After 1 night of stay at the Panama Hotel, I’ve decided to extend my stay in order experience different room with different theme.
The owner Jan showed me few rooms during the check-in, and I loved the Green Room so I picked here.
The Green Room is a corner unit with an extra window, which gives you extra natural light and the view of the city and sunset too. (but it will be a little chillier, and more traffic noise. Just bring a hoodie and earplugs and you’ll be ok.) I want to claim this room as “my room” at the Panama.
By staying at the Panama Hotel for several days, I got to fully experience the neighborhood. I started out my day with a coffee or tea and delicious pastries at the cafe downstairs. You’ll be greeted by friendly staff and cats there, while you can look at the historical artifacts and beautiful artwork in display.
You can get pretty much all of your essentials at the International District. The produce & food court at the Uwajimaya is top notch. Any travel essential that you forgot to bring, you can find at the Bartel Drugs or Daiso (Japanese dollar store.)
At night, the restaurants in the neighborhood are great and open late. My favorite spot this time around was Itsumono, the Hawaiian Japanese dining bar right around the corner from the hotel. Their fusion food and hospitality blew me away. So I went there more than once during my stay.
It was so cool to have Panama Hotel as my “base camp” of my trip, then go fully experience one of the most unique neighborhood in Seattle in this level. (And that’s coming from someone who used to live in Seattle.)