Salish Lodge & Spa, Snoqualmie

We spent a night at the Lodge in celebration of my birthday and our 46th anniversary. It was a disappointment. Wonderful falls and gorge. OK room. Food was very expensive for "restaurant" quality food. The staff was friendly and accomodating. We have a nicer experience at Ocean Shores and it costs a lot less. I would not recommend it and would not admit to spending that amount of money on this Lodge experience.

You'd think when you spend $700 on a hotel room for one night at a "resort/spa" that's touted to be one of the "Best of Western Washinton", most romantic, etc - you'd be in for a treat. Well, let me tell you - it was the worst hotel room I'd ever been in. The couch and two chairs in the living room, besides looking like it they originally purchased in the 70's, then given to Goodwill, THEN bought by the Salish Lodge - were disgustingly stained. They were fairly light in color making the layers of dirt on the arms and stains onthe cushions stand out that much more. And the lovely white stain in the middle of one of the seat cushions on the couch made your mind just race to come up with another possibility of its origin because the likely truth behind it is just too nauseating. The only thing good about the couch and chairs is that they took your attention away from the "trying-to-be-fancy", but totally ripped and tattered satin throw pillows on them. Our room was wrapped with windows - but don't think you can get away with just simply pulling a cord to open those roman shades to check out the falls. No my friend, 3 of the 8 shades were busted - one of them being the all-important shade the hangs in front of the glass door leading to the deck. Try as you might to pull it up, only the left side of the 4 ft long shade would barely begin to lift. Luckily I'm pretty handy and was able to figure out a way to jimmy rig the thing to lift up - after 10 minutes of workin' it. Unfortunately, when we got back to the room later that night after playing at the nearby casino, the maids had "turned down" our room and in doing so - lowered the shades. I tried lifting them again but it was even worse than before. The left side lifted up so high above the right that a metal support pole actually shot out from one of the folds. $700 for this??! Are you kidding me?! That was just the worst of it, but I must also mention the understaffed "Attic" restaurant which featured a hostess in tears slamming doors in frustration, scratchy bath towels, even scratchier robes, a previous guest's hair stucking out of the built-in hair dryer, a jacuizzi that was wasted in a bathroom no one would want to spend time in, cracks and water stains on the ceiling leading down to the wall where wallpaper is pealing away from the damage then huge water stains on the busted curtains, the bedside lamp that was literally breaking into 2 pieces right below the lightbulb (only being held in place by the electrical wiring), the broken TV armoire, the on-demand movie we ordered that "disappered" before we got to finish it, an 8am wake-up call that instead rang in at 7:30, no mini-bar, and a maid who was - no joke - sucking peanut butter from her index finger as I passed her inthe hallway. Nice. Off to the "real" dining room for breakfast this morning. Ah, finally, the Salish Lodge I was expecting. Almost. As they pull out the chairs for us to be seated I realized the nightmare they created in the "guest suites" did spill out into their "5 star" restaurant. The chairs had this ridiculous carmel-colored suede-like seat cover - complete with white velcro on the corners to secure it in place. These must have been purchased at Goodwill along with that couch, because they were so old there was balled-up, darker (because of the dirt build-up) bits of suede in a butt-shaped pattern on every single chair in the joint. To top it off the "On Duty Manager" (that's what his name tag said at least) that looked like he was 22 and working at his first job didn't seem to care when I mentioned to him that after we leave he might want to check out the stain on the couch and broken curtains and do something about it. At least he gave us a credit back for the movie we didn't see. Although when your final bill comes to over $1,200, getting a $10 break is a little laughable.

The restaurant has gone down hill over the past few years, although it is still overpriced. Average food service and the waiter kept asking us if the food "exceeded our expectations" felt forced to nod although it was nothing over the top. The rooms are wonderful but I would venture elsewhere to eat if I stayed again.

I was there last weekend and it was my 40th birthday from hell when we received our bill that was $500.00 more then they quoted us. The spa treatments are not much to talk about they are very short and I found that their staff was unexperienced. The food is just avereage and you will pay though the you know what for it. I would not recommend this place to anyone. Any local spa would provide much better service..

I was there last weekend and it was my 40th birthday from hell when we received our bill that was $500.00 more then they quoted us. The spa treatments are not much to talk about they are very short and I found that their staff was unexperienced. The food is just avereage and you will pay though the you know what for it. I would not recommend this place to anyone. Any local spa would provide much better service..

We had out of town guests who wanted to see the falls so we thought it would be a treat to take them to Salish Lodge for breakfast on Sunday. I wish we hadn't bothered. It was mediocre at best and stupidly expensive. The chairs in the dining are like medieval torture racks, offering no back support or comfort. The service is haphazard. A busperson poured us coffee but there was no cream or sugar on the table. We asked for cream and she said she was getting it but then came back empty handed and removed stemware instead. After several minutes of watching our coffee get cold, she arrived with a basket of unnecessary coffee condiments that were better suited for after dinner. There were four of us and we were served two tiny pots of jam for the huge, dry biscuits that accompanied our overpriced entrees. Nothing about any of our entrees was remarkable, special or noteworthy. The potatoes were lukewarm, soggy and greasy. The seafood omelette was dry and the tomato sauce that topped it was an odd combination. The fresh fruit garnish was tiny and laughable on a $20++ breakfast. Lastly, one of the stalls in the ladies restroom closest to the restaurant was missing the latch to keep the door closed! This place does not deserve the accolades it receives in the press.

We have been patronizing this nice place at regular intervals for almost 40 years, and after our most recent experience we would never go there again, nor can we recommend it to anyone. The place used to be famous for its large volume of food servings. Nobody left there hungry-. After bragging the place up to friends from out of town, we went there and were served a meager breakfast with slow service for the usual price, which is a bit expensive but previously always well-worth the expenditure. We don't mind paying the price, but when the traditional service and food quantity and quality the place built its reputation upon is compromised in favor of 2007-style profits, it's time to spend our time and money elsewhere. One thing however, we did have excellent service from the hapless staff who of course could not help the fact that the kitchen no longer is able to "deliver" the traditional product.

1.) Our room still had leftovers from the previous guests: including children toys next to the bed which I tripped over. 2.) Our tub would not drain 3.) The window to the tub was hard to open as they had the bed so close to the window 4.) Our $400.00 a night room did not have the pillow we ordered we were told to "settle" for another choice. 5.) The spa room was out of Hot water both times we had a spa. 6.) The maid threw my items off the bed during turndown and never returned them to their proper place I had left them and if that wasn't enough they took my clothes and threw them on the floor in the closet. 7.) The worst part of it all was they actually removed our plates while were were taking a bite out of breakfast (over half of our food was left on the plate) I thought maybe something was wrong with the food. For nearly 100.00 for breakfast for 2 of us NEVER AGAIN The good part was the valet parking and the actual spa treatment. If I ever slap another 900.00 for one night of food/spa and hotel again it won't be here I have been to better extend a stay hotels than this

What a great place to veg for a weekend....toddle down the hall in your bathrobe and get a great massage....sit by the fire in your room (in a real wood fireplace!) and watch the spectacular falls. Rest your head on your favorite from the pillow menu (lavendar infused? buckwheat? no problem) One night is definitely not enough! the food is fab too...all spendy, but worth it.

We visited the Lodge during the PGA Champions Tour events in August, and had an amazing time.. From the gorgeous grounds, to the beautiful rooms, the service was top-drawer and the whole experience was well beyond our high expectations. No wonder they are rated so highly by all of those travel magazines, they deserve it!