Hotel Marcel Solar Array

We spent 2 nights at Hotel Marcel this week moving in our Junior year Yalie. The hotel is very nice. Our room was clean, well adorned and comfortable. We didn’t have a car so there was no need for us to park, but it appeared they had a surface lot and I assume the parking was free. They did offer a shuttle that we used several times. The shuttle picked us up at the Amtrak Union station, took us to Tweed and also took us to campus.

The hotel bar has a small but nice selection of local craft beers on draft. As a craft beer fan I really appreciated this. They also serve the beers in nice stemware glasses and not shaker pints which is another detail I very much appreciate.

The room is fully controlled using a touch panel to adjust the temp, raise and lower the blinds and adjust the lighting. I was able to figure it out well enough but my wife found it frustrating.

There is no iron/ironing board in the room but instead the have a steamer. I used the steamer and it worked well.

The shower door swings into the shower which we appreciated as it helps to not have the floor a sopping mess after someone showers.

The coffee in the room is a nice “steeping” brand that is like a teabag. They have little electric teapots to heat the water and pour over the coffee. It makes a nice cup, but takes a little longer and is a bit messy.

The staff were all friendly, attentive and professional.

We did get some of the breakfast items and ate them in our room. The selections were adequate and the prices fair for hotel.

The walls were a bit thin. There was a loud TV in an adjacent room that disturbed us a bit as well as some laughing teenagers well into the late hours of the night/early morning.

Overall we enjoyed our stay and would certainly stay at the Hotel Marcel again.