Very nice Courtyard! To me it was very quiet. The rooms were nice, roomy and clean. My only complaint were the mattresses. You can tell they need new ones. If not for that, this would be the perfect Courtyard in every way. Extremely helpful and cheerful staff. Nice little eatery and I love how the lobby is so inviting. Fun and enjoyable pool area.

This was our first trip to Sacramento and this hotel did not disappoint.

Can't wait to visit again!

Had an early flight out of SAC (SMF) this Monday, and based on price, this Courtyard Hotel made me a believer. Located on River Plaza Drive, just three miles north of the city, this courtyard is very hard to find. There is no signage off the freeway, or on the side streets you need to drive to get there....so get your directions before attempting this. However, this was one of the very best Courtyards I have ever stayed. From Nathan, the front desk clerk, to Andre, the guy who ran the very cool diner in the lobby, I was met with enthusiastic and professional service from the get go. I do not usually mention names, but these two guys made registering a breeze, and dinner a fabulous experience. The rooms here were impeccibly clean, and outfitted with the standard Marriott excellence. Beds, as usual, are heavenly to sleep on, and the rooms more than adequate in size.
What I especially liked in this hotel was a really neat lobby. It seemed to be designed with the traveller in mind. There were private booths for a drink, or breakfast, each with its own flat screen tv, and remote, a diner which had a nice bill o fare, at fairly reasonable prices, a bar, and a host of business tools right there to utilize. Very very cool layout, comfortable and open. LOVED IT!
Shuttle service to and from SMF was fantastic, comprehensive, and friendly. All in all, I give this Courtyard extremely high marks all around. BRAVO!

This is a perfectly fine hotel for business travellers. It's very clean. The service people are friendly and effective. And the location--just off a major freeway--is quite handy. It's not the Ritz, and it's not the Four Seasons. But people, puhleeze, it does what it sets out to do--give you a good place to sleep in a good location, at a fair price.

I am an event coordinator. I take it on faith that when a hotel promises me details will be taken care of, that they will in fact be taken care of. At first, I was so excited about the prospect of bringing my 9 day program to this hotel, but once the contracts were signed... it all went down hill from there.
I waited over a month to hear back from my "on-site" event coordinator, who in fact is not "on-site" and initially had NO CLUE what items had been negotiated between myself, the hotel manager and the regional sales manager. I got attitude and sheer contempt from the person who was supposed to be representing the company in a professional manner...but by that point, we were locked into $6000 in F&B and an additional $1500 in meeting space charges so I guess they felt they could be as rude as they wanted.
During the site visit (in November), I was told by the hotels general manager that some minor re-construction was going to be done prior to our event and that there would be a bistro bar available for our group in the lobby... Just to cover my nervous concerns, I went for a no-call check-in to see how construction was going the first week of January... the hotel was a MESS! The Asst. Manager assured me that everything but the bistro would be completed by the time our event rolled around. I got on-site today and the whole lobby is torn apart and nothing is completed. They hadn't even finished painting the meeting room as promised.
We ordered breakfast and lunch for the group, but again it was a complete let down. The coffee was burnt, pastries were stale, eggs were over cooked and had NO flavor. Drinks which should be served cold were left out on the table w/ no ice. Lunch was even more of a disaster... I won't even get started on the downfalls of that.
I am throughouly disappointed in this property and would NOT recommend it to any event coordinators looking for a hotel/meeting space in one in the Sacramento Area.