http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/hid33518 TravelPost.com - Hotel reviews, information, and rates from thousands of websites http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720894 Helpful valet attendants for directions to different venues. Hotel is nice. Arrived early and was told the 2nd room for our party would be ready within a certain time frame and before the normal 3:00 PM check in. After returning an hour after was informed the room would be ready, the room was still not ready and it was after the 3:00 PM check in time. http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720894 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720896 Great downtown location. Walk to everything.Paying for parking, no AV plugs on TV's for DVD player or XBOX game station. Very nice hotel, full featured. Picky negs: TV's don't have AV plugs. I had kids with XBOX; they were out of luck. Didn't like the charge for parking and the daily charge for internet usage. B-Motels don't charge for these services. http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720896 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720897 Clean and conveniently located to restaurants, attractions and freeways.Difficult to gain access to internet and phone. Access should have been handled at check-in. My room was clean, spacious with good view of the city. Despite busy roads below I never heard traffic. I had a hectic schedule and it was fantastic to sink into my comfortable nearly luxurious clean bed each night. http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720897 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720898 The gym was really nice. New equipment.It was $16.50 a day to have the privilege of parking at the hotel. Staff was very friendly. http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720898 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720899 The bed and the pool.No public parking, pool was not heated. With the exception of the parking (valet only, didn't know about it ahead of time), the overall experience was excellent. http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720899 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720901 Great location for us because we attended a concert at the Greek theatre and we did not want to drive all the way home to San Diego that same night.It was hard to figure out how to turn the bath water on. All except the bath water and also we could not self park other than that our experience was wonderful! http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720901 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720900 Clean, nice room, great view.High parking fee. My hotel room was nice, quiet and clean. Furnishings were up to date. Better than expected! http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720900 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r429138 All Review Photos Very handy location to the Los Angeles financial district, major downtown venues including the Staples Center and the huge Convention Center complex. This hotel provided me a refuge after long hard days of meetings. The tranquil atmosphere of this hotel is a blessing. Thanks to those who designed the lobby, the restaurants, the pool area and gardens and most of all the guest rooms.This hotel has the unusual distinction of having an actual garden in the concrete downtown city center. Although it is noisy, the pool area is a really nice place to calm down after a long day.My room on the 5th floor of this hotel had a garden view, a bathroom with both a large bathtub, a separate shower and the usual Marriott piles of large, fluffy towels. My room was quiet at all times and featured large floor to ceiling windows, a large desk and a television, but no minibar or mini-fridge.Service in this Marriott is above average. Don't pass up having a meal or several in the restaurants especially Moody's which is really great.The doormen were great at getting us taxis even during rush hour and we were always away from the hotel in less than 4 minutes. http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r429138 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720903 Good location.Noisy HVAC units - clanking, blowing. The hotel is in a good location downtown, but charges a mandatory valet fee of $16.50. It's within walking distance of many downtown destinations. The room we were given overlooked the hotel's large gravel Porte cochere, but I could see a bit of the Disney Hall peeping out from behind a building, so I called the front desk and asked if I could have a room with a better view. I was told I did have a room with a good view. I didn't feel like arguing, so I settled for it. Part of the HVAC system was along the windows, and as the morning sun heated the windows up, the metal of the unit clanked and clicked, which made sleeping difficult. http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720903 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720902 The pillows.Paying for online access is really, really tacky. When I arrived (at 3 am), I was told that there were no rooms available, with an offer to find me another hotel within 45 minutes drive (they found a room in West Covina, whereas my original room was in downtown LA). I had a meeting in the morning, so this was a ridiculous, preposterous, absurd, insulting option. I elected to stay in the hotel lobby until the cleaning crew arrived at around 7 am. But, I had to come up with that solution myself and this was only because of my positive attitude. Another person would have gone wild. Luckily, because of my decision to stay (and sleep on a couch in the lobby, essentially), everything worked out just fine. They threw in a free breakfast, which was nice. But I hope I never, ever have to suffer that kind of humiliation again. I've never, ever had to do that with any hotel anywhere, ever! Thank you. All's well that ends well. http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Los_Angeles_Marriott_Downtown/r720902