Best Boutique Hotels in Seattle
Seattle's boutique hotel scene has grown up with the city — Capitol Hill's independent properties and South Lake Union's design hotels are where to stay now.
Seattle's reputation for rain obscures a hotel scene that has matured significantly in the past decade. Capitol Hill — the city's most interesting neighbourhood — now has several excellent boutique properties. South Lake Union's tech-driven development has produced a cluster of design hotels. And Pike Place Market remains the emotional centre of a downtown that rewards walking.
Downtown & Pike Place
Hotel 1000 in downtown Seattle is the Pacific Northwest boutique hotel template — rooms designed around technology (heated bathroom floors, in-room virtual golf), a restaurant focused on Northwest ingredients. Inn at the Market sits directly above Pike Place Market and has the best water views of any small hotel in the city.
Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill is Seattle's most culturally dense neighbourhood — independent music venues, the best restaurant scene in the city, and a thriving arts community. Staypineapple at Hotel Rose brings a playful, design-conscious sensibility to a neighbourhood that has long deserved a proper boutique anchor.
South Lake Union & Belltown
Kimpton Palladian Hotel in Belltown occupies a 1910 building and retains the neighbourhood's pre-tech-boom character. South Lake Union's newer hotels are sleeker and more corporate by design, but several independent properties in the corridor offer well-located accommodation at prices below what the Amazon campus hotels charge.
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