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Discovery Inn
1016 Guard Street (Friday Harbor) 98250

Located less than a mile to Friday Harbor Ferry Terminal, this San Juan Island hotel features a seasonal outdoor hot tub and rooms with free Wi-Fi. San Juan National Historic Park is 5 miles away. A flat-screen cable TV and coffee-making facilities are included in each guest room at Discovery Inn. An en suite bathroom is also provided. The hotel offers seating areas and BBQ facilities in a park-like setting. Whale watching tours with San Juan Safaris is less than a mile away. English Camp is 15 minutes’ drive away.

Score from 249 reviews
Superb

8.9/10

Rooms: 20

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Address: 1016 Guard Street, Friday Harbor 98250 map

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I am very happy to write about my experience at Discovery Inn recently. The rooms were very comfortable having been newly remodeled. Everything from the floor up including the TV appears to be tip top shape. The bathroom was spotless and new as well. The decor was nice and the room had nice amenities like toiletries, coffee maker, Wi-Fi and a fridge in room . The staff is helpful and courteous. This is a family owned business which I like going to because I like the personal service. The hotel .
all reviews » Nice location just a few blocks from downtown Friday Harbor. Recently renovated comfortable and clean rooms. Friendly and helpful staff at check-in. Satisfactory value for the money. Friday Harbor/San Juan Island is a delightful place to visit in the summer. -new attractive rooms -all was very clean -friendly and helpful staff -amenities that were offered, fridge, microwave, coffee maker, TV, jacuzzi -extensive attractive grounds for strolling or sitting-all conducive to relaxing -competitive room rates. Super friendly owner who even gave us complimentary tickets to the film festival which was on that night! Very clean motel with an excellent hot tub and nice grounds plus a shed to lock up our bikes. We will go back. It was only 5 minutes from ferry and downtown Friday Harbor and it's many restaurants. Beautiful grounds, friendly staff and comfortable beds and rooms. Will definitely stay again and recommend to friends. Outside it looks like a well-kept backpacker's hotel but inside the rooms are big and well-designed. There's a big flat screen TV, the beds are super comfortable with fluffy pillows. Set up my room for me since I was arriving after 7 PM, and it was warm and lighted when I got there. Just needed to sign the check in form in the room, so completely convenient. Rooms were clean and comfortably decorated. Staff was very nice and accommodating. Good value for the money. TV remote was washable so that you could wash it. Our room was better in everyway than was expected. Bathrooms/carpet/furnishing all modern. Expected less. Room was spaceous and comfortable. Very pleased. Room was very clean with updated bath fixtures. Large space in "deluxe queen" room. Bed was comfortable. For the price in this location it was hard to beat. The Discovery Inn at Friday Harbour, WA was very satisfactory - clean, modern, updated, quiet and reasonably priced. We definitely would return. Comfortable. Easy walk/bike ride to town. Very friendly staff -- let us keep our extra luggage in office while we biked the last day. The grounds were beautiful. The Inn was updated and very well clean. The staff was very friendly. We were close enough to walk to town. Very updated rooms. Nice external environment (gardens etc). Exceptionally clean. knowledgable and helpful staff. Had bicycle storage. The staff (Heather) from the moment we arrived, was very helpful and very sweet. Great place stay, I would go back in a minute. Quiet, just outside downtown Friday Harbor (~10 blocks). Mom and Pop hotel. Clean, comfortable rooms. Charming and Quaint. everyone in the office was so helpful and REALLY nice. The grounds were BEAUTIFUL. The room was VERY comfortable. We were only overnight in your facility so we really can't comment on anything other than the room which was great. Away from hustle and bustle of town and all the people and cars..the grounds for sitting and relaxing.... Very friendly staff. Nice grounds. Good location, although it is about a quarter mile walk from town. Friendly staff and easy access from Friday Harbor terminal without being in the town centre. Loved the grounds with the swings, chairs picnic table and grills. Small and quaint. Reasonable price, clean, comfortable, nice setting, close to town, friendly staff. beautiful grounds, well maintained, actually looked like the photos in brochure. Most comfortable beds. Upscale decor. Wonderful staff. Large refrigerator. Wonderful staff!!! Comfortable beds. Clean rooms. Great location. The manager; convenient location, refrigerator in room. Very friendly staff in beautiful Friday Harbor. Helpfulness of staff and large clean rooms. Clean and quite. All new. Comfortable beds. Clean room, comfortable bed, quiet room. Great Staff! Very helpful and friendly. Location, cleanliness, friendly staff. Pleasant but basic room. Clean and quite. Nice staff. The staff was great and very friendly. One member of the staff was new but did a great job answering all of our questions. If she didn't know the answer, she asked someone. She was helpful with booking a whale watching trip and restaurant recommendations. The grounds are nice, very small though. -the weather could have been better--it rained most of the time I was there at beginning of April. We decided to leave the car in Anacortes last-minute so we had to walk to the hotel. Discovery Inn is not in the grid of the actual Friday Harbor but the walk is nice. We didn't mind the 15 minute walk for the exercise but others might find this not acceptable. Can't think of anything negative to say. Even though the comforter was nice quality and modern, in general comforters gross me out. I hear they never get washed...so I'm always leary of them at any establishment. Old, dated property could use some tlc. Wood frame buildings creak and groan as people walk by on upper floor. Fairly near busy road which quieted down as the night wore on. No breakfast. Good for one night, no more. A bit loud (mostly car noise). The walls were thin so we heard muffled conversation through them. However, the guest themselves were not the rowdy sort. Nothing, all good. The thing that I REALLY REALLY hated was that they didn't put clean towels in when they cleaned our rooms. I was so surprised that they hadn't done that. And certainly annoyed. That was an issue for me. We did not like the fact that there was not a telephone in the room or information as to where there would be access to a phone in case of an emergency. no air, got little too warm in room. The rooms have no air conditioning. A bit stuffy even for June warm weather, but they have fans. And felt safe to leave window open while we were out for the day. But of course nothing of value left in the room. Nothing. room a little small for 4 people but we made do. Nothing. No air conditioning although this is normal for Friday Harbour. It was a little warm the night we stayed. Even ceiling fans in the room would help. Would still go back. Great find!. Lack of counter space in bathroom; no tea bags; plastic glasses and utensils. Fortunately I had my own better quality plastic "glasses" to drink or wine from. Nothing. Not too much view around the Inn. No negative comments. No deadbolt on door that is not keyed. The door is right near street. I am not comfortable with that. We were downstairs and it was a bit noisy with people going downstairs with suitcases and outside traffic. No air condioner. The room had been updated and looked great. The walls were still "thin" and so the rom wasn't as quiet as we would have liked. The main comfort issue was the temp of the room. There was a box fan that helped a lot but the windows would have been more useful if they opened at the top instead of side to side. We were on the ground floor and people could walk by and from a safety concern we couldn't leave the windows open all the time. Thin Walls. Extremely over priced, gravel parking lot, terrible for motorcycles. Rooms somewhat stagnant, no air conditioning, pool, or morning breakfast. Not a good value at all!.

