This is a fantastic hotel for a number of reasons. First of all, it is very conveniently located in downtown Portland. You have very easy access to any of the places that you need to go, you can walk to a lot of key downtown locations and easily catch a taxi if you need to go farther. The hotel rate also includes parking for one car so if you have a rental car you can easily drive from here as well to wherever you need to go.

Aside from location, the hotel itself is wonderful. It is an all suite hotel so you will be guaranteed a very large room- ours had a separate sitting area/ living room type place which was very nice. The rooms are clean, the decor is tasteful, moderate, and understated. The beds are comfortable (they don't have anything special like the sleep number beds offered at some hotels but they are more than adequate). The sheets and comforters are nice and seem clean.

The staff are very friendly and helpful. They are willing to offer advice or information on Portland. The room service is good and not ridiculously expensive. The hotel also offers a gym and an indoor pool as far as other amenities are concerned. It is expensive though - but if you are looking for luxury and comfort, this is the place to go.

Our room was very spacious with a king bed in the bedroom, queen sleeper in the living area, wet bar with mini-fridge and microwave, average size bathroom with single sink and tub/shower. Everything was in like new condition. TVs were in both the living area and bedroom had HBO, LodgeNet movies ($9 to $11), Internet access for $9.95/day (actually until noon of the following day after whenever you start), or a free mini-version of the internet called InnNet.

Our only complaint about the room was that the soundproofing between rooms isn't very good. We were awakened at 4:30 AM by an unattended alarm clock in a neighboring room (which the staff IMMEDIATELY took care of when we called the front desk).

The staff at the hotel is extremely courteous, fast and professional. Check-in and checkout were fast and smooth, the valet had the car ready in the time it took us to ride the elevator down from our room, and everyone in the breakfast/bar area was friendly and efficient. We've been to a lot of Embassy Suites hotels and this is the finest service we've ever seen.

The heated pool is on the lowest floor and has an old world charm with the modern advantages of two spas, a sauna, and exercise room. And plenty of clean pool towels!

The breakfast and manager's reception area is quite nice with a game room and 2 large TV's in the bar area and a bubbling fountain in an adjoining room. The bartenders can make just about any drink (we decided on White Russians) and the snacks were pretzels and nacho chips with chili, cheese, salsa, sour cream, and olives available. In addition, the bar menu (salads, burgers, pizza, wings, etc.) was available at a reasonable cost. We selected Caesar salads topped with either chicken or salmon for $5 each. My salad was topped with a whole freshly grilled chicken breast and the amount of SMOKED salmon on my wife's salad was enormous. After a couple of White Russians, nachos with all the trimmings and the salads, we were stuffed! Not bad for 10 bucks!

While the breakfast is served buffet style rather than "cooked to order", everything was fresh and delicious. Scrambled eggs, pancakes, oatmeal, bread pudding (don't see that too often), biscuits and gravy, sausages, and bacon were all available as well as cereal, fruit, bagels, toast, juice, and coffee. Breakfast is served 6 - 9:30 weekdays, and 7 - 10:30 on weekends. We went around 10 am and it wasn't crowded and fresh food was still being brought out. We were told that 9 - 9:30 is the busiest time on the weekend.