Courtyard Dunn Loring Fairfax

Excellent. Worth a stay.
Highly recommended.
This place is a very nice hotel. The lobby is expansive with plenty of seating, a breakfast nook area, and more. Breakfast is pay-​as-​you go. But you get what you pay for. There’s a Starbucks concessionaire with light breakfast snacks in the breakfast nook area.
The rooms are spacious and well appointed. Some come with balconies. There’s an indoor pool and exercise room.
Rooms are well insulated and quiet.
Parking is underneath the building and provides plenty of space for guests.
The location is close to Route 50 and Gallows road and smack dab in the middle of the 50/​Merrifield/​Gallows Road retro build of shops, high-​rise buildings and stores.
We loved staying here. We’ll be back.
Stayed January 2016

We have used this hotel every time we have visited Washington DC in the past 10 years. It’s within walking distance to a metro station. It has always been nice and clean. During those 10 years, they have upgraded the lobby area and some of the rooms so it’s even nicer. There is no more buffet breakfast (which was so delicious) but their bistro breakfast is very good and they have a Starbucks. They have a clean indoor pool with a lifeguard. Yes you heard me right they have a lifeguard here. :) The rooms are spacious and neatly decorated. The showers are roomy. The hairdryer they provide vibrated so much it hurt my hand. I asked for a replacement and it was brought up ASAP. The customer service at this place has been superb every single time I have stayed here from the front desk staff to the lady who makes your coffee. The beds are comfortable, it smells nice and clean no strong deodorizers or that old hotel smell. And on a Saturday night you can have two queen size room with free breakfast for only $ 110 a night. You just can’t beat that! In the last couple of years they have really built the area up there are some terrific restaurants and bars within walking distance. If you have business in the Virginia or DC area or if you want a cheap vacation with your kids stay at this courtyard Marriott and you will not be disappointed.

I will first off say please don’t let the ending of my trip sway you. The trip overall was great. The check in was extremely smooth and the room was impeccably clean. There were two females that were working the desk several shifts that we were there. They were absolutely a delight. Sweet, charming, and the perfect face of Marriott. They made wonderful food recommendations and made us feel at home. The pool is smaller, but truly who is coming to DC to swim in a pool for hours on end? Not us. It is incredibly close to the metro and we went on it daily with a 1 year old. We are talking used it enough to ride it a bunch daily and still manage to walk 25 hours a day. It is amazing. I would stay there again in a heartbeat. The only thing that irked me… we checked out early, around 6am. I stood there with my 1 year old in a stroller and walked down and said I was ready to check out. The gentleman working the shift on Monday morning continued to ignore me after he saw us carrying stuff out, telling my husband I still needed to check out, etc. He was on his phone attempting to figure out mapquest. Not even kidding… gave me a play by play of mapquest on his phone but ignored the check out. I finally gave the stuff to my husband and walked out and all the sudden he got all the attention. That aside, a perfect stay and I would recommend it to absolutely anyone.

I’ve stayed at this hotel three times now. It is a nice hotel, but has been crowded out by a LOT of development. There’s construction everywhere, but it didn’t bother me. The walk to the Metro station is a tad bit longer, but a lot nicer when you see all the commercial development being added.
I didn’t have any trouble sleeping with the construction going on all around the hotel, but I do bring a fan wherever I travel to block out noise like this. My wife said she heard folks slamming doors at 7am a couple of times, but otherwise we all slept well.
I was a bit disappointed by the removal of their hot tub. You can see in the pictures this hotel used to have a hot tub and there’s an Emergency Stop button still on the wall, but no hot tub. Strange. I hope they’ll put one in again.
WiFi works great. I streamed Netflix the whole time I was there, as their TV choices are mostly standard definition and dull, but that’s not the hotel’s fault.
I noticed there were a lot of families staying at this hotel on the weekends, but come Monday morning it was all suits and high heel business travelers. Admittedly, the weekends are noisy with kids and families.

Upgraded to a room at the end of the hallway on the 10^th floor (thanks to my Marriott Platinum Preferred status), I found this to be an especially quiet property. Other than the idiot construction workers across the way who decided that 7:15 AM was a good time to start banging on metal bins to loosen dried concrete. Morons.
Free self-​parking with a couple of spots outside but four decks of underground parking were secured behind a rolling gate.
Courtyard properties do not have a free breakfast — that’s not their thing. But they do have a small market of snacks for sale and a restaurant in the lobby with computers and printers available. Fitness room and pool, for those who use such things. Free wifi now for all Marriott Rewards members, so just join the program and get access.
You can’t beat the location, a block from the Dunn Loring Metro station! Easy access to downtown DC on the Orange Line.

Spent two nights here this past week. Was very happy with my stay. Everyone from the front desk staff to the Bistro attendant was welcoming and friendly.
The room was very clean and updated, and the bathrooms sizeable.
The hotel is about a block from the Dunn Loring metro station, but there is a little construction going on so expect a short detour if walking that way.
The hotel is walking distance to a Dunkin donuts, and plenty of other restaurants right in that area.
Highly recommend!

Nice, clean, quite place. Food is decent and close to the metro (Dunn Loring) and Halstead Square.

Nice place. Convenient to the train station, clean comfortable beds and for the most part a great staff. The underground parking feels like a dungeon and the outside of the hotel looks like a hotel from 90’s but they have done a good job updating the inside. Plus there is a great restaurant, Blackfinn, just down the street that I highly suggest. Overall this is a good place to stay for a while.
One thing that would make this a 4 star place would be decent internet service. If Marriott’s are suppose to attract the business crowd, why in the world would you have internet speeds that compete with the dial up internet of the 90’s.

