Marriott Phoenix Resort Tempe at The Buttes
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2000 W Westcourt Way, Tempe, AZ 85282View on a mapPublished · Updated
Cheapest Jun–Aug from $260 a night all-in
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The hotel's experiences page lists the resort's pools as two heated free-form mountainside pools.
SpaRator Expert Rating
SpaRator 6.3: ModestSpa core 6.0
An average of the Spa Treatments and Spa Facilities scores.
6.3 Modest overall · Spa: Full-Service · guests rate it 4.3 on Google
10th of 10 in Phoenix, October 2026
Pools, hot tubs and a $15 fee carry a resort whose spa publishes no prices.
Two heated pools, whirlpools and a waterslide sit three miles from Sky Harbor airport. The resort fee is $15. Narande Spa publishes no access terms for resort guests or day visitors, and publishes no spa day pass. Narande takes appointments 9 to 5 daily, with five treatment rooms stated and no prices. Ratings slipped from 4.34 to 4.02, room condition in 60 of 266 reviews and front-desk complaints in 29. Right for the pool-first airport guest; wrong for anyone booking on the spa.
Pricing and Availability
- Peak
- Nov, Jan–Mar
- $440–$530
- Cheapest
- Jun–Aug
- $260
a night all-in
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Rate notes, fees and tax
Our 27 Feb 2027 check: from $459 a night. Our 21 Aug 2027 check: from $189 a night.
- 27 Feb 2027 check
- 27 Feb 2027 from $459 room, $540.70 all-in.
- 21 Aug 2027 check
- 21 Aug 2027 from $189 room, $232.72 all-in.
- Rate notes
Fee stack: $15 a night resort fee, billed $17.11 with tax; 14.07% tax on the room and the fee; valet $15 a day and on-site self-parking $15 a day; spa service charge not published.
Rates correct as of October 2026, read on Marriott's booking engine for two adults, one room and one night, with both dates a Guest Room with 1 King on the public Flexible rate and all-in running the room plus the $15 fee plus 14.07 percent tax on both, before parking, tips and spa services.
No pricing-review trigger is active, since ownership and the flag are unchanged and the rooms renovation finished in November 2024, and both figures are far-out quotes, about five and about ten and a half months ahead, so a close-in rate may differ.
Spa Treatments
Narande Spa publishes no prices or treatment menu, only service categories, so a guest cannot judge the offer before booking. Its hotel page lists 15 service categories and no names, durations or prices, and the hotel's page carries no booking link for Narande. All nine other Phoenix hotels publish a spa menu. All five treatment reviews read positive. A January 2026 Google guest wrote, "The spa and restaurant are high quality and excellent service." Five reviews in 22 months is little to go on.
Spa Facilities
Heat at Narande Spa is a dry sauna in each locker room, with no listed steam room or cold plunge. Those saunas appear on the hotel's page, and the whirlpools belong to the resort's shared pool complex. Seven of 39 reviews that discuss the spa or hot tubs report a cold tub, failed jets, a smell or dirt. Fifty-seven of 98 other spa hotels we have rated list a steam room, where this resort lists none. A January 2026 Google guest wrote, "one of the hot tubs was cold."
Wellness Programs
Marriott Tempe has a free 24-hour gym, pools and a butte trail, with no class confirmed as included. Two heated pools, a waterslide, tennis and a trail up the butte, the hill the resort sits against, are on site. Weekend poolside yoga, on a September 2025 hotel page, is not stated as free. Across other spa hotels we have rated with a figure, the median is one free class weekly. An April 2026 Google guest wrote, "There is a large gym with plenty of machines, cold bottled waters and towels."
Staff & Service
Guests praise named staff, but service complaints run above the typical spa hotel, led by the front desk. Forty-four of 266 written reviews, 16.5 percent, lead with a service complaint, against 11.2 percent across 21 other hotels we have rated, and 19 of those sit lower. Front-desk complaints lead, ahead of restaurants and housekeeping. Hiba, a server, is named warmly over 11 months. A November 2025 Google guest wrote, "INSANE quality of service you receive especially from the dining staff," naming Hiba.
