Kingsgate Marriott Conference Center Hotel

On the lower end of full service Marriott hotels. The beds and pillows are not to the same level as most Marriotts and the air conditioner in my room was noisy. Room requests were not completed before arrival. All made for poor sleep. There is not a concierge lounge which is disappointing and one of the reasons to choose a full service Marriott. Overall this is not a location I would choose to stay at again or recommend for business travel.

Poor service for a Marriott hotel. Ordered a $ 36 steak from room service. A hour and five minutes went by and I called to see where my food was and found out it was never sent to the kitchen. They were nice enough to offer me my meal for free, but when it was delivered my knife had a green mystery substance on it. Gross!!! I’m not going to eat this meal now!

This is a great place to hold a conference or training. I’ve been to the Kingsgate Marriott several times for different events, including a national conference that I helped organize.
The staff was friendly and amazing from start to finish, especially Becky, the banquet manager! They accommodated everything we asked for and really helped things run smoothly. Free wifi was a plus!
We also had surprisingly great food at all the meals. At the last event I went to, the salmon was so good that I had to have more for dessert and ended up skipping cheesecake.
Their open reception area on the 1^st floor worked well for our evening reception. They set us up with appetizers, a bartender, and a small stage for the speakers. The space was great for mingling and networking.
In terms of location, the Kingsgate is walking distance to restaurants on short vine or ludlow ave (including Taste of Belgium, Hangover Easy, and Dewey’s pizza). It’s a short über or lyft ride away from downtown, OTR, Mt. Adams, or Hyde Park. You can either drive or take a longer walk to get to the restaurants/​shops in Clifton on E McMillan & Calhoun St.
Thanks for a great conference experience! :)

I had a great experience here on a recent two-​night stay.
Check-​in was smooth. Jen at the front desk was warm and friendly without being intrusive. The pleasant small talk was nice after a long day of traveling. My room was perfect — clean, well-​kept, and cozy. The mini-​fridge was a nice bonus with so many hotels now charging for them or removing them entirely.
Room service was on point. The server was friendly and asked about my visit, also without being intrusive, and then quickly left me to my dinner.
We used a conference room for a team meeting. The space was perfect for our needs and set up before we arrived.
Overall, I would stay here again if back in the area. Reasonable prices and a great, welcoming staff.

Very nice, my favorite place to stay when visiting UC or the hospitals in this area. They are all an easy walk away.
Staff were friendly, professional, and helpful. When you check in, you can self park, or choose valet.

Stayed one evening at this Marriott…
Staff were friendly, professional, and helpful. When you check in, you can self park, or choose valet. I did not realize that self park was available when I first arrived, but I took advantage of the self park the next morning before I left…
Room was clean, however, the shower area in my bathroom had a mildew smell to it. And the bed was far to mushy for my tastes.
There is a bar and restaurant in the hotel. The restaurant is called Caminetto’s and the bar is called «The Bearcat Lounge,» named after the Cincinnati Bearcats college teams from the University of Cincinnati.

Front desk staff is always super accommodating and helpful. Stay here whenever in town as Luke is at UC. Best place around UC to stay. Clean rooms, nice staff.

My adult daughter and I were in Cincinnati for medical treatment for her baby. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has a booking service for patients’ families with excellent rates at many local hotels. We flew into CVG and didn’t want to rent a car. The Kingsgate Marriott was the closest hotel to the hospital where we had back-​to-​back appointments for two full days. It is within walking distance of all the hospitals in the University campus area.
I was very favorably impressed with this hotel. We had connecting rooms, which worked out extremely well — especially with two bathrooms. Connecting rooms are one King and the other Double Double. There was a small fridge in each of the rooms. The beds were very comfortable, bathroom amenities were very nice, and I appreciated the lamps with charging outlets and nightlight feature. Each room had a desk chair and an easy chair, my daughter’s room had a matching ottoman and my room didn’t. Free wi-​fi was a bonus, my daughter was able to Skype with her toddler at home (with the other grandmother) each evening.
We utilized room service for most of our breakfasts and dinners. Surprisingly, the menu prices were the same in the restaurant or room service. A 20% service charge was added to the bill, so we didn’t tip. The desk arrangement and chairs in the rooms made in-​room dining very pleasant. I really appreciated that all the meals were delivered by female servers, this is important to me as a woman traveler.
I had forgotten to order a crib for the baby. When I called the front desk a brand new pack ‘n play mini crib was delivered to the room promptly — with linens. Throughout our stay we found the staff and service to be exemplary. We used the free hotel mini-​van shuttle to get back and forth to/​from the hospital, the drivers were very accommodating and polite.
My very minor quibbles would include poor bathroom lighting for makeup application, expensive prices in the lobby mini-​mart (but not unexpected), and there is a little noise from ambulances racing to the hospitals on Goodman Drive.
Overall, we had an excellent stay and the very professional staff helped alleviate our stress with my medically fragile granddaughter. We will stay at this hotel on several future trips to Cincinnati for baby’s medical treatments.

Meh. See check in comments. Don’t go out of your way to stay here.

