The Belmont Hotel

After the February 2025 remodel, check-in was awful. The codes were wrong, and we spent 40 minutes on hold to get a new one for the building. That didn’t work for the room door either, so we waited another 30 minutes for help from a Philippines help desk. There was no one on site. The door codes they gave us stopped working after the first use, again with nobody there to help. The room was 61 degrees when we arrived. The walls are paper thin, and the balcony is shared with the room next door. We had a six-month-old infant with us. At $400 a night, we expected substantially better. Never again, not even for a quarter of that price. They also said there was parking but gave no details about where or how.

I’ve stayed at four hotels in PT, and this one ranks third out of the four for me. I liked not having to interact with anyone at check-in, and the bottled water and orange juice were appreciated. But the parking was the worst of those hotels: there’s no dedicated lot, so how far you carry your luggage seems to depend on the parking gods. When I booked, I asked whether extra pillows and a fan might be available. They never said they couldn’t meet those requests, so I could have brought my own. There were no extra pillows when I arrived. I made do the first night and asked again the next day, only to hear, “sorry we don’t have extra pillows.” It’s a very small hotel, so how can there be no spares, and why not say so ahead of time? The complimentary muffins look like the new Costco recipe, which is famously not tasty, so they’re not much of a perk. Just stay at Palace Hotel instead.

The room was ready for us with everything we needed, and self check-in was easy. We especially liked having a sunny, quiet deck off our waterfront room for morning coffee. The hotel is small and right in central Port Townsend, so we could walk to shops, restaurants, and the Saturday Farmers Market. We’d happily come back when we’re in PT. It was renovated in 2018, so older reviews, especially those mentioning the restaurant that has since closed, don’t describe the current stay.

We stayed here twice, at the start and end of our trip, and still never got working front door codes. Each time we had to go through a long, frustrating process just to get inside. The codes sent ahead for the building and room didn’t work, so we stood in the wind and rain calling and texting before eventually getting a physical key from a lockbox. Getting into the room meant going through the same ordeal again. They even tried incorrect codes and gave us the combination for a box with someone else’s key. The company managing the rooms is out of state, and didn’t seem to have basic check-in information organized, even though guests must ask these questions repeatedly. After the first stay, we would have cancelled the second if the policy allowed it. This is four rooms up a staircase in a locked building, with no on-site staff, reception, lobby, lounge, or downstairs common area. The restaurant shown in photos is locked and used only for special events. We won’t stay again.