Companies/hotel
Marriott
2017-02-14, 1 mention2017-03-21, 2 mentions2017-05-09, 1 mention2019-07-14, 1 mention2019-11-03, 1 mention2020-08-16, 1 mention2022-04-24, 2 mentions2024-05-16, 1 mention
Tim’s take
He remembers old-school Marriott fondly as a clean, disciplined, buffet-breakfast standard from childhood 30:37 15:13, but every later mention is about decline: the chain buying up everything, swapping real room service for "bistro" boxed food, and absorbing luxury brands like the Ritz-Carlton and Saint Regis into the same mediocrity 5:46 15:13. By the end he's just cursing it outright for ruining hotels on the road 1:00:08, and uses the "Marriott bistro" as shorthand for a miserable, low-authority service job 1:00:27.
Every Reference (10)
"We also loved the Marriott breakfast buffet. In Uniondale, we'd wake up early and we'd never be late for the Marriott Breakfast Buffet in Uniondale."
Childhood Buffet Memories: Marriott, Itkins, and Mom's Affair — Pizza Hut Buffet+175s into the segment"so I'm thinking maybe we'll do instead of doing Red Room We do Marriott breakfast buffet live from the Marriott breakfast buffet seems"
"I'm telling you what the swimmers I'll tell you one thing the Marriott breakfast buffet in Uniondale is a fucking treat really have"
"I was at the Marriott breakfast buffet in San Antonio You can you there's nothing better than a good breakfast buffet. I'm telling you right now the Marriott treats you like a human being"
Watching Alex Jones and Wayne Madsen Cover the Marshall Case — Farting Down The River+218s into the segment"what are you nervous - were you on the plane I stayed in the Marriott Courtyard what is your favorite hotel chain I like Holiday Inn"
Marriott Courtyard, Bistro To Go, and Faking Paraplegia for Room Service — 156 - Some Of Our Faves+26s into the segment"I guess somebody who walked into a Marriott and disembowel the family and nobody I didn't realize how [ __ ] crazy hotels are with security"
Hotel Bracelets and Stolen Vacations in Clearwater — #172 - Long Island Wedding | The Tim Dillon Show+15s into the segment"they've remade all the mario courtyards now and they're they they re they redid them with it's now marriott bistro it's a bistro you want food it's a b here's a burger in a box it's a bistro"
Front Desk Employees Who Won't Stand at the Front Desk — #213 - Who's Gonna Put You In Jail | The Tim Dillon Show+141s into the segment"thousand bucks a night to stay there and now the ritz is owned by marriott the saint regis was also just bought by marriott so now every"
Ritz-Carlton, Marriott, and the Decline of Hotels — #295 - A Serene Retreat | The Tim Dillon Show+40s into the segment"great but the planes trains and automobiles these hotels that marriott is ruining [ __ ] you marriott uh it's it's been a it's been"
Tour Wrap-Up and Willy Wonka Airbnb Sign-Off — #295 - A Serene Retreat | The Tim Dillon Show+46s into the segment"like the beastro in the Marriott the new like you know Starbucks Marriott beastro whatever it is you're heating up a fota sandwich for"
Losing Authority: Why the Service Industry Is Miserable Now — Eurovision & Jerry Seinfeld's Pop-Tart Movie | The Tim Dillon Show #392+98s into the segment