Easy access to I-75 and to Archer Road the main road to the University of Florida. Check in was very smooth and the receptionist (very friendly)already had our reservation printed out, and had a welcome bag with water and maps ready for us.

The room was a two-doubles (family of 4) and easily fit the roll-a-way that we asked for. The room was equipped with free WiFi, a college fridge and a microwave. The beds were very comfortable and there were enough pillows for everyone. The pool is out door; not huge but a nice chill out, cool down spot. But once kids come in it does get loud.
Lots of eating places within a mile of the hotel; a Publix and their liquor store are across the street; everything from Arby’s and other fast foods to decent family restaurants and Bentos (see my review). They have snacks, wine and beer for sale (I drove over to Publix). We did not make it up to check out the breakfast.

We enjoyed it as a family. We would definitely would come back.

My wife and I discovered Marriott Courtyards in the 80s -- at the Windy Hill exit just north of Atlanta. In those days, they were nice little hotels built often in industrial or business "parks," and business people paid a premium during the week, but pleasure travelers got good discounts on weekends. We stayed in a lot of them. Nice rooms, good staff, a little out of the way, quiet, good breakfasts for which you paid, clean. Then, Marriott expanded the franchise, and now, as this Gainesville property so clearly establishes, most of them are average hotels at highway exits all over the place, just like the dozens of other hotels around them. The Gainesville Courtyard is well used. During our weekend stay, we saw at least three buses in the parking lot, bringing what appeared to be high school athletes. We heard enough bouncing balls on the floor above us to suggest that. The rooms are nice and ours was clean. But, in our room, the air conditioner grunted and groaned during the day, giving us enough of a cool edge not to complain, but didn't really cool down and dehumidify the room until 10 or so p.m. Fortunately, the a.c. was loud (which I like), as it drowned out the TV sounds coming from rooms on either side of us. Breakfast isn't included, but it looks as though it ought to be. It's not a real "restaurant," as some of the original Courtyards offered, but the kind of lobby-area seating just like you get in hotels that provide mediocre meals in the cost of the room. We ate there the first morning, and while I won't complain, it wasn't inspiring. Buffet, a mass of scrambled eggs (although you could order eggs how you wanted them), a mass of bacon and sausage links, grits, that flour gravy, biscuits, and an array of the kind of not particularly tasty fruits you'd expect. I didn't go look at everything, but I saw cereals, juices, and muffins and other bread stuff. It's not bad by any means, but it's about $10 with any kind of tip. There are a number of breakfast alternatives nearby. It's not a bad hotel here. But, it's a perfect example of Courtyard gone wrong. A kind of indifferent, going by rote staff at the desk, decent rooms, uninspiring breakfast, various noises from your neighbors, loud and in our case a barely sufficient air conditioning. In other words, what you'd expect from a high-traffic place off the highway. However, Gainesville doesn't offer a lot of quality hotel stays. And, I'm guessing (and based on my stays in one or two other hotels in Gainesville) that the Courtyard, for better or worse, is about average here.

Centrally located....close to everything(walking distance). Just stayed one night, visiting daughter at UF. Comfy bed, Wireless worked fine, parking wide open. The hotel wasn't that busy. I would stay here again. Friendly staff. Dinner at Satchel's Pizza, live band, good food. Breakfast at 43rd Street Deli & Breakfast--Mother's Day, fast service ...Really Good!

I travel to Gainesville on business every year. This was the third time I have stayed at this hotel and it just get's better everytime. The hotel is always clean and has a very good breakfast. This stay I had a very small issue with some broken tilies on my bathroom floor that had cracks. It was over six six by six tilies that really needed to be fixed so you didn't cut your bare feet. I told them about the tilies the very next morning of my first nights stay. They handled it so well and were truly concerned about my safety. I have to give ALL the staff their a BIG thank you for their service and concerned along with how they handled it. The hotel is a great location for me but I have many other choices that I can stay at, but I will stay here.