Jeffrey

Review of Courtyard Marriott Downtown at...

All in all, this is typically a trusted brand and ...

All in all, this is typically a trusted brand and I'm sure I will visit other courtyards, but will look for a different place to stay the next time I return to Columbia. Friendly staff, exceptionally clean lower level and rooms. There are a couple nuances that kept it from being a five-star review. The first is that you will hear the train horn blast throughout the night there is not a whole lot you can do about it. They're nice enough to put earplugs in the rooms but that's not something that I want to have to use. The second is that the restaurant was not open through lunch. After a long morning of traveling and arriving at 1 p.m. the restaurant was closed. In fact, I couldn't even order drinks from there. They did have coffee at the reception desk...that you could buy. I'm not certain I've been to a hotel where you couldn't pour yourself a cup of coffee while waiting in the lobby.