The St Regis Amman offers a brand new luxury hotel experience in Amman, Jordan. With a selection of Marriott Bonvoy hotels on offer in Amman, we would end up staying at the St Regis Amman for a two day stay when our travels took us through the area. How would the St Regis Amman fare for a new property in the region?

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Review: The St Regis Amman, Jordan

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“An Luxurious New St Regis Property in Amman, Jordan that meet every expectation of a world class stay”

Booking The St Regis Amman:

Our travels had us arriving and departing from Amman, Jordan through the Queen Alia International Airport. We needed a place to stay in Amman, Jordan toward the end of our trip to ease our departure and to base ourselves for some local sightseeing around Amman, Jordan.

Marriott has really expanded it’s foot print lately in Jordan and contains a large number of hotels within the fifth circle precinct area. Within near walking distance of the St Regis Amman, these include the Sheraton Amman Al Nabil Hotel and the Ritz Carlton Amman.

When booking at the St Regis Amman, I was able to get a regular Marriott Bonvoy Members rate of 224 JOD ($315 USD) for this property, which booked either into the basic 1 King Bed, Deluxe Guest Room, or the 1 King Bed, City View, Deluxe Guest Room. Of these two, the City View is definitely the one to pick. The City View rooms on a high floor have a terrific view of the sloping hills of Amman, Jordan.

I booked direct on the Marriott Bonvoy website. As a Marriott Bonvoy Titanium Level member, I would also be entitled to Upgrade to best available room, including select suites.

I did find that the hotel contained a lot of business travellers and consultants, often travelling with their wives. This had the potential to put price pressure on the average daily rate for mid week travel. Similar to my past advice on other Jordan hotels, if you’re coming here during the popular tourist seasons of March – June and Sept – October, make sure you book well in advance.

Marriott Bonvoy Reward Opportunities:

The St Regis Amman prices on the expensive side in the Marriott Bonvoy rewards program. The property generally prices between 48,000 to 62,000 Marriott Bonvoy reward points, for a standard level room.

If you value Marriott Bonvoy Points at 0.005 cents, you’ll come out ahead by redeeming points against a room at the property if you rate is above 170 JOD ($240 USD) based on a 48,000 point low level redemption. You’ll possibly find some outsized value in the event the cash rate is exceptionally high, with often seems to be the case in high tourist season between March – June and Sept – October.

Suite Night Awards:

Marriott Suite Night Awards are for Marriott Bonvoy Platinum, Titanium or Ambassador members and can be used to upgrade to a selected room in the suite (or almost suite) category, confirming it 5 days in advance of arrival.

The property participates in the Marriott Bonvoy Suite Night Award program. At the time of our visit, the Suite Night Award pool inventory was limited to actual suites in the St Regis Suite and the Governors Suite category.

We didn’t apply Suite Night Awards to this particular reservation, and would just end up asking for the best available upgrade on arrival. This turned out to be the right move, as we’d get upgraded courtesy of Marriott Bonvoy Titanium status anyway.

Getting to the St Regis Amman:

We self drove into Amman, Jordan from our stay at the Memories Aicha Luxury Camp in Wadi Rum and the Al Manara, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Saraya Aqaba on the Kings’ Highway. It was a pretty uninspiring drive with not much but endless flat desert landscape to see. After hitting some of the infamous rush hour traffic in Amman, Jordan, we were happy to arrive to the St Regis Amman.

The St Regis Amman is located in the western part of the city near the fifth circle. In this sense, it is near the newest hotel construction in Amman. It is also reasonably conveniently located for those that are driving, since it’s on the correct side of the city for accessing the King’s Highway that would take you down to Aqaba, or over to the Red Sea Resorts in Western Jordan.

The St Regis Amman, is not located near any public transportation that would take you into the tourist attractions of Amman. Instead of fighting with traffic, we would end up taking a local taxi arranged through the hotel to get into Amman. We would end up using Uber to get back to the hotel. As a result, we parked the rental car at the hotel for our time in Amman.

