I was here for a 2 day conference with UW. The location was perfect, just a block away from University Way, where there are plenty of restaurants, shops, and interesting people watching. Tully's is adjacent to the hotel and convenient for coffee in the morning, since there is no coffee maker in the room and breakfast is not included.
Rooms are nicely decorated, modern style, comfortable beds and very clean.
My main gripe is that the shuttle is COMPLETELY unreliable. They make a list of who needs to go where and at what time, but they don't use the list. They booked too many people at the same time and it was a big cluster trying to get a group of about 10 people to and from our conference. They basically told everyone to just show up at a certain time but there was not enought room for everyone in the van. In addition, one lady had to wait over an hour at night, in the rain, to get picked up at the Space Needle after dinner -- when she was told the shuttle would be coming shortly.
This place if fine in every respect but don't hold your breath on the shuttle. They have a parking lot where you can park your car for free - and you may want to plan on driving your own car around or catching a cab instead of relying on the shuttle. The front desk staff were young and not helpful in making restaurant recommendations - and certainly not helpful with arranging the shuttle. The District Lounge restaurant/bar in the basement of the restaurant had good food but very slow service. There was live music in The Lounge most nights.
The fitness center was adequate with 2 treadmills, an elliptical, a bike, and a bench/dumbbells.
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