Grand Hyatt Baha Mar

It is the largest of the 3 hotels of Baha Mar, a casino resort on Cable Beach in Nassau, on the island of New Providence; the other 2 are SLS Baha Mar and Rosewood Baha Mar. The resort’s own page counts 1,800 guest rooms at the Grand Hyatt, 230 of them suites, and Hyatt’s FAQ «over 1,800 rooms and suites»; they stand in 2 towers, East and West.

Guests of any of the 3 hotels use the same casino, beach, restaurants, golf course and Baha Bay water park, and can charge food and drink anywhere in the resort to their room. It is a family resort by Hyatt’s own description, takes dogs, and is not all-inclusive. Hyatt places it in category 7 of its loyalty programme.

The official list has 37 types. Standard rooms measure 35 to 44 m², with a king or 2 queens, a rain shower, a minifridge, a Keurig coffee maker and Balmain toiletries; East Tower «Deluxe» rooms add a soaking tub. All have floor-to-ceiling windows, but only the «Balcony» categories have a furnished balcony.

West Tower residences, 95 to 232 m² with one to 3 bedrooms, have a full kitchen, a full-size fridge and a washer and dryer. The Reserve, in the East Tower and in 23 poolside villas, goes up to the 447 m² Chairman Suite with a private pool. Rooms have smart TVs for your own streaming accounts and free Wi-Fi.

At 1 Baha Mar Boulevard on Cable Beach, on the north shore of New Providence, west of downtown Nassau. Hyatt’s page puts the Straw Market 3.45 miles away; on our route Prince George Wharf, at the foot of downtown, is 7.1 km and about 10 minutes by car. Goodman’s Bay, the public beach next along, is 16 minutes on foot.

It is a lively resort, with 1,800 rooms and a casino: in the Google reviews guests describe crowds at the pools in school holidays and sound carrying between rooms. The calmer corners are the Reflections pool and, for those who book it, The Reserve.

Lynden Pindling International Airport is 6 miles away by the hotel’s parking page, 7 miles, or 12.8 km and 14 minutes, on its fact sheet, and a 10-minute drive in the resort’s FAQ. Measured on OpenStreetMap’s roads from the hotel’s door the route is 12.4 km and takes about 22 minutes with no traffic.

A taxi costs $25 to $40 each way, more with extra passengers and luggage, and many take cash only. The hotel runs no shuttle: paid private cars are booked ahead through the concierge. Leaving for the United States, you clear US customs in Nassau, and the airport offers Mobile Passport Control and a fast-track service.

Yes, and self-parking is free: the lot is beside the convention centre. Valet costs $25 with in-and-out privileges and is paid by debit or credit card; the FAQ adds room charges, the parking page excludes them, and a restaurant visit does not validate it.

There is no car hire at the resort; Avis, Hertz and Budget work from the airport. Visitors may drive on their home licence for up to 3 months, on the left.

Yes. The resort sits directly on Cable Beach, with more than half a mile of sand by its fact sheet, and its FAQ says the pools and beach are kept for guests of the 3 hotels: no day passes are sold. The resort fee covers «beach and pool setup and seating with umbrellas», sunscreen at the towel huts and kayaks, paddleboards, water hammocks and mats.

Jet boards, Seabobs and other motorised craft are charged. So, guests report, are reserved chairs in the best positions: $100 a chair a day at the Fortune pool in February 2026, and cabanas from $99 to $325 a day in August 2026. The free loungers in the shade go early in busy weeks.

Grand Hyatt guests have 6, all outdoors and each named: Dean’s Blue Hole, Drift, Elixir, Fortune, Out Island and Reflections. The resort’s page describes them one by one: a jumping rock and a grotto at Dean’s Blue Hole, a shallow circular pool with an island at Elixir, a waterfall, a Jacuzzi and the H2O swim-up bar at Fortune, whirlpools and a sea view at Out Island.

The numbers vary by page: 6 on Hyatt’s activities page, 8 on its home page and fact sheet, which adds «an adult only pool», 10 in one offer, which counts the whole resort. SLS and Rosewood have pools of their own, the Rosewood’s 2 for its guests only. Baha Bay, with its wave pool and slides, is separate and included.

The hotel’s FAQ says the pools and Baha Bay are open all year and close at sunset, which moves with the season. Guests report earlier hours: pools cleared at 5pm in February 2026 and at 6pm in May 2026, with pool bars closing at 5pm and towels handed out from 9am.

Nothing official says whether the water is heated. A guest in December 2025 and another in April 2026 found the pools heated; one in November 2024 found the main pools cold and the water park warmer.

The resort counts more than 45 restaurants, bars and lounges; Hyatt’s dining page lists 36 of them, including some inside SLS and Rosewood. At the Grand Hyatt itself: Marcus at Baha Mar Fish + Chop House, Leola by Scott Conant (dinner, Wednesday to Sunday), Shuang Ba (dinner daily), Cinko Asian Latino Grill, the Regatta buffet, Stix Noodle Bar (noon to 10pm), Vibe BBQ (11am to 9pm), Pizza Lab (8am to midnight) and The Swimming Pig pub (7am to 2am).

