Hotels near Social Sciences Building, Anchorage

I feel that this is the best hotel in this trip. It is characterized by a small kitchen in the room, a cookware tableware, and only a kilometer away from Wal-Mart. As a result, I buy things every day and cook for dinner. In addition, there is no house keeping in the hotel. In fact, I don't think it is necessary. It saves labor costs and is more economical.

The most iconic hotel in Anchorage, I had to stay even if I could only afford one night. Everything was good, the room was a bit small. Definitely paying big city prices for little old Alaska, which can feel like price gouging.

I stayed one night after a guided tour in Alaska. Their price was 1/3 of the last tour hotel. I was out on a cruise the next day and flew home after that. Shuttle service is excellent. Breakfast was as good as the pricier hotels we stayed in our tour. Checked in earlier than check in time. Room was just finished cleaning and the chemical odor was so strong. Have to open the window and door for a while. It was an excellent stay overall considering price and service.

Perfect place for us to stay, all staff super friendly and helpful. Constant wiping down, keeping the place clean. The place is even dog friendly, and you would never know it! We definitely would stay again, and bring our doggos!

We arrived shortly before midnight and checked in. My youngest daughter reported that the shower faucet was broken. We reported to the front desk about the issue about 7:30 am and were told that it would be repaired by the time we got back from the Portage Lake excursion. Requested another room , none available according to the front desk We got back at 3pm and the issue was not corrected. Had the front desk call the manager about issue and she said they could not get a repair on the weekend. It seems to me that you would have someone on retainer for the weekends for this popular motel.. Manager would not authorize more than 1 day refund (we were to stay for 3 nights) instead of refunding 2 nights with a late checkout fee. The room was useless w/o shower. We left for another location. Talked to the manager about the issue. She was a real Karen. She was constantly over talking my wife who was requesting something to make it right. We will contest the whole bill with Discover card.

The room was clean, tidy, comfortable, warm and spacious. It was close to the shopping street. The service attitude of the front desk clerk was very poor. The door of the public toilet was locked. When I wanted to use the bathroom after checking out the next day, it refused to open the door and refused to let us put some water in the kettle to boil the water.

This was my first and last time at this hotel. The checkin was easy, the room was clean, but around 9:30 pm I started to try to take a shower. The water would not run warm. We called the front desk who insisted we run it longer. This began a series of calls where the front desk would insist we just needed to run the water longer, and we kept it running. An hour later, at 10:30 pm, maintenance came, agreed our room had no hot water and we would be moved to a different room. We moved — and although the second room smelled like pee, we stayed there because we’re exhausted and we needed to be able to provide good care for a family member with health difficulties. The hour of missed sleep was one I really needed. The pee-room was not great. The breakfast is good. But for the money, I expected hot water with the room. And whatever was causing the smell in the second room is gross.

The hotel is very close to the airport and 10 minutes drive. The night was quiet, we stayed for 5 days and didn't feel disturbed. There are great Korean and Japanese restaurants near the hotel, very delicious, and the restaurant food is good value for money. The hotel room is not very big but enough, the facilities are old, and the bathroom has no exhaust fan. The quality of the breakfast is good but the variety is monotonous and the food is the same every day. It is boring to eat for 5 days. There are Korean tour groups staying every day. The hotel's price/performance ratio is generally OK, if there is a better choice, I will not stay here again next time.

The room never cooled despite the AC being on constantly. The TV remote barely works and needs instructions to operate. The breakfast buffet was horrible coffee and stale/ dry muffins. Parking is limited and this is not the best part of downtown. It does have a medium size refrigerator with freezer and a microwave, but does not come stocked with any flatware. No in room coffee maker. There are no charge ports for charge cords and the available wall outlets are not conveniently located. It is overpriced for what is offered.

Ingra House Hotel WAS a great place to stay.... BUT, since the covid-19 pandemic started, Ingra House has since become infested with bed bugs, drug addicted bums, and some of the staff are freaking out because of the pandemic and taking out their anger on innocent guests (like Mike the owner- who screamed about how he's ”losing money because of covid-19). Also, the main manager, ”Max” Sweeney seemed like a kind man at first- but it turned out Max is very two-faced, and he has prejudice against people with disabilities (ableism and sanism are his main choices of bigotry, which is discrimination towards people with disabilities). Max was often nice and friendly to my face, but would badmouth me behind my back. I know this because some of the other guests told me he did this. I also observed Max behaving the same way towards other hotel residents- friendly to their face, then talking crap about them behind their back to other guests and staff. I get it- everyone is freaking out over covid-19 and losing money. BUT, that doesn't make it alright for Max and Mike the owner to take out their anger on guests who have nothing to do with any of that. Max treats his cat, Smokey, with more kindness than he treats people with disabilities- he treats people with disabilities like they're wild animals that he threatens with police brutality when they don't bend the knee to him and take his verbal abuse in silence. Despite the bed bugs, drug addicts, etc. I would have enjoyed my stay at Ingra House- if it wasn't for the bigotry and ableist discrimination and two-faced behavior that I had to endure from Mike the owner and Max the manager. Max is the type of guy who let's the power of authority go to his head and he brags about using police violence to remove unwanted guests from ”his property”. Edward ”Max” is like Eric Cartman from South Park- ”Respect my authoritah!”. Well, no! I do not respect your ”authority” nor do I care for your bigotry, Max. And since Max and Mike the owner are white and there are almost no Black guests at Ingra House, I suspect Mike/Max to be a little racist on top of the ableism. Mike and Max both disrespect the Assistant manager, Mike (a black man), and they both talk down to him like he is an indentured servant. You know what ”Max” and Mike? Black Lives Matter. Trans Lives Matter. Disabled Lives Matter. Understand, you white men who have let power and greed go to their heads? Good luck with the bed bug infestation... the next place I rent from, I will make sure they are bed bug free before plunking down $1,000 to live in a place where I get bitten in my sleep. In light of ALL THAT- I have sadly had to change my original reviews from 5 stars to 1 star. It's too bad... Smokey the cat is an awesome kitty and he deserves to have an owner who isn't two-faced or a raging bigot. I am sending good vibes and positive energy to both Smokey and Mike, the assistant owner who still has to endure those two-faced bosse