Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park

I really wanted to like this hotel, but it definitely left me underwhelmed within the first four hours.
The lobby is aesthetically pleasing, as lobbies should be, but as I started settling down, I became increasingly disappointed.
— $ 13 for wifi? It’s 2016 — even McDonalds has complementary wifi. C’mon now!
— No refrigerator in the room. Turns out you can call for one though, so keep that in mind!
— Huge flat screen — I would’ve traded a smaller size for better picture quality though.
— When we booked our hotel, it stated that we had complementary breakfast. We were confused about the situation since we were waited on and had a bill at the end. Turns out that it’s deducted from our check-​out bill, besides the tip of course. I was pretty impressed by their selection though! The fruits were very sweet and they had sautéed asparagus and mushrooms in their breakfast buffet.
It’s a very convenient location, but for the price, I could definitely get a better room elsewhere.

Seriously one of my BEST hotel experiences yet. The room was impeccable. I arrived to the hotel tired and left completely rejuvenated. Donnell at the front desk was an absolute delight, a true professional. I travel weekly for work and I will most surely stay here again. Thanks again Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park

First night around midnight after I’ve managed to finally fall asleep, front desk called wanting to change our room to a higher floor level because apparently, they’ll have a bus load of children coming in and will be noisy. What I don’t get is that I asked for a higher floor when I made a reservation 4 weeks ago, yet at check-​in, they gave me a lower floor level and hours later after I’ve unpacked my luggage, they want me to move out and up to another room. So I took all the clothes that I hanged and repacked my luggage and moved past midnight. The room they gave me was descent except for the bed, which seems to sag on one side. I refused to moved again so I decided to keep the room despite the old bed but honestly, it’s not worth $ 245 per night. So during the course of my stay, I ate at the hotel’s Ellipse restaurant with my group of coworkers. The lazy waiter, without our permission, decided to split the bill between all of us and gave us all equal checks. My veggie panini sandwich at $ 20 was now twice as expensive. So be warned when you eat at Ellipse, they will likely split the bill in a group unless you specifically asked. My experience at Marriot was horrible at best. Outdated rooms, front desk that won’t listen and mediocre customer service at their restaurant.

Friendly staff, well kept and clean. If I were to change anything it would be the lighting as it was hard to do my makeup with the dim lights.

I stayed here for the cherry blossom festival in D.C. and had a wonderful time. The hotel is absolutely beautiful! The outdoor area with the salmon/​waterfall is where I spent most of my time!
But there are some things they could work on.
The night shift life guard. nobody likes him. Literally every person in the pool each night made comments about how the night shift life guard was just plain mean! The life guard in the morning was AWESOME! He actually let us have fun without being weird about it, the other guy is like a nazi! Seriously dude. you’re a life guard. you’re taking life a little too serious. I felt constantly watched and it was so uncomfortable!
The other reason I gave this place 3 stars is because upon my check in I was asked to give a credit card for a $ 150 hold, which I expected and don’t mind … except she charged me for all three nights I was staying there. I had already paid for my stay through expedia so when I checked my bank statement I was shocked that all my vacation money was pretty much gone. It took me 2 days to resolve this and it really sucked. So make sure when you hand over your card you get a receipt!
Take away the staff and you have a beautiful hotel with free parking!!!
(The breakfast buffet is 15 dollars btw, not 10 so I walked away)

Decent. Expensive like DC is, but work is paying so who cares. Great water pressure, although a weird design that hotels are doing these days with the toilet and hand washing sink separated by a door knob. welp! Breakfast buffet is good but definitely not $ 17 worthy. Also, what’s happening to your mattresses? So firm I may as well have been sleeping on the floor. Pillows seem to have been downgraded as well. I buy their down stuff off the website, so I know what I’m talking about. #budgetcuts much?

Okay stayed at this hotel from friday March 18 through Sunday March 20. My family and I wanted to spend some quality time outside of NJ and decided to go to DC. Hotels in DC are expensive so I came accross this hotel in VA and booked it because of the metro nearby and convenience to get to DC. Well the guy at the reception was very cold to us. We didnt feel welcomed.2^nd the heat in the room did not work the first night. We spent the day out on Saturday on a rainy day only to come back to a cold hotel room when I called reception hey told me they are aware and are working on it and that it will take about 2 hrs no it took hours. I will not go back. Otherwide the hotel was clean.

