Ok...so it is a great place to stay. Two things need to happen in the service area:

1. The increibly rude breakfast room staff person needs to be fired, reprimanded or go to charm/customer serive school. This person was hostile, unkind and completely inappropriate with the guests in the breakfast room.
2. The weekend manager needs to, well, manage. He seemed to be untrained on the finer details of customer service and staff members who where out of control.

Other than that....it was great!

This hotel is very close to the side of campus I needed to go to, so I could walk, thereby saving money on a car rental, parking, etc. The staff was friendly: when a mysterious toxic smell showed up in my room on day 2 (probably due to nearby construction), the clerk personally verified the smell and helped me move my things to a new room. So I can report on two rooms: both were clean; beds were relatively new and comfortable; internet was easily accessed and fast enough in both rooms (they have several routers, apparently); one room had no desk; both were quiet enough to get some work done. I was offered a loaner umbrella when it was raining and when I needed a cab, the clerk had one there for me. Is within walking distance of restaurants (go to the Thai place, Mekala) and a supermarket that is sort of like a locally-owned Whole Foods. I didn't have a car, but it looked like parking was plentiful. Breakfast is fair and the hard-boiled eggs were kind of hard and weird flavored (they don't boil them there). It would be nice if they had scrambled eggs or something, though biscuits and gravy was pretty good (though naughty). Rooms have old-fashioned chain locks. Air conditioner/heater is a (noisy) unit under the window. There are two computers and printer *free* in the lobby.

We stayed here for one night in the process of moving from our home in Eugene to a new place out of state. We wanted a simple, inexpensive, clean place for one night and this fit the bill perfectly. The room seemed newly remodeled and clean, with very nice bedding. The bathroom was smallish, but met all of our needs.

We stayed the first night in a corner room that was one of the most uncomfortable rooms I've been in: small and the floor wasn't level by the door. I felt I was going uphill when entering the room!

I asked the front desk to move the next day and we stayed in the back by the mill race pond for the rest of the time. This was great - you could sit outside and watch the ducks and joggers - cyclists go by on the trail.

This is also a great location next to the UO campus and the river trails. There's a grocery store down the street. I wasn't too impressed by the Indian restaurant nearby; but the Thai restaurant was better.

I thought the breakfast was good. The staff was helpful and friendly.