the entire island is way overpriced for all the basic things, so Hemmingway's is not much different in that regard.

7. The gift shop has no food items so either be prepared to spend a ton of money on food and drinks, or do what we did and go to the local supermerket (at the Strand, a five mnute walk) and pick up expensive (but less expensive) food and drinks there.

8. The maid was annoyed every night that we were not out by 6:30pm so she could do her turn down service.

9. Because the bedroom faced the street, you could hear loud cars, music, etc. every night while trying to go to sleep.

Not overly impressed with the Hyatt but may be back anyway since this may be the only affordable beach suites. I requested a full balcony room 2 months in advance and didnt get it. big difference between that and a walk out balcony. The suite is not large. The bathrooms are practically in the middle accessible from the bedroom and the living room, no locks - no privacy.
not much complimentary stuff here except barely drinkable cold coffee in the morning. Internet is $13 a day (take your laptop across the street to azzuro caffe for free internet and some nice banana nut crepes). not a very attractive pool but we didnt mind. the pools lounge chairs are very comfortable but no one is using them. If they would only put them on the beach instead.
Drinks were expensive - Around $12

Annoying dance music playing all day (and I love dance music). The beach area is very nice but you got to watch out for large rocks scattered througout.

no problem with the cruisers. Even on the busiest days (mon-wed) there are plenty of quiet spots on SMB.
One huge plus is the central location. walking distance to the supermarket (be careful crossong the street - look right first), a number of restaurants, and 10 minutes from georgetown.