Best Western’s Best of
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On North Promenade, just north of statue of Lewis and Clark at Broadway roundabout, is north Oregon coast's largest convention hotel. Fronting beach with 104 deluxe guestrooms (most with ocean views), Best Western Oceanview Resort has a variety of amenities that make it attractive to families as well as convention-goers.
Our oceanfront room contained a kitchenette unit housing micro and fridge, a cozy gas fireplace, and jacuzzi in an oceanfront bay window. Sliding open door to outdoor balcony afforded comforting, continuous sound of soaring seagulls and pounding surf, and fresh, invigorating smell of salt air. A perfect spot for watching a dramatic rainstorm or a spectacular sunset.
All rooms have a microwave and small refrigerator, TV with free cable and VCR, coffee maker, voice mail, and modem access. Personal amenities include a hair dryer, iron and ironing board.
Partner and general manager Terry Bichsel says, "Retreats and conferences are our specialty." With over six thousand square feet of meeting and banquet space, facility is perfect for conventions averaging as many as two hundred attendees. Full catering services include accommodating beach activities and custom menu requirements. There is also a large inventory of audio-visual equipment available.
For rainy beach days, Best Western Oceanview Resort has an indoor heated swimming pool and spa. An array of shops, eateries, arcades, and cultural attractions is within easy walking distance in downtown Seaside.
A new Italian-themed restaurant, Salvatore's Café, opened in March, 2003, just off lobby. When restaurant's namesake, Brooklyn-born chef Salvatore Mammino, visited north Oregon coast, he saw an opportunity for a mid-priced Italian ristorante with great food served in a "beach casual" atmosphere. Salvatore and Terry, owner, formerly worked together. Their intention is to make Salvatore's not another coffee shop, but a destination restaurant.
We began our dinner with calamari appetizer with marinara sauce, a huge portion that amply served two. There's also an artichoke and spinach dip, and tender clams steamed in butter, garlic and seasonings. Soups are traditional Italian Pasta e Fagioli and a hearty clam chowder. Salad choices include a BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad, fresh greens, jicama, jack cheese, black beans, sweet corn and romas tossed with ranch dressing; Caesar with grilled chicken breast or grilled salmon, Prevencal Salad or romaine and raddichio, roma and sun-dried tomatoes, feta cheese, Kalamata olives and lemon tossed with a red wine vinaigrette; and Balsamic Mista, assorted greens, cucumber, gorgonzola cheese and croutons tossed with balsamic vinaigrette.
