FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Marriott Cologne (Koln) Germany [Master Thread]
Old Nov 11, 2008 | 7:08 am
  #18  
jpatokal
10 Countries Visited20 Countries Visited30 Countries Visited20 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Terra Australis Cognita
Posts: 5,353
I stayed here for two nights last month and I can only add my voice to the chorus: it's a great little hotel in a very good location, an easy stroll from the Hbf and city sights like the Dom. The Executive Lounge is just amazing: free breakfast, free afternoon snacks on weekends, free evening snacks easily substantial enough to make a meal, free booze, free wifi...

My only complaint was the way they faffed up the breakfast: I was told that, as MR *G, I could choose to have my breakfast either in the lounge or in the restaurant. The elite member welcome letter also said this, albeit more ambiguously, along the lines of "Enjoy free breakfast in the Executive Lounge, or of course you can also choose the breakfast at the Brasserie Fou"; now is that a paid or free choice? Nevertheless, I went to the restaurant, double-confirmed at the entrance that it's free as Gold and enjoyed it; it wasn't hugely different from the spread in the lounge, but that's just because the lounge had such a good selection.

But then on checking out I was told that I'd be charged for the breakfast. They removed it promptly enough after I complained, but c'mon, get your story straight.
jpatokal is offline