Holiday Inn Express Portland South – Lake Oswego

I’ve stayed at numerous Holiday Inns. This one was just ok. It’s right next to the freeway which can be a bonus if you’re just staying for the night or if you want easy access to the area. It wasn’t noisy at all in our room. The beds were comfy. What I didn’t like was that there was a spider in our room right after we checked in and the TV was broken and maintenance had to come fix it. The road the hotel is on is very busy and you have to drive through a gas station/​restaurant parking lot to get to the hotel. Kind of a weird set up. The breakfast was really good.

I am an IHG member. Front Desk person insisted I call my husband to verify his approval for staying using his card. She made me call him, put my phone on speaker and ask him if it was ok. She then suggested I get my own card rather than using his, and suggested I make the reservation in my own name which isn’t possible when you use the card number online. It would be very hard to accumulate points with 2 cards. She said it was her managers policy. We’ve been members several years. I’ve never been asked to do this. My policy is to stay where I’m treated politely.

This review is for their poor considerations for their guests and not attempting to resolve an issue. Multiple rooms we stayed in we can hear literally every step the person above us took. It was terrible! Managements advise was «I can see if there is a room on the fourth floor, no one won’t be above you.»
To management: FIX YOUR CEILINGS AND FLOOR BOARDS!!! Why must I suffer though multiple nights of no sleep having to hear the person above me. PUT SOME MONEY INTO FIXING THAT! What a WASTE of money for a king room!

Not bad. But just not a good feeling place. Service was ok, room was clean and acceptable. But just not a comfortable place to stay for me.

Place was great. Great free breakfast, parking was convenient. Has a restaurant in the lot. Next to a Burger ville, what more do you want?

One of the better HIEx’s I’ve stayed at… and I’ve stayed at alot of them.

Stayed here five nights during a basketball tournament.
Overall great hotel, great value.
Bed was comfortable with great pillows. Room was clean. Had nice hd tvs with full Directv channels. Breakfast was descent. Common areas were nice and front desk attendants were friendly.
Bathroom had water damage that was painted over, our non smoking room smelled like smoke, lots of noise from the freeway, and the indoor pool was too cold to use.
I would return as long as my room was a true smoke free room.

I reserved this Holiday Inn Express at $ 90 per night (plus Tax) via
. My son and I stayed here over last weekend and had a very nice time. Our room was spacious, the beds were comfortable, the Wi-​Fi was strong and reliable, and the free hot breakfasts were generous and tasty.
The Hotel is conveniently located off I-​5 shares the same lot with a Chevron gas station, a restaurant (whose name escapes me), and a Burgerville. The later came in very handy coming back at the end of the day with a hungry Teen. At the same time, the traffic patterns in and out are a little wonky and maybe the next time I’ll try for a Hotel that is located in more of a neighborhood, rather than just another stop off a Freeway exit. At the same time, the price was right and this Holiday Inn Express was close enough to everywhere we wanted to go throughout that weekend.

This place initially seemed decent. Obviously, it had recent upgrades — DirecTV in the room, nice microwave and fridge, and maybe a new air conditioning system. It was great for a few hours until the people above us came in. They paced at all hours of the night. Who does this? And what cheaply made hotel is it that you can hear people above you? I’ve never experienced that before!
And then, when we were getting ready to leave — our DOOR DIDN’T LOCK (and these are automatic locks). We closed it, expecting the automatic lock to click in — nothing. Wait again, tried the door, DID NOT LOCK.
I went down to the front desk and asked the guy to come up stairs. The guy put a pass key into it to trigger it to lock again. He said, «Well if you hold down on the handle, it will trigger the door to unlock.» We told him we weren’t holding down the handle! (Another first — if you hold down the door handle on anyone’s hotel room, you can trigger it to open, according to this guy.)
The locks in this place are crap. In the basement floor that has an exit out to the parking lot, one of the doors wouldn’t open at one point with a hotel key and then when we tried it again later on, it DID work. And then another night, the door handle was off the hinges.
Anyways, not a good experience. Not to mention the location is bad. It’s right by the entrance ramp to I-​5 and right next to a sleazy looking bar, a bad burger joint and a gas station. Really, it’s only good for long distance truck drivers who need a hotel for the night.

Very nice, supportive staff. The internet connection is good also, and free! Everything was clean and to our satisfaction. My only complaint is that the breakfast could be more vegan-​friendly. It’s Portland after all… luckily Trader Joes isn’t too far.

We stayed here in July. This hotel says Portland South and Lake Oswego but it is located in Tigard, OR on SE Boones Ferry Rd. I say this because there is another Holiday Inn on Boones Ferry so it is confusing. Once you get there in Tigard and enter through the gas station and restaurant parking lot you get to HI parking. It is a uniquely set up HIE. This is a newer remodeled one and has a pool, small gym, and a breakfast/​hangout room. We got a suite (402)and liked it. We paid more and didn’t find a deal but it was rated highly by many do we tried it. We liked it. The suite was small but doable. It had a small fridge and microwave. One bathroom and one room with two doubles or queens and another room with a king or a queen. It had a table and two chairs plus a tv in each bedroom. Our room had a broken light but not a big deal. I alerted staff and they said «thanks for letting me know.» the breakfast was just ok. It was biscuits and gravy day which no one traveling with us wanted and so we had to wait on the pancake machine with the other hotel guests. There was only one person working and they disappeared so food needed refilling, coffee, pancake batter, etc. we waited and eventually were served. The gym was basic but useable. The rooms were pretty clean except for stains on the carpet. Parking is easy during the day and evening. The highway is close by and this hotel is close to a lot and a good home base. All in all a good stay and I would return.

