MARRIOTT HARBOURFRONT

Tricky at first to find the entrance and parking, but easy wants you get it. Good service at check in and out, parking under hotel was very convenient for a fee. The hotel bar has a huge terrace, and we enjoyed that outdoor experience when we returned one night. Brilliant location on the waterfront where one can walk, eat and drink for hours. Liked the modern bathroom and the room furniture. There is no room safe a huge miss for us. Not inexpensive due to high demand, never really sure if such high rates are worthy or not.

Second yearly July visit to Halifax. This hotel is great! Best location right at the end of the Boardwalk, walkway to the Casino, delicious food, and friendly/helpful staff = PERFECT! Large room with good AC and yes this year there is a safe in a drawer. New MClub room was one of the best. We enjoyed a full breakfast every morning from either the full menu or the buffet; and with our status, we could have our friends join us at no charge (that has never been allowed in any Marriott clubroom).

Our daughter said we should stay on the waterfront, and we followed her advice -- the location was the best: easy access to the boardwalk, far enough away to be quiet. Our room and bathroom were great, my wife enjoyed the indoor pool, and we appreciated the walkway out of the hotel that let us avoid the steepest hills. The hotel's Achilles Heel was the single working elevator in the North building, whose doors had no ability to sense an arm, body or stroller before closing fast and hard. It was a running joke with guests: we saw strollers slammed, and a gentleman dropping everything in his hands upon impact. We suspect that same problem affected the non-working elevator, so folks (including us) tolerated the problem because there was no other way, apart from stairs, to reach rooms.