This was sadly not a great experience. I traveled to Cincinnati for work, got stuck in Chicago bc of weather delays, and the hotel I emergency-​booked near O’Hare was 4x the quality and half the price.
The space and rooms are in dire need of an upgrade, the décor is threadbare, garish and, worse, smells antiseptic.
I was put in a room with a connecting door to another and was treated to someone’s loud phone calls and practicing Spanish guitar from midnight till my wake up time of 3:30AM. I could hear the voices, showers and toilets of all the adjacent rooms and there was zero soundproofing to the hallway, every whisper and sound from outside the room was loud and clear. I’m not even a person who is usually bothered by noise, so this is actually saying a lot.
I got to the lobby at 4am to call a cab and was there for nearly an hour; I’d never waited so long for a taxi at a hotel. If my flight hadn’t been delayed I would have never made it in time.
The people working there were very nice and helpful, especially the room service folks, the strip steak I ordered from room service was almost well done when I asked for medium rare, but very tasty with well-​prepared sides. It came very fast, too.
The gym was totally fine for my needs, and clean.
I get that the location near the school means a higher price, but if I’d been there on a personal trip I would have been incredibly disappointed by the price-​to-​quality ratio.

The staff are polite and professional, hotel is clean and free of bed bugs despite Cincinnati being rated the #1 city for bed bugs. However, the kitchen must learn the difference between salsa and pico de gallo. My breakfast was ruined since I was forced to gringo my eggs with ketchup! I was amused at the restaurant staff insisting that pico was salsa, until I told them I live in Texas, so I know salsa when I see it.

We stayed here because it was the closest we could find at the last minute to go to the Cardinal/​Reds game. Its a pretty good distance from downtown its about a 15 dollar car ride to the stadium. They have cabs coming through regularly so it wasn’t hard to get downtown. Our room was very nice and the bed was very comfortable. There is a lounge that is open until 12 and serves food until 11pm. We stopped by after the game and got shrimp and spinach dip it was amazing, may be the best dip I have ever had. There is no pool. Its on the campus of the University of Cincinnati and across from the hospital so you do hear ambulance sirens. Overall it was a nice hotel.

Overall this hotel is okay. The conference facilities are good and affordable. The hotel rooms are nice, but could use updating in the bathrooms.
The hotel bar is very nice and has a great staff.

Staff sis accommodating and attentive. All requests are met with a happy yes. I have had many events there and booked 20 rooms at a time and it has always been great. Breakfast buffet is great.

I’ve never stayed in a room here, only visited for conference facilities and drinks at the bar. Overall, it’s a pretty stale experience and kind of as expected. Most recently, I had a breakfast meeting and asked a staff member when I exited the elevator about the room, she personally escorted me to the room which was great service-​others in our party noted the same experience.
We have clients who stay here and have used the shuttle service, the hotel has a van, but the University shuttle also stops outside (as does the Metro 51) which will take you to main campus. I will say that there aren’t many easily walkable things in the area-​Short Vine which (Martino’s, Dive Bar) and the Cactus Pear would probably be your best bet if you’re looking to escape for a meal.

Generally speaking the Marriotts are my second choice to stay at. This one is a large conference center too with lots of meeting rooms. The restaurant is pretty good but the meals are a little pricey, even for hotel food. The exercise facility is pretty good but small.

Caminetto, their restaurant is nice, they also serve their local Graeter’s ice cream, made famous by Oprah, which you have to try if you’re ever in Cinci! the waitstaff is just amazing… the lounge, same experience. the hotel however needs some work… they do need a pool or spa! especially since there is nothing in walking distance… i spent free time for 9 days in the fitness center which wasn’t bad after i ate all that ice cream :/

Do not stay here if you do not have a car and intend to leave the hotel! The hotel property is smack in the middle of U of Cincinnati and the hospital and surrounded by a depressed neighborhood. There is NOTHING around. The hotel boasts a shuttle, but I never seemed to be able to use it. «Taxis» are also available, but by Taxi the hotel means ONE man named Fred who owns a Lincoln Town Car and who typically picks you up about 45 mins to an hour after he is called. (I used him 3x and it was almost an hour wait each time.) Of course, the hotel does not warn you of this and instead estimates a 10 — 15 min wait time. I was here for 3 nights and felt completely stranded.
Aside from that, the rooms are just okay. The furniture is dated and the pillows gave me a stiff neck. The bed itself is comfy, but with the cheap pillows, it doesn’t matter. Also, you can hear EVERYTHING that is going on in the hallway — sneezing, breathing, getting ice, etc. Who wants to be awakened to housekeeping knocking on every door?
I usually stay at the Westin when I come to Cincinnati, and that is where I will continue to stay.
(Oh, a selling point from Fred the taxi driver — «I like this hotel, it’s quiet. The Coroner’s office is right around the corner. You know they aren’t making noise there.»)

I recently completed a week long training class at Kingsgate, and while the conference rooms look nice and the amenities are O-​K, the tables and chairs were so uncomfortable that I needed to see a chiropractor at the end of the week.
There are several rooms available for rent. Ours was a one of the small rooms with folding tables and non-​adjustable chairs. One of the rooms is a large auditorium style from what I could see.
There is one, big island in the hallway where they set up the continental breakfast for the day. Kingsgate provided a different coffee cake each day, but the bagels and juice were a constant. One of the other groups, much larger than ours, actually had fresh fruit and an omelet station available to them.
Parking isn’t a problem with the attached garage, and you can pay a cheaper rate by buying a pass from the front desk at the hotel.
If given the option of attending a class here, or going to Duluth in January, I’ll base my decision on who has the better chairs.

Nice as one would expect from a full service Marriott.