Overrated and overpriced
This hotel was a big disappointment. For a start, the indifferent staff ignored us as as we struggled through the door with our luggage. At first, the desk couldn't find our reservation. The room was supposed to be "full water view" but it did not look out on Elliot Bay, rather back toward the port and the stadium. The furnishings were incredibly tasteless, with cutesy teddy bear on the bed and an unsanitary-looking fuzzy bear-shaped footstool (at least, I think it was supposed to be a bear) in front of a ridiculous little stove-fireplace, not to mention the rubber ducky in the bathroom; there were warnings and prices for everything. Worst, the room was unacceptably noisy. A defective mini-bar refrigerator kept going on and off all night, and the toilet kept running after flushing. There was a loud, extended early-morning conversation among housekeeping staff outside our door. The lobby is full of grotesque antler furniture--who could possibly find this attractive? And when we looked in on the bar just before 11 p.m., a staff person barked, "This place is closed!" The one good thing to be said is that the Edgewater is convenient to the Victoria Clipper dock and the cruise terminal. I visit Seattle frequently, but you couldn't pay me to stay at the Edgewater again.