30-064 Hillclimb Garage

The single worst parking garage I have ever encountered. Wildly overpriced, no walkability, the design and operation seem borderline spiteful towards customers. Tear this place down.

It is just a choice, where you're going. There are several garages within a few blocks. Some closer to the waterfront, or closer to Pike place marketplace. Pick one.

This garage is a scam. Unlike every parking garage in the city where you pay on your way out or via an app / license reader this one requires you to pay up front but there is not a single notification inside the garage that says this. So they have a person gleefully running around issuing $120 tickets within minutes of you parking because they KNOW most people are going to assume that you pay on the way out. There were five other people experiencing the same thing when I was there and there were dozens of cars with tickets between multiple floors. I am filing a complaint with the city as was the other folks that were that I chatted with.

Do not follow the directions on Google Maps! It would take you to a back alley door on Western Ave. that you can't enter and that you would need to reverse to exit. The entrance is going northbound on Alaskan Way only! You can't make a left turn going southbound on Alaskan Way. Used SpotHero to prebook. It was about $15+tax during a weekday morning for 4 hours of parking. I parked closed to the entrance, which was okay. Other reviews said terrible smells in the staircase. Others said parkade closed at 6pm and got locked out. The clearance is just barely tall enough to fit a typical SUV. Bigger SUVs (like Surburban or big trucks) probably won't make the height clearance.

We parked there on a Saturday afternoon. It was $40 for 2 hours and expensive compared to other garages. Traffic in and out was challenging.The pedestrian entrance door was locked and we had to walk through the car exit to get in.