*For folks who prefer to get a bit of exercise before and after sitting in meetings all day.
I added the qualifier because some may equate "great location" with being closest to the Convention Center; there are at least two hotels that are within "spitting distance" of Convention Center. This hotel is approximately a 7-10 minute walk to the front door of the Convention Center. The staff and service were excellent. A buffet breakfast is included in the price of the room. (I don't know whether eggs can be cooked to order. I was always running late and preferred to use the buffet service.) I have stayed at two or three other Residence Inns and found the service in Sacramento to be the best. The hotel also offered a limited room service menu for dinner. There is no formal restaurant or coffee shop on the premises. There are two large hotels with restaurants within walking distance, and I walked by several small places on my way to and from a CVS drugstore.

The room was very clean and included a kitchenette. The lighting was adequate; wifi and high-speed internet service were free. (For those who don't travel with computer (ipad), the computers in the business area offer unlimited free internet access.) My room was quiet. There is an excercise room on site. It looked to be reasonably well-equipped, but I didn't have time to look closely.

The rate using my AAA membership discount was virtually the same as the convention rate being offered for my organization. [But, the convention hotels were full-service (i.e. had restaurant/coffee shop, which was not included in room rate of course), and they were across the street from the convention center.]

If one is looking for luxury, one should look elsewhere. Otherwise, I would definitely recommend highly.

Stayed 3 nights. This hotel has nice staff, rooms are clean and spacious with fireplace and full kitchen. Good location close to access roads, shops, restaurants. Breakfast and dinner are not bad and included (dinner mon-wed). A few areas that need improvement, however: 1) the wireless is slow, the sign-on process is tedious and required daily. 2) Ask for a room AWAY from their main water pump room, it's LOUD and the motor roars on/off all day/night. 3) the "gym" is really just a very small room with 3 cardio machines squeezed in, should not even call it a gym. There is, thankfully, a full service gym near-by for $5/d with hotel discount card, provided at the front desk. The hotel should really offer a free trade-out until they can renovate a real "gym". Overall just an average stay, would have been much better with a nice fitness room and a room away from the water pump (they kindly offered to move me, but I was settled in and staying only 3 nights).

I have stayed at this property several times for leisure and I have always been pleased. The front desk staff have always been very friendly, esp. Tanya-they always try hard to get me the specific room I want-the rooms are always remarkably clean and spacious and it is in a location that is close to surrounding stores and food places. I always look forward to staying at this facility.

I was late to planning for an event and all the other Marriott facilities within 20 miles were booked. So even though it did not have the best ratings I chose this place. It seems like they took an old run down apartment complex and made it into a residence inn. The staff was great but the flexing stairs and floors and the oooold rooms left a lot to be desired. That being said, there were no bugs or too much noise. Almost forgot, I put a do not disturb on the door as I had equipment out that I did not anyone to see or try to manipulate. Sure enough, someone went right in to the room while I was gone and made up the room. Now all of my gear was still there but it was annoying.