Had a quick stay here Thurs thru Sat last weekend....long story, I'll skip that part....call it a matress run with an EEO coupon while i needed to be closer to town than home.

ANYWAY.....

Checked in, not recognized as a PP but given keys to a CL room. This hotel is, eh, weird. It was a Scanticon years ago (the late 80s, when I opened the ORIGINAL Princeton Marriott across route 1, which is now a Westin...but I digress) then the Doral, and within the last year-ish or so, a Marriott.

It's 4 floors, one of which is seemingly below ground. Sprawling building. Rooms are on the small side, bathrooms are miniscule! (The door hits the curved shower rod!) My room had 2 beds, chair and ottoman, 32-ish inch flat screen (not HD), a desk & chair, spare chair, small dresser, small closet, robe & slippers!!, and a fridge and coffee maker.

Comfy enough...at least the featherbed toppers weren't so squishy that I sank way down and couldn't breathe!!

Checked out the CL-there was a nice woman attending the lounge. Great food display if you like sushi! (I don't) Also, egg rolls, cheese, veggies, 3 kinds of bottled water and the usual booze, beer, wine and sodas.

Headed to the bar. The bar has a nice menu with sandwiches and apps. The dining room has a small menu and I really didn't want to for out 36 bucks for a filet at 9 PM. Had a burger which was served on a COLD toasted bun on a cold plate!! (Don't ask!) Belgian beer was good. Pointed this out to MOD and he comped the check. Also mentioned I wasn't offered my gift. He went out to the desk, came back and said they tried to call me, I said nice try to get out of paying me. He maintained they were within the "first hour.." Whatever....got my points, would rather have had the 100 bucks...and where does it say in the T&C "well, we will offer your PP gift when we get a chance...."

Friday AM headed to the CL...saw an attendant for 2 seconds then she went to hide.....decent array of cereal, instant oatmeal, fruit, juice, etc. AND for the hot item, they had nicely poached eggs. (I don't eat poached eggs but they were in little cups, looked great and the man eating them said they were! They looked like they do on TV!!)

So...grabbed coffee and went to report, for the 2nd time, that my heat didn't work. (Also after check in, one bathroom light was out and the desk clerk was a little confused when i said i wanted it replaced while i was at dinner!)

Mom and I arrived back on Saturday, and again the heat still didn't work. It finally got fixed! I opted to change to the TFB rate and the buffet was nice. You order your eggs from the line cook who is also making food for Room service, and it's weird. The way the line is set up, you have to look between 2 shelves of the hot plate thing where they put up the food....hard to describe, but if you are short, it's hard to order--actually hard to see the chef! And it's noisy!

Ham omlete was OK...had a weird taste. BUT the oatmeal(cooked) was great, as was the granola. Bacon was actually crisp. There was also pancakes and waffles to order....sausage and the standard marriott buffet fare. Since mom wasn't feeling well, the manager got me a tray and containers so i was able to bring her something to eat. The manager offered to just send it up from room service as well...very nice!

All in all if you need to be in Princeton, this isn't a bad choice.....after the initial bumps, the staff wound up being pretty nice......it had been a very bad week for me, so i may have been crankier than usual!

The halls and rooms still need some TLC, but all in all it isn't a bad hotel.....but it's not worth more than 129 on weekends and i think that's a little high............again, used an EEO BOGO at check out with no issue and I think i got my last couple nights for the rest of the mega bonus! yippee!

If anyone has any questions, i will try to answer!