This hotel rates on a scale of awful to awful-er. It only scores a 2 due to the fact that I liked the outdoor area &I found the breakfast area to be very nice considering how awful the service of this hotel is. This begins before my arrival. This reservation was made by my company for our group for several rooms. We arrived the weekend of the game in Santa Clara. Prior to arrival, as a Marriott Bonvoy member, you receive a 'check in' reminder a email asking if you would like anything prior to your arrival. I noticed that my company had booked me with two beds & even though I was traveling alone, I still prefer one large king bed. I got on the app. & attempted to change this since I did see that king bedded rooms in the same category &price were available. The 'person' on the app was not only very stale but said it was not possible with my status & I would have to try at check in but it would be 'noted'. It didn't really matter that much because as I said, I was traveling for work and it was only me. Fast forward. Our group all arrived about 2 hours late. Mind you , we are a large group -upon check in the gentlemen checking me in, allowed someone not in our group, who had been waiting patiently, to just cut the line. Again, pick the battles, as I say. Minor annoyance. When I got to the gentleman, he noted my request, & said that if I changed to a king room that I would 'lose my upgraded amenities', ( I would later figure out this was a lie, my original room was the same , if not less than anyone else's.). We, in our group, were all asked to stand to the side while we waited for EVERYONE in our group to check in & hear about our special amenity package' , (again, it was nothing special & rather, the same for every hotel guest). We waited, for another 10 minutes. It had already been a long day & frankly, many of us found this to be lazy on the check in agents part .. some in our group didn't wait & went to their rooms, because, well, we aren't children & we had a dinner reservation downtown to get to. I get to my room, FINALLY, & found that it was next to the exterior door that opens to the corridor outside and THEN I found out I am in a handicap room, in fact, MOST of our group was placed in handicap rooms. I am also on the first floor and I can hear dogs barking across the hall. My colleague next to me immediately calls me & says she is changing rooms. I said that I don't have time before our business dinner or I'll be late for our driver who is picking us up in 10 minutes.. thanks so much Element check in guy. I SHOULD have not been so kind and went with that 'downgraded amenity King room' ... so much for that. I can not figure out how to bring the blinds down on this large window facing out to the pool patio area so I can safely change! I swear it took me most of the time I had to do a quick change before dinner. I was so irritated with the whole Element experience ! I had been here not even an hour yet all I hear dogs dogs and more dogs!!! Doors doors and slamming doors! The blind has a switch on the wall as you enter; in a handicap room? Seriously. We go to our dinner. We return & the bar, which is actually pretty cool, closes promptly at 10p. It is 'dry January' for me & I wasn't drinking but this is a game weekend so I was very surprised at that in a post pandemic world trying to recoup revenue
That it was closed early. There is a large cooler with many wines and drinks available. The front desk staff, isn't very friendly. Had the room been quiet, I would have thought it was nice. I had a very loud full sized refrigerator; microwave; dishwasher and warmer. However, the refrigerator made a loud sound about every 90 minutes, so with the sound of the banging door to the exterior & the dogs yapping, it was impossible to sleep in this loud first floor hotel room. FWIW, I did ask to change rooms & was told no rooms were available without even a glance at the computer. The breakfast bar is great & so are the staff. The outdoor patio is also very nice with lots of fire pits and seating. There are eateries to walk to and Levi Stadium is about a 5 minute walk. The worst part happened on the check out day. Check out is at noon. I was taking a nap after breakfast & most guests had seemingly left the hotel for the game. Our group had been booked with a group rate & advised of a 'late check out' with said group rate. At 1140a my phone in the room started ringing; I ignored it. The staff here called my cell to tell me that check out was at noon & we argued over that. Then my door to my room was being knocked upon. I ignored it; I had a DND on it. THEN the door was being opened. This would happen 5x more with calls until we left @3pm. I even spoke with the manager to address it & my travel coordinator & it still didn't stop! No apologies. Nothing. Needless to stay our group won't book here again. Element has potential but not with our company;too loud &too unapologetic. read more