Courtyard Denver Stapleton

Nice and clean, good place to stay for a night.
Full disclosure, I landed about 9 p.m. and left the next morning at 7:30 a.m., so I did not judge this place based on location. Like other people said, it is a little difficult to get to. I did end up doing a couple u turns. They put up a sign with an arrow pointing where it is, but in my opinion it is in the wrong place. My problem was I turned left too soon, instead of going straight and turning left onto the road the Marriott is on. It is easy to spot with the large Marriott sign, but you can accidentally end up back on the highway.
I believe this hotel has recently gone through a renovation. It reminds me of every other Courtyard I’ve been to, with a Bistro (closes at 10 p.m. and opens at 6:30 a.m.) and a very clean modern look. Random, but I liked the style of the sofa in my room. They give you a parking pass to put on your car, but I don’t know why, since who would want to park here if they weren’t staying here. Like others said, not much around here.
I had a very easy time checking in and out. The people at the front desk both times were very nice.
If you’re just looking at a place to sleep for a night, I don’t see anything wrong with choosing this place.

If you are a pedestrian or cyclist and like being stranded, this is the hotel for you. The Colorado Front Range Trail is a stone’s throw away with access to anything you might need, but you can’t get there from here without climbing over abandoned shopping carts and wading through homeless camps. Just another Courtyard in an awkward location.

Funky location good price good location once you figure out the roads… entrance under construction gps wont work. Contractors tried to paint our balcony at 1pm… it took a call and visit from front desk to get them to stop. Room was clean… no room service… no restaurant either. Bell service was wanting…

Shuttle was willing to take me to a neighboring hotel

The hotel is currently under construction; however, they are offering free breakfast (cereal, juice, yogurt, toast, and coffee to make up). The service was great! We asked for spa and mani pedi recommendations and Brittany (at the front desk) printed directions and 2 suggestions of each. We were also able to do early check-​in on Saturday morning as well. Very pleased with the service.

We really enjoyed staying here as it was very clean and comfortable. A nice place to relax. The only drawback is that it is such a pain to find, as others have mentioned. There were detours around the area and it was tough to navigate in and out of there.
Fortunately, there is a taxi service adjacent to this hotel so you can always grab a cab pretty quickly if you don’t want to bother driving.
I’d absolutely give this place 5 stars if it weren’t so hard to find! Took forever!

I’m a loyal Marriott member and Courtyards, I’ve found, are universally the same. Except for this one. No bistro. Just a Fairfield-​like breakfast buffet ($ 12). The gym boasts 3 treadmills in poor shape. And then…
Upon checking in, I was handed a piece of paper that detailed information about the local moth population. «Odd,» I thought, «This must be a hot spot for entomologists.»
As it turns out, the moths are infesting the rooms. I killed 2 as soon as I walked in by laying a beat down with the Courtyard Marriott Informational binder. They are fairly large. Takes some force.
I left for the evening since I was disgusted with my room. When I returned, the John Candy of moths was in my bathroom hovering around the light like it was a funnel cake. After swatting it with a towel while shrieking, it gave up and succumbed to the sweet release of death.
The room was so disgusting, I switched hotels. Such a shame too, because the constant detours from construction in the area were really allowing me to explore new and interesting traffic patterns.

