We read the reviews on TripAdvisor and booked at the Anaco Inn. Told the women on the phone we were impressed with all the good reviews. When we pulled up were puzzeled, because it's on a dingy side street across from a lumber yard. I made the mistake of signing the credit card slip before looking at the room, because of the reviews. The room was depressing, the beds sagged, everything was dingy and depressing about it, including the small view of some shed out back. It was then we realized there was a Anaco BAY Inn as well. I believe all the good reviews here are for that hotel, although we didn't stay there. We told the manager that this wasn't going to work for us and would he be kind enough to credit the money back. "You already signed it" he snarled. We tried to reason with him saying we needed some good rest and only had the weekend. He said he would fix the fireplace that wasn't working. We told him that wasn't the only problem but he wouldn't budge. We left and stayed at another hotel, Island Inn where we had a fireplace and view balcony, nice breakfast and people. So final note DO NOT MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS AT THE ANACO INN. ANACO BAY INN MAY BE FINE BUT I CAN'T VOUCH FOR THEM. ONE LITTLE WORD IN THE NAME COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
no way!
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Great pool scene, Pet owners, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
Management Response
anacoinn, manager
(Management representative)
Feb 2, 2008
We remember these people very well because 99% of the people that visit here are satisfied with our service. We try hard but there are people like this. They stayed in the room for 30 minutes and used our facilities and broke our thermostat which controls the fireplace. Then they started complaining that this was not a smoking room and that we did not allow them to smoke in there. Those are the only two things that they told the front desk attendant. I told them personally that this is a non-smoking facility when they made the reservation. I also told them that this room does not have a view. Our villa units are the only view rooms. We have nice firm beds and a jetted tub in the room. These are very nice large rooms and we have people staying weeks in them. They even tried to threaten the front desk person that they were going to put a bad review on this site I am sorry that they did not enjoy their stay but we are not going to let people take advantage of us. We have one of the nicest hotels in Anacortes and we pride ourselves upon that. Our entire staff has earned every good review that has been put on this site as well as others. A lot of our guests are return visitors and many others say they will definitely stay with us next time they visit Anacortes and recomend this to others.
Daniel Crawford
Manager Anaco Inn
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of TripAdvisor LLC.