WA Seattle Sixth Avenue Inn Downtown

[WillTravel]

(Seattle downtown zone on Priceline)

We arrived around 2 PM, and got checked in right away. I asked the clerk if it was a busy weekend, and she said they were full. Apparently the Mariner baseball games were more of a reason than the Bumbershoot festival. We had requested two double beds ahead of time, and that is what we got.

The room was normal-size, with two dressers, a night table, a chair, and a standard bathroom. The worst I can say about the room is that the decor is totally nondescript. It was perfectly acceptable. This is not a motel - there are no exterior entrances to rooms (at least so far as I saw). There is an attached restaurant that serves standard food.

The location is still within the area I consider acceptable in downtown Seattle. It is about two blocks from Westlake Center. I don't like the location of the two 1* Travelodges as well as this location. I knew I was taking a risk by bidding 1* that I would end up in one of those Travelodges and I'm not sure I would take that risk again.

This hotel does appear to have some association with Starwood (as the hotel web site at http://www.sixthavenueinn.com indicates). The only indication in the room, though, was that one of the TV channels is devoted to promoting Starwood hotels. I suspect that Starwood only wants upscale hotels to have prominent affiliations with Starwood and thus downplayed the branding in this case.

[WillTravel]

This wasn't a Priceline stay, but we ended up staying here again this weekend. I had a free night at Days Inn, and they had overbooked, so we were moved here, still at the free rate.

Everything I said before still applies. Our room was clean and plain and we had no problems with anything. It was a bit of a let-down after staying the night before at the Summerfield Suites, but for a free night stay or even for a regular-price stay, it was absolutely up to par. As I mentioned before, if I could be sure of getting this hotel or another hotel this good on 1* bids in Seattle, I would be happy to bid 1*.

Note that local calls are $1.69 each, which is a bit on the pricy side, in my opinion. So even my long-distance cross-border cell phone rates were cheaper.