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Yelp
This Marriott brand hotel is new to me. I've stayed at other Marriott brands (Fairfield Suites, Courtyard, Residence) and always been pleased. And frankly, I'm surprised Marriott put their name on this one. I'm not sure what demographic Marriott is going for with the Delta Hotel line and it's "simple but perfect" tagline but while things like reserving and checking in were pretty simple, my experience was definitely not perfect.
When I made the reservation online, I indicated that we'd be traveling with two dogs. I'm very grateful that Delta has a good pet policy (as do many Marriott properties now)! But...when we arrived, we were given a room on the top floor (10) which surprised me - so I asked if they were aware we had pets. They weren't, but said it was no problem - then gave us a little door hanger to indicate to staff that we had dogs in our room. And luckily our dogs are chill about elevator rides so up we went.
To be fair, maybe we were put on the top floor because that's the only floor where the Junior Suites are...? (we go big when traveling with the pups)...If so, the Marriott website could be improved if guests were notified of this when selecting both "traveling with pets" + "junior suite". If not, note to staff: upper floors are not a great choice for people with pets.
The junior suite at room 1019 is nicely appointed - you enter a small sitting room w tv, pass through the tiny kitchen area w small fridge and microwave, then the bathroom, and a king sized bed is in the back room. The hotel is adjacent to the highway so it's already loud- and has zero view. Right away we noticed an intermittent mechanical noise which we determined to be the elevator. At about 8pm I inquired about this noise to the front desk using the super helpful "chat with us" feature through the bonvoy app which supposedly puts you in contact with your front desk. Screenshots attached - note the time stamps. Between 8-9 I took the pups down for a walk - there were literally no guests in the lobby and the front desk person wasn't on the phone. Yet I still did not receive a real reply to my chat until after 11pm. Marriott, if you're going to offer this feature, you've got to do better than 3 hour response times.
The elevator noise disturbed us most of the night. If I sound grumpy, it's because I only slept undisturbed from about midnight to 4am. Then other guests started waking up and using the elevator. I'm writing this review at 5am and I'm a tired guest who's pretty ticked she spent a total of about $300 for this experience.
I probably could have had a better experience at a Motel 6 and saved a couple hundred bucks.
Would not recommend this hotel (and I'm generally very pleased w Marriott brand hotels). If you stay here, bring ear plugs - and make sure you get a room far from the elevator!
Other issues:
- Ice machines were not functioning on several floors
- Dog waste can was overflowing
- Vacuuming outside our door at 7:30am