The Hyatt and Hyatt Place, while a lot nicer and newer, provide either no decent views (Hyatt) or partial views (Hyatt Place) as they are sitting next to each other (therefore blocking each other) and also face the typical Chinese massive Terminals and their extensions. as a result I chose to stay in the Landison Hotel. It feels ridiculous but I took a Didi (taxi) there from Terminal 3 and it was a 3 minute ride largely within the airport’s underground car park! The hotel has a shuttle bus but I couldn’t get any number for them to work to request it.
My advance room request was ignored but upon asking at check in it was honoured – 871/3/5/7 are better and 771/3/5/7 are OK: I had 771. These rooms overlook the 25L threshold, so anything using 25L, or 07R for departures can be seen. Everything landing on 07R had vacated before it could be seen and was hidden behind the terminal building. There are windows at the end of the corridor, by rooms ending in 77 and 78 which allowpart of 25R to be seen. On the 7th floor this has been covered in an opaque film: I welcome anyone visiting to continue my work in peeling it back!
At Hangzhou both runways are used for arrivals and departures, so during the course of my stay many many trips were made to the window at the end of the corridor and thankfully the numerous cleaners around (they have a store room there too) were totally nonplussed by it.
This is more a Chinese style hotel, so you might want to choose the food outlets in the terminal (and English was non-existent).
https://maps.app.goo.gl/GHkxUDjHCqw6gmyn9 map locations are often incorrect in China.
