Hotel di Pierce County

Good hotel! I recommend it.

Let me start by saying I’m going into this review a little miffed. In my 40+ years of traveling, I’ve never had a hotel or motel tell me I can’t use my reward points. But in this case, I was told the points can only be used for “Standard Rooms” and all their standard rooms were booked. So I went ahead and paid for a … non-standard room???. Well, I got to my room and guess what - it was just a standard motel room. There was absolutely nothing special or deficient with this room. With that said and out of the way, here are the positive aspects of my stay. The facility is somewhat new and it was clean (the bleach smell hung heavy in the air). The staff was courteous, but not necessarily friendly. The bed was medium firm and there were plenty of pillows. The free breakfast was pretty good. Within 150 feet from the hotel there were two restaurant … the food at the Pho restaurant was really good. Now for some downsides … (1) for all you light sleepers, this was a noisy motel. Even though we were in a room on the backside of the motel facing an empty lot, we could still hear the nearby traffic noise. Additionally, we could hear guests talking in their room and hallway. We could also hear the footsteps from the floor above us. (2) this motel is located in a not so nice location of Tacoma … they even lock the front lobby doors after certain hours, so you need to use your room key card to enter the lobby and to operate the elevator. Connected to the noise issue … I did hear a couple of gun shots at about 3 AM.

Located in Lakewood, Comfort Inn & Suites Lakewood by JBLM is within a 15-minute drive of Joint Base Lewis-McChord and Tacoma Dome. This hotel is 7.1 mi (11.4 km) from Tacoma Mall and 10.4 mi (16.8 km) from Emerald Queen Casino.Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a fitness center, or other amenities including complimentary wireless internet access and gift shops/newsstands. Additional amenities at this hotel include tour/ticket assistance and a vending machine.A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily from 6:30 AM to 9:30 AM.Featured amenities include a business center, a 24-hour front desk, and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.Make yourself at home in one of the 55 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Flat-screen televisions with digital programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms have hair dryers and toothbrushes and toothpaste. Conveniences include safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls.

Freeway noise is pretty loud but that’s not what bothers me. The issue with this place is the staff! When I arrived exhausted from traveling, all I wanted was to shower and sleep. But I’m standing there with another guy and there’s no one to help us. The desk was empty. Other guy yells “Hello” and no response. We can hear a girls voice talking in the back so she had to have hear guests calling her. The other guest starts getting visibly annoyed. He was there when I got there so who knows how long he was already waiting, so I decided to sit down in the lobby to wait. I started looking for other hotels in the area I could go to and looking into how to cancel my reservation without a cancellation fee. It was 23 minutes (yes I timed it) before that employee decided to grace us with her presence!! That by itself is completely unacceptable. But it gets worse. After all that, when she gets to the desk she just says “ID and credit card” not hello or welcome to the hotel. She was so inconvenienced by us being there and it was obvious. I’m still sitting in the lobby while this other guest checks in and he’s asking why he had to wait so long and the front desk girl says she was busy. That’s it. No apology. Busy doing what?? She was giggling and chatting it up with either another employee or someone on her phone. She clearly heard us in the lobby and just chose ignore us! My turn to check in and I think I’ll try a different approach than the other guest. I check her name tag, “Bailey.” So I proceed with “Hi Bailey is everything okay? We were waiting for a while and you seem a little flustered.” I’m thinking maybe this girl has something personal going on and she’s having a bad day. It happens. Her response was “you weren’t waiting I just saw you walk in.” And she proceeded to check me in snatching my card out of my hand (scratching my finger) and rolling her eyes with her attitude tuned up to 100%. She slams my room key onto the counter and pulls out her phone and starts texting. Didn’t even tell me where my room was. I’m never going to this hotel again. Huge disappointment.

We stayed here for 4 nights while day-hiking nearby Mt. Rainier. (Any accommodation in tiny Ashford, WA will be less than 10 minutes from the Nisqually park entrance and the closest you can stay without being IN the park at Paradise Lodge, which is pricy and closed in winter anyway). It is a weird cluster of cabins, MIL suite and mini-motel, plus maybe owners/family living on-site. The rooms are mostly as shown in site photos but the exterior is more run-down. There is no lobby or front desk; you need to check in & out at adjoining bakery (which has limited hours, 9-6). NO WiFi in the rooms despite their promises. There’s no housekeeping - we had to take out our own trash, even. They are VERY difficult to book with or change reservations - won’t do it by phone and “Yuri,” the assigned staff for this, took literally weeks for us to reach via email. When we checked out before 9 on our last day, there was no key drop; I called both bakery & hotel repeatedly (to advise that we’d checked out) only to receive “no voicemail has been set up” messages. I emailed and never received a response. Very weird and I won’t stay here again - but note that many of the nearby accommodations are closed, so search carefully for what you want.

With a stay at Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Tacoma DuPont in Dupont, you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Joint Base Lewis-McChord and Eagles Pride Golf Course. This hotel is 14 mi (22.6 km) from Tacoma Mall and 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from The Home Course.Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities including an indoor pool and a fitness center.Grab a bite from the snack bar/deli serving guests of Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Tacoma DuPont. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM.Featured amenities include a business center, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. Free self parking is available onsite.Make yourself at home in one of the 90 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and Smart televisions. Complimentary wired and wireless internet access keeps you connected, and premium TV channels provides entertainment. Conveniences include desks and microwaves, as well as phones with free local calls.

Good location and the room was clean and parking was convenient. Near many restaurants and stores.

Nice, decent, clean hotel with breakfast included and free parking. About 10 minute walk from Washington State Fairgrounds, while downtown Puyallup with restaurants and bars is about 20-25 minutes walk or a short drive. Rooms and bathrooms aren't the most modern but everything was very clean and comfortable. I was happy to get a room overlooking the trees (the other 3 sides of the hotel overlook either the parking lot or road). So I had a nice quiet stay. Staff are quite friendly and efficient (although they had a big line up of water bottles at the front desk and when I asked for one she said oh there's water bottles in the room, not mentioning that they are $4 each. If the water bottles at front desk are only reserved for top tier elite Bonvoy members maybe they should hide them out of the way, in my opinion, but that's just a minor point!)

Our extended stay hotel in the Puyallup area of Tacoma outside Seattle is just a short walk or drive to convenient restaurant options like Five Guys, McDonald's, Happy Teriyaki, and much more. Get all your essentials at nearby Fred Meyer, Safeway, or Rite Aid, among others. Near Lake Tapps Park & Greater Tacoma Convention Center.All HomeTowne Studios by Red Roof properties feature kitchenettes with full-sized refrigerators, FREE in-room Wi-Fi, HD flat-screen TVs with cable, weekly housekeeping and more. Dishes are not provided in the rooms, but kitchen kits are available for purchase at the front desk for a low fee. Stay one night or many and discover our flexible daily, weekly and monthly rates. All guest rooms are non-smoking.

Does the fragrance of coffee brewing at 6:30 help start the day? Do hot eggs and sausage provide energy for chilly mornings? After work, does music sound welcoming by a fireplace in a lobby? Does the taste of local seafood chowder and creme brulee sound delicious? From the check-in desk to the elevator lobbies, and rooms, awesome glass art is exhibited, along with the artists' inspirational quotes. Some artists are from all around the world; some are Tacoma's fine artists, skilled in locally producing art using techniques learned from Murano, Italy. Quiet rooms remind weary travelers that, ”Silence is golden.” Sweet dreams and wishing you, too, many happy Murano Memories!