June, 2008
Above and Beyond
The West Palm Beach Marriott standard room is incredibly comfortable with a great bed, more pillows than one dreams, about and a couch and seating area that is just terrific.
The room also includes a great large screen TV that swivels so you can watch from the bed, desk or seating area in the room.The desk is conducive to working with a shelf made for a laptop or keyboard at a comfortable typing height.The room comes equipped with a coffee maker and Starbucks coffee – included in the rate.There is a refrigerator without the overpriced mini-bar. The hotel includes two bottles of water in the room rate.The bathroom is stocked with plenty of towels and there was a comfortable bathrobe hanging on the door. The fitness center is open 24 hours with your hotel room key(see Needs Improvement).
A Matter of Taste
The lobby is spacious, open and indigenously tropical for a Southern Florida hotel
I did not use the Internet Access, but they offer it for $12.95 per 24 hour period – a rip off – but they include unlimited local and long distance calls in this rate. This is something that most travelers do not need as cell phones do not charge for domestic long distance. The bathroom is small, but comfortable and equipped with a nice assortment of bathroom amenities. The shower head is a nice size with decent pressure and the shower has the curve bar allowing for plenty of room without the shower curtain brushing up against your body. Needs Improvement
- My one complaint about the West Palm Beach Marriott is the fitness center.
- The equipment is old – it looks it and feels it.
- The hanging TV’s are only for visual effects as the equipment does not have the audio tie in, so when someone is using the equipment, you can’t here the TV. A Marriott of this caliber should have the new equipment with the individual TV’s.
- The fitness center was barely equipped with water and towels. I was one of the first to arrive on a particular morning so I was able to get one of the two remaining waters and one of the 3 remaining towels.
My Conclusion
I spent a night at the West Palm Beach Marriott on business. The hotel is conveniently located just east of I-95 and just west of CityPlace in West Palm Beach – a great complex of stores, restaurants and residential living.
The hotel is a vintage Marriott – meaning my expectations were for a very presentable hotel and it met these expectations.
I did not experience the food and beverage facilities at the West Palm Beach Marriott.
I would definitely stay here again. I hope they improve the fitness center.
