Hotels in Downtown Houston, Houston

We chose this hotel for its central location to all the spots we planned on visiting. And it did not disappoint. The room was very clean. The front desk was courteous and had answers to all our questions. Would recommend the bistro to everyone. Get eats, Great pre game atmosphere. Will recommend to others.

The location is probably the best part. It is connected to the convention center and there is also so many restaurants and food trucks so close by and there are some connected to it as well. It’s very clean and I would definitely stay here again.

The pool area was family friendly and the reservations prevented over crowding. The rooms were spotless and all the restaurants were great. Location is central to everything downtown. Highly recommend.

I'm currently on my last night of a five night stay. I was so looking forward to staying here as the reviews are generally quite favorable and I usually like the JW Marriott brand properties. Unfortunately, my own experience during this stay was not very good. The hotel seems quite busy (long waits for the elevator some days) so they do seem to be getting traffic through the property. My suite was nice...not extraordinary...but comfortable. As far as staff go, most are quite helpful and friendly which is good. Now the problems. I saw very little to discern this property from a standard Sheraton or Marriott. Nothing about it felt like ”luxury”. It didn't have those extra touches one would expect from a JW. The bar soap in the bathroom is so tiny that only a sliver is left after two showers. It was the size soap you would expect to get at a Motel 6. The Griffin Lounge was a big disappointment. I went the first morning for breakfast and it seemed like a standard Sheraton lounge breakfast offering. Nothing refined or special about it at all. Both the presentation and the quality of the food offerings were severely under par. I never returned after that even though I was entitled to get it free every day as an Ambassador Elite member. I ate breakfast outside of the hotel for the remainder of my stay. Also, after the lousy breakfast on day 1 , I never attended the evening reception so I cannot comment on what that is like. The most glaring problem at this property is that when you call down with a service request, usually no-one answers the phone. You want to have your car brought around? No-one responds. You want to arrange for housekeeping to clean your room? No-one responds. You want laundry picked up? No-one responds. You want to know why your laundry was not delivered as promised? No-one responds. All the above things happened to me. Out of a total of 18-20 calls down with service requests, the phone was actually answered only twice. That is a shockingly poor service fulfillment failure rate. Imagine, when you want to use your car, there is literally no way to get that process started from your room...because no-one answers the phone calls. I am stunned by what a failed process they have for handling calls from the guest rooms. I actually complained to the front desk about this. The guy says the phones are answered by staff behind the scenes. However it is that they manage it, I can tell them their process doesn't work. I get to Houston fairly frequently but I doubt I would return to the JW Marriott Downtown. The combination of the sub-par Griffin lounge coupled with staff inability to answer phone calls, deems this a no-go property for me. Interestingly, this is my second JW stay for me since the pandemic started. Both were big disappointments. Perhaps the JW brand is cutting back on quality and services generally...effectively moving JW properties closer to Sheraton/Marriott standards. Overall,

Where do I begin? Room service delivered half our order and even after calling back down twice they still couldn’t get it right so I just gave up. As an American Express Platinum member I’m guaranteed late 4pm check out which I told front desk we would need. It served no purpose as housekeeping accessed my room numerous times without warning. I called the front desk to ask if there was an issue because I was checking out late. The gentleman at the front desk told me that I needed to request my late check out when I checked in… why would I need to request something I’m guaranteed per the terms of my Amex and again I told the front desk clerk we would be checking out late when I checked it. Going forward even after this call shortly afterwards a male from housekeeping walked right into my room. My husband and children were in the living area and I was in the bedroom area getting dressed ! This is a violation and extremely concerning. What if I was in the shower, a state of undress or a sleep and this man without warning has entered my room. We packed up our things and immediately went to the front desk. The manager apologized and moved our checkout to 9pm but once we were in the car I told my husband I just didn’t feel safe returning and we elected not to return. This is a serious issue and I don’t think I’ll return to this Four Seasons location.

There were some good shops around. Breakfast buffet here is the best. Room was big enough. I want to use it next time.

I travel around the country a grade hotels because I’m in and out often. From the Four Seasons Ritz Carlton Marriott Marquis W hotels Westin, Sheraton‘s etc. but I was greeted and made to feel like I was a VIP when I arrived on Site. I was welcomed by Miss J and miss Jerri and the young man Jay. They went over and above to assure me And my Brother and family that we were the guest of honor in the hotel. The Front office staff names escape me at the moment, the were attentive to our every need punctual and extremely kind. The GM must Be Very Proud to have staff like this. The final line I want to pen is the restaurant the staff was more than kind all four days. Thank You So Much For A Great Stay. I would recommend this hotel again again and again. Thank You. Shep DLW

Hotel was right in the middle of everything downtown which was nice. They did not book us in a correct size room and gave us 2 double beds instead of a king, and could not fix it due to being fully booked ( the room next to use had a king bed and was vacant). It was build in 2019, so everything was nice and kept up with. Valet took an hour to get my car while leaving, so my advice is don’t wait until the check out time to leave unless you just want to wait longer. The staff was so friendly! I would book again.

Very good! Facing the street but not very noisy! Breakfast is also very good! Service is very good! Will choose here. Cheap price! Parking side, plenty of parking spaces. Great location!

We had a great stay at magnolia. The service was superb and cleanliness was awesome. I will 100% recommend this hotel for anyone swishing to stay in downtown Houston.