Cinko and the Knosh truck are kosher, certified by Chabad of The Bahamas, with Shabbat meals to be booked by Thursday noon. Room service runs 24 hours. Tables are reserved online, and guests advise doing so weeks ahead. On dress, the resort’s FAQ asks for resort wear by day and shoes and cover-ups in the casino, lobbies and indoor spaces; Hyatt’s page files its restaurants under «casual» or «smart casual».

No. Rates are for the room, and no half-board or all-inclusive plan appears on the hotel’s pages or in the booking engine as read. Breakfast is part of the stay only in The Reserve, whose lounge serves a buffet from 7:30am to 10am, and for World of Hyatt members whose status carries it.

Everyone else pays as they go: the Regatta buffet was $44 a head, $25 for under-14s, plus service and VAT, according to a guest in August 2026. Children of 5 and under eat free at selected restaurants with a paying adult, and one offer on sale adds a food and drink credit.

ESPA Baha Mar is the resort’s main spa, shared by all 3 hotels: 30,000 square feet, about 2787 m², above the beach. Hyatt’s page counts 24 treatment rooms and the resort’s page 22. The menu lists changing rooms with sauna and steam room, a mixed area with experience showers, a second sauna and steam room and an ice fountain, relaxation areas, a nail salon and a boutique.

The fitness centre beside it has grown to more than 10,000 square feet, with Technogym machines, free weights, a studio and cardio equipment facing the sea. The Rosewood has a second spa, Sense.

The gym is: the resort fee covers the ESPA fitness centre, and some classes are free. The sauna, steam rooms and relaxation areas are not. The menu opens them to anyone «scheduling a 50 minute or more spa service».

No day pass for the wet areas is published. People not staying at Baha Mar may book treatments at ESPA and at Sense, says the resort’s FAQ, which sells no passes for the pools or the beach. Spa facilities are for over-18s; teenagers of 13 to 17 may use the gym with an adult.

ESPA opens from 9am to 8pm every day. Treatments are booked online, by telephone on 242-788-7800 or by email, and guaranteed with a card; the spa asks you to arrive 15 minutes early, and charges in full for a treatment not cancelled 24 hours ahead.

A place in a free fitness class is reserved the same way. The gym’s own hours are not on the pages read.

The menu dated 9 July 2026 lists massages, facials, body and nail treatments with ESPA products, and newer machine treatments such as Endermologie and Hydrafacial. The Inner Calm Massage costs $180 for 50 minutes and $250 for 80, the Hot Stone Massage $200 and $265, the Deep Muscle Massage $195 and $265, and a 50-minute Inner Beauty Facial $190.

Prices are in Bahamian dollars, and a 20% service charge and VAT are added to every bill. Outside the spa, Flamingo Yoga costs $100 plus VAT and studio classes $30 plus 10% VAT.

It is built for them. Baha Bay has a children’s island as well as slides and a river, the sanctuary keeps turtles, nurse sharks and stingrays, the flamingos parade at 9:30am, and there are a playground with a giant wooden octopus, an 18-hole mini golf course at $25 a head plus VAT, free for under-6s, and the Game Zone arcade, open from 10am to 11pm.

Children of 12 and under share the room at no charge; cots and high chairs are supplied on request, and the Family Suite has bunk beds. The Explorers Kids Club is for ages 3 to 12 and is paid, as are babysitting and the animal encounters, which have their own age limits.

2 cautions from guests: the casual places to eat shut at 5pm, so dinner needs a booking, and thunder closes the water.

Yes, dogs only, with 3 days’ notice: one of up to 50 lb or 2 of up to 75 lb together. The policy sets a cleaning fee of $250 for a stay of 1 to 6 nights and $300 for 7 or more, and a card is held against damage.

Dogs must be settled by 9:30pm and walked in set areas. Housekeeping enters only when the owner is in the room, and restaurants, the pools, the gym and the golf course are closed to pets; service animals are the exception.

The casino: 100,000 square feet, which the resort calls the largest in the Caribbean, with 1,100 slot machines, more than 100 tables and a sports book, for over-18s. Then the John McEnroe Tennis Center, open 8am to 8pm, with hard and clay courts and pickleball, Mini Blue, basketball, bocce and croquet, and The Current, a gallery of more than 2,500 Bahamian works.

There are also The Kitchen, for cooking classes, a wedding chapel, an 82,000 square foot convention centre, shops, a laundry service and mobility scooters to hire. Wi-Fi is free across the resort and the sockets are American, at 120 volts. The private island, Long Cay, was closed when the resort’s page was read.

5 were on the hotel’s own page. A celebration package gives a $250 food and drink credit, a $100 ESPA credit and a poolside cabana. The Yeshiva Winter Break offer takes 15% off stays of 5 nights or more and adds a $350 credit. A Gold Weekend Package bundles 2 passes to the Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival of 21 to 25 October 2026.

Residents of The Bahamas get up to 25% off, with half off the resort fee and valet. World of Hyatt members who register earn 3,000 bonus points for every 3 nights between 29 September and 15 December 2026.

