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Marriott Hotel-City Center
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9 reviews for Marriott Hotel-City Center
I stayed at the Marriott Hotel-City Center over a Thursday-Monday weekend in Minneapolis as a Gold Marriott Rewards member and upon check in- was upgraded to a bi-level suite. That is the first time I ever had stairs in my hotel room.
The room was located on the 37 and 38 floor of the Hotel. The bathroom was all granite and there was a built in flat panel television as well as a counter mounted flat panel in the sleeping area. There was another flat panel downstairs in the living area with the backdrop of the view of Minneapolis from the windows.
The hotel is connected to the Minneapolis Skyway system so getting to any other connected building is an indoor journey. There are plenty of restaurants nearby as well as nightlife, sports and entertainment.
The bar in the lobby is a nice place to enjoy a drink before retiring to the room at night.
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We were in Minneapolis for less than 24 hours to attend a good friend's wedding. I had been sleeping in different beds every night or two (hotels, houses, futons) for the last week leading up to this particular stay. By the time I got to the Marriott, I knew it either had the potential to make me very happy or verrry cranky. Luckily, the first option occurred!
The room was nice and large. There was ample room to stretch out, throw our bags around a bit, and even drag out the ironing board to spiff up my fella's dress shirt.
Everything was uber-clean. The shower was a wonderfully-water-pressured dream, and the bathroom was large enough that we could spread out our various necessities to gussy-up for the wedding.
By the time we did the quick change from road-trip duds into wedding garb we felt refreshed, rather than harried. We headed out for the big event, and had a blast. When we'd finally had our fill of outrageous wedding revelry, we slept like babies (the 26th floor had zero noise) in our comfy little home-for-a-night.
I'm sold! I am hoping to head back to Minneapolis at some point when I cant explore a little more and don't have a 24-hr time limit. I'd stay here again in a heartbeat!
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Good hotel in a good, central location. I only stayed here for one night on a recent business trip to Minneapolis, but I found my stay to be very relaxing. The lobby is located on the 5th floor, away from the ground-level hustle-and-bustle. Can't comment on the restaurant and bar since I ordered room service, but both looked good as far as a 4-star chain hotel goes.
The room itself was spacious, had a comfortable bed & flat-panel TV.
All in all, a good stay -- would recommend if you're in town for work and your company won't spring for the Graves or Chambers.
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Nice place, good location, clean room. Recently stayed two nights for a business conference. Few complaints, heater/ac in room was noisy, vent was rattling all night, ug! I was on the 10th floor and could hear a lot of noise from the street, but I guess a heavy sleeper may not notice.
Bar was ok for a Monday night, bartender had a good personality.
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Stayed two nights at this hotel. Very clean room, modern appointments, nice bathroom. My only gripe is the expensive parking ($8-20/day depending on if it's a weekday or weekend) and having to take three different elevators and trek through a mall to get from the garage to my room. I was on the 11th floor and did not hear any street noise. I was able to priceline this hotel for $70/night.
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Great staff at this hotel. They were very helpful give me restaurant and nail salon recommendations. Let us borrow umbrella for the rain. Give me detail directions to all the places that I want to go to.
Hotel is fairly new...clean...room is spacious...bathroom is clean...
For those that get complimentary lounge pass (elite members)...great service in the lounge on the 30th floor...breakfast, snacks, drinks, dessert throughout the day! I believe they have internet services and a big TV too!!!
One thing I didn't like is the elevators...you need to take one set of elevator to the 5th floor (registration / main floor) then take another set of elevator to your room floor...It's annoying in the morning when you trying to get to work and you have to wait for two sets of elevators!!!
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Most of the rating here is based on the fact that this is a decent hotel with a great location. Depending on your mobility skills, this is within walking distance of a good deal of what Minneapolis has to offer in terms of restaurants and bars and is connected to the skyway. While I was checking in, they also had a chocolate fountain with strawberries! How fancy is that?
The only downside to the experience is parking, which is expensive and difficult, just like many downtown hotels in large cities.
This is a great hotel - when you can get in. If I ever win the lottery I'm going to build a massive hotel in downtown Minneapolis that serves only last-minute business travelers during the week. It may seem like there are enough hotels in this city, but don't be fooled... If you have to book something less than a week or two in advance - gooood luck getting a hotel downtown!
But anyway - the Marriott. Nice place. Clean, modern, close to everything. The building is shaped like a triangle (which is interesting because the Detroit Marriott is shaped like a circle - they're very geometric, these Marriott folks) so the rooms aren't the typical rectangles you find in most hotels. Which I like because they have a lot of interesting angles and none of the rooms really have the same layout (based on the 3 I've seen). My only complaint is that the TVs are kind of dinosaur-esque and they don't really have the best reception. I'm not sure if you can call down to housekeeping for some rabbit ears, but I may have to resort to that next time if they don't do some updating real soon. But other than that, I very much enjoy this hotel. The gym has brand new equipment and great city views (although it is on the smallish side) and the concierge lounge is excellent. Tons of breakfast options (and a brew-your-own-Starbucks machine!) and the evening spreads are fantastic as well - the guy who hosts at night is incredibly nice too. Overall a great place to stay in a great location... and did I mention the massive Saks 5th Ave outlet across the street? You really can't go wrong here...
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Great Hotel, big clean room, breakfast in the room (mine was included in the price). My only complaint is havingh to pay for the WiFi... lame given the +$200 room price.
