Our professional group stayed here for 5 days. Some members complained bitterly about staff, but we found the front desk and bar staff completely affable and accomodating. Our room was large, and the bed extremely comfortable, with very soft linens. Bath smaller than might have been expected, but not to the point where one felt like one was in a New York City hotel. No noise problems.

We did not have breakfast here; a block away is a row of restaurants, including Caribou Coffee and Cosi. (I believe the seafood restaurant is McCormick & Schmick, not Legal Seafood, although in Reagan National, there's an LS.) And you're a half block indoor walk from part of the Crystal City underground shopping with Dunkin Donuts and other things. In the afternoon, there are cool drinks in the lobby, and one day a week, it's a wine punch.

We saw no construction, although on Sunday, it was clear they were painting somewhere. One of the three elevators was out of service that day, and the fumes were circulating. Housekeeping in the room was excellent, but there was a small piece of paper on the carpet outside our door that remained the entire length of our stay.

For those driving, this can be a difficult place to locate. Watch for the signs for Arena Stage, a theater group that's temporarily moved right next door to the hotel. In fact, Washington is a fine theater town, both in the District and in Arlington County.

My job put me and few coworkers at this hotel for a few nights for a conference we were having in the DC area. The hotel is very nice and is right on top of Crystal City Shops and is very close to the metro station and airport. The main things I did not like about this hotel is that they charge $18 a day for parking, $10 a day for internet access, had no refrigerator or microwave in the room either. Also, there is really nothing to do in this area at night, because there are only a handful of really nice restaurants and there is mostly just office space and hotels in the area.

I choose this Marriott due to its location to the metro. It was super easy because it was connected underground to the metro and a mall. My kids loved it because of the large indoor pool, my husband and son loved the exercise room and sauna. The exercise room had the newest equipment. It did have underground parking that was very convenient to the hotel elevators. There was a daily parking charge, but you have in/out privileges.It was only a 5 minute drive into DC. We would definitely stay here again. The beds were very comfortable, the rooms were extremely clean as you would expect for this brand hotel, and I got a great end of week deal on their web site.

While some parts of the Marriott Crystal City were very good (spacious room, free rollaway bed, breakfast, very convenient to the Metro), we were shocked to be woken at 11 p.m. with construction next door to our room. We heard drills and pounding. The desk was very responsive and immediately stopped the construction, but how in the world does this happen in a hotel at night?! Since I'd booked through Expedia they said they could not comp me a night since it was already paid for. They offered me free breakfast (come on -- three of us lost a night of sleep after that) but when I pushed they offered a night free at any Marriott. The front desk and a sign said there was no shuttle to the airport before 6:05 a.m. They lied. After our taxi ditched us at 5:45 luckily the shuttle was there and the driver said they always ran at that time. That's an important detail for travelers ...