Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center

WOW, what a gorgeous place for our daughter's wedding & reception. Our daughter and her husband planned everything themselves and chose the Marriott Renaissance. The wedding coordinator and her assistant were excellent. The views from the 72nd floor were incredible. The food (especially the scallops and short ribs) and service were terrific. Beautiful flowers, two fun photo booths, two bars, and great DJ: all fabulous. Staying at that hotel made it easy to get to the venue. You can get a block of rooms at a discount for your guests.

The location for this hotel was perfect for the Jazz Festival! Just a short walk to the event. There is a tram station at the hotel which is helpful if taking the city loop tram. The amnities at the hotel are great and the large bar and restaurant in the lobby had good food and was fun after our days out.

The bathroom was dated and pretty dirty including lots of long black curly hairs everywhere (I'm blonde and my boyfriend is bald!). Could also use a microwave in rooms.

I liked the air conditioning and friendly environment

Very unimpressed with this iconic Detroit property. For the rate, you can do much better. It is dated and tired. Tiny bathroom with tub and shower curtain and 1 sink. Cracked tile and stained/cracked grout. At 350/night you have to offer better. No answer for room service - call just rang and rang. Two rooms under one reservation was too complicated for them to figure out and checked us both (arriving at different times) into the same room. Everything smelled deodorized. Friendly staff.

Excellent views of river,

The Marriott was a really nice hotel for a conference—very big. I arrived very early, around 10 a.m. and was pleased that a room was ready for me so early. I was even more pleasantly surprised when I was upgraded to a huge suite on the 64th floor with city and river views. There were a few cons to the big, fancy suite—the bed was a murphy bed, and there weren’t any lights near it—I couldn’t lay in bed and read before going to sleep as I usually do. There also weren’t many outlets in the room. There wasn’t a traditional desk, just a huge round table in the middle of the room, so there wasn’t anywhere I could plug in my computer. Also, the TV was in kind of an awkward spot—you couldn’t see it well from the bed, but couldn’t see it at all from the couch. Finally, the bed was hard as a rock—I almost moved over to the couch. This was very unusual for a Marriott hotel—they usually have fantastic beds/mattresses. The conference meals were generally very good. The hotel bar, however, was crazy expensive—it was $9 for one High Noon can. But overall, it was a great place to hold a conference.

The location was good distance from downtown Michigan and walkable.