Courtyard Rockville

The lobby and rooms are very nice, looks like it’s been recently renovated. The bed and pillows are among the best of similar business hotels. TV was large, maybe 48″. Bathroom amenities are very good, top shelf shampoo, body wash and towels are extra large.
There is an iron an hair dryer — room smells clean and fresh. Excellent accommodations for Road Warriors.
The Bistro breakfast is good, coffee is strong. Definitely a good place to stay if your company is paying.

Stayed here on the recommendation of Expedia at a Guaranteed Pre Paid rate… Arrived later then 8PM for my Check in l however I called ahead and notified them that my dinner in Chevy Chase was taking longer then expected (Was at Clyde’s, Mazza Gallerie). They only had 1 room on 1^st floor left that they said was a ‘handicap room’. Didn’t see any evidence of any feature that was for handicaps folks. It didn’t have a raised toilet height nor did it have grab bars or rails in bathroom. It was close to the entrance of third rear door in the rear of the hotel.
They also dinged my Credit Card for a $ 20 service fee on Top of paying the agreed upon rate. Have waited a week now for them to refund my $ and nothing has happened. Wrote to Expedia as well for these UNEXPECTED CHARGES and fees ABOVE the room rate quoted. I didn’t get to swim in the pool or go to Bistro (it closes at 10PM on a Friday night?) Didn’t use the gym Nor do you get free breakfast. The room was Clean and it was a King size bed; however I stayed in a Clean room across the street from this Marriott at another competitive Hotelier and got a a free breakfast included with my agreed upon prepaid rate. and they had free Wifi over there as well. (Its name ends in Plaza.) So whats the deal Mr Marriott… competition is supposed to be good for you. doesn’t seem like this hotel offers the most for your $$$ anymore.
Update July 8^th, 2015 Credit Card charge that was listed as pending is no longer on my account.

Typical of the newer Courtyard Marriotts. Lobby very contemporary look, best feature is the modernist Bistro lounge, basically a full service bar with a decent selection of Yuppie type foods such as salads and appetizers with an Asian influence, you order at the bar and sit anywhere in the lounge area. Prices reasonable, very informal and relaxed atmosphere. Also features flat screen tv’s and Starbucks. Only downside is no lunch service, but plenty of options nearby. As to the hotel itself, otherwise pretty average Courtyard Marriott property but a good choice for this area.

It’s a courtyard. The lobby looks great and then you enter the hallway and you see how dated most of these locations are. I’d rather stay at Hyatt Place… and will do so from now on.

Stayed here from a Friday night to Saturday morning. Thought it was very clean and comfortable. The staff was great and friendly. I will definitely stay here again.

First time here and unimpressed with the internet connection. I barely was able to check emails. It seems like a DSL line shared by all rooms. If you need to work from hotel, better go to Starbucks where the wifi speed will be a significant improvement.
Rooms are neat and clean. Toiletries are sparse only the basic soap, shampoo and conditioner are available.
I wouldn’t recommend this place to serious road warriors who depend on hotel wifi, you better BYOD (bring your own data) if you stay here.

It’s a Courtyard just a shade above motel (by other Courtyard standards). The staff here are very nice. The hallways are slightly dingy, but the rooms are standard Courtyard. Came here on a Friday evening and the hotel was pretty quiet. I got it because it was the cheapest Marriott in the DC area, and I wanna rack up dose points without paying much.

Quick tip, find another hotel. Extremely rude staff, my room must have been a smoking room at one point because it reeks (I am a former smoker so I know that smell), was treated like a second class citizen because I was using a discounted rate (friends and family discount), the lock on my door is busted, the A/​C will not shut off and it’s freezing in my room, etc. A couple of these issues could be solved, but considering the horrible experience at the front desk, I have no desire to call them and ask for assistance. Very disappointed as I stayed in a Courtyard last night in Washington, PA and it was wonderful.

Ugh!!! I will give hotels the benefit of the doubt and point out positives where possible. This hotel truly has no positives. My daughter and I were once again on the road for a lacrosse tournament and ended up at this hotel. I did not originally intent to stay at this hotel, however due to issues with a travel agent canceling my original reservation just down the road… I was referred to this hotel by the Hilton Homewood Suites. I have to admit since the Hilton recommended this hotel (because there wasn’t anything available at the Hilton that night). I figured it couldn’t be a bad hotel. WRONG! The room had a very strong musty smell, you could hear your neighbor. so I’m sure our neighbor could hear my daughter and I laughing at times. The bed very hard. The a/​c was on one of those energy savers, so it shut off in the middle of the night since there wasn’t any movement in the room. We could hear the highway traffic from our room. the water from the sink had a really strange smell and made brushing teeth very difficult. I would NOT even get a sip of tap water before heading to bed. The hotel felt damp and smelled like it had moisture throughout the halls. the parking lot is not visitor friendly either. it’s very dark and due to location and lack of property security, you’re likely to have your car broken into… BYPASS this hotel if you can. If it’s your only choice of a hotel. Well you’ll at least have a roof over your head.

I’ve never been to this Courtyard location before, but it’s a nice hotel. At the check-​in, they thanked us for being a member of their rewards program, and gave us bottled water. The lobby looked really nice; it had the GoBoard, witch is a touch screen (which I didn’t know at first), an area to print your boarding pass, a Business Center, and «The Bistro». Plenty of space to sit, feels open. The hotel itself is pretty big, and there’s only one elevator, so be prepared for a small hiking trip.
The room was nice, nothing totally fancy. There’s also a nice little porch. Power outlets were actually pretty abundant, and I had plenty of outlets to charge all of my gadgets. There’s free wi-​fi, although it’s not the fastest, but it’s also not slow. The bed was comfy.
The pool was nice, but you could smell chlorine way down the hallway. Seemed like there was a little too much in the pool. Also, the hot tub was closed off, for some reason.
So other than a few small complaints, it’s not that bad of a hotel. It’s also in this big hotel district, and there isn’t really any food within walking distance. I’d probably stay again, if I’m in the area.

