AJ B.
Yelp
I've been to this Marriott, hundreds of times and never knew the edge rooftop was here. I've been to Corner, and Dean's steakhouse, but I didn't learn about a rooftop until my mom came to visit for Thanksgiving and got an ad for their snow much fun event. Essentially, they decorate the rooftop Christmas lights and bubble snow and make cute holiday themed drinks! The view and decor were absolutely breathtaking, it's a perfect view of Congress Ave! I have so many table options with seats around a fire pit, barstool, table and chairs, couches under heat lamps, couches under Christmas lights and so on. I wish I captured more of the decorations, but there's so many photo ops here! My favorite was the tunnel, giant Christmas tree bulb, the snowman, the stacked gifts and giant string lights! To get to the rooftop you have to go to the fifth floor, pass the spa, cabanas and pool. The cabanas are decorated for Christmas and the pool is heated for winter! You can purchase a day pass to use the pool and to go to the spa, no hotel room required. To get into edge I was required to make a reservation and add my credit card in the event we didn't show we would've been charged $15 per person. You must cancel full day before your reservation to avoid this fee. You can try to visit without a reservation and depending on availability you will likely be seated but may have to wait. Once we got the right seats we ordered our holiday drinks! I got the pumpkin spice old fashion which was absolutely perfect! my mom got the butter rum and my sister got a peppermint hot chocolate. Because both of their drinks were hot they had a lot of water and really no flavor or liquor. we sent them back and asked for less water in the hot chocolate and replace the butter with another pumpkin spice old-fashioned. We were satisfied with the new drinks and ordered guacamole, which turned out to be really good! Special thanks to Lauren, our waitress for switching our tables and getting us new drinks ! They also had many other food options like a s'more board and lots of other holiday drinks. This was such a beautiful experience for me and my out of town guest. This is an Austin must do during Christmas and year round!