This is a review of the Tysons Corner Marriott after my first stay in over a year. I did not visit the gym or use their laundry machines. I will hijack this thread with a rather detailed review.

I checked out today from the Tysons Corner Marriott on an EEO stay at $85 that included the movie vouchers (it seemed like they handed out a bunch of them this past weekend since I got the last sheet). The lounge had a few USA Today and about 5 WSJs when I was in the lounge at 8:30. I got a delivered WSJ in front of my room and was upgraded to a larger king room that had a shower only bathroom (the shower is separated by only a shower curtain). They have 5 copies of the WSJ and 2 copies of the USA Today as of writing this post. The papers are located near the tables in the middle on the left side if you face the front desk. Yes, they don't offer free Washington Post papers anymore on weekends. I did see the guy drop off a small bundle in the lobby at around 5 am on Sunday, but you have to pay for those papers.

This property used to have free internet for Boingo roaming. They got rid of that, and you have to pay $12.95/night for internet (wireless or wired) for the WFB package that includes unlimited local and long distance (within the USA). Now, you can get free internet in the lobby in 2 hour increments (used to cost unless you roamed with Boingo or other former partners). (This also explains my presence in the lobby at 5 am on Sunday.) There is also free wireless in the concierge lounge.

The offerings in the CL have dropped from what I remembered on my last stay of more than a year ago. The appetizers and dessert used to be amazing. Sunday night had one hot appetizer (a small, filled tortilla cone with some vegetables, cheese and meat), two types of cheese (cheddar and some green vegetable cheese mix- I don't remember the name), crackers, colored tortilla chips and salsa, a bit of a nut mix and some portable fruit. They used to have full salads (including one pasta one), fresh cut fruit (strawberries, cantaloupe, and pineapple) and hummus with pita bread.

The dessert was solely chocolate brownies with some nuts on top. I remember when they served cake and occasionally cheesecake. Breakfast was fairly good with the cutbacks being no bacon/sausage, no sliced cheese, and no oatmeal. They still have the scrambled eggs with shredded cheddar, sliced fruit, sandwich meat, yogurt, cereal, coffee, tea, juice (cranberry, grapefruit, apple and orange), muffins and bagels. Breakfast in the lounge runs from 6:30 - 9 am, and you better show up by 9 since the lounge attendant starts breaking down at 9:02. Some other lounges in the DC area keep serving until 10 am (i.e. the Fairview Park Marriott), but the Tysons Corner Marriott offers more food for breakfast.

All rooms have 32" HDTV with about 40 channels. The upgraded room had only shampoo, conditioner and body lotion (in my case, I had two bottles of conditioner by mistake).

Platinum members are still treated well (with room upgrades and other stuff) at this property. They did mess up my bill by not taking off my second night and sending me a second bill after omitting a restaurant charge. One bill (the restaurant bill) had my Marriott number while my room charges did not have that. I got it straightened out at checkout. A 2 pm late checkout request was honored although I was running late after taking longer than expected to pick up a Hertz rental car (after my own car died this weekend on I-95).