Courtyard Boise Downtown

Small compact lobby with big screen TV and a computer area.
Very nice updated room with modern furniture and a wall mounted TV that swivels well for viewing all over the room. Comfortable chair with very interesting lamp.
Room had a fridge and a small coffee maker with teas.
The beds were very high off the ground, at times sort of nice, but at others annoying. They were comfortable. Bedside chocolates were on the night stand.
Bedside had power outlets, including a USB plug.
Small balcony. Room gets very dark with the drapes closed.
Split bath plan with great water pressure and sufficient counter space.
Great location near to restaurants and a Whole Foods. State House is one mile away.

More room updates!
They have shifted the gym around, still anh equipment.
320 — far from the front door, facing courtyard
223 — far from the front door, facing the road. Connec
312 — faces courtyard, king bed, bathroom door doesn’t stay open (I fold a wash cloth to keep it open) so it smells musty and is obviously creepy to walk in and see it closed!
Cleanliness is slipping. Pretty sure the room wasn’t vacuumed during my stay. A croûton I dropped from my dinner was left on the small table, next to the glasses they replaced. The soap box I hadn’t noticed, that bounced out of that back of the trash can was still there and a pen that ended up on the floor was still there as well.
223 again! They fixed the bathroom door, but room smells musty.
340 — far side of hotel, faces into the courtyard. Wall control for heat/​cool. Park in the back
357 — right next to microwave and ice room. Old school air conditioner/​heater.
As of this trip the room updates are starting to be complete!
414 — first time in the new upgrade! Beds are super tall, faces the courtyard, clock is off by 10 min, fridge is by tv now, no longer in the closet, Ron and tons of plugs and a USB port in the night stand! built in place to put your bag or stuff. Nice colors!
434 — another new room. RFID door openers now — woot! This room faces parking lot and is nearly to the back!

Staying on the second floor, trying to sleep after a long day, I can hear/​feel the whole room shake as the person upstairs walks back and fourth across the room. THIN ceilings. Next time, if I stay here, I’m requesting the top floor.

Very accommodating and comfortable beds. Jody was especially helpful and on top of things as we made some special requests.

The Hotel is clean and the staff are super friendly, and it’s an okay location. But if you need good Wi-​Fi forget it; it’s some of the worst I’ve had in a hotel. If they could provide faster wifi, I would give this hotel 4 stars for sure.

My needs when traveling for work are minimal, and different than when I have personal travel. From a work perspective, this place covered the basics:
1.) Good location relative to everything Boise
2.) Easy to get to and from, located fairly close to the airport (15 minutes), and an easy access parking lot
3.) Good staff, everyone was friendly and helpful
4.) FREE internet with good reception, I took my computer from my room to the gym and it maintained connection, would have bet against that!
5.) OK gym: it’s small but has the essential cardio requirements: bike, treadmills (no free weights)
6.) Clean room and amenities with OK cable package
7.) Food options: both on premises, and walking distance within the same parking lot
8.) OK price: a little high in my opinion at around $ 200/​night
Overall I enjoyed my stay and would not hesitate to stay here again, not a lot of frills, but a solid lodging option with all the basics. They also have a few different newspapers in the morning which are complimentary for guests.

I’ve stayed at Marriott Hotels before and usually really enjoy my stay. This hotel however may have changed the way I feel about Marriott hotels. I have a 1 year old son and when we first arrived I checked around the room to make sure there was nothing my son would find and decide to stick in his mouth and sure enough next to the beds I found qutips, and peanuts. Our first night the bedroom sheets looked decent the second night our sheets had idk what on them but they were like crumbs that were stuck to the sheets and dark looking stains on the sheets making me feel like the sheets had not been washed. I really just didn’t feel like they cleaned the room the way they should have. Other than that the customer service was good. If you would like to stay at hotel around the same price range in this area I would recommend the holiday Inn express.

Food and booze offered in lobby. It’s Boise, not much to do and everything closes early, but if you’re here for work Courtyard will definitely take care of you for all the Downtown needs. No complaints, no frills, clean and up to date rooms.
PROTIP: Free wifi.

Great property, older, but nicely refreshed and an A+ location near downtown and the smruf turf. I especially like that there’s a Chick-​fil-​a in the parking lot and a Carl’s Jr. too.
TIP: Beds were excellent. Park in the back and get a room in back for quiet. And there’ a rear elevator for simple ins and outs.

