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Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Columbia Downtown

2.5 star property

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Free daily continental breakfast
Courtyard
Lobby
Reception
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Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
  • Gym
  • Parking available
  • Laundry
$100
$89 nightly
$100 total
Total with taxes and fees
Feb 8 - Feb 9

Explore the area

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501 Taylor Street, Columbia, SC, 29201
  • Place, Columbia Canal and Riverfront Park
    ‪4 min walk‬
  • Place, Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
    ‪15 min walk‬
  • Place, University of South Carolina
    ‪18 min walk‬
  • Airport, Columbia, SC (CAE-Columbia Metropolitan)
    ‪10 min drive‬

Room options

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Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, free cribs/infant beds

Room, 1 King Bed

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(44 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, free cribs/infant beds

Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(12 reviews)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, free cribs/infant beds

Room, 2 Queen Beds

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(13 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, free cribs/infant beds

Room, 1 King Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, free cribs/infant beds

Room, 1 King Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, free cribs/infant beds

Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, free cribs/infant beds

Room, 2 Queen Beds

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Feb 2 - Feb 3
Total with taxes and fees
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About the neighborhood

Columbia

With a stay at Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Columbia Downtown in Columbia (Downtown Columbia), you'll be a 2-minute drive from University of South Carolina and 7 minutes from Riverbanks Zoo and Garden. .This hotel is 6.7 mi (10.7 km) from Fort Jackson and 13.3 mi (21.5 km) from Lake Murray.

What's nearby

  • Columbia Canal and Riverfront Park - 4 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • EdVenture Children's Museum - 9 min walk - 0.5 miles
  • Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center - 15 min walk - 0.8 miles
  • University of South Carolina - 18 min walk - 1.0 mile
  • Colonial Life Arena - 20 min walk - 1.1 miles

Getting around

  • Columbia Station - 19 min walk
  • Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) - 16 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Bierkeller Brewing Company - ‬13 min walk
  • ‪Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Chipotle Mexican Grill - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪Lizard's Thicket - ‬16 min walk

About this property

Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Columbia Downtown

Hotel with free breakfast, near University of South Carolina
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Columbia Downtown offers 81 air-conditioned accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Flat-screen televisions come with premium satellite channels. Refrigerators and microwaves are provided. Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a fitness center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 81 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Flat-screen televisions with satellite programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, as well as phones with free local calls.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as a fitness center or take in the view from a terrace.
Grab a bite from the snack bar/deli serving guests of Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Columbia Downtown. A complimentary continental breakfast is served on weekdays from 6:30 AM to 9:30 AM and on weekends from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, express check-out, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served on weekdays between 6:30 AM and 9:30 AM and on weekends between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transportation

  • Self parking on site (USD 10 per night)
  • RV/bus/truck parking (surcharge) on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available 6:30 AM to 9:30 AM on weekdays and 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM on weekends
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • Gym

Family friendly

  • In-room crib
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Outdoor furniture
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Elevator
  • Transfer shower
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible gym
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible public washroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • 1 building
  • 4 floors
  • At least 80% lighting from LEDs
  • Biodegradable coffee stirrers available
  • Comprehensive food waste policy
  • Comprehensive recycling policy
  • Double-glazed windows
  • No plastic coffee stirrers
  • No plastic drinking straws
  • Smoking not allowed
  • Vegetarian breakfast available
  • Vegetarian dining options

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Free crib
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with premium satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Energy-saving switches in guestrooms
  • Free local calls
  • Iron/ironing board
  • LED lighting
  • Mobile key entry
  • Phone
  • Recycling
  • Water-efficient showers

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Contactless check-in available

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
10 children, up to the age of 1, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 25.0 per stay
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: USD 50 per accommodation, per stay

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Self parking fee: USD 10.00 per night
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 25.0 per stay

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector
This property affirms that it follows the cleaning and disinfection practices of Commitment to Clean (Marriott)

We should mention

This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly)

Property is also known as

Holiday Inn Express Columbia Downtown
Holiday Inn Express Hotel Columbia Downtown
Holiday Inn Express Suites Columbia Downtown
Holiday Inn Express Hotel Suites Columbia Downtown
Fairfield Inn Suites by Marriott Columbia Downtown
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Columbia Downtown Hotel
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Columbia Downtown Columbia

Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Columbia Downtown Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 555 out of 1000 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 282 out of 1000 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 94 out of 1000 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 38 out of 1000 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 31 out of 1000 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

colleen

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was nice and much better than expected and the staff was amazing, especially the gentleman that worked the desk overnight the Friday of the weekend of the oklahoma game.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Terrance

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sylvia

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean bathroom and room. Bed was outstanding
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Terrance

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Wendy

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Dana

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Araya

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness
The staff members were amazing!!! Any staff member I interacted with during my stay was super sweet, kind and very helpful. The breakfast was up kept well a lot of options and the area to eight was very nice with TVs and a lot of tables even had an outside area that was very nice as well and was clean. Now, however, for my room, it wasn’t as clean. There was stains on the walls the floor was dirty still. The sheets had some stains. So I know that room wasn’t actually clean properly. Overall, it was a great stay apart from those things I debated on bringing it up to the front desk, person and fussing about it, but I was only staying the one night and just decided to buy my own cleaning products while they’re cleaning it up a little bit. I will say one of our TVs in the room didn’t work properly. Also, the elevator was very loud and kind of sketchy.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Holly

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
front desk was unmanned for more than 15 minutes leaving 6 customers just standing around.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Moved me twice to get a room that everything worked
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ellen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I don't know the area well, but this was the perfect place to stay. Everyone was friendly and helpful. The room was clean and comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Kim

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service

It was okay

Room and hotel floors were a bit out dated and worn but the lobby was nice. They do charge for self parking, which wasn’t mentioned until I went to check in. Overall was okay for a place to stay but the rate should have been for a nicer hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Sherry

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Good overall.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Sarah

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
The front desk staff were all very nice and cheerful. That being said, I was less than impressed with this hotel, and having stayed at many Fairfield Inns and similar properties, I expected more. The room definitely showed signs of the previous guests, like a half-empty Diet Coke in the fridge and a stain on the duvet cover. No one came to change out towels on Day 2 and the shower door leaked so we had a lot of wet towels. The fitness center's temperature was 80 degrees! Usually there's coffee all day, but not at this location. On the web, it showed cornhole boards in the courtyard, but there were none. And finally, the hotel is on a major roadway, not much around within safe walking distance, and constant cars made it loud--not much they could with that, but it's worth mentioning.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Tawana

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice place

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sophie

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Very clean

Nice place with clean rooms and friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Forest

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kathleen

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Rooms smelled like mildew, and they declined early check in even though rooms were available
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

LISA

Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Andrew

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was extremely friendly. Ana checked me in and was very helpful. The thing I did not like at all was getting charged $10 for parking. Just add the $10 to the reservation. Overall good experience.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Erica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Virginia

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pricing for the room, front desk staff nice and personable.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jeffrey

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not a great stay

I was reassigned rooms due to cleanliness issues with both rooms twice. The third room was not that good either. I just settled for that room because I was frustrated at that point. This hotels needs to have a full renovation.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Wayne

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025