Stayed here for 2 nights for a conference. Had a wonderful dinner in a private dining room, the food at the conference was great -- healthy and appealing -- fresh fruit, fresh salad, nicely presented. There are 2 coffee places (Starbucks and Peets) within a 3-5 minute walk. Best of all was the front desk clerk, Teri, who was most helpful to me. I lost an item while I was at the hotel -- and while it was not found -- she followed up with me -- thanks Teri for GREAT customer service.

Was here for a conference recently. The staff was friendly. Breakfast at hotel restaurant was $28 for eggs, bacon, and tea. Currently there is one elevator not functioning. On busy mornings we had to wait more than 10 minutes to get on, then had to stop on most every floor on the way down. Proximity to BART, restaurants and bars is good. At night there were hotel staff manning every door, presumably because of previous problems with riff raff.

The hotel is located in the heart of Oakland. It is quite pricey compared to its more affordable counterpart Marriott courtyard which is just a stone throw's away from here. Rooms are quite small.
But the staff are quite good. They are helpful and easily give you what you need.

The rooms are nicely decorated and the views are fantastic. The meeting areas have nice seating areas outside the meeting rooms which foster networking. I particularly liked the large comfortable upholstered chairs withe the swivel table. The table made it easy to have a drink and sit back and relax.

The hotel staff were outstanding, in particular the Bell Service when dealing with bags or getting a taxi.

You literally walk out the front door to the BART Station. This was the easiest was the easiest and cheapest way to either Oakland or SFO. There is and elevator so you don't have to tackle the escalator with bags.