BKKLEE

can anyone confirm EL is now open and provide any comments on offerings.........

lily23

I second BKKLEE's request! Debating whether to stay here or at the Hilton. Would greatly appreciate if anyone has stayed here recently and could provide comments on the EL =)

PDXbased1K

I stayed at this hotel the last weekend in July. This hotel CLEARLY feels like a Courtyard (read: non-full service hotel). The rooms are TINY and the air conditioning system in the hotel is one of those sensored ones that shut off in the middle of the night. I woke up in a sweat at 3am and called the front desk-while she was apologetic she stated she gets these calls all the time and that I simply need to wave my hands in front of the sensor to get it back on. UGH. The EL was closed while we were there (weekend) so we were given breakfast vouchers to use at the hotel restaurant for the buffet. The restaurant is small, crowded and really just feels cheap. The food wasn't replenished-bacon was soggy bleh. Anyways I would stay away-the Hilton is clearly the winner here.

lily23

Thanks for the quick response and for sharing your experience!

I figured it was a toss up since both hotels are in a similar location and I'm Marriott Plat vs. Hilton Gold, I am disappointed that the rebranding as a Marriott didn't up the quality of the hotel though. Good thing I made flexible reservations at both hotels =)

miles_navigator

I am planning to stay here this summer with my family including kids. Stay is on Thur. and Fri. night so would need breakfast on Fri. and Sat. morning.

The Concierge Lounge reviews are pretty bad on flytertalk and on tripdvisor. Also CL is closed Saturday so do they provide breakfast certs for everyone for Saturday morning?

Is there a place down the street from the hotel to pick up croissants and call it breakfast?

It's only an extra $26 per night for the CL, is it worth it? Suggestions welcome. Thanks!

-Miles

SkiAdcock

Are you referring to the Marriott Quebec City Downtown?

The most recent mention of the CL on TA said "The 7th floor (concierge level) is worth the extra charge. The breakfasts (included) were excellent and again the staff were very friendly and obliging to your needs. The bar tender was the same, friendly and eager to assist.". Looks like it might have changed from the prior reviews?

Cheers.

miles_navigator

Yes, the Marriott in QC (that used to be the Courtyard). The one review that caught my attention was this one from Oct 2013 on TA. It is a bit dated but being a regular Marriott person, and have some expectations of how a club lounge operates got me post the question here.

There is no club floor here, no separate check in, and no dedicated concierge, the club (or concierge, as they call it) room here was just a regular, pretty small room, albeit on a top floor, with a view of an office building. The breakfast was of such a poor quality, with so many places to have breakfast around the hotel it was a shame to pay for it. The most interestingly, the lounge was closed after breakfast, because it was a weekend, so no fridge with drinks, no lunch, no evening o'dourves. Really? If you, the management, think that club level travelers don't come here on weekends, then may be you should stop charging concierge rates for the regular rooms with no additional perks on those days? The $10 vouchers to their restaurant offered to compensate for the missing lounge is a pretty poor substitute for the club level experience.

SkiAdcock

I tend to go with more recent updates & the more recent one was more positive. If you do pay extra to stay there, please do an update in this thread. Most of what you quoted could probably be said of many properties that close their lounges on the weekend. If you're getting two $10 vouchers for the restaurant, that covers $20 of the $26 extra charge.

Cheers.

PRHusky

Stayed here before it was switched to a FS, but can tell you there are multiple breakfast options within 3 mins of the hotel.

miles_navigator

We ended up at the Hilton down the street so no update on the Executive Lounge from my visit. Sorry.

rjgibson0066

Hi, any recommendations or advice for this hotel.

My wife and I really want to stay in a non franchise hotel while vacationing in Quebec City (will be our first visit) but have enough points for a free stay at the Quebec City Marriott Downtown, so considering that option.

margarita girl

Can anyone comment on the on the Marriott Quebec City Downtown and particularly the lounge offerings? Are the breakfast and evening appetizers mediocre, good or excellent?

TIA

Klove007

Breakfast is average with some hot items always powdered eggs.

Evening apps usually has a nice cheese spread with crackers, one cold item (usually bruchescetta) as well as 1 or 2 hot items.

Beer and wine are availible at a charge

Service is always friendly and apps usually rotate every evening Ive stayed.

margarita girl

Thanks. Just realized that the Marriott doesn't have a pool!

So now looking at the Delta Quebec City instead. Any experience there?

SkiAdcock

If you don't get an input & end up staying at the Delta QC, please do a trip report in a separate thread. We don't really have any Delta reports & it will make it easier to find w/ FT search if it's a property specific thread. Thx. (Delta properties have been added to the exec lounge sticky & are accurate as of this week).

Cheers.