Experience
Ratings have slipped since the room renovation, and room condition is the biggest complaint after service. Across 370 TripAdvisor and Google reviews it reads 4.14, against a typical 4.48 across 21 other hotels we have rated. It ran 4.34 in the first ten months and 4.02 in the latest twelve, on both platforms. Room condition comes up in 60 of 266 written reviews, second only to service. A June 2026 Google guest wrote, "The rooms are so run down for the price you're paying."
Value for Money
Tempe at The Buttes costs about half a typical spa hotel's peak night, but its spa publishes no price to weigh. A peak Saturday, 27 February 2027, runs $540.70 all-in including a $15 resort fee, where the typical spa hotel charges $45. Forty-six of 49 other hotels we have rated cost more, with the median at $1,095.40. Parking and breakfast are extra. A July 2026 TripAdvisor guest wrote, "Breakfast is $27 per person for continental."
Spa Facilities
15 spa facilities: 8 available, 4 not available, 3 not confirmed
Available
8Beauty Services Manicures, pedicures, waxing, facials, eye and lip treatments, body scrub, body wrap and paraffin hand treatment appear on the hotel's September 2025 page among Narande's services, with no durations or prices.
Couples Treatments "Couples Massages" is among the hotel's listed spa services, with the hotel's page naming a couples' suite and no price or side-by-side terms published, and a November 2025 guest booked a couples massage.
Fitness Center Open 24 hours and complimentary, renovated in November 2024 with Matrix equipment.
Full-Service Spa Narande Spa, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily by appointment, has five treatment rooms and publishes no menu, prices or footprint.
Hot Tub and/or Jacuzzi Mountainside whirlpools in the shared pool complex, not spa-only. ResortPass counts three, a 2018 filing and a Booking-derived directory four, and the hotel's page gives no count. Guests reported a cold tub, failed jets or dirty water between November 2025 and May 2026.
Pool Facilities Two heated free-form pools and a children's pool, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the hotel's September 2025 page, with ResortPass listing 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. for day guests. A waterslide is listed with no length, running 11 a.m. to sunset per ResortPass.
Sauna "Sauna rooms" sit on the hotel's complimentary fitness-center amenity list, and the spa's locker rooms include dry saunas on the hotel's October 2026 page. No guest review since December 2024 describes using one.
Wellness Programs Poolside yoga Saturday and Sunday 8 to 9 a.m. at the Waterfall Pool Deck and guided Buttes trail hikes on weekday mornings. Whether the yoga is free is not stated.
Not available: Cold Therapy, Hammam, Himalayan Salt Room, Steam Room.
Not confirmed: Adults-Only Pool or Area, Fitness Classes Included, In-Room Spa Treatments.
Other Spa Facilities
Foot baths, paraffin hand treatments and separate men's and women's lounges appear on the hotel's list of spa services, and its page describes five treatment rooms, a couples' suite, a rain shower room, a salon and nail area and locker rooms with seating areas, vanities, showers and dry saunas. Kids Services is among the listed spa categories.
Spa Menu, Prices and Policies
- TreatmentsMenu publishes no pricesMassages and couples massages, Facials and eye and lip treatments, Body scrub and body wrap, Manicures, pedicures and paraffin hand treatment or Waxing, men's services and kids services
- Spa hoursOpen daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Spa menu, captured October 2026
Hotel Facilities
9 hotel facilities: 4 available, 2 not available, 3 not confirmed
Available
4Restaurants The hotel's March 2026 overview lists Top of the Rock Restaurant, Market Café with Rooted Grounds coffee, Thirsty Cactus Pool Bar and Grill, Rooted Grounds Coffee Shop and On the Rocks Lounge on the expanded lobby-bar patio, plus a Greatroom cocktail reference. ResortPass lists Top of the Rock daily 4:30 to 9 p.m., Rooted Grounds daily 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and On the Rocks daily 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Bar On the Rocks Lounge on the lobby-bar patio and Thirsty Cactus Pool Bar and Grill.
Tennis ResortPass lists tennis courts and sand volleyball among its day-pass inclusions, with no court count or surface stated.
Valet Parking $15 a day.
Not available: Free Parking, Pets Allowed.
Not confirmed: Wi-Fi, Air Conditioning, Concierge Services.
