Hello Fellow Travelers,
I need a recommendation for a hotel in Anchorage, AK. I'll be traveling with my 75 year-old mother. We will have 1 night after our cruise. We are taking a bus tour up from Seward and arriving about 5:30 pm. Her flight leaves the following day about noon, mine however leaves about midnight. So I'm hopeful for a hotel with at least a luggage check so I can go visit some of the sites around the city or have a good meal and chill.
Actually if you have a restaruant recommenation I'd love that too.
Thanks in advance - Diane
Hotel and Restaurant Recommentations: Anchorage
Recent Activity
View all United States activity »
- 1 Pick up north of Boston Logan
- 2 East coast tour - Part2: Phily, Washington, Niagara Falls
- 3 East coast tour - Part1: NYC
- 4 Savannah restaurants
- 5 Boston and surrounding area
- 6 Yellowstone Hiking Suggestions for a 7 1/2 Year Old
- 7 Hawaii- Can't decide which islands to include
- 8 Air Bnb Declared Illegal in NYC
- 9 Honeymoon to Kauai and Maui from the East Coast
- 10 Santa Fe at the end of May?
- 11
Middlebury vt quickie
- 12
Washington DC - Philadelphia - New York extravaganza
- 13 Denver 1 day in denver
- 14
1st time to Kauai! Will not be the last!
- 15 Smoky Mountains -Cades Cove saw wolf.
- 16 Crater Lake-North entrance open
- 17 New Orleans - Alligator Cheesecake???
- 18 New York City Itinerary and Restaurant Help
- 19 1st time in Boston --need advice
- 20 Transportation from Jackson to Jackson Hole airport
- 21 Albuquerque to Denver
- 22
Santa Fe Home Exchange - Three Wks, from start to finish
- 23 Oregon Cave NM or extra day in Redwoods area?
- 24 Help with July 4th Marriott Houston trip
- 25 American Airlines reservation question



Did you try booking.com ?
I´m going to Anchorage at August and looking for a room in this website.
see ya.
I would suggest NOT staying at the Historic Anchorage Hotel. It's a nice hotel, and centrally located, but it's the latter that is a problem, especially on weekend nights. With pubs and restaurants galore in the area, we felt like the street partying was happening in our room until the wee hours of the morning.
Moose a’la Mode (on K Street, between West 3rd and 4th) is good for breakfast and sandwiches; you can pick up sandwiches and salads for a take away lunch).
We also enjoyed dining at the Glacier Brewhouse (on 5th Avenue, between G and H streets), Orso (sorry can't remember exact location, but not far from the Brewhouse if I recollect), Sack's Cafe (on G Street, between 3rd and 4th West). We wouldn't hesitate to dine at any of these places when we next find ourselves in Anchorage.
I suspect with a name like Moose a'la Mode we may have to try eating there.
Any other hotel recommendations? Or Mid-town vs Down-town?
I would stay downtown; "midtown" can often involve hotels that are a bit isolated and with limited dining options nearby, unless you want to rent a car for a day (which might not be a terrible thing - you could use it to tour around a little, and get to the airport yourself the next day, and it's a handy baggage check.)
Downtown I would recommend the Captain Cook (for a long time the best hotel in town) or the Sheraton, Hilton, or Marriott. The Hilton and Marriott are located quite close to the middle of things, the Cook at the west end of downtown, the Sheraton several blocks to the east of the downtown core.
With no car I'd probably opt for the Hilton of the above.
There are lots of restaurant choices; downtown places like the Glacier Brewhouse or Humpy's are very popular with tourists, Or$o is quite good (basically next door to the Glacier Brewhouse.) You might look at Simon and Seafort's (on L Street a couple of blocks from the Captain Cook) - good seafood, steaks, etc., but also with a view of Cook Inlet, a relatively rare thing in Anchorage.
But give us an idea of food preferences and more help can be forthcoming.
Thank you for all of your input. It looks like we will be staying at the Sheraton.
Are there any Alaskan specialities that we should try? Moose burgers or karabu cutlets? I like good seafood and I'm not sure what the cruise ship will have. When I get too exotic Mom will have chicken fingers and call it a meal.