Jelly O.
Yelp
After a week in the San Juan Islands, we needed a quick place to stay before heading to back to Seattle, and the Port Blakely Room was the only king room available. Room was perfectly adequate and we had a comfortable stay. However, the room is placed oddly between the street and a common walkway to the parking lot, so the room never felt restful. Though there was not a huge amount of foot traffic, it didn't feel particularly "private," and I wasn't comfortable opening any of the screens or drapes, as we would have been fully exposed to passersby.
Since we arrived at the last minute with no reservation (and there is no lobby), we called the Inn and someone came down (from somewhere) and took our reservation on a laptop. Our room wasn't ready, but we were promised an email when it was. That never happened, because our email address was incorrectly noted. After killing enough time in town, we finally called about the room only to find someone else at the "desk" who then had to straighten everything out.
All in all, we had a nice stay, but it was nothing special. Perhaps some of the other suites are nicer or larger or have a view of some kind to make the experience more pleasant and memorable. Ours had no view; just French doors to a small terrace (the public walkway). Good coffee in the suite's shared vestibule.
Note: To put our room location in perspective, the patio chairs that we sat in to complete our reservation by laptop was the Port Blakely Room's patio chairs (see photo on the Website's "Inn Policies" page). The hotel's phone number is written on the door to the Room's vestibule, so from a visitor's point of view, the vestibule and Room look like it should be the hotel's office/reception, but it isn't. The set-up is very strange, because every instinct tells you that this doorway should lead to the Inn's reception area. We actually tried to open the door when we first arrived only to be sternly put off by exiting guests saying, "this isn't the office." I'd suggest some sort of signage to direct arriving guests who are unfamiliar with the property. And for guests staying in the Port Blakely Room, it makes the stay that much more awkward to find "business" being transacted outside of the room. None of these things are deal breakers, it's just odd.