San Diego Marriott Del Mar

Reviewer: Not provided on Sun 19 Jun 2011 rated 8 out of 10.

I was surprised Internet was 14 bucks extra, that was disappointing since many hotels include this in their rates. Also, no continental breakfast! It was a nice room, but not worth the price. The closest beach is the most boring & uneventful beach with tons of rocks. I drove 20 miles to get to a fun & more popular PB & Mission beach.

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Negatives: For the price, I was not happy with the fact that they did not offer continental breakfast & free WiFi.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 29 Nov 2010 rated 5 out of 10.

Front desk staff not friendly or accommodating.

Positives: Very clean.

Negatives: Food in restaurants was too fancy and not tasty not a good variety.

Reviewer: Not provided on Thu 11 Nov 2010 rated 5 out of 10.

I had called the Marriott work reservations because the front desk was busy. I asked for adjoining rooms with two double beds. When we got there, none of my requests were made. The front desk attendant was not even paying attention to us. I stood there for awhile waiting for him to give us our room keys. He totally forgot. Our bathroom smelled like sewage backed up into it on the last night. It took forever for them to send the engineer and as had to call twice. Our keys did not work several times.

Positives: The pool looked nice.

Negatives: Our keys did not work several times.

Reviewer: Not provided on Fri 09 Jul 2010 rated 6 out of 10.

Cleanliness is the best. Other part the parking fee is so high. Next door parking is free. Spa and pool are very small and busy all the time. Only 4 or 5 people can fit in the spa.

Positives: Cleanliness is the best. Healthy refreshing drink provided in lobby in the morning.

Negatives: Parking is very high. Spa is very small. Always busy in pool and spa area. Only one spa and one pool area.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 15 Jun 2010 rated 1 out of 10.

I have bed bug bites all over our families bodies. It was terrible, but they did offer to refund the parking which was expensive.

Positives: Good food.

Negatives: Bed bugs.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 13 Apr 2010 rated 10 out of 10.

Great location and we enjoyed our stay.

Positives: Great restaurant and bar.

Negatives: Charged for internet.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 07 Apr 2010 rated 3 out of 10.

Modest at best. I used Priceline for the Holiday Inn at Oceanside. A great room. $55, which included parking and internet. The Marriott charged $12.95 a night for internet. Which in this day and age is outrageous. And, they charged $18.00 for parking. It is out in the suburbs, not downtown. Parking at $18.00 is crazy. The hotel is not a 3.5 star hotel, plus it is advertised as being in Del Mar, but it isn't.

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Positives: Nice lobby.

Negatives: It wasn't in Del Mar. Extra charges.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sun 10 Jan 2010 rated 9 out of 10.

Good location for North County offering access to I-5 and Rt 78 to I-15. Nice restaurant with helpful staff.

Positives: Great pillows, friendly, and helpful restaurant staff.

Negatives: Would have liked to see soft water.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sun 03 Jan 2010 rated 10 out of 10.

Gorgeous place for the money! Originally we were given a room that happened to be near a huge group of teenagers from a sports team, They were really loud and I just called the front desk to ask to be moved to a new room. They gave me no hassle at all, and sent an attendant up with a key to a new room in minutes. Awesome! I've made this request at other hotels and they hummed about the change. Marriott made my request easy and saved the day! We settled in and had a fantastic night's sleep.

Positives: Gorgeous lounge area and great service overall.

Negatives: Parking lot requires you to exit the garage and then enter the hotel which wasn't great in the rain with all the luggage.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sat 03 Oct 2009 rated 6 out of 10.

The cleanliness and attractiveness of the hotel was a plus. Although, this was a positive I felt unwelcome and that the staff looked down upon me. When I went into the pantry area, the staff watched me the entire time as if I were going to steal something. The wait staff was okay but seemed to only be there to give the drink and take the check. I will not return because of the pretentious staff. Sorry you are to lose my business.

Positives: I liked the spaciousness of the rooms and the friendly house keeping staff.

