Courtyard Philadelphia Devon

DO NOT STAY AT THIS HOTEL!!! My room was dark and unclean – there was only a sliding glass door and no windows. The bed was poorly made and the linens wrinkled and rough. The staff said they have a contract with SAP. I did not see one female in the lobby at dinner or breakfast. There was loud noise in the halls as the boys came up from drinking. It is not a safe feeling for females to stay here. I felt as if I was in a college frat boys house. There are serious management problems at this hotel.

If you’re a family, DO NOT STAY HERE! I booked a room for a family of four. The web site gave me a choice between a room with a king and no roll away bed or for an extra $ 100 a room with a king and a sofa bed. Remember when hotels were family friendly and had two queens? Those days are gone.
When we arrived we found the sofa. We pulled out the bed. It was unmade. The mattress looked as if it had been left on I-​476 so that it could be driven over. It was misshapen. It was stained. Urine? Vomit? Semen?
My wife called downstairs. The desk clerk Told us to make the bed ourselves. Evidently maid services are a thing of the past at Marriott. The hotel management knew four people were going to stay in the room. Why wasn’t the bed made? Does Marriott expect kids to sleep on the floor?
We had to search the room find the sheets. They we’re in the closet. There was no mattress pad. Do my children need to sleep on such filth?
I called down and asked to have the bed made or be switched to two rooms with a king each. I was told that they couldn’t do it and if I was unhappy I should tell the manager in the morning.
I wouldn’t stay here even on business. The competitors’ rooms and service are superior. There was not even a telephone at the desk.
A complete rip off for families. Avoid.

I stayed at this hotel during Dressage at Devon 2014. The hotel was very up to date. My room was clean and in pretty near perfect condition. The bed was so comfortable and soft! I really enjoyed my stay and it is a quick walk to the horse show and if you are hungry Whole Foods is across the street. Thank you for a great stay!

Apparently I haven’t stayed at a Courtyard in a long time because this one was way nicer than I remember them being. The lobby was very contemporary and boasted seating around a large screen TV, several PCs/​Printers for internet use, a quick dry goods store and the bistro that served breakfast/​lunch and dinner.
The rooms were very spacious. I had one off the courtyard that had a small balcony off it looking over the fire-​pit and towards the indoor pool. The room itself was fine, nothing stands out, but nothing was wrong. I will say it was a very full hotel, yet very quiet.
They have free wi-​fi, but they limit the bandwidth, so if you want to stream you may have to pay $ 4.95 to upgrade your connection.
All in all it was a good stay. Near restaurants, easy to get in/​out of, quiet and clean — that is all I need!

Completely average hotel — noting to rave about, nothing to complain about. Adequately clean. Average soft bed, huge TV, comfy couch, decent work out facility, small pool, lots of fluffy towels. Rooms were small, not sure i could have shared the King room without climbing over each other to get into the bed. And where a third or fourth person would go for the pull out couch is a mystery. Free wi-​fi was adequate for my purposes, could even stream Netflix early in the am in the gym, but not later in the day in my room — assume more guests using the bandwith. Quiet space for working and sleeping. I would stay again

Now this is what the Sheraton Vally Forge could have /​should have been. I was put into a gorgeous suite with living room and bedroom. The amenities are standard Courtyard fare and the bed is comfortable. The A/​C is reasonably quite and the temperature well-​controlled.

Full disclosure: my wife works for Marriott, albeit in Chicago.
I still can’t get over the changes Marriott Courtyards have made since I first started using them over ten years ago. When I stepped into the lobby to check in this evening, it smelled great. The woman who checked me in said they had shrimp dumplings tonight. If I didn’t have a dinner meeting already planned, I would have stuffed myself silly before I even got to my room. Love the décor. Love the giant information monitor. The staff here is friendly and engaging. Check-​in was a breeze.
The common areas such as the hallways look like they could use a refresh, but the room looks like they have been renovated recently. Nice, big 37″ flat-​screen, and actual HD channels for an HD TV. I hate hotels that have nice TVs and only SD channels. A/​C and heat is supplied by a wall unit, but it is controlled by a digital thermostat conveniently placed on the wall near the entrance.
The Internet is free or you can opt for a $ 4.95/day upgrade to satisfy your streaming needs. I didn’t go for the upgrade. The free Internet is fine for me, but it does hiccup from time to time.
The $ 150/​night rate I got seems pricey for this type of hotel, but it’s competitive with nearby hotels at the same service level.
Oh, if you work for SAP (I do), there’s a free shuttle to campus in the morning and back in the evening.

If you’ve found yourself here, it’s likely because you are on business somewhere randomly outside of Philadelphia. Let me start by saying that the staff was extremely friendly and the lobby was very nice. The little café/​bar they had came equipped with a decent selection (don’t get the salad unless you like iceberg lettuce with uh, peanuts in it.) Breakfast is quite good though and you can easily take it to go.
You can have the nicest lobby in the world, and make everyone feel like they are in some business class hotel in Oslo… but at the same time the beds here for more than 1 – 2 nights are not recommended (I was here for 5 nights.) If they would just invest in some better bedding (you know, like the crisp ones in Euro hotels…) and not the cheapy cotton stuff, I think it would have turned to a better night for me. Pillows, lumpy…
Also, just because I say I don’t mind what floor does not mean that you automatically put me on the first, next to the elevator, by the ice machine when you obviously are not full.
I might be a little bit sour because I was stuck here during the blizzard of the century in Philadelphia, but a little more creature comfort (for the price of $ 150 a night!) would have been nice.