The Common College Park Marriott

We went for Mother’s Day. The food was ok but they can expand the menu a bit.

Waiter never came back after food was served. The salmon was dry and not enough sauce on the plate. Same for the crab cakes. The steak was good. Broccolini was just about raw. On Mothers’s day- waiter did not take mothers’ orders first. Handed the check to my wife instead of me. Totally clueless about etiquette. Not personable either.

The food was great. The service was slow. We were there due to a meeting of about 350 participants. The servers and kitchen should be quicker as this is a conference center. It was surprising that the service was not quick. The server was pleasant and apologetic so perhaps it was a kitchen issue that evening. Yes, I would eat there again!

We had reservations for 5:45 before a basketball game at 7:00. We did not get seated until 6:00 and food was not served until 6:45. Restaurant was not packed. Server did give us a discount but overall experience was not good compared to other times there.

Overall eating in the common college park marriott was an excellent experience. the reservation process was simple, the personal friendly and attentive, the choice of food was small, but big enough to satisfy all seven people in our group, the prices appropriate and the eating was very good. the only problems we had were that it took a long time before eating came to the table. we came to eat with a lot of time and make it punctual to my sohn UMGC department, which was kept in the marriott, so it was not a problem for us that the meal lasted an hour and half. we assumed that the staff was short this day because of the graduation party and therefore it took so long to get to the table. if they have time for a slow and cozy meal, then this place is excellent.