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JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona |
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JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa
5350 E Marriott Dr
Phoenix, Arizona 85054
Call Expedia at: 1-800-551-2409 |
| Surrounded by the McDowell Mountains, this resort is within 17 miles of both downtown Phoenix and downtown Scottsdale. All 869 guestrooms have furnished balconies or patios with views of the resort pools, lakes, or wildflower gardens. Guests can choose from four acres of interconnected pools, a European spa, eight tennis courts, and two nearby golf courses.
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Amenities | Recreation | Features | Reviews
JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa Amenities
Graced by a two-story, skylighted, fountain rotunda and divided into women's and men's sides furnished with saunas, steam rooms, spa tubs, relaxation lounges with gas fireplaces, and private terraces with outdoor showers and lounge chairs for nude sunbathing, the Revive Spa offers 28,000 square foot of pampering in 41 treatment rooms and includes a healthful-cuisine bistro and an outdoor lap pool and spa tub shielded by greenery, lined by palm trees, and bordered by sundecks with cushioned lounge chairs. Private poolside rental cabanas come with ceiling fans, lounge chairs, fruit, and bottled water. Use of the pool and spa tub is confined to guests age 16 or older that pay daily surcharges for access to the spa's recreation and fitness facilities and to guests booking spa treatments. The spa's large, mirror-lined fitness center contains cardio machines equipped with entertainment systems, weight machines, and free weights, with personal trainers available. The spa's exercise studio offers classes such as spinning, yoga, Pilates, and tai chi/qi gong, with a complimentary power walk scheduled daily. The spa's treatment menu includes caviar facial, aroma facial with wildflower footbaths, avocado-lime body wrap, prickly pear body scrub, and hot-stone massage. Other offerings include couples massage, hydrotherapy, reflexology, waxing, and hair and nail care. For surcharges, supervised children's activities for age 4-12 are available in an air-conditioned room. Children also enjoy access to an interactive water area with dancing fountains. A business center offers a full line of services, including computers with high-speed Internet connections. Wireless Internet access is available in the lobby and near the swimming pool. A gift shop sells resortwear, jewelry, and gift housewares.
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Recreation
Graced by desert plantings, palm trees, and blossoms, the resort's four-acre water complex includes a 150-foot-long freeform pool containing a stone-pillar waterfall topped by a fire ring after dark. The complex also contains a 60-by-25-foot lap pool; a 15-person spa tub; a serpentine, 225-foot-long plunge pool bordered by sundecks; a 600-foot-long lazy river; a 100-foot waterslide; and a secluded sundeck with a 26-person freeform spa tub and a firepit. The entire complex is bordered by stone walkways edged with flowers and includes stone waterfalls. Revive Spa includes a 75-by-30-foot outdoor lap pool and 13-person spa tub. Use of this area is confined to guests age 16 or older who pay daily surcharges for access to the spa's recreation and fitness facilities and to guests booking spa treatments. The spa also includes a fitness center with cardio machines, weight machines, and free weights, with personal trainers available. For surcharges, the spa's exercise studio offers classes such as spinning, yoga, Pilates, and tai chi/qi gong, with a complimentary power walk scheduled daily. The resort's two championship courses at Wildfire Golf Club include one designed by golf pro Nick Faldo, a layout with generous fairways and expansive landing areas that feature views of the McDowell Mountains, Camelback Mountain, and Squaw Peak. Designed by Arnold Palmer, the second course wanders through the desert and features undulating bent-grass greens. The golf club includes a driving range, putting and chipping greens, a practice bunker, a pro shop, and a 25,000-square-foot clubhouse with women's and men's locker rooms. Lessons are available. A tennis complex includes eight lighted courts and a pro shop, and offers clinics and lessons. Hiking/biking and nature trails wind through the resort's 316-desert acres, with bicycles available for rent. The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort; fees may apply.
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Features
What to expect: Opened in 2002, the resort looms as a monumental presence against a mountain backdrop. A huge, skylighted lobby with marble floors inset with mosaic tiles features stained-glass accents, flowers, plants, conversation areas, stone columns with softly lit panels, and a huge fountain tumbling to a lower level fronted by a pond, palm trees, and dining terrace--all creating a desert-palace ambience.
