Overview: Melbourne Marriott Resort | Prince of Journey

After an exquisite time in Tasmania, I headed again to Australia’s mainland for a fast cease in Melbourne to fulfill with a few of the Prince of Journey staff. Whereas I’d have absolutely favored to remain longer within the metropolis, time was operating out on our journey, and we had loads of household to go to inland.

Melbourne will be an costly metropolis for resorts, and since we had determined to cease within the metropolis on the final minute, we had been restricted in our choices. Many resorts had been absolutely booked or had sky-high costs, so we settled on a keep on the Melbourne Marriott Resort.

We didn’t spend a variety of time within the resort, as we had been out visiting with mates and having fun with the town. It labored out to be a completely adequate, if unremarkable, keep.

Melbourne Marriott Resort – Reserving

Having made our reserving on the final minute, we didn’t have a variety of choices accessible to us. After looking out round for offers on factors and with money, we opted to ebook an evening on the Melbourne Marriott Resort on an business price. 

Common money costs for the resort run at round $300–420 AUD ($279–390 CAD) all year long, with the common price falling someplace within the center. 

A keep booked with Marriott Bonvoy factors will price between 35,000–42,000 factors persistently all year long, with the common price falling nearer to 40,000.

In case you occur to have a Free Evening Award accessible, there’s an affordable case to be made for redeeming on the Marriott Melbourne Resort, particularly if the money charges skew greater. 

In comparison with our valuation of Marriott Bonvoy factors at 0.9 cents per level (CAD), you gained’t get excellent worth from a redemption. Nevertheless, there are actually worse methods to redeem factors.

Melbourne Marriott Resort – Location

The Melbourne Marriott Resort is positioned within the coronary heart of the town, steps away from lots of Melbourne’s important points of interest.

The resort is positioned simply down the road from the town’s Theatre District, which brings a variety of foot visitors into the world.

Many museums and landmarks, comparable to Parliament Home, the State Library of Victoria, and the Royal Exhibition Constructing aren’t distant, and you’ll simply get across the metropolis by bike, tram, or rideshares.

The Melbourne Cricket Floor is barely is simply 20 minutes from the resort by foot, as is the close by Rod Laver Area, which is the centre of the Australian Open.

Flinders Avenue Railway Station is lower than 20 minutes by foot or 5 minutes by automotive, which connects you to Victoria’s railway community.

Loads of eating and buying choices are near the resort, together with Chinatown. 

You will get to the airport in lower than an hour by public transportation, or in round half an hour by automotive.

Melbourne Marriott Resort – Examine-in

We arrived on the resort within the early afternoon following a fast flight over from Tasmania. Upon getting into the resort, there’s a wide-open area which ends up in the check-in desks straight forward, a café to the left, and the primary a part of the foyer lounge to the left.

There are seats unfold out throughout from the Government Lounge, which is tucked in behind M Bar, the resort’s foyer bar and lounge. This a part of the resort has been not too long ago renovated, which is hopefully an indication of issues to return with the rest of the resort.

Within the foyer lounge, you’ll discover a handful of gray seats and couches unfold out throughout a carpeted space. Nearer to the check-in desks, you’ll discover a few benches tucked in towards the wall.

We headed over to the check-in desk, which wasn’t busy after we arrived. The affiliate provided us a glass of glowing wine throughout check-in, which was a pleasant shock (particularly for a Marriott Resort). 

After acknowledging my Platinum standing, we had been provided a selection of factors, wine, or snacks as a welcome reward. We opted for a bottle of glowing wine this time, having loved loads of Australian wine all through our journey.

My makes an attempt at “suite-talking” previous to my keep by way of the Marriott app, in addition to in particular person upon check-in, had been unsuccessful. Regardless of seeing some higher-tiered rooms accessible for reserving within the app, we had been informed that the resort was full, however I wasn’t actually too fussed.

It’s price noting that the check-in course of appeared a bit disorganized, and took a bit longer than it often does.

As soon as we had been all set, we headed over to the elevators and down a bright-red carpeted hallway to our room on the seventh ground.

Melbourne Marriott Resort – Queen Visitor Room

The carpeted hallways had been an indication that our room wasn’t more likely to be a contemporary instance of a Marriott room, comparable to on the Prague Marriott Resort. Somewhat, upon opening the door, we had been greeted with boring tones and a room that was displaying indicators of age, regardless of having been renovated in 2011.

Upon getting into, there’s a small lobby to the left, which is house to a baggage rack and a closet. Contained in the closet, we discovered some crunchy bathrobes, an ironing board, and a protected.

