Went to Seattle for a football game and all of the "in town" hotels were booked. This one was roughly 6 miles away from the Centurylink Stadium so not too bad. Nice looking hotel on the inside, though the tall open floor plan challenged my claustrophobic and height issues the first day! My husband assured me that the kids would not fall over the railing since it HAD to be built to OSHA safety standards LOL. The two room suite (one king, one with two double beds and a sofa sleeper) and three tv's were GREAT with older kids (14, 10 & 4). I called to reserve it for $179 a night but the reservation clerk gave me a "non harbor" view for $159, which I thought was great. Two complete bathrooms and kitchen made it a comfortable stay. We packed our own food in a cooler since we travelled from Portland and I am so glad we did. It is so very hard to find kid friendly restaurants in the area, and with the road construction AT EVERY TURN the city was a nightmare of driving in circles and dead ends with hungry kids.
Hotel was clean, though it failed my "hair behind the bathroom door" test, but passed my "computer desk chair test". Few quirks that were not deal breakers...the spring door stop behind the bathroom doors was extra long (see pics) and catches your foot with a loud "boooing" when you open or close the door from the inside..not good if you are trying to be quiet in the middle of the night! And the towel rack in front and below the sink area was awkward making it difficult to get close to the sink. Weird placement. The balcony had a broken screen, making it hard to open and the rail on the balcony seemed low when next to the chairs (as in, if you kids stood on the chairs, they could go right over!). I guess I may be a hyper sensitive safety issue type of mom.
Beds were too soft for me, and you could feel the sink hole on the popular side of the king mattress. I wound up sleeping with my son on the pull out couch one night, which felt better than the king.
Pool was decent, my youngest LOVED the shallow 3" kiddie pool along with the normal sized pool and hot tub. Surrounding tile was VERY slippery and there are signs posted everywhere as a precaution. For the life of me, I do not understand why hotels don't add non slip material to tile around pools. It really is unreal how many including this one, that I have been to where you have to walk at a snail's pace even with shoes on. Pool was warm (enough) yet a little cloudy. Towels were ample and overall enjoyable.
Staff was very friendly, issue with the air conditioner was resolved with maintenance immediately and the housekeeping was fast and efficient. Internet was free, thank goodness, but parking was $23 a day plus tax and very tight spacing, hard to access parking garage. The road construction in front was ridiculous and you had to circle the block each time you wanted to come in or out.
Across the street is a pier with beautiful yachts, some fancy (not kid friendly) restaurants, a nice small play yard and water fountains for kids. Nice open spaces to run, but be careful, not all of the pier has a railing (gave me anxiety with kids). Beautiful harbor and relaxing view all walking distance.
Free breakfast each morning and even a free hot-dog bar for dinner one night made me happy to be saving money and time on meals. But the food looked good but was tasteless and dodgy at best. Still, I appreciated the generous offer of free.
Overall, I would stay at this location again. Close enough to anything in the city including landmarks and cheaper than those just a few miles away.
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