I was visiting friends in the area and made reservations using the Marriott Points for 2 nights. I was suprised i was even able to get the points savers award only a week before the stay.
The lobby area was very welcoming and clean. Staff was very friendly. Check in was smooth and fast. Got the requested room no problem, (low floor, 2 queens beds) and of course, the hotel is now a non smoking hotel, which as a nonsmoker, am thrilled!!
The room itself is huge and SUPER CLEAN!! I was very impressed. Although i am usually impress with the Marriott chain, but this was beyond my expectations. Also, the bathroom was huge!! It has granite sink and granite walls in shower..VERY NICE!! The room also has a mini refrig. and microwave.The hotel pool and Jazuzzi was very nice, nice size for a short stay. We had buffet breakfast the 1st morning and it was a little choas. There was only 1 staff who did everything (register, food, clean tables, etc)I acutally felt sorry for the guy who was working so hard. Halfway through eating, they pulled 2 more workers into the resturant to help him which again i was impressed that the Marriott management reconizing this.
Smokey Bones and Red Lobster right next door. Very convenient walking distance.
Overall, i give an excellent review of the hotel and staff. I would defintely stay at the this hotel in future when i come into the area again.

I stayed here for a weekend about a year ago and the staff was very accomidating. We had the jacuzzi suite for our 2nd night, and loved it. Not too much to eat if your stuck at the hotel (we made countless trips to the vending machine), but the restaurants across the street are delicious!

I have stayed at this Courtyard many times, and I always have a great stay. The rooms are clean and large with a large and updated bathroom. They recently updated the bedding, so now they have a soft mattress and thick, cushioned bedding that is SO much better than the flimsy blankets and sheets that you get at many midline hotel chains. They have free coffee available in the lobby all day and also have a small gym and indoor pool. There is a restaurant on site that I have never eaten at, and within walking distance (in the same parking lot) there is a Smokey Bones and Red Lobster.

The location provides easy access to the Long Island Expressway and other local highways and is about 10 minutes from Long Island MacArthur Airport. You can also walk to the Ronkonkoma train station for the Long Island Railroad.

I've stayed in many of the hotels in this area, and I like this Courtyard the best by far.

Worst check-in that I have ever experienced. Krissy B. was rude and loud the entire time, beginning with her claims that I didn’t book my reservation through Travelocity. I had to walk to my car and get my laptop to SHOW her the reservation! At this point, she never even apologized, kept insisting she didn’t receive the fax from them, and changed her story about the reservation. She even said, if there is a problem (b/c we’d requested a non-smoking room), that she would send us to the Hyatt. This is the most unprofessional, condescending person I have ever encountered in the hospitality industry. Finally, she proceeded to blame all the troubles on Travelocity - I have been booking travel with them virtually since their inception, and I've never had any problems before! In the end, they even ended up charging my fiance and I twice - once on my card, and once on his card which we used at check-in, and now I have to dispute the duplicate charge. (I just discovered this, and I am livid.)

One more thing - since they only had smoking rooms, I asked to check it out first, so that if it smelled, we could switch to another before bringing our bags in. She offered to spray instead. I have asthma, and have never had any other hotel decline my request to check the room out first. The only positive aspect of our entire stay was the fact that the room actually ended up not really smelling badly.

Stay away from this specific Marriot Courtyard. I WISH someone had given me that advice before hand.