This was a nice courtyard– pretty standard to their new model. I travel a lot for business and these hotels are good for their consistency– you pretty much know what you’re gonna get. Great staff & service, very friendly and overly accommodating. My room was ok– I was in a handicap room for whatever reason and that’s not an issue, but the layout of the room and the bathroom are totally different. The location is nice for people visiting Boise. The one thing that bugged me was a large, old, orange, emergency light hanging from the ceiling! I don’t know why but it bugged me! I don’t know if it was due to the handicap room setup? Is it a tornado warning light? What is it and why is it there– I had 2 other perfectly good, modern «fire» emergency systems/​lights in the room… the other quirky occurrence the last night I was there I sat working on my laptop in the «marketplace» had a great sandwich and a couple beers. There was a woman also down there eating, she then proceeded to hang out & drink at the bar area, several beers. I left about 9 to go to my room, pack & sleep. The next morning while I was waiting for my counterpart to pick me up I got a Starbucks, looked over and there was the same woman «morning after» drinking a smoothie and totally unkempt– clearly hungover. Now I wouldn’t normally care– hey we’ve all been there! Well my coworker was stalled at FedEx for almost 40 minutes while I was waiting — miss hangover reappears fully dressed and apparently was some sort of auditor for the hotel/​brand! She’s in the lobby chatting up the manager! With an iPad in hand ready to go about the hotel and discuss the appearance, conditions etc. WTF — this woman was in her mid to late twenties and was not setting an appropriate or professional tone for the company. That was kind of weird… While all courtyards look the same and follow a branding, corporate theme, Not all courtyards are the same in service and especially the rooms & conditions. This was my first time in boise and I will be back for work– will probably try at least 1 – 2 other hotels before settling on one go-​to spot…

Stayed there 4 nights over Thanksgiving week. Room was clean and comfortable. Staff was hospitable. Appreciated the availability of food and drinks, too.

You know what? It’s alright.
I’ve stayed at several Courtyard properties and have found them to be pretty great overall, but this one? Not so much. Maybe if there was a big sign out front that says «Super 8» or «Red Roof Inn», I’d say, «You know what? This is awesome.» But they had to go and put a Courtyard sign out there, didn’t they?
Specifically, the gym is the poorest and tiniest excuse for a workout facility I’ve ever seen. There were actually people doing push-​ups in the hallway outside the gym because the gym itself isn’t big enough for that kind of activity. At least the few machines they do have are equipped with personal TVs.
The rooms are just okay. Nothing great, especially for a Courtyard. Same for the rest of the property.
For the money, go find something else.

I had a wonderful time at the Courtyard by Marriott.
Top-​notch hotel experience with lots of room in hotels. The lobby was very inviting, and had a great selection of food.
The best part of this hotel is the location. Whole Foods right across the street, walking distance to downtown Boise, and Boise State downtown.
No Breakfast but the food, experience, convenience, and pool more than made up for it.

We’ll, this place is kind of awful. The website I booked through boasted a continental breakfast, Nope… There’s an expensive half assed bistro you can eat at if you don’t feel like leaving. Tiny mini fridge, no microwave, pathetic gym. And here’s what really makes them suck, There is a burst pipe or something that has flooded half of the rooms on my floor, did they mention it? No… Nothing… It smells like mold and urine and nobody thought to say anything. ALso I just paid 2.65 for a soda!
I’ve never complained about a motel before, but this place sucks balls. If I was paying for this room, and I was not so lazy I’d complain and find someplace worth a crap. I’m shocked to see so many positive reviews, but it’s idaho so… Yeah…

I’ve been staying here for the last month on business and I am very happy with the level of service and quality of this hotel. The staff are friendly and helpful, and the lobby and rooms are clean and updated.
The bistro in the lobby has a limited selection, but they come out with some surprisingly tasty food from that limited kitchen. Great for grabbing some late night snacks or a quick dinner.
The location is ok — within walking distance of downtown. It would be nice if they provided a shuttle like some other hotels in the area, but then again the Courtyard has a better nightly rate so a cab ride ($ 7 downtown) isn’t bad either. The location is about to get even better with a Whole Foods opening up across the street soon as well.
My only criticism would be its tiny workout room (2 treadmills, an elliptical, and a stationary bike). I wish they would have gotten rid of the pool (which I’ve never seen anybody use) and created a larger gym instead.

