Reviews & Ratings for Courtyard by Marriott

Moderately priced hotel offers a breakfast buffet, in-room work spaces and other amenities for business travelers.

by Nancy Hunter

In Short
The first Marriott hotel opened in 1957, and has since expanded to several different brands, with Courtyard serving business travelers. In addition to free daily newspaper delivery, media-equipped meeting rooms and buffet breakfasts in their on-site restaurant, most locations also offer The Market--a 24-hour shop for food and refreshments. Rooms include well-lit work spaces, ergonomic desk chairs, separate sitting areas and free high-speed Internet (participating locations). The front desk offers faxing, copying and printing services.

02/23/03

Good rooms, good rest

by joeltpatterson

Beware! While it offers an outdoor pool, the pool is not heated, so the water may be too cold to enjoy a swim even on a relatively warm Houston day in February (60 or 70 degree air temp, I mean). The exercise room has some weight machines and cardio machines. The kingsize beds have comfortable mattresses, and the rooms are very clean.

The TVs even offer videogames (for a price, of course). All of this was reasonably priced.

• Pros: free parking, Good mattresses, Clean rooms
• Cons: pool is not heated