Commodore Hotel
- March 28, 2002
- Rated 2 of 5 by
trailbos from Marquette, Michigan
The room was large enough, but the furniture was not comfortable for hanging out, reading or watching TV. That's okay if all you need is a place to sleep and shower. I booked this place because it was cheap, and my expectations were not high, so I was not disappointed. I had a room facing the street, which tended to be noisy, both with traffic and all-night street people who sometimes got into shouting matches at 3 a.m. Housekeeping was kind of funky - I left a tip each day, and on the third day they had come in to take the tip but failed to clean the room (just a little thing to laugh about). The front desk expected me to leave my key each time I went out, which was often, and that was kind of a hassle. The heating system was also funky - it was either on full blast or totally off; there didn't seem to be a happy medium. And it was also noisy. Don't expect shampoo or drinking glasses in your room; just little bars of soap and a couple of cheap towels. The location was great, in some respects. Just a couple blocks from the Pike Place Market, and right behind a Patagonia store. There's a Starbucks across the street. But did I mention the nightlife? Once I was walking back to the hotel at night and was approached by a drug dealer, offering me something to smoke (I don't know what), even said he had a pipe I could use. And there were a couple of girls pacing up and down the block, possibly prostitutes but certainly not pretty. One morning I was having coffee at the Starbucks and a homeless woman was rumaging through their garbage can, picking out things to eat and drink. So this isn't the best neighborhood, but it isn't the worst part of Seattle either (that can be found a few blocks to the south by the Green Tortoise Hostel).
From journal Travel to Seattle for alternative health care