we arrived early to the hotel (approx 10:30 am) check in wasnt until 3pm, but we thought that we would take a chance with the front desk The front desk manager was very polite, but took our cell phone number and said that they would call us if anything became available. My family and i visited the local mall and we recieved a phone call from checkin with in 40 minutes.
the lobby of the hotel is attractive and well maintained, however, it ajoins an enormous greatroom that doubles as an eating/ loungeing area. A little noisy .... but the buffet style breakfast(which is included in the cost of the stay...) is well worth the trade off! They also have dinnner meals that are included in the price of your room if you stay during a weekday. The room was nice, not overly so....but clean. The queen bed was very comfortable, but i had made arrangements, when making my reservations by phone, for a "no-cost" roll away bed to be delivered, and after settling in, i called housekeeping, where they had informed me that the ROLL AWAY BEDS WERE CONSIDERED TO BE A FIRE-CODE VIOLATION.. AND WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS LOCATION.. She switched me to the front desk, where the manager offered to try to find us a different room that would accomadate us, but we decided to stay and 'make-do' in the room, since we had already unpacked all of our things.The grounds were well maintained, as well as the pool, jaccuzi and fitness center and there is no charge for over night parking.
There is a local 24 theater across the street,a Red Lobster, Pizza eatery, some shopping, and a block down there is a Starbucks. Further(approx 3/4 mil) is a large shopping mall with MORE theaters, shops and eating. The California Exposition is further away...over 1 mile... it could been easily walked, however, it was over 100 degrees and my family and i opted to drive & pay the $8 parking fee.

I have stayed in and around Sacramento in a variety of hotels as I have to travel on business from Chicago. After the last trip I will only stay here. The large suites are picture perfect, with tons of room if you're traveling with family. Wireless/Broadband is available, and you can literally set up a portable office in your room.
Like everyone, I want certain things when I stay.
Service: Great front desk people, courteous and responsive cleaning staff. Everyone goes out of their way to say hello.
Cleanliness: Very clean. You can tell that the staff do not do the cursory job you seem at some hotels. My rooms there have been sparkling.
Good cable TV: Yes, they have it.
Access to restaurants and shopping: Located on a drag near Cal-Expo, there is a plethura of fast food type places, and you're close to shopping.
Ease of ingress/exiting: Only drawback. Because the hotel is located on a busy street, traffic can be a challenge. If you have to cross lanes to leave then avoid rush hours.

My husband and I stayed one night at this hotel while visiting family in Sacramento. We chose this hotel due to its location in relation to the people we were visiting.

Our room was very spacious and well laid out - living room, dining room, kitchen combo downstairs and a loft bedroom upstairs. There were 2 bathrooms and there was also a murphy bed downstairs. It would be a nice arrangement for a longer stay or additional people since there was space to spread out.

The upstairs bed was reasonably comfortable and the linens were fine. We didn't try the murphy bed downstairs.

The room had been partially updated - new counters over old cabinets, older appliances, new carpet and window treatments, newer furnishings, old popcorn ceilings (and our room was upstairs with no one above, so no reason for a popcorn ceiling). Overall it was clean and reasonably well cared for, but there was room for improvement.

The hotel is located on a busy street, but close to quite a bit - so the location has positives and negatives, depending on what you are looking for.

The people at the hotel were very friendly and the complimentary breakfast was above average. The coffee was ok, but not great. We went down the street to Peet's to get our morning fix.

It's hard not consider price when rating a hotel room, In this case I paid $155 plus taxes for a "suite". Unfortunately this was a partially updated room (countertops and furnishings) but the appliances floors and cabinets were really beaten. When I arrived the room was about 90 F (no exaggeration!) due to a faulty bath heater.

I always stay at Marriott because of well-trained staff and well-kept rooms. This was an exception to the well-kept rooms experience. the room reminded me of one of the many recycled hotels that get re-branded when they fall into disrepair.

If I have other experiences like this hotel, I will re-think my Marriott preference.