AC Hotel by Marriott Chapel Hill Downtown
About AC Hotel by Marriott Chapel Hill Downtown
Located in Chapel Hill, 10 miles from Duke University, AC Hotel by Marriott Chapel Hill Downtown has accommodations with a fitness center, private parking, a shared lounge and a terrace. With free WiFi, this 4-star hotel has a restaurant and a bar. The hotel has family rooms. Guests at the hotel can enjoy an American breakfast. A business center and vending machines with snacks and drinks are available on site at AC Hotel by Marriott Chapel Hill Downtown. Staff at the accommodation are always available to provide advice at the reception. PNC Arena is 23 miles from AC Hotel by Marriott Chapel Hill Downtown, while North Carolina Museum of Art is 24 miles from the property. Raleigh-Durham International Airport is 17 miles away.
Amenities
- On-site parking
- 24-hour front desk
- Meeting space
- Fitness center
- On-site dining
- Valet parking
- Bar / lounge
- Café / coffee shop
- Business center
- Express check-in / check-out
- Dry cleaning
- Self-service laundry
- Luggage storage
- In-room refrigerator
- Spa / sauna
- Pet friendly
- Family friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
- Smoke-free property
- Air conditioning
- Elevator
- In-room safe
Reviews
The hotel is generally well-liked for its cleanliness, comfortable rooms, and friendly staff. However, some guests have complained about the noise level and the cost of parking and breakfast.
- Cleanliness
- Comfortable rooms
- Noise level
- Cost of parking and breakfast
- 5/5
We loved staying here when we visited Chapel Hill- The place is convenient to everything and the staff is welcoming. They did a nice job over graduation weekend and made us feel special!
- 5/5
- ( albeit no alcohol purchases after 2 am). Very centrally located for access to downtown restaurants and convenient to UNC Chapel Hill- Go Tarheels!!
- 5/5
clean room and overly helpful staff
- 5/5
Easy access to shops and helpful staff.
- 5/5
Hotel was in an excellent location for our UNC college visit. It is 1 block walk to Franklin Ave where many excellent shops and restaurants are. And walkable to everything on campus. The front desk staff were so friendly and helpful. Very pleasant.
- 5/5
We stayed there because it was the closest hotel to UNC medical center, my son G was fighting for his life. The gentleman that checked us in the first night was amazing. He made sure we received excellent service from the moment we arrived. He even let my son L and I borrow 2 umbrellas one day for the unexpected rain. I will have to return to UNC medical center i look forward in staying at this hotel. I only wish I could remember this young Latinos name, he was marvelous. Nothing to complain about....
- 5/5
We stayed there because it was the closest hotel to UNC medical center, my son G was fighting for his life. The gentleman that checked us in the first night was amazing. He made sure we received excellent service from the moment we arrived. He even let my son L and I borrow 2 umbrellas one day for the unexpected rain. I will have to return to UNC medical center i look forward in staying at this hotel. I only wish I could remember this young Latinos name, he was marvelous. Nothing to complain about....
- 4/5
Very good
- 4/5
Yes
- 5/5
Clean room. Location was great. Staff was excellent.
- 4/5
It's a very nice hotel--clean, well run, great security, very helpful staff. The reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because it lacked luxurious touches. No bathrobes, linoleum floors in the rooms instead of carpet, the breakfast was expensive ($16.95 buffet) but very basic. But if we go back to Chapel Hill we will definitely stay there.
- 4/5
Very good
- 4/5
Location Front desk staff were not super engaged/engaging.
- 4/5
Location Front desk staff were not super engaged/engaging.
- 3/5
Cool place right around everything that’s, UNC
- 4.5/5
Superb
- 3/5
The location was fabulous, but with that comes noise from Franklin Street, as is to be expected. There should be a sound machine in the room since it’s obvious the hotel can’t do anything about outside noise.
- 4/5
Room was clean and staff was good. There wa
- 4.5/5
Room was very clean and comfortable, nice bathrooms and showers also. I was unsure if the waters in the fridge were complementary or not so I didn't use them. If they are, a nice little sign would be helpful. If breakfast was included with the room fee, I would have given a 10/10 score. The breakfast rate was too high to expense when local businesses are much cheaper, but if it was included with the room then it would have been a no brainer.
- 4.5/5
Room was very clean and comfortable, nice bathrooms and showers also. I was unsure if the waters in the fridge were complementary or not so I didn't use them. If they are, a nice little sign would be helpful. If breakfast was included with the room fee, I would have given a 10/10 score. The breakfast rate was too high to expense when local businesses are much cheaper, but if it was included with the room then it would have been a no brainer.
