Courtyard Altoona

Run of the mill Courtyard. Nothing fancy, nothing disappointing. Good stay. Quiet even in my room next to the elevator – surprisingly.

The canned response from management is a slap in the face to their customers. «The Courtyard brand has been designed to offer a modern a la carte menu in a bistro-​style concept in order to provide a wider range of options and healthier selections as an alternative to a free.» We weren’t the only ones upset as many other customers in the hotel got tired of waiting in line and left. A few others even complained about not having free coffee in the lobby. Why should I get bad food service at a hotel when I can go to an actual starbucks and get bad service? Just an FYI, the food offered was not anywhere near «healthier», just overpriced.
«In additional the our delectable Starbucks coffee selections in the Bistro, we still offer the convenience of brewing a notable individual cup of coffee in all guest rooms.» This was the same comment made to one of the other customers when he complained. I will repeat his words: «When you come to my room and make my coffee, then I’ll come back to this dump». He was obviously upset.
In summary:
–The regular coffee offered at the «bistro» was terrible (entirely TOO dark/​bitter)
–The food and coffee was TOO expensive (almost $ 5 for latte and $ 7 for a sandwich)
–The wait was entirely TOO long to order and then TOO long to receive our coffee.
Not only will we recommend not staying at this hotel, but any Marriott with a «bistro».

Staff was polite and courteous. The room was clean too. Breakfast at bistro was a good experience as well. Will come and stay here the next time I do.

I have mixed feelings about this Marriott. First off, it’s way overpriced. To charge $ 30 more to «upgrade» from two queens to a single king is questionable business practices at best. The room is nice enough, but not anywhere near the 159 a night they wanted. Your definitely not paying for a nice tv, as the roughly 24″ just doesn’t cut it these days. You’re also definitely not paying for breakfast as it’s not included in the room rate. What a joke. The upside was a modern feeling room. The pool looked pretty nice although I didn’t use it. If you’re willing to pay for it, it’s also nice having a whirlpool option available. If this courtyard was priced closer to the neighboring Hampton or holiday inn I’d still be here, however staff was unwilling to price match so they get one night out of me and somebody else can get the other 2 months worth of stays in this area that my job requires.

Good enough. Staff was nice and also had decent rooms. The ac is pretty noisy and the view is nothing but mountains but next trip here I’ll be staying again.

Fine for Altoona.

I typically stay at Courtyards and Hilton Garden Inns during my business travels — and so I was thrilled to find a Courtyard in Altoona, PA for my recent trip there.
Alas, three stars is all I can award for this hotel.
The lobby area is very nice and updated to meet Courtyard’s new marketing theme: «It’s a New Stay.» Unfortunately, the rooms themselves leave much to be desired.
My room was on the second floor. In the bathroom, there was a section of ceiling that had been patched — and something was peeling off the patched area. I touched the ceiling and a good bit of the material flaked off — like dead peeling skin.
The flat panel HD TVs have no HD channels/​programming available to them. And the remote control for my room was hard to use. You had to press the power button really hard and hold it for about 3 seconds to get the TV to come on. And if you wanted to cycle through the channels going up — you were okay. But if you wanted to cycle through the channels downward, you had to slowly, push down and press hard on the down channel button.
The room did have a small refrigerator. The bed was reasonably comfortable, although I would have preferred something with a firmer mattress.
The AC wall unit was set to 60 degrees when I arrived. But there was no way the air coming out of that unit was 60 degrees, I had to to turn on the fan full time to the room to cool off and not be stuffy.
Free internet access is provided — both via ethernet and wireless. The room was fairly clean.
They really need to do some work on improving this hotel.
The staff were a bright spot. Friendly, professional, and helpful.

Stayed at the Courtyard in Altoona last between meetings in Ebensburg nearby. The room was larger than I am used to from comparable hotels. The room was also very clean and in very good shape.
The only things keeping the Courtyard in Altoona from getting a fourth star are that I was unable to get my laptop connected the wireless. Even though I was able to get a weak signal from the Convention Center next door.
They also don’t start serving breakfast until 6:30 in the morning which doesn’t do any good when you need to be on site at 7. The breakfast setup did look very nice, although that might’ve just teased me more.
So the Courtyard in Altoona gets a solid 3.