Yes. The weddings page offers a waterside chapel that seats 100 in pews or 150 on chairs, ceremonies on Cable Beach, 2 gazebos, one of them for 2 to 10 people, 13 lawns, terraces and gardens, and the convention centre’s 3 ballrooms, the largest for 3,000 guests. Catering comes in 5 styles, and kosher menus are available.

No prices are published: the page takes requests for a quote, and the team answers on +1 242 788 7339. World of Hyatt members who marry here earn points towards honeymoon nights.

The resort holds one each year, but the 2026 edition had not been announced: its holiday page still described the last one, a New Year’s Eve Spectacular with a concert by Sean Paul after a pre-party called Taste of Baha Mar, and a children’s party from 6:30pm to 1:30am at $150 before service and VAT.

What is certain is the booking rule. For 31 December the hotel’s booking engine answers that the dates need a stay of at least 3 nights; the 4 nights from 29 December to 2 January came to $1,420 a night, fees in and taxes out, for the entry room.

Royal Blue, the resort’s Jack Nicklaus Signature course, has 18 holes and a par of 72, across the road. A free shuttle leaves the Grand Hyatt’s drive every 15 minutes and takes 3 minutes, says the resort’s FAQ; the pro shop opens from 7am to 6pm and tee times are booked online.

None of the hotel’s 5 offers is a golf package, and green fees are not on the pages read.

Yes. There is no seasonal closure and no works notice on the official pages, and the booking engine sold the nights we asked for in November, December and January. Single venues do shut: The Studio café was marked temporarily closed, and several restaurants listed closed evenings in October.

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from 1 June to 30 November, by the US National Hurricane Center. Hyatt’s Hurricane No-Risk Guarantee applies to direct bookings: if a hurricane watch or warning is issued for New Providence or for your home within 7 days of your planned departure, you may cancel for a full refund or rebook without fees, and guests who leave early because of a storm are refunded the unused nights.

Google Hotels, read on 8 October 2026, showed historical single-night prices for 2 adults: $305 for 16 October 2026, $352 for 3 November and $721 for 15 December. These were individual nights from that reading; the 16 October night was close to the reading date. In the later calendar, read on 13 October 2026, the lowest bookable run starts at $392 per night from 16 to 19 August 2027, each night searched separately. For 9 October 2026, the 8 October reading showed $390 from the lowest seller; the hotel’s own listing showed $444 for 1 King Bed, including taxes and fees.

What those figures contain, from the same reading: on 9 October the hotel’s site, Booking.com and 12 other sellers all showed $444, and Booking’s link splits it into $280 for the room and $164.17 of taxes and fees, 59% on top. Hyatt’s own engine, read the same day, quotes before taxes: the «1 King Bed» room, prepaid, was $335 for 3 November, $607 for 15 December and $810 for 27 November, each marked «Includes fees before taxes».

Of the 115 nights read to 31 January 2027, 95 had a price. The 20 without one include 25 and 26 November and every night from 23 December to 1 January, when a minimum stay applies.

Per room and per night, a resort fee of $76.00 and a service charge of $21.78, the second with tax included; then government taxes, with VAT at the 10% the resort prints on its own price lists. A third or fourth adult costs $50 a night each. On Booking.com’s figures for 9 October, a $280 room became $444.17.

During the stay, guests report 15% service and 10% VAT on food and drink, and the spa adds 20% service and VAT. Valet parking is $25, a guaranteed connecting room carries a fee, and the card is held for $200 a night.

Check-in is from 4pm and check-out by 11am; an early arrival or a late departure depends on the day and is requested from the Guest Experience team in advance. The FAQ mentions a Departure Lounge with showers and lockers for those with a late flight, and the bell desk stores luggage.

You must be 18 to book a room, and 18 is also the legal age to drink and to gamble. The hotel advises against posting parcels ahead: freight, duty and VAT are charged to your card.

A separate arrival, a host team and the VIP lounge: breakfast, cookies with coffee and tea from 11am to 4pm, and charcuterie, hot bites, champagne, wine and beer from 5pm to 7pm. Rooms have upgraded toiletries, robes and slippers. Its range runs from 2 standard rooms of 44 m² facing the fountains to residences, villas and the 2 largest suites.

A butler is included only with the 2-bedroom residences and villas. Guests who mention The Reserve in recent reviews are nearly all positive, and mostly about its staff.

On 8 October 2026 Google showed 3.9 out of 5 from 2,293 ratings, with 57% at 5 stars, Tripadvisor 3.9 from 10,684 reviews, ninth of 31 hotels in Nassau, and Booking.com 8.0 out of 10 from 690, with 8.8 for location and 7.1 for value.

Praise goes to the beach, the pools, Baha Bay, which 85 of the latest 500 Google reviews mention, the cleanliness of the grounds and named members of staff. Every bill adds a 15% service charge and 10% VAT, cabanas and daybeds are charged for, the pools close at 5pm or 6pm depending on the season and there are waits at check-in. Thin walls, the cleaning of bathrooms and bed linen, and charges that need correcting on the final bill recur in guests’ accounts.