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3.5 Stars - 7 Reviews and 313 Opinions
This hotel is nothing special but it is not bad either.
The location is ideal in terms of getting to the monorail to take you downtown or the space needle.
The rooms are clean with a great big fridge to store your beers etc in.
The lobby is inviting with free coffee.
It is in a bit of a weird area, right next to a major road.
As I say nothing special but good if you are looking for a no frills decent hotel.
The best western executive inn, what can i say?? we arrived at 1pm and instead of giving us the right check in time(4 pm) a lady receptionist told us to come back in an hour. When we came back an hour later another receptionist was working (Chris) and told us check in time was a t 4pm. Not very organized at all. Finally when we came back after 4pm and got to our room, we realized that they gave us one king size bed instead of two queen size beds that i had requested. The employee gave no apology and just hastily changed our rooms. He gave little information when we asked about tourist sites and restaurants. He only mentioned a place nearby to eat which p.s. was the five points, a greasy and dodgy place to eat. Not a nice experience whatsoever and i don't recommend it at all. Thanks Chris!!!!
Arrival
September 18, 2010
Next Arrival
Never
This is a good hotel that is actually much nicer than it at first might seem due to the "dated" appearance. Clean and apparently well-run, the rooms are nice, the beds comfortable, and the full breakfast excellent.
Best of all, it has an excellent good location. It is right next to the Seattle Center, great for visiting both that key site of Seattle - with the Space Needle - and downtown, since the monorail at the Seattle Center takes you right to downtown. Because it is not in downtown, though, parking and driving to and from this hotel are relatively easy and straightforward. Seattle is rightly notorious for its horrendous traffic and downtown can be really bad, especially near the waterfront and Pike Place Market. This area near the Seattle Center, though, is pretty easy to deal with. As a result, this is a convenient hotel to stay at while easily and leisurely seeing the two key parts of Seattle - Seattle Centre and downtown.
Be careful about the height limit for cars in the basement parking, though, since part of it actually gets significantly lower than the entrance first seems to indicate.
Unique Quality: Really great, convenient location for seeing the key parts of Seattle (see my description above).
Directions: It's about 1 block east of Seattle Center at the corner of Taylor Ave. N and John St. From Denny Way, go north on Taylor.
Best Western Executive Inn is old and definetely needs to be refurbished. The room is clean though.
No porter to help you with your bags.
Unique Quality: The complimentary continental breakfast, free internet and it being a block away from the Space Needle, the odd-looking Experience Music Project, Monorail and the Pacific Science Center more than make up for the old look.
Stayed here in April 2006, incredible view of the Space Needle from my room. Refrigerator in room, mattresses incredibly comfortable. Two blocks from the Seattle Center. Will definitely stay here again.
Unique Quality: Complimentary shuttle to downtown locations, great unexpected service.
Directions: two blocks east of the Seattle Center
This hotel has a great location but nothing more to recommend it. Nothing particularly wrong, just older and not in the best neighborhood. However, it's a couple of blocks walk to the Seattle Center.
Since I was here for training, I got a special government rate, which in 1994 was:
$79.00+15.2% tax = $91.01 x 11 nights
These were 2003 rates:
Season Rate - 1 Person
11/1/03 - 3/31/03 $85 - 109
4/1/03 - 6/30/03 & 10/1/03 - 10/31/03
$94 - 119
7/1/03 - 9/30/03 $111 - 142
Unique Quality: A good hotel for me is one that has (in addition to comfortable beds):
a) free local calls and lets me go online from my room for free
b) a pool
c) a nice free breakfast
d) some cable TV other than HBO.
I picked this hotel because I had to have transportation to where I was having my training, and also I wanted transportation to downtown Seattle.
From their webpage:
"From the lobby, guests can watch the elevators rise to the top of the Seattle Center's world famous Space Needle.
"Just a short walk brings one to the Seattle Monorail which runs between the Seattle Center and Westlake Center, located in the heart of downtown shopping"
One afternoon I did take the monorail into town to do some shopping.
"Guest room amenities include in-room coffee maker and coffee, 25" color television, voice mail messaging, data ports, irons and ironing boards, hairdryers, modem jacks and some rooms have dual phone lines.
Morning newspaper
Free local phone calls
Free local and incoming facsimiles
Total Guest Rooms: 123
Kids Stay Free! (Children under 17 stay free with accompanying adult)
Complimentary coffee, voice mail and computer modem port
Internet Kiosk in lobby (US$3.00 for 15 minutes - Subject to change)
Parking is available free of charge."
They didn't have an internet kiosk then, and the children staying free, the complimentary coffee, and the free parking wasn't important to me, but the free local calls WAS important. The only other thing I would have asked for would have been a pool and breakfast.
I took a number of pictures of the Seattle skyline from my room.
