Larry's Snack - Shirlington

Underrated, this place deserves to blow up! Allahu snackbar

On check in the place was really busy with busloads of kids also waiting for their rooms. At one point I asked the front desk staff if we would be on a floor with the teens as our last experience at a Marriott in the area was not good and I didn’t want a repeat of the same sort of experience. That couldn’t be guaranteed as the kids were pretty much located on every floor. Nothing against kids or teens at all, we had our own teenager and a baby with us. Front desk staff was apologetic for the delay in check in and gave us a discount on parking. We didn’t ask for it, but the gesture was greatly appreciated. The hotel was quiet and the only issue we found was that the breakfast area was quite busy due to lots of hungry teens in the morning, all of whom I should add were very polite and respectful. I would consider staying here again on future trips.

NOISY! This has to be the noisiest hotel I have ever experienced. In addition to the street noise, and it’s not even in the district!, the doors slam shut. LOUDLY. So loud that it’s startling if you happen to be asleep, which is difficult because of the construction noise right beside the hotel. Also, the bed is terribly uncomfortable. Very disappointing for a Marriott hotel.

I chose this hotel for the proximity to the airport and closest metro station as the hotel provides a shuttle service to each. The shuttle runs every 30 minutes to each of those locations and during our 3 day visit, we utilized this service every day. The shuttle was on-time every single time. The driver even assisted with loading/unloading our bags at the airport pick-up/drop off. Check-in was pretty seamless. Front desk workers were friendly, helpful and very professional. Our room was spotless and the beds were very comfortable. The free breakfast had plenty of options and the food was good. We did not use any of the hotel amenities since we basically just used the hotel for a place to sleep and transportation during our short visit, so I can not speak of those. While we were there, we wanted to explore Alexandra, Arlington as well as DC. This was a perfect location for doing just that. I would highly recommend this property to others, especially first timers to the area. We had a great vacation!

We were going to be staying in the Washington DC area for a week. For the first night, I wanted a hotel right near the airport because we were arriving late in the evening. I made a reservation at the Residence Inn Arlington Capital View and received a confirmation. In the airport, we easily found the free shuttle to the hotel. We intended to get dinner in the area after checking in. There are many restaurants within walking distance of the hotel, which is one of the reasons I 'd selected this hotel. The shuttle got us to the hotel at around 9 p.m. We waited in line at reception while other guests checked in. When it was our turn, the receptionist could not find our reservation. He went to find the Operations Manager, who came out and told us that they 'd accidentally overbooked the hotel and they 'd had to cancel our reservation. However, they 'd gotten us a room at a sister hotel across town, and the stay would be complimentary. They would send us there by cab. We 'd need to pay for the cab ourselves, but we 'd later be reimbursed upon emailing them a receipt from the cab driver. The cab reimbursement would be by check sent to us in the mail. The hotel we were sent to was a SpringHill Suites. While a complimentary stay was a nice gesture, the hotel was awful. There was no place within walking distance to get a meal so we had to settle for snacks from the hotel 's snack area. We bought Hot Pockets to microwave in our room, but the microwave was broken. The room 's air conditioning system cycled on and off every five minutes all night long and was very loud and rattling, making it impossible to sleep. A huge group of 8th graders was staying that night, for their class trip, making it a challenge to use the breakfast area in the morning. But at least it was free. I emailed our cab receipt to the operations manager of the Residence Inn Arlington Capital View, the person who had told me I 'd be reimbursed. It has been six months now and the reimbursement check still hasn 't come. It 's not enough money to worry about, but on the principal of the matter, I 've emailed the operations manager about it several times. He keeps promising that a check is on the way. At one point he said that a check was sent. However, we never got it.He then said he 'd verify that it hadn 't cleared, and if this was the case, they 'd mail another. To date, there has been no reimbursement check. It 's been six months! The cancellation of our room with no prior notice, news given to us at the reception desk at 9 p.m., and the broken promise about cab reimbursement, are the reasons for my one star rating.