Scottsdale Marriott at McDowell Mountains

Accommodated my early arrival and late departure.

All the staff and employees were very friendly and helpful.

The staff were great Paul the Bell man was friendly and helpful the check in people nice the Starbucks lady was great.

The property needs an upgrade it probably hasn’t been done for 10 years. Also the $22.50 a day for parking is excessive. We were not told about that at checkin. Our $30 a day resort fee was credited back to us if we charged anything. That was nice.

Well appointed hotel. Friendly and helpful staff too.

I didn’t like the depth of the pool. I like to swim so a pool under 4 feet is harder to swim underwater in. Very friendly team. Food at restaurant was excellent. Hotel transportation will take you anywhere within a 5 mile radius. That’s nice.Tip them for what you’d expect to pay for an Uber ride. They really appreciate it. Perhaps my main complaint, which is why they didn’t get a 5-star from me is the smell of the room. A slight musty order when I first walk in. A smell of perhaps a past water damage to the room. I wouldn’t expect all rooms to smell that way, but mine did. I didn’t complain about it which I think they would have been very willing to change me to another room had I said something.

This hotel is getting a little tired. We couldn’t use our balcony or the outside lounge because of bird crap on the chairs. It is in the landing pattern for Scottsdale Air Park so there is constant air traffic overhead. I don’t know why there were so many people flying in to Scottsdale at 5:00 am! The staff was super nice and accommodating. It is very clean and smells amazing, I was just a little disappointed that it wasn’t a little nicer for the area it is in.