This place freakin rocks! Hal was a great host and gave us a thorough and much needed neighborhood orientation talk when we arrived. The Fremont is the place to be in Seattle. There are great restaurants and bars everywhere (including a pinball arcade!) and there is so much to see. It was easy to take the bus downtown to the Pike Market, Space Needle, and all the other sites, but we found the Fremont neighborhood (and neighboring Ballard) to be much more interesting. Once you escape the areas where there are hotels, you can have a more authentic, local experience. You will find good food, good coffee, and good beer almost everywhere you go.

The Pad itself was perfect for my wife and I. It felt like a home, complete with a little kitchen and dining space. We loved the view of the neighborhood and the vintage vibe in the Pad. If we are back in Seattle in the future, we would definitely want to come back to Fremont and stay at Hal's Pad.