Loved staying here. Couch was great in the room. We didn't have a view of the water, but still loved the sitting area in the room. Was great for having a glass of wine before dinner! Bed was comfy with all the pillows and blankets you would need. Reception always able to give good recs for food. You do have to walk up a flight of stairs, but how hard is that? Will stay here again next time we're in Seattle. Very central and able to walk to everything.

The pictures on the website are much nicer. First, it's rather nondescript, and we weren't sure where to park to get into the hotel. Then, there's no elevator. The views of the sound were partial, and shared with a warehouse. The service was nice, but it was a bit difficult to find someone to get our car from the valet parking. The room was spacious and clean. You can tell it wasn't so swell before, but they've done a nice job fixing it up. The color on the TV was off due to someone not plugging the right cords in to the correct holes. The heating/cooling system was very complex to operate... we have three college degrees between the two of us and had trouble getting our room warm.

The bedding was excellent, but the pillows were overly fluffy and it was difficult to sleep. The room was quiet. The location of the room was excellent in walking distance of Denny Triangle, harbor, and Pikes Place Market. For the price, I would like to see a hotel offer more ammenities to lure in a customer in. When other hotels in the downtown area offer free brekfast, parking, ect. I believe we'll try out other places before we would consider staying again.

The hotel is fine, a bit rustic as the building is probably built 80+ years ago, but fine, solid and clean. The entrance is next to the restaurant, a short walk up stairs to the lobby. The staff is friendly and helpful. The location is in a sketchy part of town with cars racing up and down the streets until the bars close, doesn't make for a restful stay. I would avoid the restaurant. There is no value, and a pervasive attitude of superiority that I just don't understand. There are 3-4, other expense account steak houses w/in Seattle that offer the same quality, at more reasonable prices, without the attitude. My wife and I were dressed casually so we thought that we'd sit in the bar and have dinner there. Happy hour was on so we ordered several small plates off of that menu, as well as a couple of rounds of $15.00 Martini's. The bill came to around $120.00 with food/bar about a 50/50 split. When we were ready to pay, I chose to use two $50.00 dollar gift cards that I had received as a thank you for a recent charitable contribution. As one waitress, not our waiter, was passing by she remarked that we could not use these to pay since we ordered from the happy hour menu. I am not sure of the rational, I can only presume that the cards were purchased in bulk for a discount, and they feel as though to use them during happy hour we were double dipping. But come on 15 bucks a drink, and 8 for a burger, the margin is there, don't get greedy, remember you're in the hospitality industry. The next day, I re-gifted the cards to a homeless gent a couple of blocks from the restaurant.

I chose The Inn at El Gaucho because it was a 20 minute walk from the Convention Center, which was where I was going to be spending my daytime hours and I wanted a reason to keep up with my daily walks. I'm so, so glad I did!

I absolutely love the decor, which I guess you could say was sort of retro funky. My bed was really wonderful and everything about my room was clean and kept clean every day. Even though my windows were above the busy street, the sound was easily blocked by closing the windows at night - and I'm a light sleeper!

The staff was helpful and kind. All around.

I would look forward to staying here again. Close to everything and unique. Great view of the Space Needle from my bed!