- 5/5
Very nice hotel
- 5/5
All good
- 5/5
Excellent location - walkable to everything - friendly staff, 2 free bottled waters, clean and quiet rooms, great stay.
- 5/5
Perfect location to Franklin’s street bars and restaurants
- 4/5
Clean room
- 5/5
We enjoyed our stay. No complaints.
- 4.5/5
Modern, clean, close to restaurants and UNC campus Toilets weak. Ours clogged up a few times.
- 4.5/5
Modern, clean, close to restaurants and UNC campus Toilets weak. Ours clogged up a few times.
- 4/5
A large and rude High school group was there. Not the hotels fault but lessened our enjoyment.
- 4/5
The front desk staff were courteous and helpful. The hotel is located well and beautifully maintained. Biggest “Ding” for us was thin thin room doors meaning we heard every noise in the hallway when we were trying to grab a catnap.
- 4/5
The front desk was so courteous and kind. Each and every one of them! I’m so thankful and appreciative. Angela, who runs the lounge bar, was superb! I can’t say enough good things about her. If she reads this, THANK YOU!
- 3.5/5
lighting in bathroom is not sufficient, absence of any body lotion in bathroom was disappointing at a hotel of this level!
- 3.5/5
location to concert venue lighting in bathroom is not sufficient, absence of any body lotion in bathroom was disappointing at a hotel of this level!
- 4/5
Very good
- 2/5
There were ants in my room and having a room along the street with the bar, was not helpful to a good night sleep. Feel as though I was asked on checkin whether that was an issue. Didn’t think of it this time nor was asked. It was loud all night, until midnight at least.
- 5/5
Location....cleanliness...amenities....staff. Great bartenders!!!!!!
- 5/5
Most amazing staff!!!
- 3.5/5
Close to the hospital. Very clean and well maintained. No microwave in the room. Had to hunt it down.
- 3.5/5
Close to the hospital. Very clean and well maintained. No microwave in the room. Had to hunt it down.
- 5/5
Exceptional
- 4/5
Very good
- 4.5/5
Parking spots were small, the deck was dangerous to navigate. There was no lotion provided with toiletries.
- 5/5
rooms were very clean people there are so nice great experience
- 5/5
Safe secure parking with EV charging. Downtown one block off of Franklin St. Friendly staff.
- 5/5
Clean room, great service.
- 4/5
Proximity to downtown, clean room, water bottles in room. Friendliness of some of the staff.
- 5/5
Excellent service and very friendly staff
- 3/5
Clean room and friendly staff. Only two negatives were that the bed is very hard and uncomfortable and we ordered a charcuterie board from the bar to take to our room and they through some toast and cold cuts in a container with fruit and some terrible cheese. It was awful and I couldn't believe they served that.
- 5/5
Always spotless. And the gym is tiny but mighty.
- 5/5
Clean room, super friendly staff, great location
- 5/5
Great staff, perfect location in town and near campus, and nice food options in hotel made this a good experience.
- 4/5
Room was clean, staffs were all friendly
- 5/5
Excellent
- 5/5
I enjoyed my stay!
- 5/5
Staff was very friendly
- 5/5
Great location, super friendly staff. Room was clean and quiet. Our favorite Chapel Hill overnight location!
- 5/5
Clean room!
- 3/5
The hotel was great. However, it was in an area where there were lots of college students and it was loud every night I was there.
- 5/5
Nice stay. Rooms were clean. Location excellent. Staff was very professional and courteous.
- 5/5
Excellent design; comfortable, convenient, quiet, refreshing
- 5/5
Great location.
- 5/5
Breakfast is rather basic,
- 5/5
It was fine in every way.
- 5/5
Clean, comfortable room in a perfect location for visiting UNC. Walkable to campus and lots of dining and shopping in the area.
- 5/5
Nice staff
- 5/5
Great stay and great location!
- 4/5
Very convenient to downtown. Staff was excellent!
- 2/5
The front desk charged me $25/night for parking without asking. She just took my card for "liabilities" and then handed me a parking pass. Only to find a $75 charge on my card upon returning from my trip. Overall nice but that felt sneaky. I would have liked the option not chosen for me.
- 5/5
Love this property! So convenient!
- 5/5
Good stay!
- 5/5
Phenomenal spot for taking in a weekend in Chapel-Hill.
- 5/5
It was a clean and welcome change from the place we booked previously. I would return to this property.
- 5/5
Great location!
- 5/5
Feels like 2nd home
- 3/5
Staff, lobby and cleanliness were good. Only problem (and it was a big one) is our room was directly across from a bar that was packed with college students and played music until 2AM. I even had ear plugs and it did not drown out the noise. We asked to be moved but were told there were no available rooms. Everything else was great; however, that was so unacceptable that we will not be staying there again. We paid for a place to sleep and were not provided that. They did comp breakfast and parking which was something.
