I was stunned to read some of the recent reviews of this hotel. I have stayed there on one occasion and found my stay to be a most comfortable experience. My husband travels from Texas to California on a weekly basis for business and this is his hotel of choice. From the moment he arrives, he is always greeted with a warm reception. He receives transport to his office in Dublin from the hotel daily. Additionally, he eats every night in the restaurant bar and appreciates that when he is walking in from a long day at the office the bartender pours him his usual glass of red wine and asks if he'll be eating his usual Cobb Salad or would he like to order something different. He sits in the restaurant nightly and continues to work on his computer for another couple of hours. I have found my own stay there to be very comfortable and will be travelling back there in January with our college age children. I would highly recommend this hotel for pleasure as well as for business.

And quiet...No noise from other rooms. Nice check-in. No complaints.

Noise, paper thin walls and flashing lights are all you need to know about this dump. Laying in bed you can hear the adjoining rooms using the toilets (and not just the flushing), taking showers, coughing, sneezing, talking and what have you. Startling because it sounds like they are in the same room! Also, if your room faces the freeway, you can hear the freeway traffic. Finally, the rooms are equipped with smoke detectors that have a green strobe light that flashes every twenty seconds or so – the flashing is very intrusive. Marriott ought to be ashamed of this property. Yes, a real dump.

As a Marriott elite, I was upgraded to a Concierge room (there are two floors of them). The Concierge lounge was pretty good with hot items (eggs, bacon) as well as the standard continental fare for breakfast and at least one hot item in the evening hors dourves selection.

The room was a standard Marriott (which is a decent standard). The bed was comfortable, but creaked a bit. There was a small fridge hidden in the TV cabinet (I didn't find it until the last day!). The TV itself was a flat screen but only has a modest selection of channels and none of the channels were hi-def (thumbs down). The "premium" (their words, not mine) wireless internet was OK at 5AM but slowed to a crawl mid-morning and evenings. This could be a deal breaker for business travelers.

This hotel is following the recent Marriott policy of being chintzy with newspapers. There are supposed to be papers available at the front desk, but on one morning, they had exhausted their supply by 6AM(!). This is in sharp contrast to any Hilton brand where a paper will always be delivered to your door.

I tried the restaurant for a light evening meal and found it perfectly OK. The staff was uniformly friendly.

I would recommend the hotel if you get it at a good price. Bring your AirCard, though!