I've been in the hotel with family. The location is good. The lobby is beautiful. The room I loved it very much. The service no question perfect. You will find big room even with additional spare bed. It's really lux. The Breakfast was good. Bottom line perfect and worth for money.

My family and I stayed for one night in December 2011. Our welcome at reception was fine and we were upgraded. The beds provided were good but the additional rollaway was terribly hard and made the room cramped. We were able to walk easily from the hotel to the river which gave us access to the riverboat ride down to all the historic attractions. We had room service after a really busy day and the food was great. Breakfast also offered good variety. The stay was better than I expected based on previous reviews. Free wi-fi in the lobby was a hit with my teenagers. Mould around the aircon vent - given the climate it is probably an ongoing problem but worrying as to the health effects. Concierge provided map and advice.

Stayed two nights in cny with three room bookings. Another two nights spent at equatorial hotel. Thus writing all down for a side by side comparison whilst the memory is fresh..

Likes: the room size, full height glass window with good view of Melaka, very nice breakfast buffet(if included in ur booking),location(if you plan to drive around to and fro the hotel, the vehicle jam is not as severe as equatorial),nice and spacious lobby(if you prefer, but not impt IMO),free wifi and LAN for marriott rewards member(register your acct number at the receptionist)
Get a twin bed room instead of a king bed room, as this when adjoined can fit two adult and two young kids <4yrs old. Baby cot is foc btw, and is solid wood built.
Cheap price.

Dislike: relatively worse off in customer service if compared to equatorial,older room,floor a bit sticky,got a room full of smoking scent this time round for non smoking floor, not hotels fault but add to the dislike. They did try to apply air refreshner upon notified.another room with water leaking from Aircond outlet, changed to another room. Can be some distance from the tourist spot by walking, if you are a tourist without car.

Room is quite spacious. Even though bed sunken in the middle, it was still comfortable.
It has plenty of pillows. Couch was dirty (with stained), fridge was not clean,has coke stain. Jug has brownish stain.
Service was very prompt. Jug was replaced almost immediately upon request. Request for ice cube was delivered within minutes. Check-out was fast.
Hotel has covered multi-storey carpark, pay RM3 per stay.
Security can be enhanced by using room access card to access room levels