Econo Lodge Expo Center

I had reserved a non smoking room for four nights but first night they only had a room available that was designated no smoking but obviously regularly smoked in recently, but they moved me for the subsequent nights and gave me a free night in a room with no smoke smell and fresh carpet and clean. If you check the room before paying and be respectful, this is a great deal. The negative reviews are greatly exaggerated.

Stayed here for a night. Do regret my decision. The location is extremely noisy being close to a major road. The rooms are very small compared to other places. The furniture is cheap and dirty. The whole hotel seems to be on the verge of collapsing down. Will not recommend anyone to stay here.

We flew in to Portland for a long weekend getaway and booked here using our Choice Privileges reward nights. Although, our experience here is partially our fault for booking despite the previous reviews, I have never stayed at a more run down hotel under the Choice Hotels brand. It served the purpose of a place to lay your head and take a hot shower, but the room was outdated and dirty. The sink didn’t drain. The fridge didn’t close properly. The heater blew cool air at best. The furniture was visibly beat up. There was a large hole in the ceiling over the bathtub, and there were dried on mysterious substances splattered around the room. I tried not to think too much about the potential cleanliness (or lack thereof) of the bed — A plethora of Portland beer aided in this effort. If you’re looking for a cheap place to stay, it’ll serve that purpose, but I wouldn’t stay here again in this motel’s current state.

If you expect to get a five star hotel on a budget this is not it. It appears to have long term tenants as well as travelers. That said, it was clean, the staff were friendly. As a overnight stop not bad. We were never approached by the people hanging around and we stayed 8 nights. It’s noisy but served the purpose of a place to sleep.
You need to ask for extra pillows or bring your own. As the saying goes you get what you pay for.

We checked in and went to see the room. The faux leather desk chair was stipped of all the faux. The bathroom had a hole in it. I’m not talking a small hole. This hole went right through the door. The fridge was disgusting. We went back to ask for another room. This one had a similar chair, but reeked of cigarette smoke (non-​smoking room) stated on the door and in the room. I’m am sure there were drug deals going on. So many guys hanging around looking around while talking on their cell phones. Never, never, ever again. We ended up going to another hotel that cost 2 and ½ times the price. We didn’t even care. Anything to get away from this DUMP.

Holy s***! Not even worth the $ 40 to stay here. The mattresses are horrible. They are as hard as a rock and did not have a fitted sheet over them. There were ants in the bathroom, the toilet seat was not secured to the toilet, and there was black mold above the shower. In the morning we saw a few hookers leaving rooms. Wi-​if didn’t work.

Run! Dont come here! First off not close to portland at all. Second super scary! This guy was banging on one of the doors and then screamed at the people in the room and then left. There are weird people in the parking lot for no reason. There is also horrible traffic. The staff is horrible. I called because it is scary as hell and they tood me to get over it! Wtf!!! Dont come here ever!!!

One of the two bedside lamps didn’t work. A pimp offered us a free cheeseburger before we even checked in, which was very thoughtful of him. The tub was badly stained and the ‘bathmat’ could have been mistaken for a paper towel … other than the cigarette burns.
All those rumors about the, er, ‘gentleman’s club’ across the way are true — and the front desk guy was visibly trying not to bust up laughing when I told him flat-​out that I regarded our 1-​night stay as something of a field trip, and couldn’t wait for all the Jerry Springer action that Unilocal reviews had me salivating for.
By the way, the front desk guy had a pretty impressive grill. The bathroom doorknob was sticky, the bedside lamp that ~did~ work had a shade askew, and the overhead lamp had a few dead ants in it. I had to remove a crushed flea from the Gideon Bible. You’ve probably made up your mind you’re reading a ‘bad’ review, right? Oh HELL NO.
I mean, this is Portland, people. The towels, soaps and whatnot were clean … even if some of them were burned. The staff was very jovial, especially when I joked with them about that «GET A GUN» review and asked about where we could procure the rumored hookers.
Look. We saw trashier people on reality TV after checking in and watching cable for a few minutes. The shady gentleman’s club across the way has a steak special for only $ 5, and I heard that even if you ~did~ want a hooker the going rate here is a mere $ 100 an hour, full service.
There were no insects or vermin of any sort that weren’t already dead, and the phone wasn’t sticky … We wanted to see Portland’s Christmas lights and we paid less than we would have paid doing bunk beds in a hostel (GENDERED bunk beds, so however clean they might’ve been, we would not have been able to snuggle).
This place gets only 4 stars because prior reviews had me expecting more … well, excitement & drama.
I expected to end up on some future episode of American Justice, and even charged camera batteries in anticipation! As it stood, there was only ~one~ parking lot beat-​down in the wee hours, and a single, solitary episode of domestic violence. Sad!

