Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center – Bethesda

I booked late, but still had a good room. Breakfast was really good, and I used the pool too

Everything that we needed. Clean. Plenty food options, avoid Chili's. Good value and nice lobby to socialize.

Stayed here before. Couldn't have been happier. Going to stay again in February. Don't change a thing.

My biggest disappointment was that we reserved a King sized bed but were given a double. I complained and the housekeeping manager gave me some line about hotel king beds being smaller than the ones sold to individuals but we've stayed at hundreds of hotels (including other Marriott's) and have had adequately sized king mattresses. So we didn't end up sleeping very well. Another disappointment is the housekeeping doesn't mop the bathroom floors every day so by the 3rd night, the floor was getting pretty gross. The last annoying thing about the hotel room is that the A/C doesn't do a "smart adjustment". E.g. if it's currently 71 and you increase the temp on the unit to 72, it will start blowing hot air into the room until it gets to the right temperature instead of turning off the a/c and letting the room warm itself. Probably not a big deal during most of the year, but after being outside in the 90 degree heat all day, the last thing I wanted was to get a blast of hot air. So we ended up having to turn the fan on and off ourselves to get the right temperature. Very annoying. Other than that, the room was fine, the staff was friendly, the gym was fine (although needs better air circulation) and the location was great. Minutes from nice restaurants and shopping.

Desiree at the front desk was very accommodating to my requests.