Nice-looking hotel on the outside, but once inside, your experience depends entirely on whether you…read moreare on the right floor. Housekeeping does a good job of preparing the room for check-in, but service during the stay is hit or miss.
When we visited, nearby apartments were being remodeled, so many residents from those apartments had been moved into this hotel temporarily. This seems to be a common situation at many Residence Inns across the US.
Anyway, some of the long-term residents seemed grateful and happy with the arrangements; others clearly resented them. I can understand. Being trapped inside a studio when you may have lived in a one- or two-bedroom apartment can be hard. However, some guests were extremely noisy. The top two floors are generally supposed to be quieter, but there were loud noises, verbal fights, and arguments, some of which woke us in the middle of the night. One elderly lady paced the hallway crying. When asked what was wrong, she said she was being ignored and mistreated by her family.
This is not really a hotel for Bonvoy Elite members (BEMs). All of this may be tolerable for a day or two, but it is not a great place for a long stay, especially when you are working. The Wi-Fi constantly goes down, and there is no special Wi-Fi option for BEMs.
The front-desk staff was nice and accommodating, but they are employees and likely work within Marriott's administrative limitations. One day, the hotel ran out of eggs, and one employee ran out to get more. We were never told that the breakfast hours had been adjusted. Sadly, at almost all Residence Inns these days, breakfast is wrapped up by 9 a.m. Not so at high-end hotels, where breakfast continues until 10:30 or 11 a.m. Who the heck is up and ready by 9 a.m.? This is absolutely disingenuous to say that breakfast is offered but then to wrap it up at a time when most guests are ready to eat.
Profiteering through cuts to service staff seems to be the direction Marriott and Residence Inns have taken. There was a time when they offered luggage assistance, nice breakfasts with variety, and clean facilities. Now, the quality of facilities and service is really shoddy. This problem is not unique to this facility; it applies to Residence Inns more broadly. Overall, Residence Inns have been mismanaged the last few years. There is certainly demand for Marriott to create apartment-like facilities for BEMs, with better-equipped kitchens, better beds, and clean, allergy-free furniture.