Terrific location but familiarize yourself about the parking.
Stayed one night here with my 80 year old parents. Nice room with 2 queen beds. Paid $40 more for a harbor view room and it was well worth it. This view of the Inner Harbor is one of the best in the area. Good shower, nice bed.Clean. Had the $18 Sunday breakfast buffet which was good with good service. Nice omlettes made to order - they even had egg whites and crab to add to it. .....Upon arrival to check in, there was a manager(?) giving out minty lemonaide (and then spiked it if we wanted it :):).......A nice touch as we walked in tired, weary & hot. We checked in on a Saturday and the hotel was sold out & busy. So that little drink took the edge off of waiting to check in. There should be a rope to keep order at the front desk because when many showed up to check in, everyone kept asking "Are you in line?"....This hotel is right in the middle of all the action, which I wanted so my parents could get around easy if they wanted to go out. There are also taxis lined up right outside on 2 sides of the hotel if you need one. Not happy with a few things: First was parking. The hotel is attached to the Gallery Mall and underneath the 2 attached buildings is the underground parking which will cost hotel guests $28 added to your room charges. There are NO signs that would indicate where you should park for this hotel unless you have been a previous visitor or someone told you beforehand. So, by mistake I parked in the next building (thinking I had the right building) for a $15 fee then I transferred the car to the Gallery Mall Parking Garage and paid $28 on top of the $15. I complained to the front desk and 2 people told me the same thing and that was the hotel doesn't own the parking garage so they can't put a sign up....That's about the dumbest thing I ever heard. I can't believe that a Marriott can't put even a sidewalk sign up for their hotel for the amount of money I spent on a room. You can go in and out without an additional fee. So, if you stay at this hotel, either valet park for $40 or be sure to pick "Gallery Mall" parking & the fee will be $28.00 for hotel guests. Take the ticket to check-in and they will give you another ticket that allows you to go in and out.......The other thing that drove me nuts were the pillows. They were square shaped and high like fat ravolis, not rectangular like normal pillows. I didn't notice this and went to bed very late. I couldn't sleep at all with these stupid pillows as I was propped up on my back or if I was on my side, my neck bent. At that time in the night, I wasn't about to call the front desk and order new pillows, sit and wait up for them, etc.They were awful. The bed was very comfortable but I couldn't get comfortable with the pillows............Because this room faced the harbor, I did notice it was a bit noisy from sirens, etc. even being on the 9th floor, even very late 1-2 am.....Also, elevators are very slow. There were even lines waiting for people to get upstairs, not all the time, but enough for me to have to mention it here...There is also a fee for in-room wireless internet, which I'm tired of paying, so I didn't get it. There is free wireless in the lobby...... Didn't use the pool & hot tub, but it looked ok.....Again, the nicest things about this hotel is the view, and you are literally steps away from the water, restaurants, water taxi, etc.......We also ate at the Rusty Scupper restaurant on the other side of the harbor. Wonderful water views for almost all of the tables. Terrific food & service. Expensive but we all enjoyed our meals. We took a taxi there and found out that the Rusty Scupper has a nice van that will pick up and take you back to your hotel, so we utilized this for the ride home.