3 years ago
First, great facility. Really first class site wit...
First, great facility. Really first class site with great views from every room as near as I can tell. We received an upgrade at the front desk, which we promptly shared with family in a little video to them and my wife dropped on Facebook.
But... staff (some staff) felt like they were put out. We had to wait for our room (much past check-in) which would have been fine, but after we got the room it took a while to get our luggage (which we d left at the front desk ( yes we ll deliver it right up once the room is ready ) including perishable food to the room. After waiting in road clothes in the room, I went to the front desk to retrieve the cart, they told me the bell service would bring it... I could see my stuff behind the counter (including my beer, milk, and wine sitting at room temperature) but I couldn t get to it. Fun turns to tragedy....
First night, dinner at the ocean side resteraunt with guests we d invited... it was expensive which we were aware of, but service was extremely slow. Every other night we went to Pinchers instead. A real missed opportunity for the resort it seems. We were offered free breakfast as an elite member, a couple of mornings were sat at tables still covered with sticky mixed drink overflow from the night before. The last breakfast and our parting experience, we nicely asked (no need to have an edge, we both did time in resteraunts in another life) no fewer than 3 staff if they could wipe down the table. We waited for service and after people next to us who d arrived after we did were served we just decided to steal napkins and silver from another table and help ourselves to the Buffett instead of ordering breakfast. Upon determining they hadn t assigned us to waitstaff they comped our already comped breakfast... I will take the points next time. Probably will stay there again, but will look for others as well. We are long time Marriott guests and excited about SPG, but this one fell short.
Hope this helps.