This is a perfectly adequate hotel just outside of DC. Everything is really nice for the price point — nothing special compared to other places I have stayed, but the overall experience is an excellent value. Rooms are spacious, pillows are dense, etc. Even better, the hotel offers free parking in its attached garage. However, some things to note: a lot of the usual hotel amenities (breakfast, wifi, etc.) are a la carte. The room does not come serviced with a refrigerator/​microwave, so be prepared.
Attached restaurant/​bar is a straight ⁰⁄₁₀ would not recommend (see my review for more information on that disaster), but service was standard other than that.

This is a great Marriott and I’m happy to stay here as often as business takes me to the DC area. They offer free high speed internet to their frequent travelers, but it’s only on one device so don’t make the mistake I did and use it for your phone and not your laptop or iPad.
I’ve also attended several conferences at this hotel and the staff always does a terrific job catering and establishing a great set up for the conference.
The only notable note of caution I have is the parking lot out front of the hotel fills up quickly in the evening and the garage has an odd level label system (A, B, L for lobby).

Kinda of late but spent Thanksgiving in DC with the family and stayed at the Marriott in Falls Church.
Overall pleasant stay, great location, only 15 min drive to all the tourist spots in DC and really close to areas we wanted to eat (mostly K Town restaurants).
Breakfast buffet was a really nice spread and the room was nicely done.
I would recommend since price and location was good.

If I could have given this zero stars I would have. First, I came here for a work event, decided to split the cost of the room with a coworker since we were receiving a group rate. I called to confirm if I needed to do anything a week prior to our stay, they said everything was set. When I called the afternoon of my stay, they said they didn’t have a reservation for myself or my coworker, luckily, this was resolved quickly. At check in I asked if we could split the cost of the rooms right there, we had to work that night to set up for an event and then be at the event by 6am, I didn’t want to deal with everything that early, the guy said yes, took our cards and when he handed them back he stated he ran $ 44.50 on each. We went upstairs to our room, I noticed there was no fridge or microwave. So, I called the front desk as I was confused, they said they don’t keep them in the rooms and if they had one available they could bring it, put me on hold for a moment, then said they didn’t have any microwaves but could bring me a fridge in 10 minutes. 1 hour went by, and still nothing. No call, no fridge. I called back, and they said oh, it’ll be up in 10 minutes. No I’m sorry, just «they just put it on the cart now, it’ll be up 10 minutes». So, the fridge comes up, and it looks as if someone dropped it down the stairs, and a cat had attacked the outside of it. When I opened it up, it had smelled like a dead body was inside of it. It was disgusting, this is not an over exaggeration by any means, it was terrible. Also, the sink kept making loud gargling noises… We mentioned this to front desk manager who said «ok»… Nothing was done.
At this point, my gut instinct was to check my bank account. In which, I was OVER charged. My card had been run for $ 144.50. I had my coworker check her card, she was charged $ 50.00. I was totally pissed. I went to the front desk, in which they told me «it’s merely a tiny hold, it’ll clear for the proper amount.» I told them, this is not tiny to someone who doesn’t have a lot of money and has a car payment coming out In a couple of days and now it won’t be enough money or will be overdrawn. Totally offended. Then the night manager who seemed to not care about anything or anyone said I could call the bank at their desk… I didn’t have time nor did I feel I should have to stand at the front desk all night to correct mistakes they made. I was there for work, not this. I stood there for quite some time and couldn’t connect to anyone within the bank as they were probably closed. It was late and I had to get to working. But the thing that really got me during this was the front desk associate working next to the night manager said so rudely, «can you move over so I can help other customers»… Really? After this I was DONE. Night manager offered to «void the credit card charge and said maybe in the morning it’ll be gone and we can start over» ok cool whatever… He verified my card, and I went off to working and then to my room after.
In the morning around 5am, I noticed a paper that had been placed under our door… It was a receipt showing a $ 0.00 balance for my coworker. They voided her card and not mine, after they verified mine!!! Went to the front desk spoke with two associates who were way more friendly an apologetic, the manager that was working decided to take an additional 20 $ off the room. Honestly, this was not satisfying, I spent more of my stay worrying and upset and at the front desk then what I was supposed to be there for or relaxing the little time I had. She said she couldn’t do anything besides that and offer us some drinks from their concessions stand. Overall, I think my whole stay should have been compensated… Everything about this was completely unacceptable, I wouldn’t stay here again.

Great hotel. Low prices and great ownership of cleanliness. Best information for visiting the Capital and quick taxi service.

