The Bacon Mansion Bed and Breakfast — Hotel in Seattle

My husband and I had a lovely stay at the Bacon Mansion and would definitely return.

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We found (in the Iris room, a little, cozy, steeply gabled room without a closet,) a comfortable bed with lovely heavy cotton sheets, window fans instead of A/C, a bath shared conveniently with the one other third floor room, with waffled cotton spa robes to facilitate the steps from room to bath, and AWESOME water pressure in the 3rd floor shower.

The common areas on the first floor are both indoor and outdoor, and include a lovely garden area, ample and multiple small group seating spaces, and a beautiful large dining room with a spacious table. Breakfast included bottomless tasty coffee, fresh fruit, yogurt and granola, as well as baskets of still-warm fruit muffins on the table.

We found Daryl and his staff welcoming, helpful, friendly and efficient. I inquired in advance about having a local friend join us for breakfast, and she was welcomed with no fuss, and we were not charged. The key arrangements were easy, the host is available by text, the neighborhood is lovely, walkable and has easy access to public transport. After our gorgeous August stay, I thought we'd even love to visit in the depths of February and enjoy the gas fireplaces and the library.

I can't imagine not enjoying the Bacon Mansion, unless you're the sort of traveler who can't be happy unless you're looking for something to criticize! Unless you're THAT traveler, we'd...

After travelling for 32 hours door-to-door with no sleep on my international journey (or what ended up 2 hours sleep across 72 hours until I put my head on the pillow), it felt great to finally arrive here. I was meant to land earlier in the evening but a late-notice SFO-SEA flight cancellation meant four extra hours of delay.

Anyway, late check-in wasn't a problem as I was provided instructions by email beforehand. My 1km walk from the Capitol Hill Station (light rail is a good way to travel from Sea-Tac Airport and only costs US$2.50 if you walk the rest of the way from Capitol Hill Station) from after 11pm on a Saturday night was pleasant through the nice area with good vibes. This was my first ever welcome to America's streets and it was wholly pleasant.

The spacious shared bathroom was well stocked with towels and toiletries and worked well for me. Room and bed was comfortable - I got very refreshing sleep every night, only waking to pleasant natural light and a not-intrusive flight path later in the morning.

Delicious freshly-baked muffins, fruit, juice, tea & coffee are served around the big dining table where it was great to meet other travellers so despite not normally being a breakfast person, it was wonderful to have this as my introduction to America.

WiFi download and upload speeds for all my photos/videos and uni work was excellent in all areas of the house and there are quite a few different spaces there to relax or do some work in (library, piano room, outside area, etc).

Daryl's Bacon Mansion is definitely worth staying in again should I visit Seattle again at some point in the...

This place and the staff are great!

I made a reservation over the phone at the last minute and they gave me the Carriage Cottage because it was could rent me since I had my dog with me.

The cottage was amazing! There were so many positive things I can say it would take too long to list them all. To show this is an honest review, not everything in the cottage was unicorns and rainbows. There was some things for the BnB stored behind curtains. But so what!

The main house was a very well appointed and inviting. You can tell it's an old mansion that was very loved and well taken of. The dining table was gorgeous!

I had to leave very early and didn't have the pleasure of enjoying the breakfast but I have to believe it it would have been amazing!

The staff was amazing too. Great young adults. Very accommodating and extremely friendly. I just wish I could have stayed there longer to spend time with them.

OK. Here are my criticisms:

The pictures on their web site does not do the place justice. They should get a professional photographer in to take more pix for them to post.

I feel the price of the cottage I stayed in is too low! I have paid a lot more in Seattle for rooms that are no where as nice as this place.

This will definitely be my first choice go to place to stay when...