Location is not very nice. In the cold, you don’t want to walk for 15 minutes to find a nice decent place to eat, so we walked about 2 blocks to a Blimpie Restaurant. We could have eaten @ Carl’s Jr, about a block away, but who wants to eat @ a restaurant where they’re busy doing some tiling done! They didn’t even have hot soups or hot cocoa. We walked to a convenient store for that so we have something hot to drink on our way back to our hotel.
They have a table to plug in our free internet, but if we want our room heated, the fan is blowing right on our face! It’s just inches away from the heater fan. Wrong location to put the heater/​AC.
There’s no fridge to store our leftover ribs, but what I did was store them inside a bucket of ice wrapped in foil & plastic bag. I hope the ribs aren’t spoiled by morning.
The pluses: The room is cozy & clean. The lights are bright enough for hand-​sewing & reading. There is no smell of mildew or what have you. We have the view of the courtyard. It reminds me of your neighborhood Travel Lodge, except they’re friendlier and the fruits sweet & fresh, our Idaho fries just as I like them, the ribs were very tasty & tender. We could smell our ribs being heated while sitting by the fire!
This is what you’d expect Marriott quality!

I was pleasantly surprised! The lobby has a very modern feel, lots of places to sit, and a wonderful fireplace to relax by. All the people I talked to were extremely nice and helpful! Lobby also has a cute little market/​STARBUCKS! And also a bar. We ordered drinks and sat by the fireplace and it was very nice! To my surprise there is also a HUGE fire pit outside to sit by. We ended our night with more drinks and taking them outside. It was very relaxing there is a little stream out there as well. Very relaxing! If you stay here definitely take the time to go out into the courtyard.
We had a king room, it was great, it over looked Bronco Stadium (GO BIG BLUE!) and we could hear the marching band practicing Saturday morning. The room was just fine for me. I especially love when the sink/​vanity/​mirror are OUTSIDE of the shower. (no steamy mirrors while I am trying to get ready!) King bed was super comfy — I slept great!
It was a nice walk to downtown for dinner, and a really awesome short walk to the stadium saturday morning for the game. Plus you can leave your vehicle there after you check out so you don’t have to find parking for the game! BONUS! :)
Anyways — we would def. stay here again if we were going to go to a game.
P. S. if you don’t want house keeping to knock (and knock and knock and knock) put up the do not disturb because they come at 8:30 am! Gah!
Oh! other bonus! check out is not until 12:00 noon!

My experience at Courtyard by Marriott was a little disappointing. The pictures on their website make it look like a fabulously upscale, modern hotel. Don’t get me wrong… the décor is nice. And the price wasn’t horrible.
The thing is… I am pretty neurotic about my hotels being clean. As soon as I walked into my room, I was put off. It was the smell. It didn’t smell bad. It just didn’t smell clean. The room smelled musty and had this funky smell, a little like dirty feet. OK. So, maybe the room did smell a little bad. I was staying with my mom, and she said she didn’t smell anything, so I thought maybe it was my imagination.
Once we got settled in our room, I began to notice a few things that were, again, just enough to put me on edge. Water stains on the lamp shades. Did someone urinate on the shades? Did the pipes break in the room above us? Did someone ejacu… never mind. The thoughts about what the stains on the lamp shades were was too disturbing to think about.
The sheets and pillowcases were super wrinkled, which made it appear that they had been slept in. We complained to the front desk, and they sent up new pillowcases, which were equally as wrinkled.
We also found used drinking glasses on the floor next to the bed when we entered the room for the first time.
Overall, it wasn’t a horrible experience. The hotel is quiet, my room was reasonably priced, and the front desk people were ok, not great. Honestly, I wouldn’t stay here again unless it was a super good deal. Not what I was expecting from the Marriott chain.

Nice hotel. It’s very updated, and has this interactive «Go» board in the lobby that one can use to look up local attractions or food recommendations.
The room was a bit on the small size — the King Bed DOMINATED the room. Though it felt a bit cramped, we had enough room. The room was by the elevator, but we didn’t hear anything from it. Which, in my experience, is a rarity that is to be treasured.

This Courtyard is near downtown Boise, a little under a mile from the capitol. It’s just far enough away that it has a suburban-​like setting with ample parking and an interior courtyard with patio chairs. That makes it a long walk to downtown restaurants, though.
My room was standard Courtyard issue: king bed, desk, and sofa. It was a little on the small side overall. Traveling with my wife on leisure, there wasn’t enough room to open all our bags without taking over the desk and coffee table.
The new style lobby features a bistro that serves various foods all day. There are a variety of lounge chairs and daily newspapers.
I like the pool and hot tub area. It is enclosed with greenhouse style windows over the hot tub that add back some of the advantages of being outside but without the weather.