This is the first time I have stayed at this hotel. I am not impressed. I don’t have a lot of time to write but I thought I would share a few bullet points about my stay:
*Trendy and stylish lobby entices you to stay but that is where the romance ends:
*The «bistro» has a very limited selection of items to eat and drink and by that I mean they are premade or quickly thrown together like a subpar grocery store’s deli. Even if you wish to consume the sad selections available you have to be lucky enough to get something early in the morning or between the hours of 5 – 9 –otherwise they will direct you to the «mini mart» alcove next to check in where you can purchase year old icecream at an inflated price.
* Other reviewers commented on the lack of elevator at the front of the building but when I stayed the one elevator in the building was «out of order for upgrade” — so be prepared!
*The indoor swimming pool and jacuzzi is unusable to guests as a result of day long swim lessons offered to the community. No room for guests to relax at all durring the day when there are 15 kiddies and there parents crammed into the pool and lounge area. After the swim lessons end the pool is shrink-​wrapped and practically closed to the people who are actually paying to use it!
If you are staying in the area for business and you just need a place to sleep without any other amenities then this is your place otherwise go somewhere else!

I have stayed in this Courtyard a couple of times and always the staff are very friendly and helpful. Even though I often arrive very late, they seem to be waiting for me.
The most recent trip the internet was fine on the first day but seemed a bit slow on the second day. The rooms are clean and have a convenient layout for business trips.

Meh. Definitely have experienced better!
Was not impressed with this hotel at all, though the new lobby is really nice. The rooms are mediocre, and the hotel has a really weird layout (only one elevator that is not convenient to the majority of hotel rooms, so take the stairs).
I would recommend driving a bit further to Gaithersburg and staying at one of the Marriott properties there.

This was my third time staying at this hotel — and the only reason I’d come back is because this is where the company puts us up.
This hotel has sunk a lot of money into the location over the past year — like 1.5 million — if you are to believe the desk workers. In the last year, they’ve redone the entire lobby and lobby bar/​restaurant and «upgraded» the broadband connections in the rooms.
During my previous two stays, the network connections in the rooms have been decent, but not great. This time, the connection was worse than the one I had in a crappy hotel I stayed at in the Bahamas. The few times I was able to connect to the network, I had about a 15% success rate in getting out of the building. My phone was my savior here, giving me an alternative to their crappy internet service. Their wi-​fi is free, and you get what you paid for. I did not try the wi-​fi connection in the lobby. It may be better there.
The new lobby is sparkly and shiny. The bar is too. Unfortunately, the bar closes at 11 on the weekends and 10 during the week. Previously, there was a buffett-​restaurant here. That’s completely gone.
I didn’t stop in, but there are two tiny gyms with just a few machines each. At a glance, they seemed well maintained, but the rooms are so small that they looked like they would become sweat boxes.
There is a pool, but as my co-​worker found, it’s not always open. His family was with him and wanted to go swimming during the day, but the pool was not open unless there was a lifeguard, and the lifeguard was not on duty during the day. I guess you can go swimming during the evening?
The rooms themselves are nice enough, but you’ll need to bring your own blanket if you’re the type that likes to sleep under a heavy one. The comforter they provide is a thin little thing — barely heavier than the regular sheet.
This is a hotel that caters to the business crowd — I get that, but that doesn’t mean you can just skimp on the things that make a place comfortable.

A typical Courtyard… nothing of note.
There are few restaurants within walking distance. There is an italian restaurant across the street that delivers to the hotel and is featured as their «room service» food. I read the reviews on Unilocal which were 100% negative and decided to drive elsewhere.
There are restaurants just down Shady Grove Rd that are acceptable.

The Courtyard Marriott in Rockville is close to the corporate office park, which makes it attractive if you are coming to visit some company. It doesn’t help you find food to eat late at night when your plane is delayed. Sometimes, for me, the things around the hotel are more important than the hotel itself.
This Courtyard doesn’t do much to distinguish itself from other business class hotel when it comes to layout or furnishings. Everything is clean and new, but not outstanding. Like the rest of the chain, they have made all of their rooms non-​smoking, but unfortunately Maryland is getting on the no smoking bandwagon later than most, so the rooms still have that I’ve-been-cleaned-several-times-but-you-can-tell-someone-used-to-smoke-in-me smell. It’s not oppressive, but it is there. Probably new carpet and a new coat of paint and it won’t be there.
The exercise room is really two half rooms (and I think they might be on opposite sides of the hallway from each other).
But enough of being hard on the hotel. The staff was understanding when I arrived for my 4 night stay with no luggage and promptly gave me a toothbrush, toothpaste, a razor and some strange shaving cream (it was like thick cream — like the stuff you drink). And then they held on to my bag (and didn’t rifle through it since the TSA doesn’t let us lock them) after the airline delivered it until I got back to the hotel. They get an extra star for that.
I’ll continue coming to Marriott hotels. I get frequent flier miles every time I stay at their hotels. And this way, I’m sure to not get cooties from a bed that Paris Hilton might have slept (or done something worse) in.