Wonderful Stay in Seattle
While visiting the King Tut exhibit at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, we stayed at the Silver Cloud Inn at Lake Union. We've stayed here before and continue to each time we visit Seattle. It's really a great hotel. Why? The rooms are clean. The beds are comfortable.The rooms are quiet. The breakfasts are great (and the breakfast room looks out toward the lake). The location is excellent. Parking is indoors, secure and covered in the price of the room. If you need to go somewhere in downtown, there is a free shuttle bus that drops you off at Pike Place Market, Seattle Center or Pioneer Square. Just give them a call and they will pick up again. If not too busy, they can crop you off elsewhere. The people behind the desk, in the kitchen, driving the shuttle and cleaning the rooms are all professional, curteous and friendly. Great staff. It had been a long day, so we retreated to our room, watched the sailboats and sea planes dodging each other on Lake Union and had drinks and dinner in the room (microwave noodle bowls purchased at the front desk) until the sun set over Queen Anne Hill.
My only complaints were (room 713) the bathroom door was installed backwards so that you had to walk into the bathroom and close the door before you could get to the light switch (a bit awkward, but not a big problem once you've figured it out) and the pillows were a bit too "firm".
Would I stay here again and recommend it to friends, most definitely yes!!