I would never stay here again.
We stayed at the Hotel Deca for 2 nights on a campus visit to the University of Washington. About the only thing we did like about this hotel was the proximity to the campus. On arrival, there were no bellmen. Not a huge deal, but on entering, the lobby was very dark and smelled of mold/mildew, as does the enitre hotel. We got checked in, parked the car in the lot and went to our room. We were shocked. The room was supposed to be a junior suite. It was basically one room the size of a Holiday Inn room. The decor is very dark and dated and the room smelled like mildew. The "closet" has a hanging curtain instead of a door. The bathroom is very small - more like a powder room with a shower. I called downstairs to check and make sure I had gotten the correct room and nobody ever answered the phone. So, I went downstairs and was told that our room was a junior suite. The room was very hot and stuffy on arrival, so we tried to turn on the AC. Couldn't do it. Even though I set the thermostat at 60, it blew really hot air (would be great if it was cold). Waited about 5 minutes to see if it would cool off, but it never did. I didn't even try calling downstairs again. We ended opening up the windows which helped, but had to close them to sleep because of the street noise. They leave earplugs by your bed for a reason. Not only is the street noise pretty bad, but the walls are paper thin. The bed was very nice, however and the shower did have plenty of hot water. When we returned to the hotel after a full day of campus stuff, we asked the front desk person if there was a decent restaurant within walking distance. We were told we couldn't go to the restaurant downstairs because it was happy hour and our son would have to be 21 to get in (really??). She then told us there was a restaurant 2 blocks to the west and then 2 blocks south that was pretty good. So we started walking, again. 2 blocks to the west and then 2 blocks south, then 3, then a long 4. We finally found the restaurant, which was closed. We ended up hitting Subway because it was the only thing we could find and we were freaking tired of walking. Once again, our room was very hot and stuffy, so the windown got opened again. This is absolutely not what I had expected for $199/night. I would advise anyone here for a campus visit to stay down town and just take the bus or train our here for the visit. The area surrounding the campus is not fun to visit, so there really isn't a reason to stay out here. I can say we will never stay at this hotel again. It may be listed as a "boutique hotel", but it is more the quality of a Super 8. And don't believe that there is a view from the rooms. We looked over the parking lot and if you stuck your head out the window and looked to the left, you couuld just see the space needle.