We stayed for two nights. Normal Courtyard room. Clean. As best I can tell, only one of the three elevators in the 10-​story hotel was operational. When brought to their attention via a telephone call from our floor following a 5+ minute wait with 8 other guests, we were forced to walk down several flights of stairs outside the building and around to speak to the front desk. They seemed unconcerned, to say the least, and smirked at me when I brought it to their attention. In short, we won’t be staying here again.

Its a nice hotel.however.there is a TON of construction going on right now on both sides of the hotel which they FAIL to mention when you book or check in. It starts at 0730 and we are on the top floor paying between 200 – 250 a night and it makes no difference. It is LOUD, annoying, and ongoing all day long! No discounts because they dont care! I tried changing rooms and they keep saying they are booked. The traffic noise starts at 0530 and is also annoying. So, do not come here if you want good sleep in the mornings!
The pool is a joke. It is a tiny, miniature, and COLD pool open 5 – 10 pm in the evenings. Hello! I have kids who want to swim in the 95 degree weather. I have to take them elsewhere. No breakfast, no coffee, but high prices. No thanks!

Nice new hotel with comfortable beds right by metro station. Staff was nice and they have a little pantry that is pretty well stocked. Walking distance to plenty of restaurants.
No complaints!

A great hotel for a Washington DC visit!
When we added the Capitol as a last minute stop on a cross country road trip, we wanted a hotel easy walking distance to the Metro, in a safe area, with free parking. This hotel met those criteria and more!
The hotel is clean. The staff is friendly. The area is very nice (with a variety of restaurants nearby). The parking garage is secure and accessible via elevators directly from the guest rooms.
The rates seem to be 40 to 50% less on the weekend (sometimes beginning on Thursday). Our total cost was less than $ 120 a night. It was an excellent stay.

If you are staying in Vienna for any reason, I would like to suggest the Courtyard. I just spent 5 days here on a business trip and must say that the whole experience was great, from the comfort of the room to the professionalism and friendless of the staff, the concept here definitely allows you to have a nice meal and relax.
Thank you for your hospitality!

Really nice location with plenty of amenities in walking distance including (and the major reason we chose to stay here) the Dunn Loring Metro stop across the street. (Essentially)
Inside there is a work out room, café, a little market if you need a beer (slightly expensive) and a few snacks
Underground parking for your vehicle if you have one
Comfortable room although it would be really nice to have a safe and also the placement of the full size mirror is odd I personally like them outside of the bathroom
There is construction going on right now which started at 7:30 am so you may wish to wait to book here until after the new building goes up, unless like me, these are minor annoyances (I can tone out just about anything !)
All in all very pleasant: close by: lovely new Target, black Finn restaurant, Lost Dog Café, matchbox (which has those fabulous cinnamon rolls), 0vvio Osteria, any many others!

Loved it.
I don’t think I’ve given 5 stars to a hotel before. Everyone was professional, the room and the surroundings were clean… almost like they were brand new. The pool was great, the lobby and lounge were top quality. It is next to the metro, so you’re close to anything. Absolutely will stay here again.

We stayed here yet again. The rooms are nice, the parking and wifi «free,» the Metro is a block away, and best of all is the lobby/​eating area. Rather than a formal lobby that looks like your granny’s living room, the lobby is livable. Computers. Big TV screens. Small TV screens. Recharging stations.
And as a result loads of people were actually using the lobby. Kids. Young adults. Adults. I like it.
Since last time we stayed here the neighborhood has gotten more interesting with loads of new condos, more restaurants and a new shopping mall where a multiplex cinema and its huge parking lot used to be.
My two complaints two out of five mornings there was no hot water in the shower/​bath at 9:30 when I was back from my run. And the A/​C has two settings: noisy and nosier.

Great place to stay when visiting Washington DC and Loudon County… right in between. Just one block from the MetroRail. Looked at all of the Orange Line stops and the Marriott has the best location. Both wireless and wired Internet but the wireless was faster but not blazing. Rooms were immaculate and the service was excellent from the front desk to the room keepers. Big desk for the laptop so I was able to keep it set up for the week. Indoor pool open until 10. No room service but the hotel’s Bistro was reasonably priced. Free parking.
I’m rating this hotel within its class. Unilocal has it as a $$ (Moderate) Hotel… and it’s a 5-​star $$ Hotel. I don’t understand all of the 4-​star ratings with nothing but laudatory comments. It isn’t the Ritz, but the nearby Ritz Carlton at the Tysons Corner Galleria which is a $$$$ (Ultra High-​End) Hotel and offers spas and afternoon teas also has a 4-​star rating but unless you’re not rating within class, it’s obviously a higher rated hotel.

I spent 4 nights here, and I’m kinda looking forward to going back.
Parking was abundant. Staff was friendly. Rooms were exceptionally clean.
My room was comfortable and I got an excellent price for it.

I’ve spent around 30 – 50 nights here over the last few years. As others have said, it’s isolated. If you don’t have a car, there not a lot of options to dine around here. However, it’s getting better. However, it’s always been my go to place when hotels downtown get too expensive.
I’m always amazed how downtown places can change from $ 150 to $ 450 week to week. When the price is too high, I just come here. I can eat a places off other stops. The remodel has been a success. The people are always friendly. The facility is better than most «courtyards». It really fills a need for me.

What happens when I exit Dunn Loring metro station, only to find my bus that comes but once an hour pull away? I hang out in the lobby of the Courtyard Marriott. They have like 20 different places for me to sit, and it took me a good 5 minutes to determine the best spot for relaxing and charging my phone. They have a bookshelf with some interesting books which I would read if I wasn’t so attached to my phone. In good weather I’ll probably start killing time at the Mosaic District when it opens, but this will always be my go to kill time spot in not so fun weather.
Thanks for not making me wait 60 minutes in DC’s humidity! You are a life saver!