This is a great budget chain of hotels! Clean rooms, nice staff, and comfortable beds! Great deal. I used
to book.

One of the better, newer Holiday Inn Express experiences I’ve had in a long time. New, clean, great location. Easy on and off the interstate, and the upscale mall one exit down has tons of great restaurants and shopping experiences. A plus for the business traveler. The staff is very, very professional and attentive. I’ve stayed and been back and will continue to when traveling to the region. Just ask for a room that doesn’t face the bar across the street.

I booked this place on Hotwire for $ 100/​night including tax, so my comments are based my expectations given that rate. Room 232.
Pros:
Nicely furnished, modern rooms. Good carpet, nice vanity. Widescreen TV. Mini-​fridge.
A decent-​sized indoor pool (would be neat if it was partly outdoors, or even had windows that opened, especially on a hot summer day).
Easy check-​in. Nice staff.
Included Wifi was good.
Decent (not great) free breakfast. The automatic pancake machine was fun.
Clean.
Cons — all livable but annoying:
Wall-​mount heat/​AC is sorta loud (compared to central air I mean — there was nothing wrong with the unit)
There is a low coffee table with sharp corners that every member of my family has whacked our shins into. Take a router to it guys!
Both bathroom light fixtures were blindingly light and include a loud fan. Don’t really need to blind myself and wake everyone up to have a quick pee at night, right?
There is no hotel sign at the street-​level driveway. The sign is about 100 feet up in the air, so the first time it’s very easy to miss the turn, particularly if you’re not coming from the freeway.
The pool water tasted weird — sort of salty. Not just chlorine, but something else.
No place to hang your wet bathing suits.
On the whole I’d likely come here again.

this place is SO great. We found it while we were travel-​worn and the staff was cheerful and exuberant. A fire was crackling in the lobby which warmed us. They got us a room earlier than the 3pm check in because they could see how tired the little one was. Serious heart in a business that generally leaves me jaded.

I really reallhy like this hotel… quiet, easy to get too, the staff were great, breakfast was good… Its off I-​5 so i was able to move about the city p retty well… It was part of travelocity hidden treasure thingy… so great deal… not even going to lie… this is my oregon hotel from now on…

Great place to stay when in the area.
I’ve only stayed here once on a weekend to use up a
discount. The room was very nicely appointed and the front desk people were accommodating to my late checkout request. Pretty decent breakfast too.
Not much to walk to in the vicinity, but as a business/​commuter hotel it’s great. If I find myself on business in the area I’ll definitely book a room here.

I stayed here for MONTHS! The staff are great! If you have any problems they are super responsive. The Speakeasy next door pours a strong drink and has great cheap bar food if it’s been a tough day. If you go one exit either way there are tons of choices for restaurants to eat at from Sanfords to the Lake Oswego Grill and a huge mall with everything from the California Pizza Chicken to McCormick and Schmidts. Ask at the front desk for suggestions as it is all close just not obvious. The only reason this isn’t a 5 star for me is I think the Holiday Inn has a boring breakfast. If you don’t mind a very buffet breakfast that just is what it is then you’ll be fine. I like to actually have some choices so that is the only downfall but that is all Holiday Inn’s not just here. Good Luck and enjoy your stay!

This is quickly becoming my hotel of choice when I travel to Portland for the weekend. Why, you ask? Oh, let me list the ways (I mean reasons):
–free parking
–free breakfast
–close to Woodburn outlet malls (excellent premium shopping stores)
–close to downtown Portland
–right off the highway
If you’ve ever stayed in downtown Portland, parking fees can be a big OUCH. I always find a good rate on Hotwire for this hotel. So, with the free breakfast and free parking, mathmatically, it makes sense for my husband and I to stay here.
Besides, the beds are comfy, they have a pool and free computers/​printers that you can use!

Friendly staff and great pool, but beds are only for tall people.
My 6ft tall husband had to hop up to get into the bed… it was taller than my waist !!
We staid free thanks to our Priority Club Rewards points. There was a personal thank you letter from the manager, 2 bottles of water, and 2 cookies.
Full disclosure — my husband always wants to stay at an Express rather than a Crowne Plaza because of the free cookies. Coming back from sightseeing? Grab a cookie on the way in… Watching the late news? Go down and grab a cookie… Heading out in the morning to see the sights? Better have a cookie in case you don’t find lunch when you get hungry.
This location was less than a mile from my business meeting and in the center of lots of chain restaurants, but I can’t say I’m a fan when I had to use 2 stars as step stools to get into bed.