Quality Inn Waddling Dog

It was been 20 years since I stayed at the Admiral Inn, it was great and I'd like to stay there again. I can't say what the last 20 years have brought but it was very clean and the staff was very helpful. The hotel was a little dated even 20 years ago but it is only a 2 minute walk to the Seattle ferry dock and less than a 5 minute to town. The rooms had full kitchens and every morning we would awaken to the seagulls. A great place to stay.

We had a ground-floor 1 bedroom suite with queen bed and full kitchen. It was clean and in good condition, and a good size (for a couple). Had a full fridge, stove, and microwave and counter space. One closet for coats & shoes, and a larger closet in the bedroom. Nice desk for writing/computing. Wireless service worked well for the laptop. Patio door accessible through the bedroom leads to plastic outdoor table & 2 chairs on shared paved patio area with shrubs. Wonderful location downtown near the parliament building, and it's great for coastal walks along the boardwalks and trails.

So obviously the owners are writing these reviews. This place is aweful. There is no breakfast provided. The only saving grace is that it was clean on arrival (not a hotel and not cleaned again whilst you are there). The rooms are very (very) small. They have old tired furniture, the bathroom has not had any work done to it since the 1970's - unless painting the metal bath and tiles with gloss paint (which is now pealing off) is your idea of updating- there is no extractor fan so the entire 'suite' is full of condensation everytime you have a shower - there is a tiny window but this is at head height on the main walkway to all the other rooms so anyone can look in if the window is open. The 'kitchen' has about 2 feet of worktop and a single sink (again from the 1970's); there is a cooker but no extractor fan so everything smells like cooking all the time. You have to shut the bedroom door or the bed and all your clothes will stink. The walls between the 'suites' are so thin I can hear EVERY SINGLE WORD said in the rooms either side of us. Although they are not suppose to the tenants smoke on the balconys and because the windows do not shut properly the smoke drifts into your room The internet is painfully slow and at best intermittent - if you think you can use the internet to download or watch netflix you will be sorely disappointed. The heating is a joke there is a fan heater in the lounge with large clunky push buttons - this blows mildly warmer air into your room and there is a 1 foot wide electric bar heater in the bedroom - this we have to have on 24 hours a day and then heat the rest of the place up by turning on the oven. The noise of the other people trying to heat their rooms with these antiquated 'heating' units is so load you cannot sleep without ear plugs and even then you are still woken up when they turn on and off. We are stuck as there are very few places that allow you to stay with pets as Victoria is very anti pets. Tonight there was a physical fight outside our room - banging against the walls - we felt very unsafe. Do what ever you can to avoid this place we regret being stuck in this position.....