Marriott Marquis New York City

• MSantiago613
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• goodfish
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Sky High

This is one of those hotels I wouldn't be writing about if it hadn't been for a business trip. Enormous, swanky and big-time expensive, this Marriott is right smack on Times Square and has all of the services you'd expect from an upscale hotel. Rooms are large and comfortable with marble baths, plasma TVs, luxury linens, internet and just about anything else you'd want. They're also blissfully quiet - a good thing since one of the noisiest, craziest, most insane areas of NYC is way down there below your windows!

The lobby, check-in desks, gift and coffee shops, lounges and some of the restaurants are on the 8th level. With the exception of a few escalators for conference areas on the bottom floors, the entire complex is accessed via a large bank of elevators that are magically programed to organize groups of guests by destination and demand. You punch the floor you want into a master keypad and it sends you to the elevator that will go to that floor. Sounds good in theory but at very busy times of the day the wait can be considerable.

4 restaurants (didn't eat at any of them) a sushi bar, several lounges, a fitness center, concierge and various other odds and ends round out the other services. The hotel is also right across from ABC studios so if you're an early riser, you can get up and join the morning crowd for Good Morning America tapings. We weren't wild about the Times Square area - wall-to-wall tourists, traffic and tacky shops - but it's centrally located and close to many Broadway theaters.

Unique Quality: Terrific views of Times Square but up and away from the madness. Large rooms for NYC hotels.

• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average
• Related to: Romantic Travel and Honeymoons, Luxury Travel

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• a5floor
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Marriot Marquis

When I was in NYC (2008), I stayed at the Marriot Marquis Hotel. This hotel is situated on Broadway. Up here you walk right on the famous part of Broadway.

There are 49 floors, 1892 rooms and 57 suites. There are also 54 meeting rooms and 2 concierge levels.
The hotel has a smoke-free policy.

There is an airport shuttle to/from LaGuardia, JFK and Newark.

It is a nice hotel. Because there are so many rooms, it feels a bit of a 'mass production' of visitors.

• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average
• Related to: Road Trip

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• lumina59
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• alsport
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• grandmaR
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Notable Restaurant

I have never stayed here. The only time I stayed overnight in NYC was in 1961, and I did stay near Times Square, but it was an older hotel than this one. The main claim to fame for this hotel is the restaurant which is called The View because it is the only rotating restaurant in NYC.

Property Information

* 49 floors, 1892 rooms, 57 suites
* 1888 The Room That Works guest rooms
* 54 meeting rooms, 101,450 sq ft of total meeting space
* 2 concierge levels

Unique Quality: It is a non-smoking hotel and does allow pets with a non-refundable clean-up fee of $200.00

Services
Complimentary Services

* Coffee/tea in-room
* Newspaper delivered to room
* Newspaper in lobby
* Phone calls: toll-free

Business Services

* Copy service
* Fax service
* Full-service business center
* Notary public
* Overnight delivery/pickup
* Secretarial service

Guest Services

* Babysitting
* Cash machine/ATM
* Concierge desk
* Foreign exchange
* Housekeeping service daily
* Laundry on-site
* Room service, 6:00AM-2:00AM
* Safe deposit boxes, front desk
* Shoeshine stand
* Valet dry-cleaning
* Wheelchairs

• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average
• Related to: Trains, Business Travel, Luxury Travel

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• Arial_27
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Quite the experience

I was sooooo lucky to be able to stay in this fine hotel; normally would never be able to afford a place like this, but I was given a huge discount for being involved with the UN (it also helped that I was sharing a room with 3 other people.)

The rooms are nice sized, pretty much standard to what you would see in any hotel: they come with TV and cable, coffee maker, shampoo & conditioner (which they re-stock every day) two comfy chairs, VERY comfy beds, a safe, closet, dressing table, and I believe for an extra charge there is high speed internet access.

There's a pool, a really cool fitness room, lots of elevators, a swimming pool, VERY expensive food order room service, baggage service, etc.

Unique Quality: The greatest thing about it is how convenient walking distance it is from Times Square and many of the other shops and restaurants in the area. It has also appeared in movies.

Funny moment: I was watching "Fools Rush In" on TV in the hotel room and there is a sceane on Times Square where Mathew Perry is in a cab and drives right by the Marriott Marquis. I thought "Hey.. I'm in there right now!" lol

:)

• Opinion of Price: most expensive

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• rsilva
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Good location, nice hotel

I stayed at the Marriott Marquis for 5 nights as it was the venue of a conference I attended.
Location is very good, right in the middle of Times square with easy access to most tourist locations (on foot or using public transportation). Since it is on Broadway, you are close to all the major theaters and there is even a discount ticket office at the entrance (where you can get tickets for same-day shows at low prices).
The room was large enough and was clean (even though the carpet had a huge stain). The beds were comfortable and there were both large (American-style) and small (European-style) pillows, which was nice.
I was a bit disappointed to not have shower gel (there was only bath soap), but the shampoo and body lotion seemed to be good.
The futuristic elevators were very nice, and even though it could be quite busy, I never had to wait more than 3-4 minutes for a lift to/from the room.
There is a panoramic (and rotating) restaurant at the 48th/49th floor which gives you a nice view of the city.

I paid $259, which was a special conference rate, so it is definitely not cheap, but seems to be just over average price in New York

Unique Quality: Some things were quite annoying, though. On the last day, I wanted to show my girlfriend (who had arrived a few days later) the panoramic restaurant. We went up, asked a waiter if it was OK to go for a look and he said it was fine. After a couple of minutes this lady came running after us asking if we had a reservation and when we told her we hadn't we were rudely TOLD (not asked) to leave as people were eating and we were disturbing. All this in a buffet self-service restaurant, where everyone was walking around and we were careful not to walk up to tables where there were people seated.
When I checked out I mentioned this episode to the on-duty manager who apologized, (not very convincingly...) but did not tell us we could go back.
We then left our luggage at the concierge desk to go for a last walk, the person took the bags, stood in front of me and stared. After a moment he asked me "Do you need change sir"... My understanding is that you are supposed to tip if you want to. He did not leave until we gave him a couple of dollars.
After we came back, we went down to the taxi stands and asked for a taxi to the Airport. The person who got our bags obviously wanted a tip and I gave him what I had (a few dollars). He gave me a really dirty look and walked away shaking his head.

Bottom line: You are a good tipper, you get friendly service, if not, you are treated rudely. This is, in my opinion, unacceptable no matter what the "traditions" are.

Unique Qualities: Location, elevators, 24-hour health club.

• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average
• Related to: Business Travel

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