Jw Marriott Camelback Inn Scottsdale Resort & Spa

“It just keeps getting better!”

It just keeps getting better! I have been visiting JW Camelback since being a child. I have visited the resort at least 15 times. This go around, we stayed in a suite that offered a private pool, two bedrooms, and a living room. Everything was beautifully decorated and clean. We plan on returni... more

It just keeps getting better! I have been visiting JW Camelback since being a child. I have visited the resort at least 15 times. This go around, we stayed in a suite that offered a private pool, two bedrooms, and a living room. Everything was beautifully decorated and clean. We plan on returning again next year! Highlights: - private pool - big pool - breakfast - Lincoln restaurant - everything was clean

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“A hotel where you don't get what you pay for”

I only stayed at the Camelback because friends wanted to meet there. The price per night was ridiculous considering the age and amenities of the property. It is a "resort spa" but you pay an additional "resort fee" on top of the very expensive room charge. All spa services, such as facials and ma... more

I only stayed at the Camelback because friends wanted to meet there. The price per night was ridiculous considering the age and amenities of the property. It is a "resort spa" but you pay an additional "resort fee" on top of the very expensive room charge. All spa services, such as facials and massages are an additional, inflated cost. They have a gym of sorts for working out, but it is not a well-equipped gym and it is very small, tucked behind the large pool. The food is only average. Rooms are spacious but not really distinctive, but I have stayed all over the world at beautiful hotels that charge considerably less. Unless your idea of a great vacation is sitting around a pool and getting 'free' prickly pear margaritas in plastic cups I would skip this place. There is nothing really extraordinary about this hotel other than the price.

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“Comfy room, but small pool area and overall could use some updating”

We spent one night at the JW Marriott Camelback Resort over Memorial Day weekend. One of us is a Titanium member and we used points to book the room. We got a complimentary upgrade to a room with a large sundeck along with a small balcony. There were a number of positives. The bed was the usual... more

We spent one night at the JW Marriott Camelback Resort over Memorial Day weekend. One of us is a Titanium member and we used points to book the room. We got a complimentary upgrade to a room with a large sundeck along with a small balcony. There were a number of positives. The bed was the usual comfy Marriott bed and pillows, and the temperature control was great; we slept really well. The bedroom décor was updated, and we had a little wet bar with a mini sink, mini fridge, mini Keurig and microwave. There was a separate additional vanity/sink area outside the bathroom. Great wifi in the room. Parking is convenient and there’s a lot of it scattered around. The landscaping was very pretty, with multitudes of heat-loving flowers and plants; there was also great bird watching! They put in an excellent fitness center in the new spa/pool complex; the fitness center (but not the new pool) is free for resort guests. For breakfast, we chose to take the complimentary breakfast buffet in lieu of banking some extra Marriott points, and found that breakfast was good and extensive (scrambled eggs and eggs to order, tons of fresh fruit, cereals, yogurts, bacon, pancakes, smoked salmon, and so forth.) Staff were friendly. The negatives were disappointing for us: the pool is shockingly small for the size of the resort, and that weekend it was packed with humanity, reminiscent of unhappy childhood memories at the free outdoor municipal pool. We took one look and said nope. Marriott could do with expanding the pool area by about quadruple for a proper resort experience. The other pool in the aforementioned new spa complex looked lovely and was definitely calmer, but we were told that the pool is only available to people who book a (typical resort-priced) spa service or buy a day pass which we recollect was $150. In our room, the bathroom was very small and we were bizarrely unable to get cool water in the shower – instead we got hot, hotter, hottest! On one of our glass doors leading to the balcony, moisture had gotten in over the years and as a result the glass was clouded over. A combination of small things gave us the overall impression that Marriott needs to spend a little money refurbishing and updating aspects of the resort. For these reasons, we’d probably try another property on our next visit to the area.

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