Originally Posted by
thomas199023
Design or flaw? As for the design of the room, I only noticed this the next morning at daylight. I will let the pictures speak for me:They painted the back wall, but left all of the concrete exposed. Now I would normally not care, but the concrete just seemed dirty! Also the woodwork was awefull, not finished at all. They could have at least sanded it right? I am curious what this will look like in a few years time. I am not sure tough if they meant for it to look like this or if they just forgot to paint it?
Thanks for posting! I get over to Amsterdam a couple times a year on holiday, so I'm always interested to hear about Marriott options to stay with there. And based on your review, I don't think this one is going to be the right fit for me, so thanks for saving me from possibly taking the risk myself.
Unfortunately, I think the unfinished concrete industrial look is "in" at the moment. I stayed at the fairly posh Renaissance New York Midtown Hotel a year or so ago, and it too had sections of the walls and ceiling that were left as rough-looking, unfinished concrete. There must be a section of the traveling public that finds that cool and hip, but to me it almost seems like they're trying to sell us the emperor's new hotel room.
