The Best Western Emerald Hotel is close to Tacoma's main shopping mall, the Tacoma Dome, and is only four miles from downtown Tacoma, Wash., off Interstate 5 in the Seattle metropolitan area. The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is a 20-minute drive away. This Best Western sports a grand granite entry, with classic columns and golden accents.
The hotel's casino restaurant and lounge is open around the clock. Several other national-chain restaurants are nearby with choices of seafood, Italian or American cuisine. A pancake place is next door. Other amenities include a spa tub, fitness center and game room.

The hotel's 117 guestrooms and 107 suites, some offering views of Mount Rainier, are furnished in a comfortably yet stylishly contemporary décor in a rich, warm color palette. The 800-square-foot whirlpool suites have marble floors and floor-to-ceiling walk-in glass showers. Complimentary high-speed Internet access is also available, ideal for the business traveler who needs to check in with the office or catch up on some unfinished business.  
 

Dogs, 30 pounds or less, are allowed. Cats are not allowed.

Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property’s location to the point of interest or attraction, and may not reflect actual travel distance.

Distances are displayed to the nearest 0. 1 mile and kilometre.

Pacific Lutheran University 4.3 km / 2.7 mi
Tacoma Dome 6.7 km / 4.2 mi
Museum of Glass 8.4 km / 5.3 mi
Puyallup Fairgrounds 12.4 km / 7.7 mi
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium 15.7 km / 9.8 mi
Mount Rainier National Park 64.1 km / 39.8 mi

The preferred airport for Red Lion Hotel Tacoma is Seattle, WA (SEA Seattle Tacoma Intl.) 31.6 km / 19.7 mi.