Review: Marriott Madrid Airport Auditorium Hotel

Would you recommend paying the 40 euro surcharge for the club room if you weren't the points guy and it weren't your job? Honest question, not trolling.

I stayed at this hotel for a conference last year before it was rebranded. Wow - what a huge improvement!

The one thing that really bothered me was how difficult it was to get into Madrid itself without going back to the airport. I had to cross the expressway next to the hotel, walk quite a ways to a bus stop, and then take a local bus to the end of one of the metro lines. All in it was 80 minutes to the city centre. Did you see any mention of a city shuttle?

For a budget option the Ibis Madrid Barajas is perfectly fine, particularly if on a quick overnight - shuttle takes about the same amount of time as noted above, and I paid £39 booked in advance recently (ca. $50). Not a hotel to spend lots of time in but it's quite new, beds are comfortable and I slept well.

Ben, you could've worked all the day in the lounge instead of a lobby. Normally when hotels are not able to fulfil late check out requests they at least let you stay in/use to refresh when you come back a lounge. I experienced that dozens of times at various Marriott and Hilton properties. It's never been an issue and in fact in most cases front desk staffs offered that themselves.

Thanks for the review. I'm a Marriott Gold, but never stayed at this hotel. It looks indeed nice and the lounge is impressive (the spread is more than good by Hilton/Marriott standards in Europe). However I always find hard to justify paying 100-120+ eur rates for Marriott when there are Crowne Plaza MAD for 50-60 eur, Hilton for 70 eur and Melia for 50-60 eur around the airport.

I guess the guy at check in, allthough he came off as rude, was telling you the truth about the food hours for the lounge. Very surprising they do it that way. Maybe cause it's near the airport or has a lot of conferences.

Could you have stayed at the executive lounge after checkout to do your work?

For loud big hotel: check out the Sheraton Macau when you are in HK next time.

Like the review of this property. Still amazed how you manage to snap so many pics without any other people in it...

You had Vichy Catalan!!! My favourite sparkling water... =)

The no room service 24/7 is what stands out to me if I was traveling like you it would be a must have, I imagine its a money thing for the hotel.I wasnt impressed with the rest of the hotel

Hi Lucky

You did not mention anything about the evening beverage service. Just beer and soft drinks or did they have a full bar service? If no dinner snack/meals I would guess they saw no reason to have wine and liquor either?

Best ever executive lounge was the Prague Hilton which served meals all day and well into the night and all the international beverages you could possibly desire. This was a few years ago so it might have changed. Hope not!

After re-reading your Hilton review, I'm curious you would return there over this, even given your status. Everything about the Marriott seems better than the Hilton other than perhaps the crowdedness. It really looks like a nicer hotel.

Any restaurants or cafes in the hotel?

"as I was landing at around 2PM, and departing at 11PM the following night"

Well, that isn't always the best schedule for airport hotels...maybe a day trip into the city is in order? How accessible is it to Madrid proper from the hotel?