- 3 out of 5
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- 13
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awesome hotel
- December 7, 2008
- Rated 5 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
very cool
if your looking for a place to party and hangout. Not a hotel for anyone over the age of 40 though.
Horrendous... unless you plan on partying all night.
- August 15, 2008
- Rated 1 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
This was by far the worst place I've ever stayed in my life. And I stayed in a motel in Reno once...this was worse.
I think it probably started out as a good idea...someone said, hey let's clean up this old motel, throw some hip plastic ikea furniture into it and call it "a boutique vintage hotel". Then they decided to have a nightclub in the middle of this place where they are charging people way too for rooms to sleep in... Get where I'm going with this? Nightclubs and sleeping do not go hand in hand. The nightclub spills out into an outdoor patio where everyone hangs out and smokes and this large full patio full of partyers is literally in the middle of this U-shaped motel (where there was once parking). So you can hear the party loud and clear from pretty much every room in the place.
Now, when I see "boutique vintage hotel", I think of a HOTEL, not motor-inn style MOTEL... "Boutique vintage" makes me think of the 20's or the 40's...charming art deco ivy-covered stone buildings... not popcorn ceilings and aluminum framed windows. But I could have dealt with the disappointment of what the place looked like and area it was in, if it had not been for the hoopla. The ridiculously loud hoopla.
On top of the horrendous amount of noise, our room wasn't very clean either. And although safe during the day, I wouldn't walk around this area by myself at night. Honestly, I feel like they should have paid us to stay there instead of vice-versa.
The only saving grace was that the lounge restaurant is pretty cool. Food was decent.
If you are a 21 year old stay here
- April 28, 2008
- Rated 1 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
Hotel was seedy at best with local shops surrounding i.e. witchcraft stores with dead crows. Party nightly and one thrown by hotel on Saturday night. VERY LOUD and no answer at desk - just wanted to know when the party would be over. Restaurant over rated with over cooked food and waite staff who do not like complaints. Front desk accomadating while you were checking in and out. Locked out of hotel room on sunday at 10 AM - they do this to get people out of the hotel - we were there until monday and paid in full. Little or no security. Bathrooms were horrible - wear slippers or socks everywhere - maybe rubber gloves too. Pillows made of fake fur - gross. Overpriced for accomodations. I am a hotel manager at a destination resort in Idaho. Come on....a tatoo parlor with a bass playing at all hours just below our room - ps take a lesson or give up!
At least the free coffee was good.
- November 13, 2007
- Rated 2 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
The Jupiter Hotel in Portland, OR is on the surface a kitchy, trendy place decently located near Lloyds Center. For the right type of customer I am sure the funky atmosphere and fun party vibe would be very enjoyable. However if what you are looking for is a quiet evening in a comfortable room, this hotel is not for you.
The room was quite possibly the smallest I have ever seen. The advertised "queen" bed was really only a double. The on site club and tattoo parlor were the focal points for parties (music provided courtesy of the blaring outdoor speaker system) in the central courtyard that went on until 4am. On Saturday there were no available spots to park in the access controlled garage. My parking fee was refunded for that night, but its difficult to understand how they sold more slots than they had for the cars to park in.
Unless you are looking for this specific type of experience I highly recommend that you stay elsewhere, or a the very least reserve a room as far away from the club and courtyard as possible. Personally on my next trip I will trade kitch for comfort and stay at a chain hotel.
Not for families
- September 26, 2007
- Rated 3 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
We stayed at the Jupiter with our kids (ages 13, 15) since they were flying out the next morning and we just needed a economic place to stay for the night. The price was great but the hotel is definitely not somewhere I would stay again with kids. What originally seemed quirky and groovy with the room in the beginning, suddenly took on a slightly 'skanky' feeling after that. The room door is a chalkboard which was fun for the kids and it was also useful for I finally wrote our room number on the outside of it as the rooms weren't numbered well and people kept coming to our door and attempting to open it. Though there wasn't a band at the lounge that night, there was a bonfire in the courtyard and partying until after 3 a.m. If you stay here make sure you ask for the 'quiet zone' which we are on the fringe of. It would be a great place to stay if you were going to a concert at the Doug Fir and the rooms were fun and clean.