On the National Registry of Historic Places, the downtown luxury hotel has welcomed royalty, luminaries and dignitaries from around the world.

Graceful refinement and warm hospitality continue to make the Alexis Seattle's premier luxury hotel.

The Alexis, "A Work of Art", is committed to the local arts community--we invite our guests to tour the hotel's permanent and rotating collection of original art.

Spa services at a luxury boutique hotel in downtown Seattle
The well known Aveda Spa, located in the luxury boutique Alexis hotel, invites its guests to expand the boundaries of beauty and wellness.

For an hour or a day, enjoy the solitude and rejuvenating treatments at the spa.

The full line of Aveda skin care products are always available for purchase in the spa.

The Gallery (620 square feet) features a wood-burning fireplace, French doors opening onto a small terrace and seasonal art exhibits.

The Parlor and The Drawing Room (645 and 720 square feet respectively) are decorated with burgundy and gold wall coverings, Italian-inspired carpets and gold-gilded chandeliers, making a beautiful setting for meetings, receptions and private dining.
Combined, these rooms accommodate from 44 to 120 guests.

All of our downtown meeting rooms offer private dining, featuring the cuisine of The Library Bistro, located adjacent to our luxury downtown hotel.

The hotel also provides a full audio-visual department, including the following:

Library Bistro & Bookstore Bar

Library Bistro & Bookstore Bar is reminiscent of a 1940s and 1950s-style restaurant with faux lizard skin high-back booths, 10-foot high charcoal blue bookcases displaying hundreds of books by famous and infamous authors. The restaurant is appropriately illuminated to accent the warmly colored tangerine walls, while retro bubble-raised carpet, oiled oak floors and contemporary faux copper and bronze checkerboard tiles tastefully decorate the floors. A cozy, neighborhood restaurant serving contemporary American food, the Library Bistro & Bookstore Bar will offer affordable prices in an environment that is comforting and welcoming, enjoyable and entertaining.

MENU
Contemporary American food with regional influences and ingredients.
Seasonally-inspired appetizers include honey/habaňero roasted chicken wings with a cooling coriander sipping cream, roasted ciopollini onion and pea vine salad with warm bacon vinaigrette, and roasted Dungness Crab legs drizzled with garlic, lemon and herb sauce served with garlic bread.

Entrees range from Coriander braised short ribs with sweet potato hash and celery leaves to Maker’s Mark cured Pork Chops with mashed potatoes, ruby chard and pumpkin chutney.

Desserts include peanut butter jam cake with a ginger root beer float; orange panna cotta with chocolate lang du chats and maple pudding and spice poached pears with candied pecans.

American wines with a focus on the Pacific Northwest, as well as signature classic cocktails inspired by the 1950s include American Sidecar, Hemingway Daquiri and Mark Twain cocktail.

SERVICE
Breakfast: Monday – Friday, 7 to 10 a.m.
Brunch: Saturday – Sunday, 8 a.m. to 12 noon
Lunch: Monday – Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

SEATING
Seating for 72 guests, plus 34 seats in the bar.
Semi-private and private dining facilities for 10 to 100 people.
Reception-style facilities available for as many as 120 people.

LOCATION
Adjacent to the Alexis Hotel, between Madison and Spring Street.
Within walking distance to the Seattle waterfront, Benaroya Hall, the Seattle Art Museum, Pike Place Market, Pioneer Square, Safeco Field, and Seahawks Stadium.

Rooms in a luxury boutique hotel in downtown Seattle...

"A Work of Art," the boutique Alexis Hotel pays attention to details, including the luxury amenities found in all hotel guestrooms, such as:

• 91 smoke-free rooms and six wheelchair accessible rooms
• Two-line phones with data ports and private voicemail
• High-speed Internet access in 60 of our guestrooms and suites
• Private bar
• Cable television with on-demand movies
• Amenities of home such as terrycloth bathrobes, iron and ironing board, hairdryer
• Aveda toiletries in all rooms
• Turndown service with chocolates
• Large sound-proof windows
• Alexis Suites offer one and two bedroom suites with fully equipped kitchens
• Special amenities such as luxury Frette linens, goose down comforters and pillows in all rooms
• The hotel is a pet-friendly hotel

This luxury downtown hotel offers the following room types:

34 Alexis Guest Rooms: Our standard room, features queen or king bed, desk and easy chair

36 Deluxe Rooms: Larger than our Alexis guest room. All have two easy chairs, king or two queen beds available

15 Executive Suites: Large suite with separate bedroom and spacious living room. Includes dining table in sitting room. King size bed in all suites.

6 Spa Suites: Large bedroom with king bed and sitting area. Spacious bathroom featuring two person jetted tub, separate shower and large vanity.

6 Fireplace Suites: Wood burning fireplaces in large suites. King beds and three different room layouts - best to contact hotel.

6 Alexis Suites - 1 bedroom: Our largest one bedroom suite. Bedroom features King size bed and a full sitting room with a dining room table and full kitchen.

3 Alexis Suites - 2 bedroom: Our largest suite. Two bedroom, two bath, large sitting room with desk, sofa bed in the sitting room and a full kitchen.

1 John Lennon Suite: The luxurious Alexis Hotel celebrates the art of John Lennon in the John Lennon Suite. The suite features the following John Lennon artwork: a limited edition silk screen print of "The Beatles Years," hand-written lyrics to "The Beatles Years," limited edition Lennon serigraphs titled "Oh My Love" and "We Made Our Bed," all signed by Yoko Ono Lennon. The suite includes a wood burning fireplace and Bang and Olufsen stereo with a selection of John Lennon's music.

1 Sultan of Brunei Suite: This suite was named after the Sultan of Brunei, the world's richest man, after he took up residence in the Alexis Hotel for the duration of President Clinton's 1993 APEC conference in Seattle. With 48-hour notice, our boutique hotel commissioned a Seattle interior designer to redecorate eight rooms and suites specifically for the Sultan's stay. The suite in which the Sultan slept is decorated with rich colors, including taupe-gray walls, rich eggplant colored carpet, tapestry fabrics, antique furnishings and original works of art. The room also features a wood burning fireplace, king size bed, separate sitting room area with sofa and loveseat and full stereo system.

1 Miles Davis Suite: The Miles Davis Suite at the Alexis Hotel features original serigraphs by the late jazz musician Miles Davis. His artwork focuses on his love for dance, music and the female body. The suite opened in October 1998 and features: Sea Horses, Jazz, Self Portrait, Les Femmes and Bebop. The Miles Davis Suite features a bedroom with a king size bed, and a separate spacious sitting room with a sofa bed, easy chairs, large desk and dining table.

The Alexis Hotel, a boutique luxury hotel, is located on First Avenue, between Madison and Spring Streets. Just one block east of the ferry terminal and Seattle's waterfront and easy walking distance to Pike Place Market and historic Pioneer Square, this downtown hotel is easily accessible to Seattle destinations and landmarks.

Directions to our luxury Seattle hotel

From the South / Seattle-Tacoma Airport:
Take Interstate 5 North
Exit at Madison Street
Turn left at first stoplight. This is Madison Street.
Follow Madison Street to First Avenue.
The downtown Alexis Hotel is on the corner at the intersection of First Avenue and Madison Street.
Directions to our downtown Seattle hotel
From the North:
Take Interstate 5 South
Exit at James Street; get in the right lane and turn right onto James Street.
Take James Street to First Avenue; turn right onto First.
Turn left on Madison Street
The luxury downtown Alexis Hotel is four blocks down on the corner of First Avenue and Madison Street.