Where do I begin? This hotel failed on sooo many levels. Yes, I was lured in by the low, low rates. Yes, the photos of the pretty lobby fooled me into thinking we were getting a quality experience. But let’s go over the ways Marriott got it wrong:
— Swimming pool. My 5-​year-​old and 8-​year-​old were psyched to see an indoor/​outdoor pool, connected by a swim-​through area that goes UNDER a wall. What fun! Wait, not so fast… there’s a prison guard, I mean, life guard, beside each pool to snuff out any whiff of fun. I understand pools saying no diving and no horseplay (like «chicken») but this place actually prohibits jumping, playing and splashing. I mean, you can float in the pool silently, but that’s it. The guards stepped in and stopped my kids from playing anytime they tried. The hotel was filled with unhappy families whose kids weren’t able to enjoy the pool. Also, no food at the pool which was listed as #23 of 23 rules on the posted list, at the far side of the indoor pool room in 12-​point type. Somehow I missed it, and we were chased out with our pizza and had to eat it hunched on our tiny white-​covered beds in our room with our kids on the floor. Classy.
— Cleanliness. Black/​brown gunk was stuck to the glasses in our room. Ick!!! Also, the TV remote did not work
— TINY beds. Calling these «double» beds would be generous. They could not even fit two
rectangle pillows on the bed! The pillows were SQUARE! Don’t roll over in your sleep, you’ll be pillowless in one second flat… emphasis on flat.
— Shuttle to the Metro. Yes, they have one, but it runs only once per hour at the half hour, so you better plan well! The drivers were all very nice though.
— Breakfast. It was just not good, and especially not at $ 15 per person. Food was bland and cold. The only decent food was the omlette station, which at least used real eggs unlike the fake crud labeled as scrambled eggs on the buffet line.
— Pricey transportation. It cost a fortune to ride the Metro from this far-​flung location; I didn’t realize you basically pay per mile.
The pros:
— Nice fish tank near the lobby, which entertained my kids
— Nice staff everywhere, even the poor life/​prison guards, who seemed embarassed and apologized each time they snuffed out any and all fun and/​or signs of life in the pool.
— Free parking
I would not recommend this hotel.

Stayed here for two weeks on a business trip and my stay was decent. The hotel is very well kept and the décor is nicely done. The check in staff were always polite and fast, and my housekeeper did an outstanding job keeping my room neat and tidy. The room was spacious and the bathroom functioned very well. Instant hot water on the 11^th floor. Parking is complementary which was also very convenient. There were, however, some fairly significant negatives. First and foremost, everything at the hotel has a price. There were absolutely no freebies. No complementary continental breakfast or even coffee, which is not friendly to the long term guest. The gym is very small and running on one of its two treadmills gives you claustrophobia. If you are not a Marriott rewards member, the internet has a daily fee of 12 plus dollars for standard speed and more for fast internet. A colleague of mine stayed at the Homewood Inn and Suites, which is a comparable hotel just two miles away and basic food and drink along with an on demand shuttle was included in the price. I wish I’d stayed there instead because I wouldn’t have spent so much money in the overpriced hotel restaurant. The problem with this particular Marriott is that it’s fairly isolated. There are no food options within a reasonable or safe walking distance, so after a long day you often succumb to ordering room service or eating at the restaurant, and I’m sure that’s by design. The other negative that I’ve also read in other reviews is that it’s frequently used for child sports tournaments and the kids tend to run wild. I waited almost 15 minutes one Saturday night for an elevator because the kids were playing in them.

Although a bit far from the city, and not on the metro, this hotel was great for my boyfriend and I to stay at for the night this past weekend! They have FREE parking (garage and lot) which is rare to find at a hotel in the DC area. It was priced fair at about $ 140 for the night. The lobby was beautiful and they have event rooms off to the side (there was a loud Bar Mitzvah party going on at the time of our arrival), as well as a full bar and restaurant off of the lobby. The room was spacious enough and the bed was «sink in and don’t want to get out» comfortable! The shower was large, which I like, and the water was not finicky, which is sometimes the case at a hotel. There was a coffee maker in the room (always a plus) in addition to a hair dryer and an iron. There is an indoor pool and a gym as well. The closest metro is a far drive though. We drove to Pentagon City, parked for free in the Pentagon lot, and took the metro into DC. My bf and I were both happy with our stay here and would certainly stay here again in the future.

