The hotel is beautiful and in a great location, easy access to shopping, eating, etc. The rooms are very nice but the furniture is in need of a facelift. Anything upholstered in the rooms is really looking shabby. Overall, though, the room was ok.

IMPORTANT: If you've gotta have that coffee fix within a minute or two of your feet hitting the floor, this is NOT the hotel for you. There is no coffee maker in the room and the hotel coffee is so weak it's just not worth it. There are 2 Starbucks if you head right or left out the hotel entrance, though, and that's where my husband headed every morning.

We very much enjoyed our stay at the Nines. Not only was it lively and fun, but it was very reasonably-priced and well-located for exploring Portland. The room had fun,quirky decor with touches of turquoise and a nice bathroom. We really liked the Bee Kind bath products that are all natural (I will have to find them online!). Most of all, we slept really well as the bed was supremely comfortable with beautiful bed linens, a comfortable mattress and great pillows. The Nines also has a lively lobby and bar and our friends ended up hanging out for a long time, chatting. The staff at the front desk were particularly nice and helpful. We will definitely stay here again.

Overall, I have to say that this is a fabulous hotel. I have read some of he recent reviews posted here and while I agree with some of the criticisms, I must say that The Nines is a fantastic hotel. I stayed on the 9th floor overlooking the atrium. I found that room quite comfortable once I turned down the temperature. The room was beautiully and tastefully decorated in a turquoise and brown theme. As others have said, the storage space is fine in the closet but the safe interferes slightly with the clothes hanging in the closet. The bed is super comfortable; like the heavenly bed found in the Westin, also in the Starwood family. The bathroom is great with a few comments: it's also beautifully done. A few minor things as others have said: the cheapy toilet paper seems strangely out of place in a classy joint like this. And, the lack of towel rack means you have to put your towel on the toilet seat when you take a shower or traipse across the floor to get a towel from under the counter when you're out of the shower. Oy vay. These are first-world problems, as they say. Overall I found the room quiet but the drapes do not do a great job of blocking the light from the atrium. A minor inconvenience but it's something they should address eventually. Definitely would recommend The Nines. I can't imagine people really being dissappointed here.

My husband and I stayed at The Nines expecting a fabulous experience, based on all the wonderful reviews. We were both very, very disappointed. Our rather small room was on the 14th floor, overlooking the Atrium. I thought it would be very quiet up there, since it's the highest floor available with guest rooms. However, that was not the case. You can hear everyone partying at night. Then, very early the next morning there was someone pounding in the restaurant below, echoing up to the roof, and waking me. The bathroom off the bedroom is like an echo chamber, to the point of embarrassment. The toilet paper couldn't be any less expensive, it was so thin. The shampoo, conditioner, and lotion come in lined cardboard boxes rather than bottles. The sink is metallic and noisy when the water runs. In order to fill the sink for shaving and then release the plug to drain, you have to put your hand in the dirty water. Overall, poor design. After checking in and getting settled, we thought we'd go to the restaurant on the 15th floor for a drink and snack. There were around 5 guys standing around at the desk. We realized later that they all worked there. We thought we'd try to get a seat on the outdoor deck, with wonderful views of the city. It was full. So, we thought we'd check out the bar for a couple stools. The way that they have designed the bar is such that there are only 3 to 4 seats together. If a couple is sitting in the middle two, there are no two seats together. So, we went back to the front desk to ask them to seat us at a table. The person working the desk just stood there looking down. He never asked us if he could help us. After a minute or two, I told him we'd like a table. We were seated in a little alcove with obnoxious, somewhat loud music. We finally decided to just leave and go to another establishment. In the morning, we went down to the front desk for change for tips. I thought I'd poor myself a to-go cup of coffee. The carafe was pretty much empty - I got 1/4 cup or less of coffee. The woman at the front desk apologized to me, then said there wasn't another pot. (The restaurant is on the other side of the wall from where she was standing.) I'm not sure how The Nines has received such high reviews. I'm disappointed to have to say that we were not impressed at all and will not go back.