The Driftwood Lodge

Clean comfortable accommodations. Budget friendly. Walking distance to cruise ship docks, restaurants, and shopping. We were only there for one night and it suited our purposes. There was a minor leak in the bathroom ceiling, but we weren't there long enough to even report it (and it did not interfere with our stay).

I stayed at the Driftwood Lodge during the Rock Aak’w Music Festival in September. It gives super vintage vibes but for the location and price it can’t be beat. My room was super clean and the check-in/out was a breeze. The bed was comfortable and it was rocking all night 😉. The parking is easy, and the Wi-Fi is strong. I really enjoyed walking across the street to the Centennial Hall and being able to get a good breakfast at the Sandpiper Café which is on premises. The lodge is walking distance to all the cool downtown hangout spots. This is Juneau, so don’t go here expecting the Ritz Carlton, think more “vintage boutique”. I look forward to staying here again for the next big event!

The beds were very comfortable, the staff was professional and very helpful. My room was a basic room, and it was very clean and all my needs were met. I caught the 7am shuttle from airport. I notice in previous comments others had issues, but I found the schedule on their website, no reservation required. Worked fine for me. There is onsite breakfast and lunch which was wonderful, as well as a perfect coffee house just a few short steps away called Sacred Grounds and it was fabulous. Will stay again , loved it !

We booked two different stays at the Driftwood and canceled the second one when we arrived for the first. The hotel made a big deal about how they pick you up from the Airport and took all the information about my flights and that I would have a shuttle to the Ferry... We got an email the day before we were to arrive to say they no longer had any shuttles except ones that were on a first come first serve basis like twice a day to only the airport. Really messed us up... Our confirmation clearly lists all the details about the shuttles they had agreed to provide. This is why I picked the hotel. The room was dirty, smelled of mold and just all around very well run down. Good points are you can walk from there into town and they had laundry which we used. Only one washing machine was working but luckily we were the only ones who wanted to use it. Would not recommend.

A very run down facility with rooms very dated. Air conditioner and phone did not work. Laminate peeling off and the bed was very uncomfortable. Very disappointing especially with the price we paid.

This hotel is in a perfect location, close enough to walk to downtown attractions, restaurants, and shops, but far enough away from the cruise ship area that it is quiet and not so busy. The property offers comfortable rooms with a master bedroom and queen bed, as well as 2 single beds and a couch. The rooms also have a full kitchenette. The hotel also offers a free shuttle to the airport. On the other hand, there is no 24 hour front desk and no housekeeping offered for stay over rooms. There are a lot of vagrant people hanging around the property, so it may not be the safest place to hang out around outside the room alone after dark. There is no breakfast offerings whatsoever, not even juice, or coffee, or water. The bathroom towel rack was broken. There was dirty underwear from a previous guest in the room upon check in, but otherwise the room was very clean. It is obvious that the property has seen many years of use without any kind of renovations.

For the price this is remarkably shabby -- both the property and the staff costumer service. We stayed for three nights at an expense of $782, the first two in a one bed room with a stained and grungy shower and a carpet that should be replaced. On our third night we stayed in a two bedroom suite as our duaghter had arrived to attend a wedding with us. The staff made zero effort to help us make a timely transfer between rooms -- though the check out time is 11 and check-in at 3 (4 hours!), they were not ammenable to prioritizing turning our new room over so that our daughter could shower and change for the wedding that also started at 3. They acted as if an early check-in was the kind of request only the most entitled of Karens woud make and did not have the room ready until after 2, at which point we had all our luggage in the car and were on the way to the venue where we changed into our dress clothes in the parking lot. When we got back to the hotel at 9:30pm there was a note on the door saying "closed, back in around an hour." Luckily we'd just caught the guy, along with two other customers that needed assistance, before he left the front desk unattended for an hour on a busy Friday night. The window next to the entry door of the room was stuck open -- the handle to colse it was *****ped and the mechanism frozen. For some people this lack of securty would be unsettling. In the morning a neighbor upwind was burning trash, so I woke to the smoke in our room.

Beware of a bait and switch. The hotel website, even 24 hours before booking an airport shuttle transfer advertises a 24 hour in advance reservation for airport pickup. They seemed to have all of a sudden changed their policy even though I made the room reservation 3 months in advance. They refused to reimburse me for the taxi fare I incurred getting to the hotel. I do not recommend this hotel.