Amenity highlights: A vast, four-acre water complex contains a freeform pool, a lap pool, a 15-person spa tub, a serpentine plunge pool, a lazy river, a waterslide, and a secluded sundeck with 26-person spa tub and firepit. A 28,000-square-foot health/beauty spa includes an outdoor lap pool, a bistro, and a fitness/exercise center. Golf facilities feature two championship courses, a complete practice facility, and a 25,000-square-foot clubhouse.
Insider tip: The area surrounding the resort includes a shopping/dining center named Desert Ridge Marketplace one mile from the resort.
Blue Sage - Indoor/outdoor restaurant and bar/lounge. Wood floor, two-tone yellow arches, wrought-iron chandeliers, vaulted ceilings. Open for breakfast (buffet and à la carte), lunch, and dinner daily. Lunch choices include barbecued-duck quesadilla, vegetarian enchiladas, mahi mahi tacos, sandwiches, and burgers. Additional dinner choices include beef tenderloin with smoked-cheddar mashed potatoes, smoked-cheddar meatloaf, cedar-plant salmon with mushrooms, and tortilla-crusted chicken. Fronted by Blue Sage Marketplace, open from early morning to late evening for sandwiches, snacks, beverages. Roy's - Outpost of renowned Hawaiian chef Roy Yamaguchi. Pacific Rim fusion cuisine. Dining room with white and purple linens, dark-wood trim. Yellow walls, orange chandeliers, and fireplace. Outdoor seating with fireplace. Dinner choices include blackened ahi, butterfish with ginger-soy-lemon butter sauce, macadamia-crusted mahi mahi, wood-oven-roasted filet mignon, Asian-pesto steamed chicken, tapenade-stuffed pork chop, chocolate soufflé. Sushi bar. Ristorante Tuscany - Open nightly for main courses such as veal scaloppini with Madeira-truffle cream and balsamic-braised short ribs with corn soufflé, lobster lasagna, and appetizers such as beef carpaccio. Dining room with vaulted wood-trimmed ceiling, fireplace. Terrace seating with fireplace. Meritage Steakhouse at Wildfire Golf Club - Dining room and terrace seating with firepit. Lunch menu of sandwiches, salads, fish and chips. Dinner menu with appetizers such as raw oysters, crab cakes, French onion soup. Main courses include dry-aged Angus prime rib and steaks. Also, grilled salmon, seared Dover sole, duck cassoulet. Extensive wine list. Bar/lounge with sports on televisions. Open daily for lunch, dinner. Spa Bistro - Located in health-and-beauty spa. Indoor/outdoor seating. Juice bar. Smoothies. Specialty cocktails. Choices include egg-white omelet, blueberry buckwheat pancakes, salads, spicy yellowfin tuna on green-tea noodles, Kobe-beef burger, miso-sake roasted black cod, tamarind-rum barbecued hanger steak, lavender creme brulée with wild-strawberry jam and vanilla froth. Open morning, afternoon.
Just a Splash - Poolside restaurant/bar open for lunch/dinner menu offering burgers, pizza, sandwiches, salads, tropical drinks. Live entertainment on weekends. Starbucks - Indoor seating and patio with two firepits. View of resort's desert botanical gardens. Open morning to evening for coffee drinks, sandwiches, pastries. Vista Lounge - Indoor/outdoor seating with views of mountains, resort's ponds and waterways. Appetizers, cocktails. Southwestern "high tea" during winter season. Live entertainment on weekends.
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JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa Reviews
| Traveler Ratings Summary for JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa
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Overall: 4.54 |
Service
4.23 |
Condition
4.77 |
Cleanliness
4.69 |
Comfort
4.69 |
Recommend
92.31 % |
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| Excellent service! Can't wait to go back! |
Overall: 4 |
Service
5 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| This was our first time in Phoenix. The service was very good; the hotel was nice and clean. The people from the front desk were friendly and courteous. The room was cleaned twice a day, once in the morning, once around 5 - 6 pm. The staff was also very nice and friendly. The hotel is kid friendly, especially during the week with lots of activities for children. The pool was clean, however in week-ends lots of adults were drinking beer in lazy river and they were spilling some of it in the water. Maybe a nice plese don't drink and spill in the pool from the staff to these guests would have been helpful. The music from the restaurants at night was great too and exactly at 10 pm ended every night. It was a very relaxing and laid back atmosphere. The only thing that we did not like was that the refrigerator was very small and it was not cold. You could barely fit 3 cans of soda in there... Overall, we were pleased with the hotel. We are looking forward to book another trip to Phoenix and stay here again.