Other Hotel Facilities
A November 2024 renovation release states 353 newly renovated guestrooms and suites including a presidential suite, a chairman suite and seven studio rooms, while the hotel's own pages state no room count. That renovation added quartz counters, glass-door showers, backlit mirrors, Aveda dispensers and a Matrix Fitness gym, expanded the Kachina Patio and the On the Rocks lobby-bar patio, and did not name the spa or the pools. A March 2026 hotel overview states 19 event rooms and 43,523 sq ft, with the Kachina Ballroom at up to 900. Two heated pools, a waterslide, hot tubs and a children's pool make up the outdoor set, near Tempe Diablo Stadium, three miles from Sky Harbor. It opened in January 1987 as Westcourt in the Buttes, per Tempe History Museum records, later the Wyndham Buttes Resort.
About This Hotel
Marriott Phoenix Resort Tempe at The Buttes is a pool-first resort at the foot of the Buttes, with two heated pools, a waterslide, hot tubs and a $15 resort fee. It opened in January 1987 as Westcourt in the Buttes, and the mountainside setting remains the strongest argument. The spa? No prices, no menu, no access terms.
The Spa, Specifically: Narande Spa
Narande Spa’s own page lists categories and a layout. A September 2025 page lists massages, couples massages, facials, body scrub and wrap, manicures, pedicures, paraffin hand treatment, waxing, men’s services and kids services, with no treatment names, durations or prices. No access terms are given for guests or day visitors, and nothing is said about a spa-only day pass. What a guest can see is basic: five treatment rooms, a couples’ suite, a rain shower room, a salon and nail area, locker rooms with dry saunas, a foot bath and separate men’s and women’s lounges. Nothing lists a steam room, a cold plunge or a hydrotherapy circuit. No guest since December 2024 describes using the sauna, so our sauna guide is the better primer. Five treatment reviews since December 2024, all positive, sit against that silence. The November 2024 renovation rebuilt the rooms, the gym and the lobby-bar patio and named the spa nowhere.
Who’s Right, Who’s Wrong
Tempe at The Buttes suits the pool-first guest who treats the spa as a phone-priced add-on. Two heated pools, a waterslide, hot tubs and a $15 fee sit three miles from Sky Harbor, and the hotel answers nearly every recent review, which matters when a stay goes wrong. Skip it for a spa trip: no menu, no published access and no steam or cold plunge, in a guest record that barely touches it. Skip it too if room condition matters most.
Where It Sits in the Phoenix Market
Across the Phoenix set, Tempe at The Buttes holds the pools-and-value corner, not the spa tier. JW Marriott Desert Ridge posts a priced spa menu with a 50-minute massage from $209, and Royal Palms publishes a January 2026 menu with a 50-minute massage from $220, where Narande posts none. The Biltmore’s Tierra Luna lists a cold plunge. Tempe lists no cold element or published footprint, where Phoenix’s spa-first set publishes 17,500 to 28,000 sq ft. Tempe’s $15 fee is the lowest among Phoenix resorts that charge one, while Castle Hot Springs runs all-inclusive and Arizona Grand’s $80 sits at the top. On a peak night, fees and tax add 17.8 percent to the room rate, below the median of 19.6 percent across the 55 other spa hotels we have rated with the figure.
| Hotel | SpaRator | Thermal circuit | Spa access for guests | Peak all-in per night | Off-season all-in per night |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Hot Springs | SpaRator 8.5: Outstanding | Hot + cold | Included | $2,648 | $1,478 |
| The Global Ambassador | SpaRator 7.8: Strong | Hot + cold | With a treatment or membership | $1,764 | $961 |
| Arizona Biltmore, LXR Hotels & Resorts | SpaRator 7.6: Strong | Hot + cold | With a treatment or membership | $1,343 | $710 |
| Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass | SpaRator 7.3: Solid | Heat only | With a treatment or membership | $729 | $606 |
| Arizona Grand Resort & Spa | SpaRator 7.1: Solid | Heat only | With a treatment or membership | $807 | $248 |
| JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa | SpaRator 7.0: Solid | Heat only | With a treatment or membership | $892 | $983 |
| Royal Palms Resort and Spa | SpaRator 7.0: Solid | Heat only | With a treatment or membership | $1,095 | $428 |
| Hilton Phoenix Resort at the Peak | SpaRator 6.5: Modest | Hot + cold | Not published | $581 | $446 |
| Hilton Phoenix Tapatio Cliffs Resort | SpaRator 6.5: Modest | None | treatment-based only | $529 | $235 |
| Marriott Phoenix Resort Tempe at The Buttes | SpaRator 6.3: Modest | Heat only | Not published | $541 | $233 |
| Market median | 7.1 | $850 | $526 |
Scored on Guidelines v9.9
All-in = room, resort fee and taxes per night, from each hotel's dated rate capture. On a phone: thermal circuit · spa access · peak all-in. Off-season all-in shows on a wider screen.
