This hotel has all the must haves and alot of the nice to haves for a business traveler. My favorite part was the shampoo. I know that sounds strange, but I travel alot, and to have such high end amenities (it was Aveda peppermint shampoo) is a real surprise. The hotel was small, clean, comfortable, and in a nice, funky location. The service was excellent, and the price was good. Included breakfast was good, too. I recommend this for business travelers who are on a budget.

We really enjoyed staying three nights here recently. The room was comfortable, clean and convenient to great restaurants and shopping. Having the great breakfast makes your day start so much easier too. We did lots of walking, site seeing and eating! It is so easy to find from the freeway and we won't hesitate to stay here again.

This hotel is right off of the freeway and in a wonderful neighborhood of beautiful homes, little shops, and a variety of great restaurants. It is perfect for people who like to walk. The room was spacious and clean, there is free covered parking, and public transportation is close by. Our only complaint was the very heavy walkers in the room above us who kept us awake the first night. We had gone to bed around 9:30 and the people above us walked around noisily until about 11:30. We had asked for a top floor room and ended up on the third floor instead of the fourth floor. Everything else about the hotel was very nice.

Negatives: We got woken up at 4:30am to the extremely loud sound outside our window of garbage trucks emptying the dumpsters. I fell back to sleep, only to be woken back up at 5:00 to the sound of someone dragging trash cans all over the place for 10 minutes. At 5:30, a new sound started up, which sounded like a helicopter, again, right outside the window. I went over and looked out the window and didn't see anything. As I leaned into the window, I realized that the noise was actually being produced from the window itself, as it was violently shaking/vibrating. I have no idea what would have caused this vibrating window situation, but it was weird and noisy. I am writing this review based on my first 24 hr experience of my 9 day hotel stay here, so maybe this was just a one time occurrence or something. I will update if it happens EVERY MORNING. Another factor influencing a bad nights sleep here are these HARD mattresses! I read that they are new, which is fantastic, but they are really hard and cause body pains. The sinks/counter top and mirrors are all outside of the actual bathroom (shower and toilet). Besides it being strange, it is not very practical. There are no surfaces near the shower to put a towel or clothes to change into on. I ended up moving the desk chair in there so I had a surface to place things on. The last negative thing is the occasional chemical smell in the air outside the hotel. I know that the hotel can't do anything about it, but its really strong and makes you feel like your getting cancer when you walk through the parking garage. I thought Portland was supposed to be all eco-friendly...

Positives: The linens and towels are pretty nice and smell very clean and fresh. The room is clean, has a great tv, larger than normal mini fridge, microwave and coffee/tea machine. The reception staff are friendly and helpful. The breakfast is one of the best complimentary breakfasts I've had in a long time. We got it yesterday around 6am, so it was fully stocked and hot at the time. They have tea/coffee/hot chocolate/juice/real eggs/sausage/waffles/bagels/danishes/apples/oranges/bananas/cereal/yogurt. I'm kind of a picky food snob and I found it to be pretty great. Its also nice how they leave the tea, coffee and fruit out all day so you can grab a snack if you want. This hotel is in an pretty good location. There is an expensive co-op/organic grocery store right around the corner, as well as a bunch of restaurants and cafes everywhere.