Directions: The Best Western Executive Inn is located at the edge of the downtown business district, adjacent to the Seattle Center.
I was disappointed with the Best Western Executive Inn. Was hoping for a bit more modern and more luxurious hotel. Rooms clean but old fashioned. Free complimentary downtown shuttle service had 45min waiting time when we wanted it. Would not stay there again.
I stayed at the Best Western Executive because a group I belong to was using it for a weekend conference. I have read the other comments and have to agree with may things I read here. The lack of sound proofing is evident as I could hear the maids vacuuming the adjacent rooms. However I did not hear any of my neighbors - they were either quiet or the rooms were empty. I was on the 5th floor pretty far down the hall away from the elevator and they told me that this would be a quiet area which it proved to be. Another person in my group had the room from hell - evidently their neighbors were partying all night loudly and when the front desk was called the party would die down only long enough to pass inspection and them booted up as soon as the management left.
I overheard comments about the restaurant food being overpriced, but I did not eat there. I did notice that the bar was closed up and deserted by 11 pm on a Saturday night despite the fact that our group was still using the adjacent room and many people wanted to wander over to the bar for a drink. The hotel is non-smoking except for a small area in the bar - this is a big plus for me. The location is extremely good if you are planning to go to the Seattle Center. They do accept pets - and welcomed my dog who was certainly pushing their 50lb limit - but they did charge a hefty one time $35.00 pet fee. I don't mind some kind of pet fee - but this seems a little high.
While they have security measures in the garage at night - you have to use your room key to enter the gate - it is still a deserted garage and I don't think I would want to be caught down there waiting for the extremely slow elevator if someone snuck in behind me before the outside automatic gate closed. (During the day the gate was open all the time.) The neighborhood is industrial and there are some strange characters wandering around at night. For the most part if felt safe - if you paid attention while you walked around. I don't know about the shuttle - but I heard that a lot of people were waiting for it so you don't want to be in a rush when you use it. The room itself was clean and comfortable. Big pluses are the refrigerator (dorm room size with no mini-bar items using up the space) and the microwave as well as the WIFI connection. But be warned if you plan to leave your computer in your room - a member of our group was robbed of a couple thousand dollars worth of electronic gadgets when the thief slipped in when the maid was cleaning the room, acting as though they were the registered guest. There is a computer in their business office that you can use.
The comments about the different attitudes of the staff was very true - some people were enthusiastic and helpful while others just wanted to quote me the corporate bible rules that supported them denying me an adjustment for the ridiculous pet fee. My rate was probably not the lowest rate as others have reported getting a better rate via expedia or price line. If you can get a bargain rate, and request a quiet room, this becomes an even greater value. It is easy in the daytime to walk everywhere if you like walking, and Seattle is a great town to see by foot. The parking for our group was free, and apparently it is free for all guests based on the other comments I have seen here, but you might want to check with the hotel.
I did notice that they were using one outlet with an multi-plug adapter and did inform the management that a fire inspector would probably frown on this as a fire hazard. I would hope that they corrected this.
I stayed here two nights. No problems to speak of. Typical budget hotel decor and furnishings. Great location, a block from Seattle Center (the space needle, music experience, and more). A shuttle is available to take you downtown (a little over a mile, Pike Place market, shopping district, etc).
Clean, but not immaculate. I had a view of the space needle, but my window was patched with duct tape.
The elevators are about the slowest I've ever ridden. Pretty annoying.
Environmental hotel: fluorescent lights, recycling bins, placards requesting you keep your sheets and towels for the duration of your stay (you can decline if you choose), soap/shampoo dispensers to save packaging. This kind of thinking needs to spread.
Some personnel were quite helpful, and others not so much. The second person I asked referred me to Zeek's for lunch. Two blocks away, I got a good salad and good pizza and a drink for $7 for lunch. Very nice.
We chose the Executive Inn for the location to the Space Needle and Seattle Center. Our room was clean, comfortable, with a view of the Space Needle & Seattle Center, for the 4 of us (2 adults & 2 teens). It came with a combo microwave & fridge and coffee maker. If you are a light sleeper, make sure your room is away from the Brella's Rest & Lounge. There was comp. paper & am coffee & apples at the front desk & pm-cookies. Nice to access free Net. Mcdonald's is a block away and Zeek's Pizza (& Bar)2 blocks away-great value. However there was a lack of family oriented rest. close by within walking dist. (ie Denny's). Brella's menu in the hotel seemed expensive. The Continental breakfast Saturday morning was ok. It had hot oatmeal, toast, fresh fruit etc.. The monorail will be out of service for awhile. We drove to Pike Market and downtown since the shuttle bus wasn't reliable according to a posting we had read earlier.
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Address: 200 Taylor Ave. N, Seattle, Washington, 98109-5016, United States
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