I have used this site for a while and thought I should contribute at least by giving my review on my hotel stay. I hope this will help people choosing their hotels in LA.

I visited LA, SF and NY from 7/12 to 7/24 and stayed in 5 hotels along the way. Hyatt Regency Century Plaza is by far the BEST hotel of the whole trip.

Stayed there between 7/12-16. Picked up the hire car at the airport and drove to the hotel directly (OMG the traffic!).

Got there at about 6pm and the valet parking was a bit chaotic. Very limited space in front of the hotel. The lobby was very grand as you could expect from a Hyatt. Went to the receiption and told them my details and showed them my newly registered Gold pass - was told that since we used an 'Online agent', no points would be earned, except incidentals. Nevermind, worth a try. The guy (Alessandro or something) was very polite nevertheless. Parking was about $30 I think with in/out. Asked for a high floor room and got assigned a room on the 26th floor. Tipped the guy ($20) as he was very helpful.

Thought we would be given the smallest room but to my surprise it was a very big king delux (could easily fit another bed in). It faced the Ave of the Stars and directly opposite the 2000 office building across the road. You could see a bit of distanced houses and even a bit of the sunset. Although it's right on the main road, you couldn't hear much at all once doors to the balcony are shut. The balcony itself was carpeted and with two chairs and still space to move around. The bathroom was huge as well and plenty of toileteries. Shower wasn't powerful though and there wasn't any space you can put the toileteries (no ledges no racks - a bit inconvenient).

Since we hadn't eaten since the morning, we hurrily went over to Century Plaza's well recommended food court. OMG I was stuck! So many choices!! Settled with sushi after 20 mins of checking out the counters and ate it outside - beware of the pigeons, their hungry eyes were quite disturbing.

Went down to Gelson's to get some fruits and water etc. Nice store but I would recommend the few stores close to (one open 24 hours I think) on Sonta Monica Blvd, close to San Vicente intersection. Much cheaper. Century Plaza had all the famous brands though.

Went back to the hotel and checked out the pool and the gym. Pools (one main and a coupe of splash pools for kids) were outdoors and were OK. I am not sure if it was a temp arrangement but the gym was next door (Equinox) and needed to pay to use it. Apparently it's very popular among the celebs and there was a long waiting list for memberships.

Express our discontent that we had to pay to use one basic hotel facility. That Alex guy mentioned above whispered to the person we were talking to and immediately he offered some breakfast coupons to shut us up. The magic of tipping!

So got to enjoy breakfast every morning and Marie in the Breeze restaurant who served us a few mornings was very attentative and we tipped her every morning too. Food was OK, we chose buffet breakfast as it's easier. Fruits were good with few choices of cereals. Cooked section could be better as choices were limited. It was OK though. Also newspaper daily by the time we got out of the room - probably one of the Goldpass benefits..

All in all, enjoyed my stay very very much. Highly recommended. I think it's more a 5-star hotel than a 4-star in my opinion. I would definately stay there again given the chance.