Unfortunately, I wanted to like this hotel more than I ended up actually enjoying my stay there.
The Courtyard is a nice looking building by the Convention center with a number of restaurants and other things to do nearby. It was easy to walk to wherever I needed to go
The lobby area is a combination small check-in area and some seating - tables, booths, etc - that are fairly ambiguous as to which parts are for the hotel restaurant and which aren't. This, I think, has become a bit of a problem because the management has posted signs all across the area, inside and on the outside front and back patios, informing you that outside food or drinks are NOT PERMITTED in any hotel public areas. I found the volume of these signs rather off-putting, personally. It felt as though they recognized that customers wanted common spaces and instead of facilitating it, made it abundantly clear that they didn't want it. Perhaps they were trying to address a previous problem, but this didn't feel like the right way in my opinion.
The room - I really liked how the room looked and was laid out. I had a king bed and a small sofa bed. The sofa bed was great for lounging. The bathroom and shower was large and modern. The TV was large and had a nice interface for regular TV or to connect to a few different services.
What was problematic was that my room was on the south-facing side, which is very near the road and a 4-way stop. The wall on that side was about 2/3 window with floor-to-ceiling curtains. There is also virtually no landscaping on that side of the building. What this meant was that the entire time I was there, the street noise was incredibly disruptive late into the evening. A bit more thought into breaking up that sound would go a long way. read more