Although not really near anything the hotel is really nice. The rooms are larger than normal and very clean. They have a decent size convention facility and during my stay the Navy was having a medical conference with Doc’s from all over the world.
They have a decent restaurant and bar in the lobby with a nice happy hour. They have free parking which in the DC area is extremely rare. Not only is it free but they have two parking garages conveniently located next to the hotel.
The staff is excellent and they go out of their way to make your stay special. I called for a refrigerator for my room which was promptly delivered in 5 minutes.
The Concierge Lounge is really nice. The morning hot breakfast was really tasty with a decent deletion of breakfast items. The evening food is really nice to include hot items and yummy deserts. Lee who runs the Lounge in the evening is truly a sweetheart. Super helpful and very friendly. If she met you once she remembers your name and welcomed numerous guests by name and even mentioned when the last time she saw them. A true Cheers experience. She made the lounge a fun place in the evening and everyone praised her as they left. Thanks Lee — looking forward to my next stay!

Overall this is a nice hotel however there is an issue that would prevent me from ever staying here again. It seems that this hotel is a magnet for school field trips. Hundreds of teenagers throughout the hotel. I was awakened by a group of them at 12:30am crank calling guests. They called several times and even after I took the phone off the hook they left about five voicemails. When I called the front desk the clerk I spoke to seemed annoyed that I was bothering him said there was nothing that could be done.
Reading other reviews it seems that the massive amount of teenagers has been an issue before. They must tolerate this because it fills rooms.
It’s a shame because this is a really nice hotel.

When coming back to our room after room service, there was blood on our sheets and blood on our towels. Other than that, my two nights here were fairly okay. Fairly.

When you walk into the lobby, you are super impressed at the size and the décor. It has a little bit of an Arabic feel to the decoration. The hotel check-​in seemed flawless. However, they didn’t give us the correct information on the refrigerator and microwave. They also didn’t tell us about the parking around the corner. We were driving around the lot during the night time looking for a spot. Then, we went in again to ask for additional parking and then they told us.
My dad got Elite Membership for the room, so I really believed the room was going to be amazing. The room was a bit mediocre. It is relatively small, there are barely any outlets, and the cleaning lady didn’t clean the room in between days. It was a bit of a let down. The complimentary thing was only internet. Everything else was mentioned to us, but they all cost a lot of money. I was not that impressed.

Rund um Washington DC kann man im Gegensatz zu New York und Boston recht günstige Hotels buchen. Wir hatten uns aufgrund der Nähe zum Zentrum von Washington für das Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park entschieden.
Am Hotel gibt es ausreichend kostenlose Parkplätze. Direkt am Hotel ist ein kleiner und sehr schöner Park der zum relaxen und spazieren gehen einlädt. Die Umgebung ist ruhig und sehr gepflegt. Zur Stadtmitte braucht man ca. 15 Minuten mit dem Auto.
Der Check Inn im Hotel verlief problemlos. Unser abweichender Wunsch zur Buchung nach einem Zimmer mit 2 Queenbetten wurde kostenlos nachgekommen. Die sehr schön gestaltete Empfangshalle war sehr beeindruckend.
Das gut ausgestattete Zimmer war sehr gepflegt und ließ keine Wünsche offen. Vom Zimmer hatten wir einen schönen Weitblick. Die Betten waren sehr bequem. WLAN war auf dem Zimmer kostenpflichtig.
Im Hotel gab es einen großzügigen Pool, der eine Verbindung zum Außenpool hatte. Ein gut ausgestattetes Fitnesscenter konnte kostenfrei genutzt werden. Restaurants und Bars waren vorhanden, wurden aber von uns nicht genutzt. Das Frühstück hatten meine Mädels angetestet und waren hellauf begeistert. Hier blieben keine Wünsche offen, zudem wurde Starbucks Kaffee serviert.
In der Lobby ist das WLAN kostenfrei. Ausreichend schöné Plätzchen zum Sitzen sind vorhanden. Am Wochenende sind überwiegend Touristen, in der Woche überwiegend Businessleute im Hotel.
Ich kann das Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park uneingeschränkt empfehlen. Wir haben dort schöné 3 Tage verlebt.

Came here for a Dental CE Course.
Free parking available with a plethora of spots. Spacious hotel. Clean and organized. Restrooms were clean. The course took place at their Ballroom. It’s big. Water bottles, cups, complimentary organic hard candies, and writing utensils were all neatly placed on each table. Employees did a great job refilling the coffee/​tea stations. The lobby and public areas in the hotel were all well decorated and roomy.
I’m glad the course took place here.