Downtown Value Inn



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See why so many travellers make Downtown Value Inn their motel of choice when visiting Portland. Providing an ideal mix of value, comfort and convenience, it offers a budget friendly setting with an array of amenities designed for travellers like you.
Downtown Value Inn is a budget friendly motel offering a flat screen TV and air conditioning in the rooms, and it is easy to stay connected during your stay as free wifi is offered to guests.
The motel features 24 hour front desk. For guests with a vehicle, free parking is available.
Close to some of Portland's most popular landmarks, such as Ira Keller Fountain Park (0.2 mi) and Keller Auditorium (0.4 mi), Downtown Value Inn is a great destination for tourists.
While you’re here, be sure to check out some of the diners, including Punch Bowl Social Portland, Byways Cafe, and The Roxy, all of which are a short distance from Downtown Value Inn.
Best of all, Downtown Value Hotel makes it easy to experience many great Portland attractions like Wahclella Falls and Jamison Square, which are some popular waterfalls.
We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay at Downtown Value Inn as you experience all of the things Portland has to offer.
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I strongly concur with all the previous reviews: DO NOT STAY HERE .. unless your senses are dulled by mind-altering drugs so that you can filter out the unpleasantries.
Regrettably, I managed to book this place for 3 nights through Expedia. The package looked alright and the location was ideal. As I approached the place however, I knew I made a big mistake.
First of all, I was greeted by the guy who worked at the front desk who looked like he just got up, hung over. It was noon. It took him some time to process the fact that I was a guest who had reserved a room (I guess it doesn't happen very often as I suspect most people use the rooms on an hourly basis).
He gave me my room key and asked for a five dollar deposit. When I gave him a ten, he cried "Aw man!", because getting change was like the single most arduous task he had to do all day.
Then the fun began. As I opened the door to my room, the stench of old cigarettes permeated. Smoke stains all over the walls. The window was open and this let in some flies which had the misfortune to enter this room. Cigarette burns were on the sheets. Everything was old and run down.
Bathroom: no hairdryer, no shampoo, very worn out towelletries. At least there was running water which was hot.
Amenities: no clock radio, no remote control for the TV (although you didn't want to spend time in the room watching TV anyway). There was a microwave and fridge, but I didn't check if they were in working order because the last thing anyone would want to do is eat here. Air conditioner didn't work.
If it weren't for the Rose Festival and non-vacancy at other hotels, I would not have stayed, but I endured it.
The only good thing about this hotel (and that is really being generous) is the location, but I would have gladly paid more to have stayed somewhere else.
Portland is a very safe city, however I did not feel secure in this place at all.
Unless you're into slumming, I would avoid this place altogether
We left this hotel after being there for 20 minutes. At 2 AM. Dead tired. But we WERE NOT going to sleep there.
The whole place kind of smelled and looked run-down. Our room reeked of cigarette smoke and god-knows-what. There were ashes all around the sink. The walls were stained and I was afraid to sit on the bed. Everything was dirty and smelly.
AVOID AVOID AVOID!
I wish I'd read the other reviews before booking. Don't make our mistake!
Finally, the price just can't be beat! On the downside...it is kind of a funky place. Definitely not somewhere your average tourist would want to stay, but probably acceptable for younger, backpacker/student types or those who just want the basics.
Half of the hotel seemed like a drab residential hotel with apartment like rooms (neon beer signs in the kitchenettes was an interesting touch) including some with hot tubs. However, we ended up staying in a separate part of the hotel which was more like your average motel room and that was perfectly fine. No frills, but for that price, I wasn't expecting any.
This is my first time writing a bad review, and I would have been okay with this place if I could have at least taken a shower! It sucks because it has so much potential and the location is amazing (the only reason I gave it 2 stars instead of 1), but it has no upkeep whatsoever. If you're looking for a place for the rest, and don't care about a shower then this place would be okay, but I'm definitely staying somewhere different next time I visit Portland.


After my first week I noticed a couple of itchy bites on my skin. Thinking they must have been mosquitoes, I ignored them until the next few nights when I started waking up with more every day. I flipped the mattress and tore the room apart looking for bed bugs but didn't find any, so I convinced myself it was my imagination. However, the final night I woke up in the middle of the night and thought I felt something crawling on me. I turned on the light and found two bed bugs crawling in the sheets! I grabbed them and stuck them in a plastic bag (photo included here), packed up and left at 3AM. The manager obviously wasn't there at that time, but I left the bag of bugs with the front desk and asked the manager to call me.
After a few days of trying to contact him I finally got a hold of him and he said he was not willing to compensate me in any way for the bed bugs since I had stayed the whole time. He said they "used to have an infestation", but about a month ago they fumigated the whole place and replaced the mattresses (that's why they looked so clean!) so surely I must have brought these bed bugs with me and it was my fault! He said if they were there I would have noticed them the first week, so I must have got them from somewhere else (even though I only slept in his hotel the whole time in Portland). If anyone knows anything about bed bugs (see http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/bedbugs/faqs.html , if you don't), the bites may not appear for up to two weeks depending on the person, and they are becoming increasingly resistant to chemicals so it's very likely his exterminator wasn't thorough enough. Not to mention no wonder there weren't any signs of them in the mattresses yet, the bedding was new and they're hiding somewhere else!
In any case, despite my repeated reassurances that I had stayed nowhere else in Portland, the manager was unwilling to refund me any portion of my bill (pretty standard to do so in the hotel industry), leaving me to deal with luggage decontamination and dry cleaning bills myself, not to mention the lost sleep and itching.
In short, DON'T STAY HERE!
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