Construction is never fun, and I wish my travel agent had notified me that there was construction and moved me to another less hassle-ridden hotel. I've had good experiences at the Marriott before, so I was unprepared for the bedlam of its current state.

The third floor, where my room was, looked like something out of Beirut. Exposed wires, unfinished walls and ceilings, weird smells. My room was OK, insulated from the mess, but it hadn't been refinished yet.

Since the enire front lobby is bing reworked, all the front desk was squeezed into the gift shop. This was clearly tough for them, and they were a bit cranky as a result. I can't blame them, though... management had put up an overly long black curtain to divide the surrogate front desk area from the gift shop proper. The curtain was like a death trap: I saw at least three employees trip over the mounds of excess fabric at their feet and go flying through the curtain. I'd be cranky too. Unfortunately, as a guest, cranky staff are sometimes hard to deal with.

I won't give the Marriott one star, due to my previously positive experiences, but I won't be in a hurry to come back either.

I got a newly renovated room so I thought this was going to be great. I was very wrong. My room smelled of new paint. I understand the room being new but the the hotel should have allowed time for the room to air out before making a guest stay in a room with paint fumes. There were still rooms on my floor that were being renovated and there is was a lot of noise in the morning.

The room itself looked like it had just been thrown together while i was driving into the parking lot. The phone did not work, it was dusty, the clock was about 6 hours and some odd minutes off.

In the morning I realized they had not given me a hair dryer. After 20 min and 2 phone calls (from my now working phone) I got a hair dryer that should have been mounted on a wall. It was very hard to manuver and very dirty.

The AC was also horrible. I woke up and room was very muggy. I had to stand in the hall way just to cool off. I looked at the AC and it was at its minimum low temp and was running on high,

I complained in the morning on my way out the door. The guy at the desk found it odd they gave me an old hair dryer since all the new rooms were supposed to have new ionic hairdryers.

Whan I came back in the evening the only thing that had changed was that they removed the lid on my AC that covers the control panals. It still smelled of paint fumes and no new hair dryer.

Lastly I guess its too much to ask that I iron my clothes. The ironing board was broken, I thought about compaining but could not be late to work again!

The room was also very poorly lit, but had good beds.

Never again. I will stay at the Hampton in.

Yes indeed, there is some construction going on here. During my stay they were working on the 5th, 6th, and 7th floors according to the front desk. I was given a room on the 4th floor and was concerned about the possible construction noise . . . especially in the morning as I had no need to get up early and wanted to sleep in. I was pleasantly surprised that the noises were infrequent and not very loud. Maybe I was at the lucky end of the floor!

The rooms could use a facelift but overall I found it comfortable. The beds have been upgraded already and are soft and inviting. The bathroom is clean and functional although I had one towel rack that was a bit touchy (the bar didn't always stay in place). The small refrigerator worked fine too.

My only complaint is that they do not offer wireless internet even though it is stated on their website and in their info book that it is available. They charge everyone $9.95/day for high speed internet. I opted to use a dial-up connection at $0.99 per local call since I was just checking email and playing around on the net.

The staff was friendly and helpful. I had to call down on my first night since my room did not have a 'Do Not Disturb' sign. They told me the concierge would have on sent up and place on my door so I wouldn't have to wait up for them. Sure enough, it was there when I got up the next morning. Actually ended up with two signs!

Beware of the construction. Information at arrival says construction only between the hours of 8:30 - 6:00 pm. For two days they've started at 7:15 am and worked through 7:00 pm. And the manager can't (or won't) do anything about it. Hotel is badly in need of an update although only updates seem to be new wallpaper and towel rack -- should be doing a lot more. On the plus side, staff is very friendly and sympathetic.