July 2008. I was in Sacramento for some business and stayed at one of the newer properties downtown. I have stayed here before and previously had a good experience here. Check in was smooth and welcoming. The garage is next door and there is a bit of a walk if you're hauling lots of lugggage.

My room was one bedroom suite. The A/C vent is not over your face when on your bed in the one bed room suite. The room was clean. Small living area and kitchen. The facilities are only about a year old. I was on the third floor in an inner suite but it was amazingly quiet during my entire stay at this property.

There was a small desk, small table and two chairs. One chair and small sofa. There was a flat screen t.v. in the living area.

The bedroom was small and featured a comfortable bed. The bathroom was small but water pressure was good and temprature was good as well. The room was cleaned and well cleaned each day. The bed was comfortable. The air conditioning kept me cool but it was a noisy unit and made significant noise when it "clicked on" and "clicked off."

The gym was small and well used in the evening. The A/C vents do blow in your face on some of the machines. There is also a small pool outside and had moderate use. The free breakfast was average for Residence Inn properties but there was plenty of space to eat. There is also a large lobby for Residence Inn property and free internet access as well on the first floor.

I recommend the following eating establishments in Sacramento. Indo Cafe in Old Sacramento for Indonesian cuisine. Siam for Thai food on Franklin Blvd. The Tea house for Dim Sum on T street. J.R. Texas BBQ on Otto Circle. New Canton for Chinese on Broadway.

We played golf on the weekend at the Cache Creek Casino & Hotel in the Capay Valley, about 60 minutes west of Sacramento. the Capay Valley is the largest grower of organic food in the United States. The Cache Creek golf course is called Yoocha De He. I was a bit disappointed in the resort course.
Nothing really special. The buffet at Cache Creek casino was good!

I recommend the Hiddenbrooke Golf Club, former site of the Samsung Women's LPGA tournament in Vallejo for a challenging and scenic course. For a tight challening course, I recommend Wildhorse in Davis. For value, the Rio Vista Golf club in Rio Vista.

At the Residence Inn, the parking is extra and a bit of walk. The A/C is suspect. But otherwise, I can recomend this property.

If you are looking for a suite type of accomodations that offers a kitchen. The suites are small but offer a working kitchen, are relatively new and clean. The beds are comfortable. The room is quiet.

We stayed at the Residence Inn for three nights at the end of July to attend a wedding. Having experienced excellent service for the previous three nights at the Bay Landing Hotel in Burlingame, San Francisco, we expected nothing less from the Mariott Residence Inn.

During check in, I asked the clerk to confirm that they had received my booking (done a few months in advance) request for a portable crib. It didn't seem like the request was on the booking, as she had to ask a porter to send up the crib. When the porter arrived with the portable crib, he stated he didn't know how to set it up. At the Bay Landing Hotel, the portable crib was already set up in our room prior to our check in. The crib mattress even had a fresh bed sheet wrapped around it.

As with previous guests, the air conditioning vent blew directly at the bed, but we had to keep it on to drown out the loud music that was blaring from the bar across the street.

The next day when we returned from our day trip, we discovered a large black garbage bag which contained garbage and dirty towels that was left in our room! I think housekeeping wasn't paying attention.....
No one picked up the phone when I called both the front desk and housekeeping, so I had to go down to the front desk and inform them of the garbage bag dilemma. The clerk called housekeeping to address the problem. We left the garbage bag outside our room and it was eventually picked up.

We took the advice of a parking attendant and decided to park on the street and feed the meter (Free parking on Sundays).

Other than the above problems, we enjoyed our stay and appreciated the convenience of having the kitchenette and supplies especially when travelling with small children.

Reservation was handled efficiently and reception efficient and courteous. Staff enthuiastic but seem to be new to the hotel industry.
It is difficult to imagine that the room was designed by someone with experience staying in a hotel - there is no towel rail in wash basin area and the air conditioner vent blows directly onto the bed and is not adjustable. Cooking smells from a neighbouring room permeated everything.
One excellent feature is the ample drawer space.
The location is superb.

My husband and I stayed here one night in late June 2008 and had a very good experience. As other recent reviewers have noted, the staff is attentive, the decor tasteful, the beds comfortable, and the location cannot be beat. The quality of the free breakfast was pretty good--cooked eggs and everything--and there's a very nice looking bar off the tasteful, comfortable lobby with lots of nice chair clusters. We did not experience any of the noise that others have mentioned. We did not use the pool but our room looked right down on it and it did seem kind of oddly located, like there's nothing to look at but buildings. Also, it took my husbamd a pretty long time to go get the car from the parking lot. Still, I would definitely come back to this hotel, especially if I was staying 3 nights or more. Let me also point out that not only are the kitchens very nice, the hotel actually offers a grocery shopping service: if you give them your grocery list by 9am, the groceries appear in your kitchen by 5pm that evening! And there is no charge for this service. I think that's amazing. I like to cook, so having groceries delivered would be a huge plus for me. All in all, the Residence Inn Capitol Park is a great place with lots of major pluses for the right kind of traveller.