Hotel: Marriott Residence Inn Long Beach

City: Long Beach, California
Chain: Marriott
Property: Marriott Residence Inn - Long Beach
Address: 4111 E Willow St, Long Beach, CA 90815
Phone Number: (562) 595-0909

Check Out: April 2009



Typical Residence Inn experience (which means good things as well as bad things). Right off the 405, very close to Long Beach airport. Some remodeling was going on while I was there. The rooms are more like studio apartments than hotels, and they do a happy hour each night and free breakfast like Hampton Inn.


Rating:

• Safety: 1
  
• Dining: 0.5 (breakfast only)
  
• Bar: 0
  
• Internet: 1 (free, wired)
  
• Wireless in Common Areas: 0 (I think)
  
• Work Space, Power: 0.5 (power was not convenient to desks/tables)
  
• Shower: 1
  
• Air Conditioning, Bed: 1
  
• Common Areas: 1
  

Total: 6

Directions: Off I-5 south of Disneyland exits (College Drive?)

Last Visit: August 2008 ($150)


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