The room was attractively furnished and the bed and pillows were comfortable, but despite requesting a quiet room, we found ourselves overlooking a major highway (probably the interstate). Traffic was incessant, and there was no way to block out the noise. We were told, by way of explanation, that a lot of road construction was taking place in the Portland area during summer and that traffic was consequently more chaotic than usual. Maybe. Our plan had been to leave the car at the hotel and use the light rail system to get downtown (there's a station beside the hotel), but we abandoned that idea and fled in the morning to the Econolodge Convention Centre, which, despite being much closer to the city centre and right next to roadworks, was totally quiet.

The Comfort Inn offers a nice pool, average but okay breakfast and free but spotty internet service. Sometimes their network was available to log on to, other times not. The solution? One of the network options that showed up on screen belonged to a competing hotel chain across the street. We were able to use it without any problem.

They had an amazing pool and spa area. loved waking up to fresh warm waffles as well.

After staying a comfort suites that was a dump this comfort inn was much better and only 3 miles away from the dump.

Room was worth every cent.

I drove down to Portland after spending some time in Washington. I was there to look at the Columbia River Gorge area so I did not really need to stay in downtown Portland and pay the parking rates for having a car. But I also wanted to be near Portland so that I could take a look. That was why I ended up at the Comfort Inn...and I am glad that I did.

The Comfort Inn is about 5 miles from downtown but right next to the train station so made it ideal if you wanted to go downtown. I did take the trip in to walk around for a few hours and eat dinner.

The area of the Comfort Inn is not that great. I walked around, didn't feel unsafe but then there was nothing worthwhile either. You definitely need a car. But by going south on 82nd Street a couple of miles, that is where a lot of Asian restaurants and shopping areas are located. After finding that out, I had no need to go to the Chinatown in Portland to eat.

If I would go to Portland again, I would probably stay at the Comfort Inn again. Prices were right, room was nice, there was a computer in the lobby for use, service personnel were all nice and helpful and they had cookies every evening. What else do you need?