Sonesta Select Seattle Renton

“Above and beyond”

This hotel was exceptional. Location, how clean it was, great rooms, very nice beds. The breakfast was excellent and it was fresh. The front desk team was amazing, Tracy went above and beyond to accommodate me during my stay. She was very polite, friendly and committed.

“Gtrat value great room”

Rooms big enough great beds great sofa that turn to be bed too as in extra also there is disk and microwave, breakfast tipical American breakfast staff friendly, there is also inside pool and parking for vehicles I loved how newly the hotel is furnished modern style

“Decent hotel but deceptive pricing”

The room I was given was fine, but on one side the neighbors were having a fight and on the other side the people had turned up the TV so their friends in Portland could hear it. I went to the front desk and asked for a different room. The woman at the desk apologized (even though the problem wasn… more

The room I was given was fine, but on one side the neighbors were having a fight and on the other side the people had turned up the TV so their friends in Portland could hear it. I went to the front desk and asked for a different room. The woman at the desk apologized (even though the problem wasn't the hotel's fault) and immediately gave me a new room that had a better quality neighbors. That was good. The room wasn't exactly a suite, but more suite-lite. There was a section with a bed and bathroom and another section with a sofa (bed), TV, and a basic kitchen, The room was large and quiet. The air conditioning was noisy, but worked. The breakfast was OK, but pretty basic. There were two waffle-making machines, which was nice. I have two gripes though. First, there is a mandatory $17.99 fee for breakfast and parking. If a fee is mandatory, it should be included in the room price. This is simply deceptive advertising. What's next? A room price of $50 and a mandatory "bed fee" of $150 for using the bed? This kind of stuff should be illegal. They can charge whatever they want, but if it is mandatory, it should be in the price. If they want to offer optional extras, like use of the pool, that's fine, but trick pricing to fool people into thinking it is cheaper than it really is, is simply deceptive advertising and shouldn't be allowed. The second gripe is that I connected my laptop computer to the room TV using HDMI port 1 to watch a movie from the laptop on their screen. I had my own HDMI cable, which I had used at another hotel the day before. The cable is fine. I selected as input source "HDMI 1" It didn't work. I understand electronics and computers very well and nothing worked, not even rebooting both the laptop and the TV (i.e., by unplugging the modem). I called the front desk to ask how to make the HDMI work. The woman said: "What's HDMI?" Clearly that was getting me nowhere. If there is some special magic needed to make HDMI work (like hopping up and down on your left leg three times while reciting some incantation), they should have an information sheet explaining it, Otherwise, the hotel was OK.

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