Reviewed by traveler from Seattle, WA on September 8, 2006 |
| Enjoyed the stay |
Overall: 5 |
Service
4 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
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Reviewed by traveler from Mesa, AZ on September 6, 2006 |
| Great Family Resort |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| Both fine food and nice rooms make the Desert Ridge a great place for adults, but the pools and kids' play area also make in nice for families.
Reviewed by traveler from Sedona, Arizona on September 6, 2006 |
| Great hotel |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| The hotel is very new, clean and elegant. My 7-year old loved the lazy river. We only stayed one night, but I would have enjoyed staying longer.
Reviewed by traveler from Orange, CA on August 22, 2006 |
| What a place |
Overall: 5 |
Service
4 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| We took our kids there before they go back to college. Grounds were immaculate. Loved the cactus gardens and mountain views. Food was fabulous. Pools were crowded for the weekend but then were quite nice. Greens could have been kept up better but courses were great. Wouldn't mind going back someday.
Reviewed by traveler from Chicago on August 18, 2006 |
| Woul;d definitely visit again |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| I visited the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and SPA in Phoenix, AZ to do two things mix some personel business with pleasure. The resort is top notch, with different levels of accomidations to suit everyones budget. The facility has a excellant SPA, but prices are a little higher than some of the other facilities we've stayed in before. The Resort has two great Golf courses onsite with a Arnold Palmer Signature course and a Nick Faldo course. I played both and found them to be in great shape and the price for playing was even better than I expected. They even offer a summer special with lunch included that you can download simply by visiting there wed site. Range balls are included and unlimited. Equipment rental was available and new sets of Callaway Woods and irons was the equipment on hand. Food was very good and not to pricy. Location was in close proximity of shopping area with lots of different dinning options available. If you stay for several days a short 3 to 4 hour drive to the Grand Canyon is recommended and the facility will provide excellent driving directions and maps at the concerige desk to anywhere you want to visit. The resort also offers several packages such as a romance package which includes several nice choices. All and all my wife and I had a great time and would visit again and recommend others to visit as well.
Reviewed by traveler from Aiken, SC on August 15, 2006 |
| Very Impressive |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| We found ourselves surrounded by wonderful people, extravagant surroundings, and beautiful views. During our stay, we had spa treatments that left us feeling relaxed and pampered. We will definitely return again and again!
Reviewed by traveler from El Mirage, AZ on July 26, 2006 |
| Would definitely recommend to others |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| We spent a week at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge on vacation and thoroughly enjoyed the stay. The hotel staff were extremely helpful. We visited during the heat wave and the temperatures reached 118!! The lazy river was a nice way to relax and cool off in the heat. Loved having a Starbucks in the hotel. We had morning coffee and read the newspaper outside looking at the beautiful views from the hotel. I personally took advantage of the tennis facitilities. I visited the tennis center 5 of the 6 days we were at the hotel and all the staff were great! They provided matching services for me with someone in the local neighborhood and I took lessons with one of their trainers. We also took a couple of day trips to Sedona and Scottsdale. Even though we received maps and directions from the concierge before we took off on our day trips we still needed to call them, while on the road, to get specific directions to restaurants and other locations. They were extremely helpful and had the information we needed readily available or looked it up on the computer. This hotel appears to cater to the convention crowd - there were many conventions being held in the facility while we were there. However, as vacationers, we received outstanding customer service!
Reviewed by traveler from Bethesda, Maryland on July 26, 2006 |
| If you don't like Kids, stay away from the Lazy River |
Overall: 4 |
Service
4 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
4 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| Lots of families, but they were concentrated in the pool area. Great dining. Rooms and bathrooms were large and comfortable (despite only having one sink). Views vary.
Reviewed by traveler from San Diego, CA on July 12, 2006 |
| Phoenix/ Scottsdale best resort |
Overall: 4 |
Service
4 |
Condition
4 |
Cleanliness
4 |
Comfort
3 |
Recommend
Yes |
| I visited a few popular hotels when I was in Phoenix/ Scottsdale area and I believe this hotel has the best arrangements so far. The lobby, outdoor patio, garden and pool area are gorgeous and impressive. We felt like we're vacationing in Hawaii minus the beach. Hotel staff friendliness needs some improvement.
Reviewed by traveler from Denver on July 6, 2006 |
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