- 5/5
Very comfortable stay...And a thank you in particular to the people working at the Front Desk.
- 4/5
Chapel Hill specifically Franklin Street is disgusting due to the aggressive panhandling. The hotel is nice but it is in the middle of an unsafe area. There for 2 days and did not see one cop car.
- 5/5
Everything was great
- 5/5
Nice rooms and large common area. Great service and friendly staff. Central location and close to restaurants and campus.
- 4/5
Staff was great, especially the bar tender. My only complaint was that the room offered no resistance to loud people in the hotel at all hours.
- 5/5
Great stay. No issues. Quick to respond.
- 5/5
Everything is wonderful. Parking is a problem for big SUV.
- 4/5
Breakfast buffet appears okay but certainly not at European standards....but trying to order a la carte, though on the menu, is trying. Oatmeal on day2 was excellent, whereas on day3 it was terrible: the restaurant host was rather unconvincing in her "apology" and offered me nothing as compensation.
- 4/5
The breakfast situation needs improvement in terms of staff/service/presentation & guest facing "friendliness"
- 4/5
Parking garage is awkward and expensive.
- 4/5
Nice that it was convenient
- 4/5
Great spot.
- 5/5
Wonderful location, very clean, very modern, easy process in/out, excellent fitness room, comfortable bed and pillows, lovely shower
- 5/5
Property was in a very convenient location and it was clean and new feeling. The staff was super friendly and helpful.
- 5/5
Very clean, quiet, feels safe too.
- 5/5
Everyone was accommodating and very helpful. Felinda at the front drsk is amazing. Made sure we had everything we needed and told us about places to visit. A keeper!!
- 5/5
Great location! Everything is within 2 miles for your restaurants, target, pharmacy, campus, and more.
- 5/5
The hotel is centrally located. Room are clean and comfortable. It got a little warm during the night even though we lowered the temperature of the a/c.
- 5/5
The people who worked the reception were exceptionally friendly, especially FaLinda. She set the bar high for other hotels that I will go to.😊
- 5/5
Nice clean rooms, quiet hotel. Great location, just a few minutes walk to Franklin Street and UNC campus. Good service, nice staff. Excellent hotel.
- 5/5
Third time at this property and will continue to come back.
- 5/5
Location was ideally located near Franklin street, and within walking distance to UNC. Hotel was clean and staff was wonderful- professional, polite and helpful.
- 5/5
Clean room. Good service
- 4/5
Great location. Overall very nice. Room was a bit dark and sterile. More lighting and a rug would really improve the vibe.
- 5/5
Proximity to everything
- 5/5
Friendly staff
- 5/5
Brandon at the front desk was awesome!!
- 5/5
Great staff
- 5/5
Excellent, thank you!
- 5/5
Great staff and stay!
- 2/5
Toilet seat was broken Front desk didn’t even ask how my stay was when checking out
- 5/5
The front desk staff member Felinda was awesome she was personable, professional and knowledgeable about the area. She made check in easy and fast
- 5/5
The hotel was done really nicely. The room was really clean and spacious. There was a nice coffee bar downstairs in the morning. There wasn’t any lotion in the room, but they might’ve had some if I asked.
- 5/5
The price was reasonable and staff super friendly.
- 3/5
Extremely nice staff from beginning to end of stay. Unfortunately I had little help in contacting the hotel directly. I ended up using Expedia. DO NOT BUY CANCELLATION INSURANCE.with Expedia. A true rip off. One negative is there is no free parking like other high end hotels close in.
- 5/5
excellent service and great hotel!
- 5/5
Great hotel in great location
- 5/5
The staff was super pleasant and accommodating. The room and facility were beautiful and welcoming. We especially liked our check-in staff associate.
- 5/5
The staff was fantastic - very friendly and helpful. The hotel itself is in a nice area that was walkable to shops and restaurants as well as a slightly longer but very manageable walk to the UNC Chapel Hill campus. Hotel was very comfortable and clean.
- 5/5
Safe parking. All else good.
- 4/5
The hotel was nice and the staff were great. The bartender, Angela was especially friendly. The room was clean, however, on our last day we saw a bug. I don't think it was a bed bug but that was a little disappointing. Overall though the hotel was clean and well kept. I would recommend the hotel and stay again.
- 3/5
We had an issue with the lights when we first got in our room. We knew about the main switch but it wasn’t the issue. They seemed to have a short in them because they eventually came on when we weren’t touching the light switch. It was a weird start. Then to noise of the AC unit. It rattled and whined intermittently. The whole return would vibrate. I resorted to turning it off completely and then restarted it when absolutely necessary. Next, my son’s sheets had maybe a 4” V shaped tear in them. He didn’t want to deal with them coming in to replace the sheets so I let them know about it when we left so they would hopefully not reuse them again. Overall, the place felt unkept. My son asked me, “what happened to this place, it was so nice before?” The upside is that it has a decent gym and it’s walkable to the campus and to any restaurant on Franklin. Also, I liked the shower set up. Those are the perks.