Negatives: Every other employee besides housekeeping was kind of pretentious and high headed. I will not go back again because of this.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 28 Sep 2009 rated 3 out of 10.

Room was dirty, smelled like smoke, noisy, peanuts in MY bed. Had ordered roll-away, at 9am had to call 3 mores times 9, 1,4 and 11pm not happy at all with this stay.

Positives: There's nothing to say.

Negatives: Rooms was dirty, smelled like smoke.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 16 Sep 2009 rated 8 out of 10.

Neat and beautiful landscaping at the entrance of the hotel. Good size parking lot.

Positives: Great customer service (at the front desk), friendly and helpful. Good location.

Negatives: The view from the room that was given to us.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 17 Aug 2009 rated 10 out of 10.

Staff was wonderful, very personable and helpful. Very nice, clean comfy room. I loved it!

Positives: Beautiful hotel and location, clean, nice pool and facilities.

Negatives: Paid parking.

Reviewer: Not provided on Fri 14 Aug 2009 rated 6 out of 10.

I was amazed and disappointed at how this hotel truly gouged its clients, or at least us, since I cannot speak for your other patrons. This Marriot located in Del Mar; one of the wealthiest communities in the Southern California region, is considered a 3 1/2 star hotel which I found to be a questionable rating. I have stayed in several 3-4 star hotels not only in the US but in Europe as well and I have never experienced the level of penny pinching as I have with your establishment. Again, I realize that I was not paying a regular room rate since I bid for a better deal, but I do expect to be treated as though I am paying customer who deserves better treatment than what I experienced.
When we arrived on our first night about 1:30am and made our way up to our room, there were drunken people partying in the hallway across from our room. This continued for at least an hour and a half after we called to report the obnoxious behavior. There were no accommodations offered or even an apology for this disturbance. There were a few times when we called guest services for information and experienced an apathetic attitude at best. One of our pillows appeared to have blood on it and there were stains on the carpet! We went to spend an evening at the hotel bar and when I gave our waitress the credit card I later discovered that our bill was charged to the credit card on hold with the front desk instead. This is not what I wanted to have happen and as we were checking out I brought it to the attention of the gentleman working the front desk and he offered no help on this matter. I questioned if I had been charged twice to which he replied with an I don't know and proceeded to assist another customer. Now that's customer service!

Positives: the bed was amazing!

Negatives: little to no complimentary amenities, such as wifi, parking, unhelpful concierge

Reviewer: Not provided on Thu 13 Aug 2009 rated 10 out of 10.

Beds were great, nice flat screen TV's. Pool and hot tub were very nice. Restaurant at the hotel was good. Great experience overall.

Positives: Beds were very comfortable.

Negatives: Parking Charges.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sat 01 Aug 2009 rated 8 out of 10.

Great hotel

Positives: i like the clenliness of the hotel and gym was excellent

Negatives: i did not like the fact that the parking was 16 for overnight

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 21 Jul 2009 rated 8 out of 10.

The hotel was great and conveniently located to all of the major sites in San Diego. It had a great "happening" crowd on Friday evening that included locals. I would definitely stay here again if the price is right.

Positives: Great ambiance!

Negatives: You have to pay for self-parking.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 13 Jul 2009 rated 10 out of 10.

Fantastic hotel. The most comfortable beds I have slept in, while traveling, for a long time.

Positives: The outside meeting area adjacent to the pool.

Negatives: The Internet and parking fees that totaled $28.95 per day.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sat 11 Jul 2009 rated 6 out of 10.

My stay at the hotel was nice but parking was an extra $16 a night and it did not include free internet service in my room (an extra $13 a night if you wanted to pay for it). The hotel also was almost too nice for my family to go to the beach and return.

Positives: It was very clean and in a nice part of town.

Negatives: You have to pay for parking and wi-fi service.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 07 Jul 2009 rated 7 out of 10.

Good hotel to stay. The only inconvinience was that I did not have a mini bar to storage the milk of my little kids.

Positives: Close to legoland and great price.

Negatives: Did not have mini bar in the room to storage my kids' milk.