Is the Tempe at The Buttes Spa Worth the Price?
Yes, for the pool-first guest. About $270 to $460 a night across the year, fee and tax included, buys two heated pools, hot tubs, a waterslide and the 24-hour gym. Narande is unpriced and its access unpublished, so the room rate is not shown to buy any spa use, which rules it out for anyone booking on the spa.
When to Book the Tempe at The Buttes
Early public rates put the lowest prices in June, July and August. Expect November, January, February and March to run about 1.8 times those summer lows, with October, December, April and May about 1.4 times. Weekends run cheaper than midweek here, about 9.5 percent over the year, so a Friday or Saturday check-in carries no premium. The flat resort fee takes a bigger slice of a cheap night, about 22 percent on the cheapest stretch against about 18 percent in the dearest.
- January: peak
- February: peak
- March: peak
- April: shoulder
- May: shoulder
- June: low
- July: low
- August: low
- September: not yet priced
- October: shoulder
- November: peak
- December: shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Low
- Not yet priced
Typical all-in per night: Peak $440–$530 · Shoulder $300–$360 · Low $260–$260
Typical room rate across the main booking sites and the hotel's own site, 13 Oct 2026 to 26 Aug 2027, converted to all-in with the hotel's fee and tax. Months not yet priced are shown hatched.
What Guests Are Saying
TripAdvisor4.1 / 51,678+ reviews
Google4.3 / 53,019+ reviews
Booking.com8.2 / 10225+ reviews, check rates on Booking.com
The massage was amazing, and the facial was really tailored to what my skin needed.
Google (Narande Spa listing)September 2026Stay rated 5 of 5 waitress Josie made my morning, amazing smile & incredible customer service!
GoogleApril 2026Stay rated 5 of 5there are multiple levels, winding pathways, and different pool and hot tub areas that make it fun to explore.
GoogleMay 2026Stay rated 5 of 5tiles in hot tub were missing, hot tub jets did not work and water was nasty.
GoogleMay 2026Stay rated 2 of 5Breakfast is $27 per person for continental — cereal, pastries, the kind of spread a Hampton Inn gives away free.
TripAdvisorJuly 2026Stay rated 1 of 5
Location
Marriott Phoenix Resort Tempe at The Buttes
2000 W Westcourt Way, Tempe, AZ 85282
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where Is Marriott Phoenix Resort Tempe at The Buttes, and How Far Is the Airport?
Marriott Phoenix Resort Tempe at The Buttes sits at 2000 W Westcourt Way in Tempe, three miles from Phoenix Sky Harbor and near Tempe Diablo Stadium, with the airport about 10 minutes away. It is a pool-first resort built into the Buttes, with I-10 running below, and guests do report freeway noise in some rooms.
Can I Use Narande Spa Without a Treatment or as a Non-Guest?
Narande publishes no spa-access terms for resort guests or day visitors, and no spa-only day pass is listed. Fitness center and sauna rooms sit on the hotel's complimentary amenity list, and the spa's locker rooms include dry saunas, while the pools and whirlpools are resort pool-complex amenities. Nothing published says a treatment guest gets extra. A pool day pass sells through ResortPass, covering the waterslide, hot tubs, towels and free parking; check ResortPass for the current price.
What Do Narande Spa Treatments Cost, and Is There a Service Charge?
Narande publishes no menu, no price list and no service-charge percentage, so a price cannot be quoted here. The hotel's page, re-read in October 2026, lists categories only: massages, couples massages, facials, body scrub and wrap, manicures and pedicures, waxing, men's services and kids services. Prices are confirmed when you book.
