Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina

Great location for business and city activities. Our vacation was a mix of pleasure and business, so we would have stayed nearer to the beaches if possible. The hotel was clean and the staff was helpful, but the extra services cost. Paying extra for valet parking,or using a costlier parking lot was disapointing. We spent an extra $150.00 plus tips for the week. We ate at one of the restaurants, a sports type bar. The food and service was good. We utilized one of the pool tables here, however, and found the table to be in poor condition, in spite of paying by the hour for use. No complimentary breakfast. The restaurant and small coffee shop for breakfast was expensive. The coffee for the brewer in the room was good but was not replenished several times and had to be requested.

Fine rooms, exceptional staff, great restaurants. From this location, in 4 days we did Ybar City, Channelside, A Rays game at the Trop, Bush Gardens ... hotel staff presented us with 2nd day gift certificates ... the world famous Bern's Steakhouse, and the Casino. We had a 6:45 pm flight on the 5th day so the hotel gave us a 4:00 pm late checkout ... which translates into a day at the pool.

Requestd change in rooms. First room was filthy: dusty, winows were didustingly dirty, bedspread had stains, floor wasn't vacuumed, sink had ma black mold. Several calls, had to convince several people to come see. Changed to a cleaner room. Overall the housekeeping is poor throughout the Hotel. Room wasn't cleaned as it should be, didn't vaccuum. Tables, utensils, glasses throughout Hotel were not clean. Particularly the Lobby. As if they don't take a cloth to anything. Many visible tiny bugs crawling in the room- bedbugs? Pool can use a vacuuming. Hot Tub was loaedd with sand, and wals and floor green with algae. We were all afraid to touch anything.

All-around, i was very impressed with this hotel. Customer service from check-in to check-out was very good. The quality of food, price and service at the restaurants was worth it. Room was spacious and clean. Consierge and bell service was also very good. The lobby was a little smelly at times, probably the hotel's proximity to water but the ambience was excellent.

There was no book provided about hotel services. I had to call the concierge to find out where the fitness center and business center were located. I was told that the hotel was updating its information and the concierge asked me to ask her any question I had about the hotel. Otherwise it was clean, luxurious and quiet. I would call them first-class but they don't provide services beyond what the average good hotel does.

The hotel tried to double bill me, they said it was because I made the orbitz reservation the same day .They resolved the problem quickly once I pointed it out to them, the previous stay's double bill is still pending, I didn't notice until I got my statement. The room was so noisy because of a neighboring bar, and the noise didn't stop until 230am. On the up side the staff are excellent and very helpful and the food at the hotel is excellent.

OK

The location and facilities were great. The hotel is next to Channelside (lots of places to eat and movies) and Ybor (food, shopping and movies. The night life here is fun and off-beat. There is also a dinner theater and improv club in Ybor).It's about a fifteen minute drive to Busch Gardens. At the hotel,the staff did not know where to locate a Chinese restaurant and the housekeeping was slow and only mediocre. Because there was a huge conference at our hotel, at times, it took over half an hour to get our car, and the elevators (all six of them) were almost always filled.

DID NOT RECEIVE NEWSPAPER ON MONDAY. NOISY ON WEEKEND

Overall, very enjoyable. The price wasn't too bad when we booked our stay through Orbitz's package deal. $20/day for on-site parking was a surprise, but was easier than dealing with a local parking garage (since you can come and go as many times as you need for the $20). The beds were very comfortable.