- 5/5
Great location. Hotel staff polite and efficient. Room was spacious and clean.
- 5/5
Spacious lobby, many options for work stations if needed
- 3/5
The lobby is inviting, and the rooms are clean.
- 5/5
Excellent
- 5/5
Always a great place to stay when visiting my son at UNC!
- 5/5
Loved the lobby, the modern, clean look throughout. Staff was great and very helpful. Breakfast buffet for the value was high quality.
- 5/5
Room seemed to be clean. Parking was tight but can’t do much about that. Was a good stay
- 4/5
Awesome hotel. Perfect part of Chapel Hill. Clean. Modern. An overall great experience.
- 5/5
Our stay was short but enjoyable
- 5/5
Great stay for UNC-Duke weekend-except for game outcome haha. Loved the balloon display downstairs. Front desk folks were wonderful.
- 4/5
When we checked in, I didn’t like fumbling around in the dark trying to find the lamp switches; they weren’t in the usual places on lamps.
- 5/5
Walkable to UNC. Super comfortable beds and room.
- 3/5
The property is very nice enough if a bit spartan and generally is in a good location. However, it is across the street from a student bar and on Saturday from 12:30 to 2:00 am the music and patrons were SO LOUD that it woke all of us (we had three different rooms) and kept us awake for that hour and a half in the middle of the night. The hotel is quite expensive for what it offers and should not subject its patrons to this interruption.
- 5/5
The hotel is great and very convenient to everything (don’t need a car). It is next door to a great local bar that can get loud at night, but that’s part of the fun! Highly recommended!!!! Tons of restaurants around, Target a block away, for last minute items! Can’t beat it!!
- 5/5
Newer hotel within walking distance to Franklin St. We got the last room with two beds and because it was on the main floor we were comped our $25 parking.
- 5/5
Check in was handled by an exceptional employee…her name escapes me! She was great though and made us feel very welcomed! Only bad thing was the shower didn’t drain well and water pressure was super low…other than that everything was great!!!
- 5/5
The staff is always so nice! Even in the middle of a snow storm in the south, they made a point to accommodate all of our needs.
- 5/5
Perfect for my purposes
- 5/5
Clean, quiet, friendly. Beds were okay but not super comfortable.
- 5/5
Close to UNC campus
- 4/5
phones in the room not working- room 407
- 5/5
We were in and out in a day for a dr appointment. Very convenient and room was clean and updated!
- 5/5
Clean and close to everything
- 5/5
Great
- 5/5
Great place to stay while visiting UNC. One block away are many restaurants and campus is only a short walk.
- 5/5
Chris checked me in and accommodated all of my needs while making great conversation. The bar tender was very generous and friendly. The room was absolutely top tier.
- 5/5
Bar was great
- 5/5
Everything about our stay was fine. We were there to visit the cancer doctor for my husband. It was a convenient location and the employees were helpful
- 5/5
I would highly recommend this hotel to anyone staying in the Chapel Hill area. We moved my son in to his apartment before his semester at UNC. It was clean, staff was amazing, nice continental breakfast included the next morning! Overall wonderful experience.
- 5/5
Staff was very friendly. Location excellent.
- 5/5
*plenty of options *easy check in/out
- 5/5
Great!
- 5/5
Adjacent to UNC. Excellent facilities
- 4/5
I liked everything about the AC Chapel Hill. The staff is so accommodating specially the kitchen staff.
- 5/5
Nice clean hotel and rooms. It was walkable to Franklin Street. Friendly staff
- 5/5
Nic big clean room. Traffic noise can be heard.
- 5/5
We love this place. This was our second visit and we will return. We have been in any possible hotel in the area, and this is now our absolute favorite.
- 2/5
Room was nice, the bad review is because, even with needing a room key to get in the garage our truck was broken into.
- 5/5
Short but great stay, will definitely be back.
- 5/5
Rooms are spacious, beds are comfy, staff is wonderful. Great place to stay.
- 3/5
Room was very noisy all night, hard to sleep!!
- 5/5
Easy check-in. Staff was great and super patient as we had our dog with us during check-in.
- 4/5
I recommend a slightly more stringent cleaning protocol and concern for hygiene. Overall we were very comfortable. Nice pillows!!
- 5/5
Well kept
- 5/5
In general was conveniently located modern elegant hotel experience
- 5/5
I had a great experience at this horel