Mushroom Tartine
The George

The George

411 University St, Seattle, United States Of America

Full • Wine • Steak • American


"Disappointed is an understatement. We selected The Fairmont Olympic as we were looking for a luxury weekend to celebrate two birthdays for a weekend in Seattle. Luxury is what we DID NOT receive. To start, we had called and confirmed valet was available and when we arrived we were told it was not available and we had to go around and over one block to park in another building. The doorman took our bags and held them for us while we went to park. The parking garage is not attached to the hotel and there was issue with getting in as the parking gate machine was not working. The arm was up and we eventually just went up and parked. We then walked back. What confused us was that we witnessed valet parking the rest of the stay.... he must not have felt up to it when we arrived. Check in was smooth but the hotel is under renovations so there was no lobby and no beautiful history to enjoy. Rooms were clean and spacious and our room had no view except some close large buildings which was fine as we were in the city. Beds were ok and pillows were amazing. The people were nice and the building is lovely. We made a reservation for the pool as instructed but are not sure why we needed to as there was no check in or attendant at the pool area and it was full of families and kids. Definitely not what we expected so we left. The kicker for the weekend was the hotel spa, Penelope’s Beauty Bar. We ALL (6 people) reserved spa packages that were not inexpensive and all had negative experiences. I will only speak from my experience. Covid has somewhat affected the experience which I expected. The waiting room is nothing short of disappointing with a few chairs spaced apart in an open central area surrounded by treatment rooms. There was no attendant to check in on the waiting area or to offer water or tea (which is not available for self serve). I was actually never offered water at all following any of my treatments! I had reserved a Swedish massage and had a massage therapist who ended up bruising me with what I can only imagine was a good deep tissue massage. I had to continue to ask for lighter pressure. Definitely not the relaxing experience I expected. Instead I was almost jumping off the table. I know some like that but NOT ME! I then had an infrared light sauna which was a strange luke warm 20 min. sauna pod that you lay in. Kind of confused by that one so can’t complain. Last, I was very excited about my facial! She was very pleasant and I left with my face feeling good but I’m used to completing a skin assessment beforehand and understanding what the plan was. That didn’t happen. It was like she looked at my skin and “whipped something up”. It was different to say the least. After she was done she walked me out to have a seat. No water, no explanation, and left to pull products that she “suggested” I purchase. I finally awkwardly wandered out and down the hall to the cashier. After charging to the room I was told I would have a receipt sent under my door that evening. Nothing. All in all it was not a positive experience and we paid WAY too much for what we actually received. I will be back when the lobby is open to see it and grab a cocktail but will be staying elsewhere. Just my 2 (or much more) cents."