Warwick Seattle
If there’s a chance you may want to book a Warwick, I highly recommend registering an account and signing up for their emails. I booked this hotel under a birthday month special they sent me. I also used their spring sale to book four nights at the Warwick in New York . Look for that review in September.
Location
When it comes to Seattle hotels I was initially of the mind that you want to be as close to the Space Needle as possible. I’ve since found you actually want to be closer to Westlake Center. That is where the light rail and the monorail stations are located. The other end of the monorail is at the Seattle Center by the Space Needle, making it an easy trip. The light rail was important because that’s how I came from the airport. The Warwick is just a few blocks from Westlake Center.
I like this location for touring Seattle because not only are you close to the Link train and Monorail in Westlake Center, you’re also walking distance to Pike Place Market.
At the time of my stay (22-24 May 2022), You could not enter through the front door. You could exit the front door but you had to enter through the parking garage. They said this was due to COVID precautions.
This is where you would enter through the parking garage. If you are looking to park a car here it costs $35/night.
Check In
I arrived around noon understanding that Check In wasn’t until 3pm. I was hoping they would be able to store my bags if I wasn’t able to check in early.
They did have a room available so I was able to check in right away. I was informed there was no housekeeping and no bar or restaurant due to COVID-19. They did offer room service and front desk pickup options for meals. Their website says that their bar and restaurant are now open for dinner.
With all of the hotels I’ve stayed in and even worked for, I have never seen anything like what they had going on behind this front desk. Every time they made a room card they had to walk back to the office, then back with the card. I have stayed in many hotels and worked for companies that own many hotels. I have never seen anything like that. They really should have a card encoder at each front desk terminal. If they insist on only having one, it should be located at the front desk, not in the back office. I can’t imagine how they manage like that on say a Seattle Seahawks game day.
Room
The room types here are deluxe, executive, premier, and then we get into the suites. Deluxe rooms are below the 10th floor. Executive rooms are on floors 10-14. Premier rooms and suites are on floors 15 and higher. I originally had a deluxe room but I upgraded to executive when I re-booked under the birthday sale.
This is a 10th floor executive king room.
The closet includes a safe, luggage stand, ironing board, and additional bedding.
The bathroom includes a bathtub/shower combo. I prefer a walk-in shower myself.
The room was decorated with historic Seattle pictures. This one includes Smith Tower which was once the tallest building in Seattle. There’s an observatory and speakeasy at the top which will be covered in a different Seattle article
This one appears to be the construction of the Space Needle which was built for the 1962 World’s Fair. It also will be covered in a different Seattle article.
The rooms include Juliet balconies. These are balconies with just barely enough room to step out onto.
This water will cost you $6/pint. I bought some for cheaper at the Target over by Pike Place Market. There’s also a CVS across the street from the hotel.
There is no charge for the Seattle’s Best (not really) coffee.
The room did not have any USB plugs. For power they had outlets by the refrigerator, on the desk, and on the nightstand.
Business Center
I knew I was going to need to print some cruise documents and my ArriveCan QR code. Well I was told I would need a printed copy of my ArriveCan QR code for the cruise but I did not. The digital copy was fine. I did need a copy of my boarding pass. They did have someone at the port with a mobile boarding pass printer but I didn’t know that at the time.
At check in I was told there was no business center due to COVID and I would need to email my documents to the front desk for printing. The next morning when I was ready to print I was told by a different front desk clerk that they indeed did have a business center but some agents say they don’t because people have problems with the printer.
I was able to get my documents printed but it’s easy to see why people have problems with the printer. They have five different printers installed on this computer and only one of them is actually attached to it. They really need to bring in an IT person to square away their business center install card encoders at the front desk.
Fitness Center
The fitness center is in the basement and seems a bit small and limited for a hotel this size. Around the corner they have bathrooms, and a water fountain with a bottle filler.
You can keep an eye on the pool from the fitness center. I would imagine this would be helpful if you have kids swimming while you’re getting your workout in.
Pool
This is a better look at the pool area which is located in the basement with the fitness center.
Meeting Room
The Sasquatch room is the meeting room on the second floor of the hotel. It is accessible by the elevator or the staircase in the hotel lobby.
Restaurant and Bar
When I was there the restaurant and bar were closed. From what I could see the bar looked very nice. According to their website the Restaurant and Bar are now open for dinner service. You can view their menu here.
