I needed an easy stopover for a night in Seattle, and this was perfect. Alice's directions for finding/accessing the place were clear and easy to follow - it was a totally frictionless check-in. The neighborhood wasn't initially important to me (I just needed to put stuff down and sleep and get ready the next morning), but it's lovely - Irwin's (a few blocks away) is delightful, and you're pretty near both UW and the water, not to mention Wallingford itself is lovely (and the location is extremely convenient to public transit).