Checking into The St Regis Amman:

As we arrived to the hotel in our rental car, it was easy to locate the property. The property takes up a towering complex just south of the fifth traffic circle. The St Regis Amman combines a hotel and St Regis Residence Serviced Apartments in an adjacent tower attached to the property.

Arriving to the hotel, we had a full security check of the car near the front gates. Pulling up to the arrival area, there were at least five to six valet staff waiting at the top of the circle to assist with arrival. There was a pleasant waterfall area surrounding the complex. With assistance from the valet team, we unloaded our car and were escorted inside after a security check of our hand luggage. We left the vehicle with the valet team. Similar to other properties in Jordan, valet parking was complimentary.

We had a bit of a disorganized arrival process as a result of what appeared to be a high volume of arrivals at 5 PM. We were led into the lobby reception rotunda which was tastefully decorated.

We were asked to wait on chairs in the rotunda. After about 15 minutes, we were asked to be seated at a seated check in reception. The seated check in takes place at a semi private office area off the rotunda. Then the computer terminal at our assigned reception chose not to work, so we were asked to move to a different reception terminal. It took about twenty minutes to complete the check in process; not exactly the quickest check in experience.

As a Marriott Bonvoy Titanium level member, we’d be entitled to the best available room at check in, including select suites. My usual upgrade strategy is to pro-actively “ask” at the front desk after my identification is presented, in order to see if any upgrades available when it matters on leisure stays. While some try using the “chat” feature on the Marriott Bonvoy app, I usually just ask at the property when I arrive. Time permitting, I typically check in advance to see if there are any suites for sale, prior to arriving at the hotel.

In this case, we had booked a 1 King Bed, City View, Deluxe Guest Room. We had been pro-actively upgraded by the hotel to a Grand Deluxe, Guest room, 1 King, High Floor. Noticing that Suites were available for sale on the website at check in, I asked if it was possible if we could be upgraded into a suite. The front desk person went to check with a manager. I believe our delayed and lengthy check in may have somewhat influenced this decision as the hotel did (and perhaps somewhat reluctantly) agree to making a St Regis Suite available to us. It was presented by the front desk that we could check out both rooms as the current room offered a great view. We were encouraged to check out the assigned room first, then the St Regis Suite afterwards.

We were passed off to the head butler. Unfortunately, these instructions weren’t passed onto the butler so she was a little confused when I mentioned the arrangement. As we were escorted up to the room, we passed the corridor that held some St Regis brand artifacts and told stories about the history of the brand, the story behind champagne sabering and the concept behind their regional bloody mary’s.

The St Regis Amman lobby is an impressive space. It features comfortable resting areas, along with. agrand staircase that winds up to the first floor. It makes a great first impression when you arrive to the property.

The lobby spaces were really impressive and made for a great first impression for The St Regis Amman.

The Room: Grand Deluxe, Guest Room, 1 King, High Floor

With the guidance of our butler, we headed up to the hotel’s tenth top floor. We were presented to room #1005 a Grand Deluxe Guest Room. The room was nicely appointed with pleasant light colours. As a St Regis property, the room was larger than expected for a standard hotel room at 52sqm/560sqft.

The Bedroom:

The room featured a King Size Bed along with a patterned headboard. Table occasional lamps were featured on each size of the hotel bed.

The room featured a large 55 inch flat screen television, which was easily controlled from the St Regis bed.

The room featured a single occasional chair, next to a welcome table that contained a Marriott Bonvoy Titanium level a welcome amenity.

The Bathroom:

The Grand Deluxe Room featured a nicely appointed bathroom with a double vanity sink.

The best part of the room was the view from the top floor. The hotel featured an almost endless view of the sloping Amman skyline. The Amman skyline is wonderfully unique on it’s own, so it’s worth trying to get a city view if you have the opportunity.

The Room: 1 King Bed, City View – A St Regis Suite

Since it is pretty impossible to turn down the opportunity to stay in a St Regis Suite, I took the hotel up on their offer to look at the second room; the St Regis Suite. It would end up being the room we ended up staying in, and a terrific upgrade value getting a room valued at 402 JOD ($567 USD), courtesy of Marriott Bonvoy Elite benefits.

