Hartford Marriott Downtown

We stayed at the Marriott for one night recently and chose the hotel for the location. Check in was a breeze, wonderful, helpful attentive staff from check in desk to the bartenders at the L bar. The location is great, we took a stroll along the river which was lovely and had some apps at the bar which was really good. I have to give them 3 stars due to the need for a sprucing up! It's a soulless, sterile and dated hotel. It's like when you walk into an old target that hasn't been updated yet. The rooms are very dated, old furniture, TVs, & bathrooms. The pool area has beautiful views but my gosh update it! The floors were so slippery, the pool looks like it hasn't been touched since it opened & the hot tub was a metal old nasty looking tub. So much potential. Our biggest issue was the AC in our room. When we got in it was so hot. We closed the blinds & left the AC all night & when we returned it was just as hot. At 2am they ended to giving us a new room which thankfully had better AC but still a bummer. Thankfully we used our points for the stay & didn't spend our money on this hotel. Overall, great staff & location but the property needs some real loving.

The hotel was super convenient for our volleyball tournament. The hotel upgraded us for being gold and offered the points off the jump, as well as free waters. Very nice staff. The hotel is a bit dated. Decent hotel food. Bar was cool, but over priced, and really packed. The bar charged me twice for a to go sandwich and I didn't catch it because I was in a rush. Still waiting for a call back. Still recommend a stay here.

Fab location and great staff Only complaint was no microwave in the hotel room. I found that very odd.

Great location