What Thermal Facilities Does Narande Spa Have?
Narande's own heat is the dry saunas in its locker rooms, and the sauna rooms on the fitness-center list may be the same rooms. The whirlpools belong to the resort's shared pool complex, not the spa. No source lists a steam room, cold plunge or full circuit. No guest review since December 2024 describes using the sauna.
What Does the Resort Fee Cover, and What Does a Night Cost All-In?
A $15-a-night resort fee bills at $17.11 with tax, and Marriott's checkout lists no inclusions. A typical night runs about $270 to $460 all-in across the year, fee and tax included, with summer at the low end and November to March at the high end. See the season strip and live rates above for current figures.
How Much Does Parking Cost?
Self-parking and valet each cost $15 a day for guests. ResortPass day guests park free.
Are Pets Allowed?
Pets are not allowed, service animals only.
Which Restaurants and Bars Are On-Site?
Top of the Rock Restaurant, Market Café with Rooted Grounds coffee, Thirsty Cactus Pool Bar and Grill, Rooted Grounds Coffee Shop and On the Rocks Lounge, plus a Greatroom cocktail reference, appear on the hotel's March 2026 overview. A July 2026 guest reported a $27 continental breakfast.
What Did the 2024 Renovation Change?
The all-room renovation completed in November 2024 covered 353 rooms and suites with quartz counters, glass-door showers, backlit mirrors and Aveda dispensers, plus a Matrix Fitness gym and expanded outdoor and lobby-bar terraces. That release never named the spa or the pools.
Are the Fitness Center, Yoga and Guided Hikes Free?
The 24-hour fitness center is complimentary, but whether the yoga or the hikes are is not stated. A September 2025 hotel page lists poolside yoga Saturday and Sunday 8 to 9 a.m. at the Waterfall Pool Deck and guided butte-trail hikes on weekday mornings. No guest review since December 2024 describes either.
How Do the Rooms Rate, and What Condition Are They In?
353 guestrooms and suites, including a presidential suite, a chairman suite and seven studio rooms, come from the November 2024 release, while the hotel's own pages state no room count. Room condition is the record's largest complaint: 60 of 266 recent stays raise one, and 13 reviewers report ants, roaches or bedbugs between July 2025 and August 2026. Rooms, at 3.9, is the single TripAdvisor subrating under 4.0. One January 2026 guest in a second-floor patio room facing into the resort called it "VERY quiet," and a July 2026 five-star guest wrote "a little outdated but well maintained."
What Are the Check-In and Check-Out Times, and the Minimum Age?
Check-in is 4 p.m. and check-out 11 a.m. Minimum age to check in is 21.
How This Analysis Works
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- Platform ratings
TripAdvisor 4.1 of 5 from 1,678 reviews; Google 4.3 of 5 from 3,019 reviews; Booking.com 8.2 of 10 from 225 reviews.
Experience reads 370 TripAdvisor and Google reviews, December 2024 to September 2026, 16 non-guests left out, none hotel-collected. Staff & Service reads 266 written reviews.
- Sources
- Marriott's overview and experiences pages as Wayback captures, September 2025 and March 2026, Marriott's booking engine, experiences page re-read October 2026, ResortPass, a November 2024 renovation release, a December 2024 trade article, a 2018 SEC filing.
- Data gaps
- Spa menu, prices, service charge, age, access, square footage, hot-tub count, whether yoga is free, resort-fee inclusions, Wi-Fi fee, ResortPass price, cancellation, leadership, no visit on record.
- Guidelines
- Reviewed under Guidelines Version 9.9
- Version history
- October 2026 SpaRator 7.4 to 6.3 after a 9.9 recalibration, a read of 370 reviews since the November 2024 renovation, fresh Marriott booking-page rates and a re-read of the hotel's pages. The hotel's page states five treatment rooms, and the 15 massage styles appear in press copy only. Withdrawn: the 56-foot slide, robes, slippers and the Wi-Fi fee. The resort has five named outlets and 19 event rooms at 43,523 sq ft. Hot-tub count stays disputed. Added: the unpublished spa menu, prices and access, hot-tub condition reports, and three unconfirmed rows, adults-only pool, fitness classes and in-room treatments.
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