AC Hotel by Marriott Oakland Downtown

朝食がゴージャスだった。部屋がきれい。見晴らしもよかった。BARTの駅に近くて、駅からサンフランシスコもバークレーも近い。

Loved it was very clean

Location

I was super pleased

This hotel is in a sketchy area. The only ones out in the area are homeless lying on the street and drunks/drug addicted folks loitering the area. Private security is visibly present watching what few stores were open after regular business hours. No one else is to be found.

The hotel itself is newly built in 2023. It is adjacent to the Residence Inn next door. New fixtures, modern design, clean. Clearly an effort to re-vitalize this part of town. But it stands alone and needs far more amenities to make occupants more comfortable and feel SAFE about staying here.

Clean safe within the hotel

Very kind and professional welcome at check in. And clean and courteous service at breakfast. And clean comfortable room.

Hotel Review -

AC Hotel of Oakland by Marriott

Downtown Oakland, California

Room: King room, Gold member upgrade to Window-room on 14th floor

Rate: $550 USD/2 nights, Friday night to Sunday morning

Member? Yes, Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite member

Rating: 3.1/5.0

Review: I will start by saying that I did not have high expectations for this hotel. At all. This hotel has excellent bedding, terrific ambiance yet it was depressing. The location was fantastic as it is less than a block from my apartment (yes, that is correct, not a typo, I live nearby), two blocks from the 12th Street-City Center BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) station, and easily close by major attractions such as OMCA - the Oakland Museum of California, a museum I was very much impressed by. The hotel itself is decorated wonderfully and lavishly, it's a shame the rooms do not match that theme. As I said, the bedding is very comfortable, the showers are European in theme which is a general plus though the pressure could be better. Shampoo, conditioner, and body wash are presented by the brand ‘Korres’ in increasingly-common wall mounts, and the rooms in general are extremely clean and of course, the in-room tv presents a wide variety of channels, and lastly there are tons of charging options for your devices, be it phone, smart-watch, tablet, laptop, or others. The furniture was decorative, appearing new, and the seating was imitation leather, which is at least appreciated and felt nice. The refrigerator, dubbed a ‘smartfridge’ was a nice touch and when it worked, kept drinks (and food too, to be assumed) very chilled. The fitness center, as an aside, was nothing special but it was fairly high-end and reliable, but honestly? My apartment complex has a much more high end fitness center on its premises. It works in a pinch though which is honestly all you can ask for as a visitor. The rooms are exceptionally clean of course which is consistent across most Marriott properties. The noise level is also exceptionally quiet which is a huge plus. Now for the several glaring negatives; room service is not offered nor available, nor was it listed on any menu or option list given. Over the entire weekend I spent here, my room was never serviced, and I was never informed of the room cleaning schedule or timeframe or options to have the room serviced every other day. The staff at check-in was brusque and cold, which could have been attributed as a one-off but it only compounded the overall experience. There is no on-site restaurant but a bar is offered on the first floor with on-site breakfast from 6:30 AM to 9:00 AM on weekdays, and 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM on weekends. The fitness center we have already covered. There is an on-site laundry, but unless you’re staying with a large family, or group, or you are staying in the Bay Area for 5 days or more, you likely will never use it, rendering the laundry facility as no more than a gimmick. The AC Oakland Hotel by Marriott is not bad if you’re seeking a fairly reliable clean place to stay and use as a metaphorical “base of operations” while you explore Oakland, the South Bay, or downtown San Francisco, just do not have high hopes or comparatively realistic (or rather, unrealistic) expectations. I will give this AC Oakland Hotel by Marriott a barely respectable 3.0/5.0, as a total score on the Brooke in the Air Travel review scale and not terrible in terms of actual value. - A Brooke In The Air Travel review.

New, clean, quiet, safe, great breakfast

It was okay, kind of standard

Clean

It was very neat in terms of the rooms

We had a wonderful stay ,a beautiful view of SF.Clean and comfortable.The breakfast was great.