Totem Hotel and Suites

We only stayed one night here getting in late after taking the ferry to Valdez. Room was clean and comfortable. The best part was they offer a free breakfast, which was pretty good. This was the only place we stayed in that had that on our road trip and it was a welcome relief from Alaska's high food prices. I also think it was the nicest hotel in Valdez. Would recommend.

We were with a tour group, so we didnt' choose this hotel. Valdez is a small town and from what we saw it's the best in town. It's newer. Rooms are clean and comfortable. Not pleased with the pillows, but I like mine to be more large and full. The breakfast buffet is a little disorganized, but the food was ok. Fruit was minimal, but they had the regular choices for breakfast with the addition of country fried steak.

Nice hotel, our tour stayed there 2 nights and we loved it. Walking distance to the docks and resturants. Had a welcone dinner which was good and buffet breakfast, but I don't think they are opened for lunch or dinner

The Totem hotel is a modern boxy multistory hotel about two blocks from the waterfront- so easy walking to multiple restaurants and activities. Keys were available to everyone on the tour, except us, when we arrived. That situation was eventually resolved. The large attractive lobby had the front desk. seating, gift shop and a breakfast area. The house has a small pool, unlike everywhere else we stay during our tour. Our eventual room was large with a double queen and medium sized bathroom. Everything was clean and operational. The decor was monochrome, with contemporary furnishings, no art, a refer, microwave, no safe, and acceptable in-room coffee ( three in a row). Very good printed guest information. The complementary internet worked well. The medium sized flatscreen tv had lots of channels and a useful guide. Good bed, linens and pillows. Good towels and toiletries. Good lighting and lots of outlets. The complementary breakfast does not start serving until 6:00 am, stacking up multiple tours creating substantial lines. The breakfast was average quality and variety, at best. An average 3 star house, in value and delivery- ok for one night.

Stayed here 2 nights in June while exploring beautiful Valdez. Town is very walkable and we enjoyed our stay here. Stayed in the new hotel, rooms are very comfortable with a king bed, couch, microwave and mini fridge. Was able to do laundry here too. Hotel is very clean. Breakfast was adequate, and coffee/tea available all day. Would stay here again.

Stayed at Totem Hotel 4 nights. Great location close to harbor & can walk everywhere!! Room was clean/bed comfortable. Breakfast was your standard hotel breakfast buffet. Would stay here again-nicest place in town. Beautiful area to visit

For Valdez, it’s top notch. Room is clean and modern. King size bed was comfy and not too squishy (better for my back). Didn’t have the breakfast. I’d stay here again unless another hotel has some EV chargers and then I’d go there instead.

Beautiful relatively new hotel. From the outside, it doesn’t look that great but inside it is very clean, spacious and pleasant. Staff was informative and friendly; breakfast was excellent. Rooms were spacious and high end. They also had cabins and suites available. Pool looked nice but we didn’t have time to try-no hot tub. Dog friendly which was important to us.

Talking to various people and reading reviews, if you ever find yourself in Valdez, this is definitely THE best place to stay by far. It is expensive but don’t expect whistles and bells! It is just a normal hotel. The guy on reception was quite cold and unwelcoming and not very helpful when we checked in, don’t know wether he was having a bad day, later he actually did help us with something, maybe he had had a coffee by then! There was an older lady on reception in the evening and she was lovely, Alaskan friendly, very helpful and lovely to chat to. Our room was extremely large with the most wonderful, comfortable king size bed and pillows, bathroom was equally large and had a decent shower, all nice, modern furnishings, the only thing that was utter rubbish was the wardrobe, I actually could not find it at first which shows you just how small it was, I have never seen such a tiny wardrobe in such a huge room, and only 4 plastic hangers inside! No ironing board or iron although you can ask at reception (obviously could not fit these into the tiny wardrobe). Breakfast room in the morning felt a bit cold and the variety of food for the price of the hotel was not brilliant although they had everything you could want. Good for an overnight stay, unfortunately we had 2 nights in Valdez which was one night too much in an extortionately expensive town with terrible restaurants.