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Discovery Inn Room information

Room Type	Max	from
Deluxe Queen Room [Room Information]	2	from USD 179.00	Search
Free Wi-Fi, cable TV, a microwave, a small fridge and an en suite bathroom are included. Room Facilities: TV, Toilet, Telephone, Refrigerator, Microwave, Heating, Cable TV, Bathroom, Bath or Shower
Queen Room with Two Queen Beds [Room Information]	4	from USD 189.00	Search
Free Wi-Fi, cable TV, a microwave, a small fridge and an en suite bathroom are included. Room Facilities: TV, Toilet, Telephone, Refrigerator, Microwave, Heating, Cable TV, Bathroom, Bath or Shower

Amenities at Discovery Inn

Services

Wi-Fi/Wireless LAN, Internet Services, Free Wi-Fi Internet Access

Pools and wellness

Jacuzzi

Miscellaneous

Heating, Family Rooms, All Public and Private spaces non-smoking

General

WiFi everywhere, Parking on-site, Free Parking

Food & Drink

BBQ Facilities

Common areas

Sun Terrace, Garden

Cleaning services

Daily maid service

Important information to guests

You must show a valid photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all special requests cannot be guaranteed and are subject to availability upon check-in. Additional charges may apply. If traveling with more than one car or a boat, please contact property prior to arrival. Front desk hours range from 0800-1800 (October-April) and 0800-2000 (May-September). Please contact the hotel if you are checking in after 2000. List of extended policies with be included in confirmation email sent directly from property, Please note that Discovery Inn does not accept American Express as a method of payment. Please note that a fee of USD 10 applies for each extra person over two people. Please see the Policies section for additional information. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.

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Set in Friday Harbor, 27 km from Victoria, Discovery Inn boasts a barbecue and sun terrace. You will find a coffee machine in the room. The rooms come with a private bathroom. Discovery Inn features free WiFi throughout the property. A TV is provided. Bellingham is 47 km from Discovery Inn, while Sidney is 30 km away. The nearest airport is Bellingham International Airport, 46 km from the property.