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Greenlake Boat Rentals
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Categories: Boating, Boat Charters [Edit]
Neighborhood: Green Lake7351 E Green Lake Dr N
Seattle, WA 98115
(206) 527-0171
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
7 reviews for Greenlake Boat Rentals
This is such an enjoyable fun time.
I rent them with friends or family and we tour the lake. It's early in summer now an deasy to rent onw without standing in line. I have always had great service and encountered friendly staff.
I want to be VERY clear that this is about the operation of the business of Greenlake Boat Rentals, NOT my experience while I was out on the water in the paddleboat.
I don't know how they can say they're open "11am til dusk, weather permitting" (that quote is straight from their website), and then close down their credit card machine before 6pm on a Tuesday in July when it's 85 degrees out and sunny. We got back to shore a little after 6pm and needed to pay for 1.75 hours on 3 boats ($63 they said). We couldn't use my credit card because they told us "the manager has already zeroed out the card machine". We had to bust a move all the way to the market to get cash and hurry back so they didn't close up shop with our IDs still inside. LAME LAME LAME. It's not like they weren't busy - there were still at least 6 or 7 paddle boats out on the water, one was even launching right as we were landing!
Initiating the rental was a piece of cake, and they were helpful with launching and everything. Of course we had a great time while we were tooling around the lake! But this experience of trying to settle our balance at the end of the day really harshed my groove of the fabulous time we had just spent on the water!
My roommate, her friend from Portland and I came here last weekend with the thought of Kayaking!!
We showed up, spent some time tooling around the parking lot until we got a spot and headed into the boat shack. Greeted by two college kids, we asked about the best idea for us to boat together and they suggested canoeing. The price now is about $14 per hour not including tax, per boat rental not per person. That's right, for an hour of fun we each had to spend the dismal amount of $4.60!!! Nice.
There are also options of paddle boats, reg. row boats and of course the kayaks or canoes.
Piling into the canoe with the help of another college guy, we took off on our little adventure. Trying not to tip over (well, I did rock the boat a few times to make them squeal and have a little chuckle to myself), we rowed over to that mysterious little Island in the middle of Green lake. It's cool!! I so wish I could camp there.
The staff are chill and relaxed. When bringing back the paddles and life vests, the guys just took the stuff and said enjoy the rest of your day. Casual and carefree like. I like! I'm down to do this way more often, if the homies allow me to be in their boat again.
The absolute best, most affordable way to have fun on greenlake during the summer. $14 for an hour of paddleboating! they are so nice, chill, fun, relaxed... it really was such a blast, we can't wait to get a huge group together to go enjoy actually being ON the lake, not just running around it!
We rent a paddleboat at Green Lake at least once each summer and have always had a good experience with Greenlake Boat Rentals.
I went paddleboating with my friend today, and it was a lot of fun. The boat rental guy was almost not going to let us out on the water because I was under 18. It was a bit expensive -- 14$ for an hour so 7$ a person -- but Greenlake is such a pretty park and the day was so beautiful I felt it was worth every penny!
This is simply a must do if you have little ones around, if you want to get some excercise, or if you just want to float about the lake alone. At approx $12/hr it is cheaper than a movie or even a few latte's, really. If you get a paddle boat I suggest the one's with the yellow seats... the blue are really hard to peddle and when you get to the middle of the lake and have to come back you will feel it in your thighs the next day!
