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Crystal Gateway Marriott
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1700 Jefferson Davis HwyArlington, VA 22202
(703) 920-3230
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7 reviews for Crystal Gateway Marriott
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I can't really say anything bad about this place. I had a nice room, the bar is nice and not outragously expensive and the conference rooms size, service, and food were all ideal. I left my charger in the room, checked out and came back a few hours later. They went the extra mile to find it!!
Convenient, Clean, and Reasonably Priced
My wife and I were planning our wedding, and we needed to find a reasonably priced hotel for our guests. After visiting several hotels in the area, we thought the Crystal Gateway Marriott was perfect. The hotel is clean and updated, and staff was very helpful. It's not located inside DC (some may consider this a plus), but just outside in Arlington, VA. There is direct access to the Metro (subway) from the hotel, which makes it convenient to get to DC and National Airport. The bar and lounge are nice, and the brunch buffett was pretty decent.
The pricing for this hotel seemed to change constantly with the best rates available online with their web specials. You can get better deals if you book as a large party. Some weekday rates are more expensive b/c of business travelers.
Be patient if you're planning an event here. Our event coordinator was difficult to get a hold of at first, but eventually accommodated all of our needs. He even upgraded our room to the penthouse suite with extra amenities.
There are actually two Marriotts in Arlington, so don't confuse the Crystal Gateway Marriott with the Crystal City Marriott.
It's not a "budget" hotel compared to other options in the area, but it is competitively priced to similar quality hotels. Would recommend this hotel to anybody visiting DC.
Stayed there for a week at a time for biz, it's okay, just another marriott. Gym is nice, free weights and rather large pool with good lookin life guard. Food service is slow, mine as well walk to the pentagon mall to dine. Depends on what's going on at the Pentagon or DC convention center, this place can be a zoo, so I always check the convention schedule. I was there during Army show, and the place was crazy with all drunk army dudes (free drinks anyone?) Parking is a little hard and almost impossible to find your car, due to the valet taking all the good spots on higher levels.
This Marriott, while intimidating in it's set up, is one of the best Marriott's I've stayed at. I stayed in one of the northern towers on the 17th floor and just remember the incredible view that I was entreated to of the city's western side.
Otherwise, it's boilerplate Marriott - clean rooms, comfortable beds, clean bathrooms, and convenient location. I liked that it was so close to everything - the five-sided day care center on the Potomac, Pentagon City Mall, and the restaurants in Crystal City.
If you're making a business trip to CC or the Pentagon, this place is worth shelling out the extra $$$ if you can convince your client to pay for it!
I stay here as a business traveler and was sufficiently impressed (believe me, I have stayed in a lot of dumps, so it is nice to be in a room that is even halfway decent). The room was pretty good size and I didn't feel too cramped even with my ridiculous amount of clothing, paperwork, and other work related paraphernalia.
the room rate seemed a little on the expensive side (especially for not being in DC proper), but since the bill wasn't coming out of my pocket, who am I to complain. It was a little annoying to pay for Internet access (no free WiFi, except in the lobby), but I guess that is to be expected.
I must say, there is VERY easy access from here to public transportation which was nice for someone who has no car, and not much familiarity with Arlington. The hotel is also within walking distance to shops and restaurants.
We were very impressed!!! Having stayed at many different hotels before, this was probably one of the better ones. I guess they must have done some upgrades because the room look a bit new and the carpets were super clean. Anyways, we stayed in a standard double bed room. The size of the room was huge for my standards. There were four of us and we had plenty of room. We were also surprised with a huge flat screen tv!!! WOW!!! The bathrooms were a good size too, very clean and they had BATH AND BODY WORKS toiletries!!! A definite plus!!!
We had access to the lounge (you pay a little extra with your room). The lounge deserves "five" stars!!! At happy hour, they have a few hot hor'derves, fresh fruit, cheese, veggies, fresh cookies and brownies or cake! They also have small glass sized sodas and bottled water. Breakfast is awesome too!!! not your typical toast, cereal, and juice. Fresh fruit, bagels, toast, english muffins, pastries, hard boiled eggs, juices, and all the condiments to go with breakfast!!! It was definitely worth it for us (4 people). We saved lots of $$$ for breakfast and happy hour. Check the times for the lounge as sometimes it's open until 11pm for drinks and soda (breakfast and happy hour have specific times)
We paid $249 a night (a bit pricey but not bad considering we had access to breakfast and happy hour for the four days we were there).
This is not as nice as a JW Marriot but it's a pretty nice hotel. The rooms are good sized and the patrons of the hotel are usually government types so it's pretty quiet. If you have status with Marriott and have access to the club lounge, it's one of the better breakfast's in a Marriott (not a JW). They have oatmeal, croissants, cereal, grits, and fresh mufffins. Another perk is the in-building access to the crystal city underground which has several small restaurants, convenience and specialty stores. The rates can vary from $120 to $400 so try to book in advance cuz it's not worth $400, or anything close to it.
- They have shuttles to and from DCA.
- Medium quality towels
- Great bed, hard not to have a great night's sleep here
- Standard Marriott toilettries
- Good access to Washington DC without the price of a DC hotel
- Parking is a bit pricey, upwards of $30/night
