Residence Inn Raleigh Crabtree Valley

I had booked this room for my birthday and I had a few people to come out to celebrate with me. Granted we are all 30+ so we know how to sit around and be social adults without being loud and belligerent. Mind you the hotel is full this weekend because there are events going on at the PNC Arena as well as family reunions and I believe a wedding.
An hour after checking in the guest services person comes up and says my guests can’t walk through the halls with bottles of beer ??? I’m puzzled because nobody with me is drinking bottled beer and I showed her I only had bottles of liquor in my room. She states that it must be another guest/​party on that floor. Ok fine.
Not even 30 mins later she comes back and says a guest walked past my room and smelled marijuana! WHAT!!! Lady this is a non smoking hotel and my guests don’t smoke why would I do this knowing you can call the police or have me kicked out. By then I had had it! I went downstairs and wanted to talk to a manager who wasn’t available and these guest service workers were the rudest of rude.
Finally I just demanded my money back and left. A day later I contacted corporate who has yet to contact me back. Needless to say I will not being staying there again and I don’t recommend them to any of my friends.

Stayed here for two nights on business — clean large rooms. Bed is a bit soft but I like that. Free Internet and good wireless coverage throughout. Free hot breakfast and light dinner and beer weeknights, too. Reasonable rate and good location next to the mall. I’d stay here again.

Spent a week here for corporate training. The hotel shuttle is extremely convenient as they will pick you up at the airport as well as drive you to area locations. They will even pick you up! The staff were super friendly and accommodating. Free breakfast is offered every morning and there is a happy hour every evening.
The only complaint I had was that I had the most difficult time falling asleep. The room was fine and the bed seemed comfy but each night, I was up way past midnight unable to sleep. I have stayed at numerous Residence Inns and this has never happened.
There is a large mall within walking distance which is also very convenient. In addition to shopping, there are plenty of decent restaurant choices.
If you like to run, there is a trail close by. It just get pitch dark after the sun sets to be cautious.

Nice hotel. Friendly staff. Large rooms. After a very long day of working in heels I totally used the garden tub in my room and sat by the fire in the living area of the room with a glass of wine! Has a k8ten with stove top, full fridge, microwave, and dishwasher so if you’re there for a few days you can eat healthy instead of going out. Or prep cook food for the rest of your week to make life easier while traveling for work. Close to shopping, grocery store, and starbucks! I would definitely stay here again!!!

I booked a room here this past Thursday using Marriott rewards points, so I didn’t want to go overboard on the usage (category 3 if you’re a rewards member). This is by far the most impressive Residence Inn I’ve stayed in! I had a clean, quiet, and very spacious room, yet the pillows were terribly uncomfortable. I like it when hotels give you different pillow types (soft, medium, firm) to choose from. This place does not…
Overall no «real» complaints, and I’m a frequent traveler (Marriott Gold Elite member) so this opinion should not be taking lightly. The location was in the rather busy Crap tree mall area but with easy access off of/​on to hwy 440.

Stayed for one night, very clean & new. Great nights sleep even though we did not check in till after 1am

I stay at this location on a weekly basis while traveling for work. Location is convenient to the mall, shopping and dining. The rooms are nice with a semi-​full kitchen (no oven), but fully stocked with dishes and large fridge. The rooms are clean and only had a few minor issues that were addressed by front desk very quickly. Rates include breakfast and dinner.

Pretty decent. $ 109/​night for a regularly available weekend discount rate got us a studio room with full kitchen (their definition… and it was close, but my definition includes a 4-​burner stove and an oven. But it was perfectly usable and included accouterments for 4). It looked clean, thank goodness! It even had a small deck I could roll the desk chair out on and smoke my cigar at night and Facebook on the free WiFi.
The front desk was helpful and polite the two nights we stayed. The hotel has a kitchen with room service, and a full bar (at as-​usual high hotel prices).
The work out center was sparsely equipped, but reasonable for a hotel, with 2 treadmills, 2 ellipticals, and 2 recumbent exer-​cycles (all with their own tv monitors and iPod hookups). There is also a mat, dumbbell set and exercise bench. For the love of all that is good — get some new towels down there though! Those bad boys looked like my laundry after 3 months in Afghanistan!
For those that want a more serious workout environment, the hotel has an agreement with a local gym for free guest access (I cannot comment, didn’t go to see it).
The hotel is pretty closely located to Chapel Hill, Apex, Durham, and Cary, and the assorted colleges and universities. Also, it is about a half mile from the Crabtree Mall if shopping is your thing.

I stayed here last week for a work trip. Spent the night Wednesday and had our meeting there Thursday. The hotel was nice, the room was huge. I was given a handicap accessible room (i did not need it) but everything was fine. The bed was not the most comfortable, and it was a double. That was surprising to me. I know my husband and I could not sleep comfortably in that size bed. But, since it was just me it was fine.
The TV had a lot of stations which I loved. There was also free Wi-​Fi in the room and I love that. If i had to come to Raleigh for multiple days, I would stay here because you can bring food in and cook it in your room instead of being forced to eat out for every meal.
Breakfast in the morning was good, lots of hot items as well as cold. I had eggs, sausage, a biscuit and gravy. Definitely not on my diet, but good nonetheless.
My company’s meeting was in the Capital Room, their meeting room. It was a good size for the 25 people we had in the meeting. If we had many more people, this room would be too small, but it was fine.
Lunch that they provided was not stellar. The deli meat on the sandwiches just seemed like it came out of a package. It was OK– nothing spectacular. The market they have near the front desk is good and has lots of options for drinks or snacks. I saw an on site laundry facility so that would be great if i needed to stay longer.
if i come back to Raleigh and my company tells me to stay here, I will. It was great.

New and clean. Food included (breakfast and dinner) and free beer… always worth a star. Price was good as well

This was a non-​revenue trip, so I stayed here to save money. I had a clean, quiet, comfortable room, but the bed was so soft I needed a chiropractor when I got home.
Marriott: It’s time you followed Hilton an put descent bedding in every room. Even the lowly Hampton Inn has a great bed.
I will not be back to a Marriott property unless it’s the last resort.
The so-​called ‘high-​speed’ internet is a dribble-​rate DSL. I ran the speed test at Speakeasy and it was an underwhelming ~300kb/​s download. I got better speed from my Verizon broadband card.

I come to Raleigh semi-​regularly as we have a Engineering/​Development center here, on NC State campus.
Unfortunately we have group rates at the Marriott properties at Crabtree Valley area, so usually where I end up.
I normally shun Residence Inns… I am not a fan of their normal townhouse style, somewhat cheesy places, and poor quality bedding etc when only staying a night or two.
Raleigh was nearly booked this week for some reason, so travel had to put me here.
I was pleasantly surprised. Its definitely better than the icky Fairfield next door, and on par with their Courtyard. Rooms (at least these floors) are more normal hotel room like. With a better couch, small kitchen with appliances and small kitchen, including granite counters (!). Flat screen TV, and a pretty decent bed. I can’t complain at all.
The foyer and dining areas have been renovated and are a plus. Their free breakfast is pretty decent, and more than the continental crap (sorry this lad needs protein). At night they serve free beer and wine and usually some pasta for the cheapolas. You can spend your daily allotment for food expenses on a bar tab somewhere if you wanted. :)
I also like they have a fridge with some decent micro brews, beverages, and you can grab a few, charge them to room, and bring them up.
Still not sold on Residences overall but this one is reasonable, comfortable, convenient location, and zomg you can grab a nightcap until 10pm, even in the bible belt! :p