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Reviews of Brighton Retreat (Walk to Metro)

2.5 out of 5
Brighton Retreat (Walk to Metro)
Near Othello Station, Seattle, WA

Reviews

6.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 21 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 13 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 9 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 67 reviews" "

7.4/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Way overpriced for someones basement that they couldn't even be bothered to remove spiderwebs from. Parking was an issue from the moment we arrived, as they requested we have assigned parking that was already taken by their friend. Was told to contact them immediately if this happens and spent 30 minutes waiting for a reply. The pictures on the website are advertising a better place than what was seen. Request no noise from tenents visiting but expect loud noises from the house above.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Gloria

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Could not find the place, if there is a place. Asked many people and they did not know of the area. Would not recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Glenn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Really like the look and feel of a grand old hotel of the early 1900s.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Rosemary, Auburn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Convenient
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

2/10 Terrible

Brendan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
You have a SCAM running through your site. This place is not legit. I cannot believe Expedia allows this on their site.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Property Manager on 27 Mar,2023
False accusations. Your booking was cancelled due to invalid payment issue. We refuse to provide services to certain guests, especially those with inappropriate language and behaviors. Our business and accommodations are legit. Feel free to call Expedia anytime to verify.

10/10 Excellent

Rosemary, Auburn

Liked: Staff & service

10/10 Excellent

Bill

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

4/10 Poor

Raven

Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This rental was very misleading in its advertising. The bathroom and kitchen are communal and the property itself just has two bedrooms, one bedroom for yourself and the other one right next to it is for a completely different party of people. The other people who rented the other bedroom during our stay also seemed very confused. The bathroom had nothing to dry your hands with after washing them, no towels, no paper towels, nothing. The communal kitchen was not very clean either, there was one single dish towel on the stove and it was dirty and damp. When we arrived there was an air mattress, when we filled it with air, the middle tufted part of the air mattress was probably 3-4 inches higher and arched than the sides. So when you layed on it it was like laying on a rounded surface that wasn’t stable or comfortable to lay on because you would just fall off of the rounded curved part. The neighborhood was sort of sketchy, lots of people just loitering around often. It was essentially impossible to be quiet because the other renters bedroom is literally right next door. You can hear everything through the walls. Overall it did the job. We needed a place to stay overnight and it worked out, but it was very misleading online when initially booking.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Akiko, OAKLAND

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
The shared bathroom is also provided in the "family style" - toilet, sink, and shower (all one each) are behind a lockable door. This setting created a bit of inconvenience among us. Also, there is no hand- drying systems provided after using toilet and kitcen. Otherwise it was a pleasant stay. Very walkable to the light rail.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
It was a quaint stay for me for four nights. I live in Ocean Shores, WA but here for cancer care for my husband. I have never stayed in a hostel style “hotel”. My room was very adequate in size, Roku. very comfy king bed. Everything on site needed for 1 night or multiple. I had the pleasure of meeting a couple from Australia and an Irishman for Vancouver, BC. It was clean, cozy but would have loved to see the “more private” living quarters in 2nd. The cost was reseaonable for 4-night stay. Fully equipped kitchen but I did take out a mix of both Asian & Mexican food. Close to everything! Thank you, Lee.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

William

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

Evelyn

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I did not like the location and the apartment was connected to the backyard. I was very scared and only stayed one night. This place is no retreat.
Stayed 6 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Cody

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A very nice place with a good dining area, great bathroom area and cool decor
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

2/10 Terrible

Chris

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

2/10 Terrible

vincent

Disliked: Staff & service
Unable to reach staff and locate the premises
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
a hassle getting in. big hassle. after that was very nice, towels in my room where I could use them, nice conversating with the host when I'd kind of stumbled into the right place after visiting the address (4504 S Webster) I'd found before losing internet connectivity, which happens to some people. getting my ID pic in was a little tough, too.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was very nice and tidy ◇
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Giselle

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great communication with the owner!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

6/10 Okay

Donna

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2021

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
DO NOT book at Brighton Retreat if you want a decent nights sleep, the people living upstairs are bleeping noisy!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was a great stay, seemed to be a lot of rules but it was not an issue.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020

10/10 Excellent

Micheal, TX

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Make sure you give them a call before 9pm if you will be arriving later.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Wafa

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Marissa

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location, great service
Answered quickly about all questions. Right near a wonderful playground! I unfortunately didn’t take any photos of the hotel but the photos they have are up to date/ relevant. Would definitely go again if I was in the area.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

2/10 Terrible

Joshua

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Teresa

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
6thumbs up
Amazing stay
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
They never called me back to even give me directions to the place. Fortunately the booking fell through but left me last minute looking for a place to stay. Don't waste your time on this one. Keep looking.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2020

2/10 Terrible

Anonymous, Seattle

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Bunch of loser trying to rent a room for cheap, literally just a house with left over junk infront of the yard. Never recommend this place look somewhere else. Requested to cancel then next day got charged.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

jimmy

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The homey feel it was a great stay. The bed was comfy
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

2/10 Terrible

Stephanie

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with pets
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Arrived at the property to find that it is a house converted to more of a bed and no breakfest place. Said they do not allow pets so i lrft. Still waiting for refund.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Brighton Retreat (Walk to Metro) on 5 Sept,2019
Full refund was already issued same day the reservation was cancelled. The review did not depict what really happened. On the property's listing under "Hotel Policies", it clearly states that "Pets not allowed".

2/10 Terrible

Ed, Kent, WA

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Don't go here, deceptive marketing practices. The location is not at all what's posted. This is just a room in a house where other people live, in some crappy area. The neighbors yard is a junkyard. You text some lady your ID and she texts you codes and instructions. Everything is so awkward because they know what a scam this is. They have the nerve to charge the same price as hotels for some awkward stay in someone's squeaky wooden house where the roommates talk and watch movies all night. Glad it's over
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

4/10 Poor

Tsutomu

Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

shahin

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Brighton Guesthouse on 22 Aug,2019
This group of guests booked and never showed up. No cancellation request was made. The review, therefore, is unfair and unfitted.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Tamara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Future of Travel Accommodations
Brighton fit our needs perfectly: No fuss, great price, easy walk to the metro into Seattle and to Sea-Tac Airport and the same easy walk to restaurants and supermarket. This accommodation may be the future of travel. No receptionist, they send you everything including electronic access codes the day before your arrival. The neighborhood seems safe, but mixed housing in various levels of upkeep. But we always sightsee early and get indoors before dark so we seldom have problems. The shared kitchen and bathroom were clean and comfortable! Bedroom was spacious and clean with a very comfortable bed. All in all, a great stay at a great value and we’d definitely stay there again!!!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018