Souvenirs!!! Of course, whenever you travel to new places the first thing besides getting to…read morebaggage claims would be picking up a few souvenirs along the way. So, on my recent trip to Seattle, I did just that! Emerald City Market by Hudson is one of many quick stop / gift shop stores in the airporti. This specific store's location is at the N gates section of SeaTac. This store carries the essential needs like (drinks, snacks, books and of course.. souvenirs) to get you through your layover wait time or just in general. The many self checkout stands helps the foot traffic a lot. But, just my luck the two stands that were open malfunctioned on me and I had to wait just a second to be helped. The employee that helped me was quick and friendly, she deserves a shout out! As for the souvenir pricing, it ranges from $5.99 to $8.99

I was shocked to be charged 50 cents for a plastic bag at checkout. While I know Washington…read moreenforces bag fees to encourage reusable options, this high price feels excessive. More importantly, I was very disappointed by the customer service. The older cashier helping me was openly angry and hostile. A little kindness goes a long way, and I hope management can address the staff's attitude.

This place have a lot of different varieties, nice clean environment. Friendly customer service…read moreaswell. This is the spot to go to always if you need anything in pioneer square

Terrible service, smelly inside, It made me sick by the time i exited the doors. racially profiled…read moreby the employee.

Great place to stop and pick up Airlines logo items, travel accessories and makes great gifts! Seen…read morea Hawaiian Airlines Pillow cover and Pam AM bag. They also have a kids section cool. check out this store

This is an adorable store in Sea-Tac airport in the main body of the airport. They have some great…read morestuff that I've never really seen anywhere else. Almost all of it is "golden age of travel" or airplane/airline themed so if you love travel or love that era you will love browsing this store. They also have some cute Seatle merch that is much better than what you find at souvenir shops. I wish I had more room in my bag to bring home some truly unique items but I only ended up with some small things which I really loved.

Decided to go into the store while waiting for The Crab Pot. The employee with super short great…read morehair is extremely rude. My wife told my daughter we weren't going to buy anything over there (referring to one section of the store). The employee walked up to my 4 year old daughter and snatched the bucket hat out of her hand as she was just standing there looking around and said "I don't want it to get dirty." Now knowing that we were planning to buy it. My wife then said come on it's time to go then the employee in a loud voice said "ohhhhh, I offended them." Loud enough for everyone to turn around in the store and look. Then my wife said you don't have to be rude about it and snatch stuff out of my daughters hands. The lady would giggling and saying I wasn't being rude. Snatching an item out of a kids hands without saying anything to her is not the way to react to a customer just standing there holding something. Then to say that so loud about being offended is ridiculous. Lady is such a joke. Wish I would've seen her grab that from my daughters hand. Interesting store with basic bottom end stuff but the crappy employee made it a shit experience. Would give it a no star.

Given the name I definitely thought there would be pirate stuff in here and so I always dismissed…read morethis spot. Don't! YOU MUST COME IN to this souvenir shop, it's probably my new favorite souvenir stop in the city after having visited just once. There are so many great Washington related things. Plenty of Bigfoot gifts, a mushroom themed section, unique postcards, Washington made souvenirs and lots of souvenirs with symbols of the tribes in the Washington area.

If you're looking for a Seattle sweatshirt (e.g., something with "Seattle" on the front of it), I…read morewould say this is one of the higher quality tourist shops. I saw Seattle Shirt Company nearby, but most of those shirts felt more cheaply manufactured with screen printing. At Simply Seattle, some of the sweatshirts felt of higher quality and had embroidered or felted lettering. If I had gotten a sweatshirt, it would have been from here.

Designs absolutely rock! But the shipping and customer service are extremely poor!…read moreIf you live anywhere but Seattle, good luck getting your purchase. Promises have been made and not followed through numerous times. I wouldn't trust these guys to deliver a bar of soap. Josh the "customer service " rep needs some serious training.

This store is located on Pier 55. It's a huge souvenir and gift shop store. Among all the shops in…read morethe pier, they had the best inventory, prices and deals in my opinion. The store is spacious with several sections based on products like apparels, mugs, tumblers, toys, stickers, key rings, name boards, postcards and many other accessories. They had couple of massive walls of magnets. I also saw World Cup 26 items as Seattle is one of the host cities. There were many good deals at the store like 2 t-shirts for $23, 3 magnets for $18, 2 tumblers for $45, 2 hoodies for $35, 2 mugs for $18 and 2 shot glasses for $9. There were couple sales and discounts sections as well. We bought a picture frame and a magnet from the store. Prices were decent. Checkout was quick and easy with very friendly staff at the register.

At pier 55, you will find one of the locations to this popular touristic shop. They do carry a…read morelittle bit of everything from hats, shirts, sweaters, kids sizes, keychains, etc The store itself is well organized and kept very neat. Staff were friendly and approachable as well. I was able to buy a few shirts off their special. They even have bundles with a hat and shirt included. Overall, a very quick but fulfilling visit for me as tourist.

Convivence stores. That word is synonymous with you'll find what you need in a pinch, but you're…read moregoing to pay over what you expect to get it. Located right on the strip of Madison. This area of First Hill is somewhat of a "food desert". There are a handful of these convenience stores, and this one happens to not only be the closest to where my friend lives should we need snacks, drinks or ice it's there. A few times we've been caught without some of those above-mentioned items and with the recent closure of Whole Foods walking to a grocery store for goods has been even more of a chore. Here comes Plaza Select. It's got pretty much everything you'd expect and want but marked up by a few dollars or so. Primarily my friend and I come here for Ice. $3.xx here as opposed to $2-2.50 elsewhere. Not a huge markup which is fine but on one of my visits I went to debit the purchase, and it was an additional $1 or 2 because anything under $5 carries a fee. I wish the owner who is mostly nice warned me or put up a sign. I could've basically got 2 bags of ice for 1 elsewhere at this point. If you're coming here to spend less than $5, be warned.

I'm not rating them based off prices. Its high prices every wher. In rating them a 5 because, them…read moresame person(s) are there morning to night. Never rude unless you are! And keep store stocked. This is unfortunately the only convenient store that actually stays open late!

This was the most random shopping trip ever. Needed toothpaste and this convenience store was the…read moreclosest from the King St train station. A block away from the store, a random guy walks past me eating a fried chicken drumstick that smelled amazing. Looked like your average neighborhood store. Walked down the aisles and completely missed the toothpaste. Couldn't miss the aroma of the hot food items next to the register. We picked up drinks, 3 corn dogs, 3 pieces of fried chicken drumsticks and a breakfast sandwich. Everything was warm, delicious, filling, and comfort food. Definitely hit the spot on this cold morning. The cashier was super friendly and helpful. Got us our toothpaste too. Great way to start out the day!

Gotta love spending money on spoiled milk, because they can't keep their fridges closed.read more