What's the scent used in the rooms and how can I get it? I asked and was told "Oasis" made by EcoLab - but no luck finding for sale online. Park in the decks for half the price of valet. Salmon Sushi in Departure was great along w/Steak & Eggs brunch in Urban Farmer.

A lot of hotels around the States could learn a thing or two from The Nines.

It's an absolutely beautiful hotel, from the lobby to the lovely Library Room to the rooms. And its location is perfect, within walking distance of everything you need. The staff were incredibly helpful, dealing with my lack of laptop power cord (even offering to charge my laptop overnight in the concierge office) and any issue I had, right to booking my cab to the airport.

The room itself was great, comfortable with a very nice desk to work at, and a fantastic spacious bathroom. But best of all was the complimentary WiFi!! Why can't all hotels do this? If you are paying $200-250 a night for a room, surely you don't need to charge another 15-20 bucks for WiFi. The Nines didn't, and it was such a pleasant relief.

The Nines also has lots of little nice touches, from the 'old school' chocolates (actually mini-muffins) left on the bed at night, to the free coffee at reception in the morning. With proper milk and everything! Awesome. Touches like that mean the world to me.

I would recommend a Club level room, as you have access to the Club Lounge on the 12th Floor. Here you can have coffee in the morning, or beer and wine in the evening, while snacking on all kinds of fancy hors d'oeuvres, Again, a lovely touch. You can't beat an open bar!!

My only tiny, tiny grievance was with their choice of bathroom amenities. The BeeKind amenities may have a wonderful environmental message, but the paper packaging fell apart in the shower and covered me in black ink. Not great.

But one of the friendliest and best hotels I have stayed in, in the States. Would highly recommend it to anyone.

I had a most comfortable 11 nights stay in this hotel, located in the heart of Portland. You have everything in walking distance from the hotel and you have the MAX-train just outside the hotel, going directly to the airport, costing $1.00 for seniors and $2.40 for adults!

The rooms are of good size, modern decorated, excellent bathroom and beds really comfortable. Housekeeping are very good and very little noise from outside (hotel rooms starting at 6th floor) All the staff, from front desk to the bell boys was very friendly.
They have a nice casual restaurant for brekfast/dinner in the big atrium area, just behind the lobby and a fine Asian crossover restaurant at the top floor.

Great, super-stylish hotel right in the centre of Portland. Front desk and valet parking staff were very friendly and efficient and we were impressed with the funky decor, especially in the reception and airy atrium lobby. Our 12th floor room was great too, with a very slightly restricted view across the city to the river and freeway; but excellent value for money since it included full service at the hotel's superb Club Lounge, offering free drinks (including champagne, wine etc), interesting and varied pre-dinner hors d'oeuvres and a good continental-style breakfast. All at no extra cost. Definitely recommended. It's probably a good idea to pre-request a city-view room (as we did), not one overlooking the atrium restaurant, which gets very noisy indeed in the evening. Departure restaurant on the top floor was also excellent, really buzzing on the Thursday night we there, and amazing value provided you avoid the Wagyu beef. The signature Departure Chicken Wings were out of this world, just as good as described by our maitre d. Fantastic views too, which must be even better on a sunny summer evening (rather than our cloudy October). We were were slightly less wowed by Urban Farmer, the atrium restaurant. Food was very good - massive and perfectly cooked steaks - but we were kept waiting more than half an hour for our 8.30 reservation, and service was a touch abrupt. All round, though, a fantastic hotel and thoroughly recommended if you're looking for quality and style.