Sara T.
Yelp
My friend and I stayed at the Marqueen Hotel for 3 nights while visiting Seattle. I had no problems booking through Priceline.com. Weeks before staying here we gave them a call confirming our hotel stay and regarding early check-in policy, but I forgot the person's name I spoke with, but he was very friendly and answered all my nosy questions :)
We arrived early Friday morning after flying into Seattle and decided to stop by the hotel to drop off our luggage/bags at 10am and go exploring around the area - on the phone they informed us they can hold onto our luggage (free of charge) and come back at 3pm to check-in. But lucky us! :) We arrived at 10am and they already had our room available! Check-in was super easy, but just FYI they need a credit card to hold $150 in case you damage anything, but it will be 'refunded' once you check-out and didnt damage anything of course. Also, we had the choice of getting a room on the 1st or 3rd floor, and we chose 1st floor. There's also no elevator, but they have staff who will help you with luggage, if needed.
Orginally, I believed we booked a standard king suite or something like that, but we were surprised to be given a room with 2 comfy queen beds! We were fine with sharing a king bed, but 2 queen beds was perfect too! The room was huge! It reminded me of a little studio: bedroom, bathroom, kitchenette (w/ sink, fridge, stove, microwave, dishware and silverware, and a little sitting area), and a little 'living room' and small closet, and there's a big flat screen TV mounted to the wall. I know the building is quite old, but they can seriously clean the floors a bit more (I recommend bringing a pair of flip flops or slippers to walk on the floor) and the bathroom is kind of eh. Also, wish they had more outlets available near the beds, we had to unplug the clock and lamps to use the outlets. Overall, the room is nice and has that "historic/antique/vintage " theme, and we enjoyed our 3 nights. They also provided complimentary shampoo, conditioner, soap, and lotion. And free little pieces of chocolate :) Oh, and free newspaper is delivered to your door every morning, expect Sunday! And can't forget about the complimentary breakfast served every morning from 8am-11am. It's nothing amazing, but it tasted delicious and the food presentation is cute. They served bagel with butter and a little bowl of yogurt with granola and fruits, and your choice of coffee or apple juice! Very simple breakfast, but it was super yummy :)
Hmmm the wifi. The wifi is very weak here! I'm not sure if it's just the location of our room, but during our entire stay the wifi literally sucked inside our room. However, the secret spots with good wifi is located in the Tin Lizzie Lounge when you grab breakfast in the morning and the "lobby" of the 3rd floor has awesome wifi!
As for check-out, it's at 12pm. Check-out was super easy. We checked out early and left our luggage with 'baggage claim' or whatever it's called at the hotel (again, free of charge!) and did some last minute touristy stuff and came back at 3pm to pick up our luggages :)
Also, I loved how this hotel was literally near EVERYTHING. It's walking distance to the Space Needle, Chihuly Glass Museum, MoPop, Metropolitan Market (to pick up any snacks/necessities), and there's a lot of restaurants across the street too! :)