Our butler led us through the corridors of the St Regis Amman to the St Regis Suite on the sixth floor, which were almost labyrinth in nature.

The Living Area:

We arrived to St Regis Suite room #612. Our butler proudly showcased the features of the suite. The St Regis Suite is a little bit larger than the Grand Deluxe at 62sqm/667sqft. Since the space contains two distinct rooms, the rooms are a touch smaller than the Grand Deluxe which featured one large room.

After entering the St Regis Suite, we immediately found ourselves in the living area. The living space was well appointed, with a comfortable couch with two footstools, and an occasional table.

The room also featured a working desk with two chairs. Although it was compact for a room of this size, it was perfect for charging electronics and setting up computers.

Our Marriott Bonvoy Welcome Amenity was brought up from the other room. At the Marriott Bonvoy Titanium level, it consisted of an etagière of chocolates, baclava and other tasty goodies. There were also some local fruits presented in a box with fruit fly mesh covering (although we didn’t see any fruit flies at all during our visit).

We were also provided a welcome letter signed by the manager, highlighting the current Titanium Elite appreciation benefits. This included a 20% discount on food and beverage consumption at all hotel outlets.

The Bedroom:

Behind the living room was the St Regis Suite bedroom. The bedroom was slightly more compact than the Grand Deluxe Room. It still featured two occasional lamps on either side of the bed, along with a wall unit that contained ample storage.

The colours of the St Regis Amman are really pleasant to experience. I found that they led to a really soothing stay and balanced the elements of luxury versus contemporary.

Off the bedroom, there was a small balcony. The balcony offered two tables and a table with views overlooking the Sheraton, Fairmont and Ritz Carlton hotels in the fifth circle. Since we were located on the sixth floor, the room did not have the spectacular views of the Grand Deluxe suite located on the tenth floor. The balcony also featured a bit of street noise, since the room faced the major street.

The Bathroom:

The St Regis Suite bathroom was located off the bedroom. There was a small make up table in the bedroom; a feature which MrsWT73 appreciated.

The St Regis Suite bathroom was an impressive fully marble bathroom. It featured a double vanity sink, a compact bathtub, and a separate stand up shower and WC room.

The bathroom was fully featured with all amenties you might expect from a five star property. There were loofah’s available. The toiletries that were Trinitae featured infused with Dead Sea Minerals, something that added a nice local touch instead of. a plain corporate brand with no regional connection to the area.

The St Regis Suite #612 was located right at the end of the property floor. The property had a bit of a maze to get too and from the elevators.

In Room Amenities:

The St Regis Suite also offered a number of amenities that added to the comfort of the room. The coffee makers were Nespresso, and the room offered a variety of capsules for enjoyment in the morning. We ended up not using the St Regis Butler Service for tea and coffee in the morning as a result of the convenience of having reasonable coffee immediately available.

The room also featured an in room mini bar for purchases available at cost. Perhaps most interesting was that the mini bar featured alcohol in the form of spirits, but the usual wines and champagnes were absent from the mini bar.

The stay in the St Regis Suite was exceptionally comfortable. We really appreciated the extra room offered by the living space, as it gave us an opportunity to property re-pack our luggage, prior to heading onto our next destination. The room itself was very comfortable, although there was a little traffic noise from the streets outside the windoe. I would recommend asking for a high floor to mitigate this somewhat.

Food and Beverage:

St Regis Bar:

After that long drive up from Wadi Rum, shortly after arrival, we ended up heading town to the St Regis Bar for a cocktail and bar food for dinner. The St Regis Bar was located on the ground floor off the lobby and was easy to find.

The St Regis Bar was an elegant space. It featured multiple smaller rooms in a dark setting, which led for an intimate feel to the bar.

During our visit, on Monday night, there happened to be “all you can drink cocktail promotion” running for 20 JOD ($28 USD). MrsWT73, who is a fan of all inclusive’s, bit on this offer immediately, for an indulgent after travel decompression period. Indeed, there were reasonable cocktails on the list a touch above your standard well drinks.

