Hotel Ändra Seattle MGallery Collection

"This 123-room Scandinavian-inspired hotel weaves aspects of Seattle’s Nordic heritage with Pacific Northwest design details, like wood, water, and stone. T+L readers voted it a 2024 World’s Best Awards winner, praising its downtown location, chic room decor, and Tom Douglas’ Mediterranean restaurant, Lola." - Sophie Dodd Sophie Dodd Sophie Dodd is a travel, wine and lifestyle writer.  Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines

"A hip hotel in hip Belltown. In the lobby, the Pacific Northwest meets Scandinavia in a rough-hewn granite fireplace and floor-to-ceiling maple bookcases; translucent glass barn doors open onto the Greek restaurant, Lola. Upstairs, the 119 rooms—in an appealing palette of blue, brown, green, and taupe—betray the building’s past as a 1926 residential hotel: Quarters are so large and comfortable that you may be tempted to settle in for a spell."

"The 1926 brick building that houses Hotel Ändra has an interesting history: Originally built as efficiency apartments, it served as a transfer station for the Women’s Army Corp from 1945 to 1947. Although this downtown site has operated as a small hotel since the 1970s, it was fully redesigned in 2004 to become the Hotel Ändra, now a showcase of design using Pacific Northwest materials like wood and stone, combined with Scandinavian style—a nod to the city’s Nordic roots. Even though it’s at the nexus of the city, the hotel feels cozy. The fireplace in the living room–style lobby and the casual, inviting atmosphere make it a refuge from the buzz of the streets outside. The restaurant, Lola, is a partnership with one of Seattle ’s best-loved celebrity chefs, Tom Douglas, making Hotel Ändra an excellent home base for those in town to experience Seattle’s abundant local restaurants."

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