Residence Inn by Marriott Sarasota Bradenton

The rooms are a little dated but overall fine for our stay. Location is close to the airport but noise from planes was not a problem. Staff was friendly and helpful.

The staff and location was excellent. My only complaint was the cockroach found in the room upon entering. That kind of spoiled the evening due to not feeling comfortable. The lighting in the bathroom was flickering because the bulb needs to be changed. The stay was pleasant afterwards.

The toilet clogged 2 times and water came way out to the vanity area. The staff was rather snotty. I won’t stay there again.

Friendly staff and clean hotel.

My wife and I stayed here for three weeks while our nearby home was undergoing renovations. We liked the fact that we had a kitchen with full-sized appliances. This made eating our meals in the room easy and convenient, especially during this time of the pandemic. On the negative side, the hotel is apparently a home-away-from-home for lots of utility workers; it sometimes seemed that trucks of various types filled up half the parking lot.

Hotel was clean and the room was wonderful, but disappointed that they are using COVID as an excuse to not offer services they advertised for when other hotels in the area still offer the services. This was a higher priced hotel but we were fine with that because it advertised 2 items we were looking for (FREE breakfast buffet and a pool). Only stayed one night as a result. We were disappointed that they had closed the pool area before we checked in "due to COVID" when the website and signs posted on the property said it was open until 10pm. Also disappointed that they advertised a breakfast buffet but only had a grab and go bag with a muffin, orange and granola bar "due to COVID" while other hotels we stayed at in the area were serving hot breakfast buffets and large grab and go options. For this reason we did not stay longer.

Carpet was dirty, Air condition next to bed blowing cold air in your face, outdated decor, old elevator. To have the name Marriott associated with this place is a shame.

They had a room available and accepted pets, so we were able to bring our daughter's dog to see her. She is an Air Force pilot-in-training and flew into Sarasota. The room was ok, but the public areas were not. In general, the hotel needs overhaul. It's not up to the Marriott standards.

Breakfast was awful. The room was nice and spacious

Amazing trip, :)