Melbourne Marriott Hotel Docklands

Taken from our 7th floor Hotel room.

The Melbourne Marriott Hotel Docklands is conveniently located very close to the CBD of Melbourne. There is an excellent free transportation system with the trams that run constantly into the city center. You can pick them up at all of the different stations and be dropped off wherever you like within the city center for free.  The docks are located right behind the hotel and the city is more or less in front of the hotel. It is a very easy convenient walk into the city center which we've walked in and we've walked out. It is a very safe city to walk in day or night.  This is a beautiful city and the Marriott Docklands is no different.  
We had a very comfortable stay and we were upgraded to the M-Class level or executive level with my membership.  The room was not overly large, but it had definitely been renovated with a nice wood floor, a comfortable corner chair, a marble table, and two chairs, several closets, a really nice bench with marble to lay out your suitcase and a nice bathroom with tons of counter space, one sink and a large stand-up shower. I had requested a tub which normally I'd be upgraded to that but they were fully booked unfortunately.  
Walking into the room.s










Sliding double sided mirrors for the Bathroom and Bedroom.  Sorry I did not really understand this design concept.





We had a suite on the 7th floor which afforded a very nice city views and some of the water in the Dockland area with some boats for a view. We had floor to ceiling height windows on one whole wall of the room.
The bed was very comfortable and the room was very well lit and quite pretty and I did like the decor, it was very stylish. We had a corner unit so we were right on the rounded portion of this building so that was kind of neat. 
I had the buffet breakfast every morning and they have a very good spread and the food was very tasty.  The food in the M Club Level was great and the Rose Wine was lovely.
The staff here are very friendly and helpful and are good at their job.  We really enjoyed our five night stay at this hotel and would definitely return again.  It is a great location to be in close to the city center and easy to get to without the business of being directly in the city.

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