We stayed at the marriott at the beginning of January. Our welcome from the reception staff was very warm and friendly, and they were all very helpful. We paid an extra £10 each for breakfast, and thought that was worth the money. The restaurant was very pleasant and overlooked York Racecourse, and the staff very friendly. It was very quiet during our visit, with only a handful of guests in when we had breakfast. Our room was very nice, with tea and coffee making facilities and decent biscuits! The swimming pool was small but was never crowded and we also enjoyed the sauna.The hotel is on the Tadcaster road and is very close to the bus stop, and buses run into the centre every ten minutes during the day and every thirty minutes in the evening. An all day ticket for £3.70 was a good buy. We visited all the usual tourist attractions and found the Castle Museum well worth a visit, but walked out of York Minister when we discovered they were charging £9 a person to look round.
We were treated to our 2 day stay by family members so don't know what price was paid, so can't comment on value for money, but it was a very nice hotel.

We had a lovely stay at the Marriott again. We were bumped up to a garden view room and a birthday card and chocolates were brought to the room. Very comfortable bed and great breakfast. It's a long walk into town, but its a really lovely hotel.

We stayed at the Marriott York for a couple of days, to have a family birthday lunch [ at the Fox and Roman nearby ]. Check-in was prompt and helpful for us, though other family members found it slow. The rooms were pleasant but a bit tired, CRT tv, average toiletries, but £15 daily charge for internet. WHAT A RIP-OFF! The cheapest chain offers it free these days, and this is about the most expensive I've seen for a long time, though many 'business' hotels like Hilton still seem to think that the can charge £10-12 since it'll be charged to the company.
The bar and restaurant prices seemed high for a mid-range out-of-London hotel, and wine similarly overpriced.
Rather strangely and annoyingly they seemed to have locked the outer electric doors open, so on a cold windy weekend, every time the inner doors opened a howling cold gale swept through most of the ground floor lobby and beyond.

Sadly this hotel was not as good as we hoped. The pool is very small and overcrowded and it feels more like a holiday camp than a nice hotel. The prices for such an averagey experience are too high.

Most importantly, my little boy left his DS in the room when we left. Look, we are pretty sure it was left there. He was playing with it just before we checked out - then we looked in his bag in the taxi back to the station it was not there - we just went straight from the room to the taxi so it could not have been anywhere else. We could not go back because we had a train to catch and we also trusted the good name of Marriott to help us in such a circumstance. So we phoned the hotel immediately - housekeeping said they were going to look but - surprise surprise the DS was not found. Nobody called us back and we had to check with the hotel themselves several times but no joy.

I remember when we checked in a lday had left her sunglasses in the room, housekeeping said they were not there, she went to the room herself and -oh look! - found her sunglasses.

This is simply one of these things that leaves you without any confidence in the establishement and, after having been a happy Marriott customer for many years I think I won't go again.

I want to warn travellers going to Marriott york to be please extra careful in taking all your property with you when you check out because if you do not there is no guaranttee you will se it again.