myperks

Have you stayed at both properties yet and can compare the offerings for P/T/A members? Seems like from above offering at the Westin seems fairly decent in lieu of lounge.

WilcoRoger

Not yet, only at the Marriott. That was a straight suite upgrade for Plat (no SNA used) from lowest. Very pleasant stay and excellent location. If you're so inclined, the airport train is a very good & cheap option, but the cab (Free Now) cost only 5€ so there's that.

The Westin comes up next month.

myperks

thanks for the experience on upgrade at the Marriott, and maybe more appropriate for the Marriott Warsaw thread, but can you comment on breakfast and the afternoon "in-lieu" offering at the Marriott for Plat/Tita/Amba?

WilcoRoger

The club moved over to the 2nd floor restaurant. They had a full spread in the evening, hot food, drinks, etc. Breakfast was also at the restaurant, again full spread. No "in lieu of" as they had the normal offerings

WilcoRoger

OK, back from the Westin Warsaw. Again, booked the cheapest room, got Plat upgrade to exec. suite.

The Club is still closed, you get voucher in lieu which you can use in the gound floor bar (happy hour incl.) I did not use them, so cannot comment further.

The included breakfast is in the main restaurant downstairs - nice spread.

There's an "executive lunch", a 3-course nice lunch in the bar, for a grand total of ten bucks, served until 3pm.

Location is not bad, but the Marriott is slightly more central.

To avoid the afternoon traffic jam, I chose the train to the airport (about 70 cents, 25 minutes). Make sure you go to the correct station, the one behind Warsaw Centralny.

skrosvik

At the property now. Lounge is open, even though the website says it's closed, and guests are to use the lobby bar. Anyway, great that the lounge is back after a closure that lasted for nearly 2 years. Upgraded to executive suite on 20th floor, facing city centre - 5 night stay. Welcome gift in room. I have stayed here many, many times for the last 15 years, and I have been upgraded nearly every time. A lot of staff turnover though, which is unfortunate.

Little interesting - I noticed that they do not use the Westin branded bath amenities anymore. Now they use some generic brand, which seems quite cheap. Not an issue for me, but I noticed the same thing at the Sheraton Warsaw earlier this month as well. Generic, cheap stuff. The only Le Grand Bain amenity they had was body lotion. I guess it's cost cutting...

dimon84

and... you will find le bain at Bristol (Luxury collection) :-D. No, the problem is the disrupted supply chain. Many hotels complained they were not able to procure branded toiletries in the past six months. On the other hand, those are all cheap and produced in the same factories in China .

HHQX888

So, Bristol and another hotels don't have problem with supply chain ?? ....
They saving cost on all in Westin and Sheraton Warsaw, spoke with staffs and you will know reality.
Look at breakfast how it is now limited, not this same as before covid.

skrosvik

Bristol downgraded their amenities from Byredo to little brother Gran Bain?

dimon84

That was the case in December. I was told that this is because the "le chemins" parcel was held at the customs for more than a month. Don't know if this is true of course. but I doubt they would lie if that would be a permanent downgrade.

artccc

Executive Lounge is open now. Food and drinks are served from 6 pm to 8 pm. However, the breakfast for Platinum members is served in the main restaurant. Like always very good breakfast.

ft_one

Any more recent experiences?

outgoing

I was there last year and they treated us as aways very well. Lounge was open with the usual spread and booze, breakfast in the restaurant was good, 4 pm late checkout was granted, and they upgraded us to a suite. I generally can highly recommend the three Marriott properties I stayed in Warsaw: the downtown Marriott (unbeatable if you want views and/or are coming/going by train), the Westin, and the Renessaince at the airport. I also stayed at Moxy in Warsaw which was fine although obviously a different category. Courtyard at the airport is a dump.

ElevatorEnthusiast

I'll be here, the Sheraton, Marriott, Bristol, Verte, and Renaissance Airport later in September.

EuropeanPete

I was there a couple of weeks ago after my landlord randomly changed the locks on my Warsaw apartment.

I got an upgrade to a high floor corner room despite only booking 30min before. I received an amenity of a chilled bottle of white wine, which was really unexpected. All round, this appears to be quite a well run hotel and better value than it’s competitors in the market a lot of times.