Denver Marriott Tech Center

I have been coming to Denver every week for 10 weeks. I've settled on this hotel as it seems to be the only hotel in the Denver DTC/Park Meadows area not using Covid as an excuse to lower service levels. Nice friendly staff very helpful truly want to look after guests. I am coming back every week!!! Well done M-DTC Recognise Marriott frequent user status fully.

Other than a few ignorant and selfish guests not wearing masks or not wearing them correctly, this hotel was outstanding! Beautifully renovated, great service, good food even with the temporarily limited offerings and one of the better hotel gyms Ive been in. Id stay again without hesitation!

If you need to stay in the Denver Tech Center area,this hotel is for you. Very clean, beautiful rooms. Friendly management. We stayed there as it is a block walk to Shanahan’s restaurant. A great way to eat out and not drive.

We just left this hotel and I can tell you I did not leave with the best taste. The hotel is super clean and very updated which was the nicest part. The gym is super nice. But, I did leave disappointed. To start, the hotel was very empty. We arrived and requested to be put in a room with a Peloton bike, which is an upgrade. You would think during COVID this hotel would be flexible, especially since hotel is almost completely empty. The manager, with less than a smile informed us we would have to pay an extra $100 per night for the room!! Now I would think the situation we are in would be a time for Marriott to build loyalty. Makes sense to give us the room so my wife can get her Peloton workouts in- in a social distancing business environment. But, I guess I am not an expert. Personally I think just plain senseless to have Peloton sit idle. We also did not receive any housekeeping and I called to complain. Again, with a less than empathetic tone, they told me housekeeping not cleaning rooms during COVID. I asked if I should get a reduction on my rate, but was told “no” unfortunately. There is a $15 parking fee per day. My impression of this hotel is the staff if very “courteous” and “professional” but not so overly friendly or willing to go the extra mile to make you happy. The do a great job servicing (ie: bringing towels to room) in a very business like way.

A Nice Long Weekend Stay We were living in Denver, when the Denver Marriott Tech Center hotel was built, and attended several events and meetings there, but never stayed at the hotel until August. We were back to Denver visiting friends, and as they all lived in separate areas of the Metro-Plex, we decided to stay somewhere a bit central to all, so the Denver Marriott Tech Center proved ideal. The hotel is probably best catabolized as a “business hotel,” due to its attached “convention center,” and location in the Denver Tech Center, a development of mostly office buildings, south of Downtown Denver. Located at 4900 S Syracuse Street, it is just off of I-25, and its now lightrail corridor. As about 90% of our travel is for business, we stay in many, many business hotels, so I am looking at the Denver Marriott Tech Center, more from that angle, than for our leisure stay. We booked through BonVoy (had an issue with the room that we booked, but the BonVoy Website was new, and also new to me, and I will take blame for user error), and as Platinum members, got a bit of an upgrade, plus M Lounge access - just not the suite I thought I had booked. I think that our view was probably all of the “upgrade,” but the room was comfortable, none the less. That view, from the narrow balcony was of the Tech Center, itself, and not the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains - but that would also include the very, very busy I-25 corridor - our side was very quiet, though this was over a Summer weekend, so much of the usual vehicular traffic in the Tech Center was gone. Walking around the property, there were some things, which I remembered, but then so much, which seemed new to me, but then, it had been over a decade, since I was last in this hotel. Checked in, and with Room 9001, we really only had time to unpack, and get ready for an early dinner near-by. It was not until the next morning, that we got to do any real exploration. Our room was very small, but adequate, with a nice King bed, a small desk w/ coffee maker (Mr Coffee 1-cup), coffee caddy and telephone on the surface, two chairs and an end table. On the wall beside the desk, we had a large, flat-screen TV. There was a clock (with USB outlets in the top) on the night stand, by the bed. The closet had a horizontal safe, which is better for storing laptops, etc., than those vertical safes in some hotels. The bathroom was small, with a single sink in a marble vanity, and a walk-in shower, which had been requested. We had shower amenities, and a hairdryer. As with many business hotels, the Marriott had lots of AC and USB outlets, so one could charge maybe a dozen devices at once, and most of these were near flat surfaces, so that one would not have to put a tablet or phone on the floor, to charge it. While we like much more luxurious hotels for our leisure travel, many have been historic properties, and one has to look long and hard to find enough AC outlets (USB’s are often completely absent), for the devices, which we travel with - not at the Denver Marriott Tech Center. One oddity was that we did not opt out of housekeeping, but never got any. My wife did have the front desk send of towels and refill for the coffee caddy on the second day. However, this was a weekend, so maybe the housekeeping staff was off? No big deal, as we were not hosting any parties in our room - it was just the two of us, and besides, only about three people could squeeze onto the tiny balcony. During our stay, we explored the convention center, where the restaurant, Pint Brothers is located. That is a very large, multi-use space. As our travels are mostly for business, I studied that area with a convention/retreat in mind. It is an atrium structure, with a very large, open floor plan, and soaring ceiling (about 8 stories). It could house a tiny village. Then, there is an outside area, with seating, which could be configured in many ways, depending on the weather. In addition, there is a small open space, in front of the restaurant, that could hold a moderate cocktail party. Lots of possibilities for events. We did not tour any of the event/convention rooms, so I cannot comment on those, their sizes, or configurations. We looked in on the pools - one indoors (plus a hot tub), and one outside. Both were nice, but a bit sparse. Obviously this is not a resort hotel, catering to families with many children. Then, there is the gym. Again nice, but with an oddly sparse feeling to it. The equipment lines the walls, and while there were many devices, it seemed to be a bit bare bones. I suppose that it is to provide one with a quick workout, before a meeting in the hotel - quick in and out. It was rather soulless. The restaurant was interesting, in that it was a bar, a restaurant and then an “outdoor beer garden,” but instead of being on the outside, it was open to the ceiling of the convention center, 8 floors above. Each area had a different feeling. During the stay, we had breakfast there once, and on Sunday, I opened up the bar area for wine. Both experiences wee very good. The lobby of the Denver Marriott Tech Center is interesting, in that there are several room, and areas, with different seating arrangements, and also different feels. I can imagine these different areas being well-used during meeting breaks - nice, convenient and attractive. We stopped into the little “convenience store,” Corvus Coffee, as our 1-cup Mr Coffee in the room, was just not adequate. That shop has a lot of food items, as well as beverages, and we found it well-stocked. The lobby of the hotel tower was interesting, with some eclectic art work. Some went well, while other art installations were a bit puzzling. It was almost as though the designer was trying for a more edgy feel and look, than in most business hotels - I am not sure that the full intent was realized, but it WAS interesting, none the less. The M Lounge, like much of the rest of the hotel, was very nice, with several seating options, and conveniences, such as a wine dispensing system. It had boarding pass printing, and a buffet area, but it also seemed a bit cold, even though it was actually a large sun room, or as the British might say, a “conservatory,” with a partial glass ceiling, and lots of windows. We used it for coffee one morning, when our room’s limited supply had run out. We did valet parking for our rental SUV, and found the staff to be good, and efficient. Most of the time, our vehicle was parked out front of the hotel, but probably a black Range Rover Sport looks nice at the entrance? Even with the little glitches (remember, I take responsibility for the Website booking), our stay was good, and our nights were restful. For our purposes, the location was very convenient, and we had access to the surrounding surface streets, plus both Interstates I-25 and I-225. If one was looking to take in most of the attractions of Metro Denver, I am not sure how well situated this Marriott would be, but for us, it was perfect. All of the staff, with whom we had any interaction, were friendly, and even with housekeeping doing a no show, we still quickly got our towels.