I don’t usually leave hotel reviews, but this one stands out as one of the better places for business travelers in the area around San Mateo, Palo Alto, and Redwood City. There are a lot of solid alternatives, but this one has the advantage of being a gorgeous, sprawling older format Marriott with a completely remodeled interior.

The M club is also very nice. The entire property is very clean. Parking is easy. The restaurants on site are solid. The hotel itself is very easy to find and somehow manages to be very quiet despite being right next to the 101 freeway. You can open your windows without hearing much of any noise outside.

This is a better Marriott property than the one over on Bayshore.

Heads up: On at least one occasion, this Marriott somehow lost my reservation. It took some scrambling to correct the situation. They may be prone to accidentally overbooking so you may want to call to verify your reservation a day or two before you arrive.

– Matt Dewey

Pros -clean rooms with great amenities. Thick towels, very soap as well as a big screen TV. I slept in till 10:30 it was so comfortable. Staff was accommodating in checking me in and offered me drinking water.
Cons Gates were on the fritz and when you called for assistance it went to a number that led to nowhere. Could use better signage as to the parking lot. Would recommend for future stays.

– Patric

Overall, the stay was average. The rooms were good and was maintained well. The check-in experience was not that good as they never felt necessary to ask if I was a Bonvoy member or not. I had to tell them separately that I'm a platinum member and then they chose to extend the member privileges. They had assured to get me an upgrade to a suite next day after check-in, but they never followed up on it and they let it go. Service is slow as I had to follow-up with the express service for the water bottles. Breakfast is average given the same food is served all days. Weekends when breakfast was not served in the concierge lounge, they didn’t even let me know that I can avail a voucher for a complimentary breakfast in their restaurant even the booking was for bed and breakfast. I have stayed in Marriot hotels in India, but this stay has been one of my average experiences. Team you need to gear up!

– Ganapathi Nayak