Residence Inn Seattle Downtown/Lake Union

This is in theory a very nice hotel. Helpful and knowledgeable staff, great location.
However, hotel management have decided to undertake large-​scale renovation, seemingly randomly (part of one floor, different section of another floor). The result is that the circulation of air in the hotel is full of sawdust, and the construction workers — who are not supposed to start work until 9 am – are stomping loudly around the hotel from 8 am onward. For those who work late (and want to sleep past 8 am), forget it. And stay away if your lungs are at all compromised. I had my first asthma attack in 40 years, thanks to the construction going on in rooms near mine.
At no point did front desk staff inform me of the construction. When I asked if I could be moved to a quieter room with cleaner air, I got moved to a room that was neither. «There’s nothing we can do,» is what the friendly staff said.
The hotel should shut down and renovate the whole thing at once. It is beyond reprehensible that a hotel that is taking the money of so many families of patients at the Hutch Cancer Care Center.

We’ve lived in the Residence Inn over a year in DC/​NOVA area! We loved everyone there! Here we are another contract and all the way across the country and absolutely love our new home. The location and staff are amazing!

Had a rough night. People in room next to us were having a party — no matter how many calls to the front desk, the staff at Residence Inn did not solve the issue. We did not sleep the entire night, and they (the staff) did not offer alternative rooms or solutions. There was some talk of rebating the room, but in the morning when the bill arrived — we received full price, to the tune of 642.00!
In the end, they did refund the night — but only after some sever bitching.
We will not stay where the staff cannot control this type of behavior. Ruined our trip.

Had some payment issues here… Let’s see what happens next.

I am a multiple year Platinum Marriott member. I have been in countless Marriotts nationwide. I am not telling you that this is the nicest, but after staying in the Renaissance in Seattle, this is the only one I will be staying at in Seattle.
They treated me very well at the front desk. My soon to be renovated room is very clean and the balcony is as big as some hotel rooms I’ve seen!
Recent renovation to the façade and lobby are well done and give a more high end feel.
Try this gem, save a few bucks over some of the other brands in town.
Nice pub here too!
Just get here!

Very spacious hotel room and not bad in price. We paid $ 140 for a king size bed with a pull-​out couch, deck, and a kitchen! Bed was comfy, it was clean… Would definitely stay here again!

I stayed here in spring 2013 and now again in fall 2015 and though the hotel was nice before I think they have improved it.
The room was super comfortable both times. I love Marriott beds. The rooms are great for families. If you have a baby there’s lots of room for a crib. The bathroom amenities are not as good as before — they went with a cheap Paul Mitchell line now instead of bath and body.
The breakfast was good before but better now — lots of protein choices as well as waffles, oatmeal, cereal, yogurt parfaits, etc. breakfast is still complimentary for guests. They no longer have the happy hour during the weekday evenings with a complimentary light meal and drinks. Now there is a tap & cider room with food that is open daily between 4 and 10.
The fitness room is a lot nicer than before — lots of equipment and better air circulation.
The lobby is great to hang out in — to catch up on work, meet with coworkers, entertain your child, etc — it’s huge with lots of stairs, comfortable seating areas, tvs, and a water fall.
The trolley can be picked up right outside the hotel and you can take it for$ 2.25 one way to Westlake Center near Pike’s Place.
There are a few restaurants near the hotel but they are kind of pricey. I like Duke’s for chowder and happy hour deals. There is not a local coffee shop nearby.
I would recommend this hotel if on business in South Lake Union or you are with your family.

What a great staffed hotel. I don’t normally write these until gone but was very impressed how helpful the staff is. We were here during the heavy winds. The power went off for over 4 hours. The hotel was awesome how they handled the event. In fact many did not have power in Seattle and these folks stayed here to assist rather leave and take care of their own. They do need to check out their backup power system and fix it. The fireman from Sarasota, Florida was upset and wants to be compensated but I thought the staff handled it the best way they could. We are about 5 min from the cable car which takes you to Westlake and then it is 10 min walk to pike’s fish market. The space needle is only a 2o min walk from here. I would recommend you to get a room facing the city as we found the rooms next to the street very noisy, thank you for a nice stay!

First the good news… the staff was very friendly and accommodating. The rooms are big and clean. Location, near down town and ride on the SLU tram, it’s an easy cheap quick ride to eh center of downtown.
The bad? The lbby is horrible. A huge dated atrium, bland as al gore on morphine. It has the feel of a half abandoned food court in a 1980s mall. The rooms are spacious and with a kitchen that’s been updated, but the furniture is thread bare, stained and shabby. What?
They are trying to update this cavernous hangar, but you cant, as the saying goes, put lipstick on a pig.
Lastly, I spend 150 – 200 nights a year in Marriotts and they couldn’t get me a water view for my wife’s birthday. That’s not great hospitality. And to top it all off this room In August is $ 299 a night. Wow. For that money, reupholster.

We got a suite that sleeps 6, with a pull out couch and a small kitchen. Also we were able to get a crib in our room. Plenty of room and the free breakfast was actually really good. Parking is about $ 27/​night. Central to many great restaurants and activities. The only complaint was that the pull out couch was extremely uncomfortable.