Shifting into the bed room, the queen mattress occupies nearly all of the area. There are aspect tables on both sides of the mattress, with lamps inbuilt to the wall and a lot of plugs.

There may be an armchair and ottoman near the mattress, and on this space, you’ll additionally discover a minibar. Sadly, there was solely on the spot espresso packets right here, so we opted to get some a lot nicer espresso from one in all Melbourne’s many cafés as an alternative.

There’s a clear desk near the room’s window, which is the place we discovered a boilerplate welcome observe and a present of goodies. 

The window regarded out into the resort’s courtyard, which wasn’t exceptional by any means.

An affiliate introduced up our bottle of glowing wine shortly after we arrived in our room. There seemed to be some form of espresso or different darkish liquid spilled throughout it, which appeared like a little bit of service misstep.

The lavatory is positioned by means of the small lobby by the room’s entrance. It’s a reasonably compact and easy area, with a single sink, a rest room, and a walk-in bathe.

General, the room was completely adequate for our wants, however in no way was it memorable or filled with character. Particularly with common money charges of round $400 (AUD), and redemption charges that aren’t essentially a discount, the resort may benefit from up to date rooms to match the worth level.

Melbourne Marriott Resort – Government Lounge

The Melbourne Marriott Resort’s Government Lounge is positioned on the bottom ground of the resort. We loved entry by means of my Platinum standing, and company staying on sure flooring also can take pleasure in complimentary entry.

Night canapés and drinks are served nightly from 5–8pm. We popped in for a fast nibble previous to heading out in town. 

It’s a fairly compact area, and it was bustling each time we visited throughout our keep. Tables are positioned intently collectively, and you’ll have to manoeuvre round different company everytime you go to refill your drink or plate.

Throughout our keep, there have been a few scorching meals gadgets accessible, in addition to a salad bar, contemporary fruits, charcuterie, and pretzels. 

The Government Lounge additionally had a choice of mushy drinks, beer, wine, and spirits accessible for company. 

We loved a glass of bubbly and a few meals, which was okay. In case you’re bold together with your parts, it might suffice for a meal substitute. 

Within the morning, we got here right down to the Government Lounge for breakfast earlier than heading out to go to with household. Once more, it was a busy area, with loads of company having fun with a meal.

We discovered commonplace scorching breakfast gadgets accessible, together with bacon, scrambled eggs, fried mushrooms, and sausages, in addition to fruits, chilly cuts, cheese, smoked salmon, pastries, and yogurt. 

There’s an automated espresso maker within the Government Lounge, do you have to be within the want for successful of caffeine. 

The breakfast unfold was once more adequate to tide us over, however I couldn’t assist however really feel that it was a fairly commonplace providing from a resort that payments itself as a five-star property.

Melbourne Marriott Resort – Different Services

As talked about above, the resort’s foyer bar, M Bar, is positioned on the primary ground of the resort. The area has been not too long ago renovated, and it regarded like a pleasant spot to sit down and chill out with a drink.

M Bar is open from 4pm–12am from Wednesday to Sunday. 

The Essence affords trendy Australian delicacies in an informal setting. It’s open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner day-after-day, and appeared to even be newer than different components of the resort.

We didn’t go to The Essence throughout our keep.

The resort’s pool and health centre are positioned in the identical space. 

Very similar to our room, the pool and scorching tub displaying indicators of age, and it didn’t seem like a really welcoming place. There’s additionally a sauna tucked away within the pool space, which I sadly didn’t have an opportunity to make use of.

The health centre is positioned in a glass room between the pool and a small courtyard. 

The room was fairly small, and featured a fundamental quantity of apparatus, together with treadmills, free weights, and a strength-training tower.

I opted to do a run round Melbourne with my colleague as an alternative. 

Conclusion

The Melbourne Marriott Resort has an incredible location in downtown Melbourne, near metropolis’s many points of interest. Whereas the resort is displaying indicators of latest renovations, as demonstrated by the foyer bar and lounge, the remainder of the resort is due for a makeover.

General, I wasn’t notably intrigued by many points of our keep. The resort doesn’t appear to supply outsized worth for its common charges, and elite remedy didn’t really feel notably fulsome. The Government Lounge is a redeeming issue on the Melbourne Marriott Resort, though its measurement tends to remove from the expertise.

There are numerous different resorts to check out in Melbourne, and I’d be extra inclined to look elsewhere throughout our subsequent go to to the town.