First, the negative: If you are not familiar with how to get to the Stapleton Marriott Courtyard, you really need to pay close attention to a map and take careful notes and memorize the route in advance so you do not miss the landmarks. Here are the directions for those who have not done it before:
From either I-​70 east (coming from Kansas or from the Denver Intl Airport) or I-​70 west (coming from the mountains), exit to Quebec Southbound. Take the very first exit ramp on the right and stay in the extreme left lane of the ramp. At the top of the ramp, and well before the railroad tracks and stoplight, turn left (to the east) on to 40^th Avenue Eastbound. Signs are almost non-​existent. Then, GO STRAIGHT (EAST) toward the credit union building. DO NOT TURN LEFT BACK ON TO QUEBEC NORTHBOUND. After you have gone past the entrance ramp for northbound Quebec, then turn left (north), go past the entrance to the Doubletree Hotel, past Enterprise Car/​Truck rental and the Marriott Courtyard is directly in front of you. Turn right one half block and then left into the hotel driveway. Coming from Quebec northbound, starting from the intersection of Martin Luther King Blvd and Quebec, go north on Quebec, stay in the extreme right lane. As soon as you cross the railroad tracks, make a right toward the Eagle Credit Union, THEN left parallel to Quebec, go past the Doubletree, past Enterprise Car/​Truck Rental and the Marriott Courtyard is in front of you.
Now the positive: The staff is absolutely outstanding. Most have been at the hotel for many years. They know their way around and they know Denver and Colorado. They will give you good advice on everything from how to get to events (Broncos, Rockies, Stock Show, etc.) to where to go to shop, for restaurants, how to get to Cherry Creek Mall without taking freeways, when you need to leave to make a flight at Denver Intl. Airport, weather in the mountains, road conditions. You name it, they know it. There is close, low cost shopping at Stapleton (where the airport was but is no longer) and every price range of shopping at both Cherry Creek Mall/​Cherry Creek North.
Second: the hotel has everything you expect at a Marriott. Immaculately clean rooms. Everything works. Electric outlets where you need them on desk, bedside, at the bathroom sink. You can charge your cell phone or plug in your CPAP without having to crawl under anything or move anything. Ditto your laptop. There is almost always coffee in the lobby. There is always coffee in the rooms. The hot tub and pool are clean and open almost all of the time. I am lobbying for 24 hours for the pool. So far unsuccessfully. The staff can get you a small refrigerator and I think they can get you a microwave for the room. And if not, the microwave at the front desk works and the front desk pantry has a brand new refrigerator for ice cream bars and other frozen or cold snacks.
Third: You can be in court or at a meeting in Downtown Denver in 15 minutes without taking a freeway. Quebec south to Martin Luther King and MLK west until it becomes Champa Street and then Broadway or any of the other streets of the downtown grid. I have done it in less, but I do not recommend driving that fast on MLK.
Fourth: If it is winter and you are headed for the mountains, but I-​70 is sketchy or you have arrived at DIA but your skis (or golf clubs, or other stuff) has not, do not head west to Vail, Breck, Keystone, Copper, Aspen, Steamboat, etc. and count on an airline to get your stuff to you in a reasonable amount of time. Stay overnight in Denver until you have that organized, which is generally the next morning. The Stapleton Strip of hotels, which were built when there WAS an airport, combine for well over a thousand rooms which are reasonably priced and where your stuff can catch up to you before you disappear into the mountains.
Finally, if you have an odd unpleasant incident. this Marriott operation is the best I have ever seen at fixing it. Most years I spend 20 – 30 nights a year with them, out of a total of about 150 nights a year on the road. They are top notch. They are not perfect; no one is. But they are very very good.

Was given keys to a room with towels and empty bottles strewn across the floor. Then asked for another, clean room, and was given keys to yet another filthy room with unmade bed and old pizza. Finally given a room that was clean… and it was tolerable but on ground floor with cars pulling up outside the window all night.
Told to walk to a hotel down the road and pretend I was a guest there in order to get airport shuttle service.
Disappointing.

A friend of mine is staying here and says everything is great. Clean room, nice size TV, and a great place to stay for the price.
Within minutes of all the Stapleton shops great places to eat and shop.
One important thing to note is this place is hard to get to if you don’t know how to get there. We drove by it several times looking for the entrance. WTF — I don’t want to get on 70 I just want to get to the hotel.

I’ve stayed quite a few nights here over multiple visits. I keep coming back and there are reasons for this.
* Spotlessly clean rooms. I mean really clean!
* Quiet
* Attentive staff.
* Very close to all the Stapleton restaurants
It is a little hard to find the first time but my GPS was up to the challenge. I’ll be back.

Exactly what the previous reviewer said. I used to stay at this hotel off and on from 2008 til mid/​late last year and it is definitely a clean hotel. Fresh towels, clean bed– always my main requirements. The front desk staff is attentive – always upbeat and welcoming you with a bottle of Fiji water (awesome in the dead of summer!), yet finding this place for the first time is a nightmare. With the way the Denver exits and streets are, you continually turn your self around a million times before finding your way there. Once there though, its ‘easy’ enough to find your way around.
Its a hop, skip, and a jump from Stapleton where there are lots of great restaurant and, best of all, a Super Target! :)
The other downfall is that at night, it gets VERY dark – not exactly the ideal location for a female business traveler and the main reason I switched to another location.
I did get snowed in for a few days while in Denver once and the room was comfortable enough to cope for two days:)

It’s a place to lay your head. Room is clean. Staff is really nice, welcoming and helpful. BUT… location very hard to find. Gps or any map direction steers you wrong. We got turned around and ended back on the freeway twice… another random guest staying here says she got turned around x4! The parking lot and left side balconies have a «lovely» view of an alley/​underbridge decorated with litter, toilet paper, darkness and random fears. We had to park on that side and come back to our room very late. sometimes after midnight… wasn’t a great feeling each time we parked. Our room was clean. Bed clean. all was well inside. No kitchen, microwave, fridge or extra frills. although there is microwave in the lobby that we were happily given permission to use. Breakfast isn’t free!
Not far down the street (driving) are a lot of grocery, fast food and shops to choose from.