http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T20:23:14Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Seattle%20Hotel%20Reviews http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/4/9472/27223 <![CDATA[<p><i>HotelChatter contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/Tim%20L."><b>Tim Leffel</b></a> is moving around the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. and Canada, seeing the hotel scene from a family travel perspective. If you have a question about where to stay in the region, <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com"><b>hit us on the tipline</b></a>, or just comment below, and we will do our best to get you some sort of answer. Enjoy.</i> <p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/mayflower_park.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>Seattle's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Mayflower+Park+Hotel/ian/148505"><b>Mayflower Park Hotel</b></a> first opened in 1927, built for $750,000 and in a move that was rare at the time, all 240 rooms had their own baths. <p>On the downside, this was during prohibition, so the current bar was then a drugstore. Double rooms ran from $3.50 to $7 and suites topped out Tim L. 2008-07-07T09:30:12-05:00 47.612260 -122.33841 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/9/26/12342/0556 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hyattseattle_tub.png" class="imgborder"><p> Once again, we are stalking the #1 rankings on <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g60878-d224783-r8381106-Grand_Hyatt_Seattle-Seattle_Washington-m10559.html">TripAdvisor</a> to find what they have ranked as the top hotels in cities throughout the nation. <p>This week our obsession took us to Seattle, where not only did we learn that the top property is the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Hyatt+Seattle/ian/173958"><b> Grand Hyatt</b></a>, but that the way to a guest's heart is a great bathroom. Case in point:<blockquote><p> The bathroom was huge (almost bigger than the actual room). I absolutely loved it! </blockquote></p> <p><blockquote><p> The room was a good size, but the bathroom was amazing!</blockquote></p> <p><blockquote><p> The bathrooms are massive with a separate frameless shower and extra deep soaker tub with a waterfall faucet.</blockquote></p> <p> So hotel developers take note: alyshabrown 2007-09-26T15:27:14-05:00 47.612742 -122.33404 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/13/12581/2135 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/SeattleMLB_map.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>Summer is here, which means baseball-obsessed people all over the U.S. are hopping in planes, trains, and automobiles to visit MLB fields around the country. To help these fanatic fans/hotel guests, we will be looking at ballparks around the country and give you a quick rundown of your closest, safest, and best hotel options. "America's Favorite Pastime" with some of America's finest second cities--what is not to love? If you got any hotel questions or suggestions or even better, firsthand baseball park hotel reviews, <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com"><b>send them here</b></a> and share them with other MLB fans--even if they are Yankee fans.</i><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Hotels-Near-MLB-Stadiums"><b>Click Here to Go Straight to the Hotels Near MLB Stadiums Map</b></a><p>Our MLB Travel map returns! <p>Today we're Jenna 2007-08-13T14:14:13-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/9/12540/80010 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/greysanatomy_seattle.png" class="imgborder"/><p>A few cast members of Grey's Anatomy got some <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070309/people_nm/anatomy_dc_1">serious pay raises</a> this week--Meredith is making 200k an episode, the others are getting around 125k--meaning they are close to making at least $3 million a season. So we wondered with all this money in the bank, where would these Seattle Grace "doctors" stay if they were to actually visit Seattle one day?<p>We looked at what was near the city's Swedish Medical Center which has state-of-the-art surgical facilities and found that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sorrento+Hotel/ian/112182"><b>Hotel Sorrento</b></a> was only a few blocks away.<p>The hotel is 7-story, European-style (small) hotel that's almost a hundred years old where the staff prides themselves on their excellent service. All of which is perfect for juliana 2007-03-09T12:19:27-05:00 47.608444 -122.32733 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/10/4148/86276 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif" align="right">When you wind up with a bad hotel room, you tend to whinge to your pals about it for a while. Some people even mention it to management. And others write really long detailed letters that get published all across the world, thanks to the modern wonder of the internet. Blogger <a href="http://propagandasifter.blogspot.com/2006/08/open-letter-to-ramada-hotels.html">Propaganda Sifter</a> had plenty to say about a stay in the <a href="http://www.ramada.com/Ramada/control/Booking/property_info?propertyId=00015&amp;brandInfo=RA"><b>Ramada Downtown Seattle</b></a>, starting with a too-small TV and a broken airconditioner. A discovery of cigarette burns in the blanket led to further investigation: <blockquote><p> Having kicked off the comforter on the bed, I turned and encountered the biggest, most horrible-looking, unsavory stain on the box spring. In all my life I have amandak 2007-01-10T11:23:26-05:00 47.615295 -122.34182 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/