This place fails on every level
I stayed at the Courtyard Marriott near downtown Seattle for 4 weeks on business, and was displeased with almost everything about my experience.
Housekeeping:
The housekeeping here is awful for a couple reasons:
- Since my stay spanned 4 weeks, I needed to use their laundry facilities every weekend. The first weekend, I got extra quarters so I would have enough for the following weekend. I left them in a stack on the dresser near the TV and the next day found them to be missing. Okay, maybe the housekeeper mistook the change for a tip; I called housekeeping and got my quarters back (they also supposedly covered some of my parking, I haven't confirmed this yet). That week I had some spare change from purchases that I left in my room, but I decided to leave them in a different spot, near my keys, and this time scattered, not neatly stacked. Again I came back to find my change gone. I'm not convinced this is an honest mistake by the housekeepers.
- On the weekends I put the "Do Not Disturb" sign on my door since I would be in and out a lot and be spending some time in my room. The housekeepers do not understand this at all. If they saw me coming or going, they would harass me to let them change my garbage and linens (yes, harass is a strong word, but they would stop the door from closing and go in even while I was saying no). One day they just knocked on the door and let themselves in while I was in there. Twice they called my room to make sure I didn't want service. I think "do not disturb" is a pretty simple concept: DO NOT DISTURB, period.
Restaurant:
The restaurant is just plain bad. I learned to stop eating there after the first week.
- Everything is over-priced ($13 for their standard burger, $11 for a green salad, $18 for a chicken and rice entree). I think this is to give the impression that they're a high-end restaurant, but see my next point.
- I had a couple bad experiences with it that showed the incompetence of the cooks. The first was when I found a plastic bag corner in my grilled chicken sandwich; it was a clipped corner from the gaucamole bag (apparently paying $14 isn't enough to get fresh gauc). The second was when I ordered their burger, and the plate and bottom bun were covered in ground-beef blood; the burger was slightly undercooked, but it wasn't leaking blood, so the blood must have been on the plate when the cook put the burger on it. 
- The breakfast buffet is a little better than the standard free continental breakfast that most hotels have, but then again you're paying $11 for it ($13 if you want eggs and meat). Although the spread was good, everything there was mediocre. 
Other:
Not just the restaurant is over-priced; they rape you for everything extra. $20 per day for parking is an insult when I was already paying $1000 per week to stay there (I guess this was their corporate rate). I could probably go find street parking for cheaper; so much for valuing your customers. The "market" downstairs by the lobby offers items with a pretty hefty markup. I once got a small TV dinner and a pack containing 2 fig cookies and it cost me $10. This type of markup is something that you see at amusement parks, and there you know you're getting taken advantage of because you have no other options, but how is this acceptable for a pricy hotel?
There were a few things that weren't sub-par:
- The room has nice furniture, a big flat-screen TV, and an okay bed. 
- The fitness center has some weights, a couple benches, and a few machines; nothing spectacular, but it gets the job done. 
- The guest laundry facility was acceptable too, they take quarters and only charge you what you would expect to pay at any laundromat.
This place would be okay if you're staying for a short trip and plan to be out of your room and eating out the whole time. If you're staying for a week or more, find a place that cares.