Viv P.
Yelp
THE SHORT:
Room 2005 had weird, non cotton like sheets, that was stiff rather than soft, and cold to touch. The thermostat was not working. Room was cold. The toilet was plugged. The next morning, we were told we had to move without much choice in timing or in what kind of room because they had to replace the toilet. Wasted my morning packing, moving, and moving again. Wasted more time because they couldn't get a king bedroom. (We were in a king originally). New room had better sheets (so it's not a hotel-wide problem, but possibly just really old sheets, or newer but cheaper sheets).
Accommodation - slightly subpar, but not horrible. And clean. Superb gym.
Staff - some are nice. Some are obnoxious. Some are incompetent.
Front desk answers calls either with a friendly "hello mr or Mrs x! How can we help you?" OR "hello, Marriott".
No one will claim responsibility or apologize.
THE LONG:
We were told during check in that the king bedroom was close to the elevator, and that they had had complaints that it was noisy.
However, we did not find the room too noisy at all. We could hear the elevator, but only from the bathroom.
After unpacking, we returned after dinner, and realized that the toilet was plugged. We called for service the next morning. An engineer came and said they had to replace the toilet, and that I could go about my day, and the room would be ready when I returned. But then his boss came in to check, and he said that he would have to move us. I asked him whether he's sure there would be another room for us cuz we had barely gotten this king bedroom yesterday, and he said, yeah no problem. Then he wanted to know how long it would take me to get ready to move.
It was already past 10am, I hadn't had a chance to dry my hair yet. I wasn't given the option to move later. I told him I would try to get packed in 30 minutes as I was in a hurry and that I would need a cart to move. He called me some 10 minutes later to tell me my room was ready-room 2017 (we were originally in 2005) and that someone would come in 30 minutes with new keys and cart to help. I packed like a snowstorm and was ready and waiting. 40 minutes later, no one came so I called front desk to ask how much longer I'd have to wait, before they sent someone up. Some 10 minutes later, a guy came rushing in, handed me my new keys and left. No cart. I had to run after him to ask for a cart. He said I don't need a cart, it's just across the hall. Ummmm.
But he did help me move to the new room. To room 2010, not 2017. I thought the other guy told me the wrong room number. But when I walked in to the new room, it was a double.
I wanted to get ready and sort this out after i went about my day. But he told me "if you want to move, request it now cuz you can't get this room dirty and make the housekeeping clean it again."
So without unpacking and getting my hair dried... I went to the front desk to sort this out. I was told they had NO king bedrooms. But after triple checking, a king bedroom magically appeared, but it's "accessible", do I want it? I ask, what is accessible room? And she basically has no idea, and repeats, do you want it?
Then she cancels my current room keys, so I can't go back to get my luggage to move, can't issue me a new key because I left my id in the room she just canceled ("we take security very seriously here, so you need to go upstairs to get your ID"), then somehow manages to get me new keys anyway (without my id). I had to ask for a cart to move, but she tells me I can't have a cart without a bellboy. So I ask to please get me a bellboy with a cart, before she finally gets me one.
The whole thing took over 2 hours and I could finally finish getting ready for the day, but was late to lunch.
Accessible room is fine. The thing with room 1416, it's louder than 2005. We can hear the elevator from the bed. It does have nicer, cottony sheets. The thermostat actually works, albeit slowly. The tv remote has an annoying 3-5 second lag.
Definitely not a 4star experience.