We also enjoyed dinner in the St Regis Bar on both nights of our stay. The menu offered mostly familiar favourites, with an exceptional variety on the spirits and wine side.

I enjoyed grilled chicken with a side of hummus and sumac for dinner.

Whereas MrsWT73 went old school with a simple margerita pizza.

We were really happy with the St Regis Bar, and would end up dining there on both of our evenings while staying at The St Regis Amman.

Mercado Restaurant

Marriott Bonvoy Platinum Elite Breakfast

Our Marriott Bonvoy Platinum / Titanium / Ambassador breakfast was located in Mercado Restaurant. The Mercado Restaurant was located on the first floor above ground from the lobby. We navigated through the upscale looking lobby and the grand staircase, in order to access the Mercado Restaurant.

We were always seated immediately at the Mercado Restaurant, and we did not have to wait for tables. The Mercado Restaurant was nicely appointed and struck that blend of being fashionable and trendy at the same time.

The Mercado restaurant offered a really impressive breakfast buffet. I would almost describe it as “over the top”. There were a variety of bread stations that offered french breads, baked croissants with middle eastern spices like Zaatar, and other middle eastern variations on baked goods.

There were also continental items such as smoked salmon, cold cuts, a cheese selection and their own avocado guacamole station.

There was also an ample hot zone section. There was an egg station offering fresh eggs, along with a variety of hot items. There were also a wide selection of flat breads featuring regional tastes.

The Mercado Restaurant also featured a “dry” Bloody Mary station. Much like other breakfasts in Jordan, the St Regis breakfast was dry and was not inclusive. of sparkling or champagne.

I was also able to enjoy an Eggs Benedict during my stay. This was a nice change from the buffet breakfasts we’d had over the past several days.

We would end up enjoying breakfast at the restaurant on both mornings of our stay.

Around the Hotel Property:

Hotel Library:

The hotel featured a hotel library, which is consistent with other St Regis properties. The Library was in a bit of a darker interior space, so I am not sure how much reading you’d actually do in this space.

The library led to some event space under an interior courtyard canopy that didn’t appear to be in use during our visit.

Outdoor Pool:

The St Regis Amman offered a pleasant outdoor pool. This pool appeared to be shared with the serviced apartment building, which was on the property compound, and shared an entrance with the pool zone.

The pool offered both sun and partial sun exposures. I spent some time down by the pool on our last day and it was a peaceful and relaxing area to be under the heat of the sunny Jordan skies.

The pool was as nice as you could expect inner city hotels to be, and was a much better than expected place to relax and spend some time while on the St Regis Amman property.

Local Convenience Store:

The hotel is located immediately across the street from a local liquor store “Abdoun Supermarket” and inside there is a Liquor Store,. There is a great selection of hard spirits and Jordanian and French Wine available for take away purchase. Unlike other hotels in Jordan, we didn’t have any issues bringing back wine to the hotel, or at least no concerns were raised when passed through the metal detector.

Local Sightseeing

We managed our own local self guided sight seeing while in Amman, Jordan. We took a taxi into The Citadel in Amman and did our own sightseeing while we were here.

Checking Out of the St Regis Amman:

Our check out was without incident. We asked for a Marriott Bonvoy Titanium level late check out. We were offered all the way up to 4 PM without any haggling (even in a suite) but only needed until 2 PM which was extended “…with pleasure”. We didn’t have any surprises on the bill and our car was packed up professionally by the valet staff.

Bottom Line: The St Regis Amman

The St Regis Amman is a fantastic new build property offering world class luxury accommodations in Amman, Jordan. Aside from a bit of a log jam at our check in, we had a really smooth stay. I was appreciative that the property honoured the terms and conditions of the Marriott Bonvoy program, by making available a suite when asked. The suite was comfortable, and along with the full features of the property made for an exceptionally comfortable luxury stay. The food and beverage outlets were on point and offered quality products, making the need to leave the property for anything almost non existent.

I would easily return to this location the next time my travels took me through Amman, Jordan.

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If you have stayed at the St Regis Amman, Jordan, did you find the hotel surpassed your expectations ?

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