Wanted a hotel that could accommodate five adults in a two bed, two bath suite for a family retreat and the Marriott/​Lake Union fit the bill very nicely. That being said, I wouldn’t be caught dead in a place like this if it was just me and my wife because it definitely caters to families looking for maximum bang for their buck, hold the ambiance, thank you very much!
The free breakfast is really quite vile and there are essentially zero upscale touches, such as valet parking (don’t get me started on the «SUV» parking lot where you’re supposed to wedge THREE vehicles in a space for two — for the somewhat sporty price of $ 27 a day).
But again, it is what it is — so don’t be expecting a Ritz Carlton!

Perfectly four-​star. Everything was above average… nothing «popped» and amazed us. But totally happy. Loved the coffee that was always available… never made it to the brunch. It was Pride Weekend and we were… not functional before 10am… :-D

Impressive, impressive, impressive! Probably one of the best areas to stay at in Seattle, and with a water view (depends on which direction your room is facing). I’ve never had a bad time in a Residence Inn, and this location proved to be one of the best.
The rooms itself met expectations, in that they are spacious to accommodate business meetings within the suite of 3 – 4 people, easily. The king bed was superb, as expected. The breakfast is outstanding, and good enough to get me going in the morning. I’m certain that they still have the manager’s events from Monday-​Thursday from 5 – 8 PM (I think) where they serve wine and other goodies, yet I’m always working late to where I miss it.
If you are picking someone up by the front desk, the parking zone is ridiculously tight. I mean, its kinda brutal. I learned this lesson the first time. Its probably best to go around the building and park on the street, and then walk. It sucks, but you’ll see that the parking zone is limited on sufficient parking space for 4 – 5 cars.
The EastLake area is probably 2 – 3 miles away, and well worth stopping in. Downtown is even shorter, depending on where you want to go. For those that are Marriott Rewards members, this property should be on your to-​go list whenever you are in town. Well worth the stay!

Stayed in a 1 bedroom king suite with lake view for 3 nights. View was not good at all. Walls are thin! you will be able to hear: the family in their room across the hall, kids running up and down the hall, cars honking all night, and sirens of police cars in the middle of the night. The furniture in the room was dinged up bad, couch falling apart. Only one elevator was working. Only one waffle machine was working during the continental breakfast. A worker pushed me to clean a spilt waffle batter on a counter. ATM fees in lobby are expensive. Chairs on the balcony were filthy. This is the first hotel I’ve not been able to do a late checkout, after 3 nights you’d think they’d make sure you ended on a good note. We called the night before asking for late checkout. They said call back in the morning. Called back in the morning to be told there are «no more left» some limited availability i was not told about the night before. I was told the taproom (bar) in the lobby closed at 11pm when checking in, it was just changed to 10pm.

Was in town for a couple weeks and stayed here at the Residence Inn. Great stay overall. Rooms are super spacious, there’s candy at the check in, staff are super cool folks who go out of their way to make your stay great, and there’s a shopping service for groceries!
It’s still pretty central to a lot of food, entertainment, and neat tourist spots, but beware that it’s quite a trek if you’ve not got a car. If I remember correctly, the walk to pike place market was 30 – 40 minutes?
Anyways, very much recommended :)

Fun, funky looking hotel. Nice, big, clean rooms. However, the plumbing is garbage, a snotty front desk guy wants nothing to do with anyone, and the wifi was terrible. We even paid extra for the better Internet and it was constintly going down. Whenever the dish washer was ran the bathroom sink filled up with gunk and the water drained out of the toilet which made it hard to flush.
The free breakfast wasn’t too shabby. The sign on the ham that read «Canadian Turkey Bacon» every morning for the 2 weeks were there was both confusing and weird. No wonder Americans think us Canada’s are so strange.
I would stay there again though.

5 Stars for Amanda at the front desk! Very helpful.
Enjoying our room. Comfy beds and plenty of room.

Stayed here a few months ago for a long weekend trip with the BF. Stayed at this property because we used Marriott points, and also wanted to have a parking garage, to have easy access in and out of the hotel (without having to wait for valet parking).
Location is decent, but not great, if you want to walk around downtown. It’s close to the lake, which is nice, so it just depends on what you want.
Room was clean, but the décor is a little dated. Fridge and microwave in all the rooms, so that’s a nice bonus, and they have a daily happy hour as well as breakfast, which is nice. Food is okay, but not great, but we did eat there a few times. Service was also really good, which I always appreciate.
Overall, not sure if I’d stay here again, mainly because I have other favorite hotels closer to downtown Seattle, but for a Marriott property it’s okay.

Great hotel. Clean, very nice staff. Pretty close in to downtown Seattle and everything we needed for this trip, which was touristy stuff.
They had a decent gym here. Not the best I’ve seen in hotels, but OK.
Every day they had a free appetizer event in the lobby. That was nice. Sometimes we’d be out in the city for the day, have a big lunch out, and just have that for dinner with some snacks later.
I would not hesitate to return here.

This is a really nice Marriott Hotel. The only thing that I found unfortunate for Marriott was that it is kind of shoehorned between places that would be interesting to walk too. For example, to get over to the restaurants on the water side you have to cross a major road and the restaurants there are just not that great compared to all the wonderful foodie places downtown Seattle has to offer.