How do you get these Certs? Do you buy them, cash in points or get them as part of a promotion or reaching a status level?

You buy them, 109 US and $5 handling fee.

https://gifts.marriott.com/

Now that Roy's in NYC has closed, what is the best use of these certificates at a New York Restaurant (not excluded by the terms and conditions of the certificate). My hubbie and I were planning a 35th anniversary dinner this summer at Roy's, but now need to find another restaurant. Thanks.

As HappyCheesehead, says you can purchase or you can cash in 20,000 points for one.

These places where you could get a $300 meal for $114...do you feel like the food was really worth that? Was that really the restaurant in town in which you wanted to dine?

I'm genuinely interested...I've always seen these certs at $99 for 4 courses and thought "OK, I realize the menu prices are such that the deal appears appealing, but I can't think of a Marriott restaurant, on the allowable list, that I really, really want to visit." Whenever I'd think of one that *might* fit the bill, I'd find it on the excluded list.

Don't get me wrong...I eat a lot of hotelfood. Usually late at night, usually a last-minute decision, usually solo at the bar or whatever. Most Marriotts do a very good burger and have a few different beers on tap. And most importantly of all...they usually serve until 11PM or even later. ^ So I'm not bashing hotelfood here...

But I don't think I've ever really premeditated eating hotelfood to the point where I'd pay a large amount of money well ahead of time, unless there are some really amazing Marriott restaurants out there that I don't know about.

I guess that's my question: where are these restaurants? Maybe we already have a thread somewhere for great Marriott restaurants (that are truly hotel-owned and valid with these kinds of offers). In the U.S., one I enjoy is the fish joint in the Seattle Waterfront Marriott...I think it "counts".

I agree with much of what you said. Here's a couple of restaurants far superior to typical hotel fare, and worth going to: "Marchand's" and "Fred's" at the Renaissance Vinoy.

Do anyof the MArriott's in London and PAris ahve any nice restaurants that accept these.

We were at the JW Marriott Resort on Phuket in Thailand last Dec and the food there was somewhat expensive. We used the two certs we had for the Andaman Grill, which is their high end resto. On the $300 night the big expense was some fancy Waygu steaks we had - $100 per steak. The second time around we had steak and lobster. The food was wonderful and we absolutely knew it would be worth the cost of the certs. We never would have splashed out like that if it had been full price out of our own pockets.

We are heading for London in a couple of months and probably won't get the certs again. Fewer courses now, and Pearl Restaurant at the Renaissance Chancery Court where we plan on staying is excluded.

I have used the certificates at resturants in St Kitts (Blu) and in Aruba (Simply Fish) and in both cases they were well worth it. Both places were excellent and dinner for two with tax an tip was about $175. Despite the change from 4 courses to 3 they are still a value IMHO.

It should be noted under the Terms and Conditions of the new 3 course certificates, The Royal Grille & Blu Restaurants in the St. Kitts Marriott Resort are now listed as restaurants where the certificates cannot be used. It seems that not only did the courses drop from 4 to 3, but the list of prohibited restaurants increased.
I'm still hoping to hear from someone if there's a New York City restaurant (not prohibited) where they consider the certificate good value remembering that Roy's is now closed. Thanks

Don't have any recommendations in New York but Kurrents at the Marco Island Marriott has superb hotel food

Is it good at Roy's in San Diego, or does the not operated by Marriott exclusion apply there?

It isn't excluded from the list

http://www.marriott.com/Multimedia/P...ist_Dinner.pdf

You could call 1-619-239-7697 and ask to be sure