Had the complimentary breakfast here this morning that is part of the cost of the hotel room. That said the restaurant has no idea that I am there with a coupon, so no judgement at all on the service, other than having to ask for a spoon, milk and sugar with my cup of tea with a tea bag in it..... did I mention tea pots are cheap and make far better tea for your patron.
Spending many nights in hotels we try to get the breakfast included as it saves time and puts food in the belly to start the day.
I was pleased to see that it wasn't buffet (trough food in my mind) and actually ordered food off the menu. Bacon and eggs is difficult to mess up, and they did a fair job of it, although the potatoes were almost empty inside having been deep fried (?) maybe a bit too long. Toast arrived unbuttered and not hot, so the butter packets supplied, although not ice cold, like so many, had to be spread. Those mere minutes cool your breakfast. Also the little plate of additions had plenty of butter, two Jif peanut butter packets and one raspberry jam. They're not expensive, so provide a decent cross section, or nothing at all.
One huge pet peeve (and a big part of the 3 star rating) was the fact that my English Breakfast tea ordered showed up as a cup with a tea bag in it, and three quarters full of hot water. What, no teapots? How is that possible? Also had to ask for a spoon, sugar and milk. Not a huge capital expense to buy the crap metal tea pots, or even the better ones.
The ambiance is typical Courtyard Marriott, cookie cutter as all get. The breakfast I commend them with and it's not the typical buffet breakfast included, which I dislike. Sadly the order yourself, wasn't much better than that.
Could have been a standout from so many, but it fell short. Giving it another try tomorrow as we are here for two more nights.
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