I don’t require much to be content with a hotel/​motel room. I do, however, prefer to have clean towels, a mold-​less bathroom, and pillows slightly thicker than pancakes. Unfortunately I did not find those things at this Econo Lodge. Let’s add a herd of bathroom ants to this equation and you hopefully have a clear idea of our stay. I was also woken up by the unmistakeable sound of two people enjoying each other very much in the room above us. They truly found love in a hopeless place, way to go. No thanks, Econo Lodge. See you never.
The staff saved this from being a one star review. Friendly dudes.

It gets one star because I cannot rate it any lower. This place sucks. Let me count the ways.
1. The shower head is hanging from the wall. My 3 day stay will be showerless. awesome.
2. I heated something in the microwave for 20 seconds and the microwave caught fire. Filling the room with a gross burnt smell.
3. The plug have no covers just wires.
4. The whole bring a gun this is stupid tho. I’m from Hayward California this shit doesn’t look that rough. Just run down and busy.
And 5. The fire alarm is broken with a sign that says «just call 911»

Well let’s see where to start… wifi check, clean bed almost check, cold shower check, shabby room check. So I’d have to say overall this place was about as sub par as it gets for a room. If you have no other options you should just sleep in your car maybe in the parking lot for the free wifi. This was absolutely the worst place I’ve ever stayed and for basically $ 60 a night that’s not very good. If the only amenity for your place is the wifi then things are very sad.

Where do i start… little did we know before arriving, this venue is located in a Bad neighborhood, appeared that some of very «shady» guests may be there by the hour or by the month, I’m not sure… Lots of foot traffic in and out of the rooms of the shady crowd. There were not just a few, we were outnumbered and it made our wives uncomfortable… There are lots of noise from other rooms, people up all hours of the night and lots of road inside the rooms. Beds are uncomfortable, felt like i was sleeping on a cardboard box and then my wife found nail clippings in our bed, yumm. Our friends room had stains all over the carpet which oddly resembled blood stains, so it was worth a laugh on our adventure after we left alive, haha. The «continental breakfast» consisted of a single English muffin when we stopped by atleast an hour before it was supposed to be over. Only thing good was the price, about $ 50… So maybe you get what you pay for… If your looking for a true «dive» adventure, this is a great place…

Very strick on the extra person policy, charged with prepaid stay. For this price, you can get a way better quality hotel from
. The fridge reeeked of weed and the towells smell weird.

This place is like any other Econo Lodge. It’s quick, convenient, and most of all affordable.
We were driving into town after our camping plans went astray. After calling a series of hotels, this ended up being the cheapest place that was located downtown and near the free bus system near PSU.
This particularly chain seems smaller than most I’ve been to, but the rooms are fine. The bathrooms were surprisingly clean and the wi-​fi worked great.
I would have given this place four stars, but I have to take a star off for the fact that they charge for parking in their lot. I understand it’s because there is limited space, but be reasonable, $ 10 for parking? Unless you’re going to offer valet parking, that price is a bit steep. So beware of parking issues and hope that you are lucky enough to fine street parking on the adjacent streets.
Also, if you’re there on Saturday, check out the farmer’s market up the hill that is filled with beautiful produce.

Three stars for being an inexpensive and clean place to rest your head. Don’t expect more than that — and bring your own pillow — and you’ll be fine.
Oh, don’t forget the earplugs. It’s on a noisy street, and you might get to hear your neighbors engaging in amorous escapades if you don’t bring something to stopper your ears.

This is definitely a no frills, cheap, clean place to stay. The desk staff are friendly and sometimes quite talkative. I highly recommend bringing earplugs and your own pillows as its located right on busy, commercial truck driven Columbia Blvd. and the pillows are so flat they are almost no existent.
Lets be real, Portland is not about hanging out in your hotel. This really is a decent, cheap place to lay your head and then head out to enjoy all that Portland has to offer.

The staff member that checked us in, was so helpful! She came to our room, gave us menus that she printed out for places to eat, and she even wrote down movie times for us. At the end of the night, she told us where to get pizza, and she even ordered it for us.
The rate was great, and they are AAA accepted. The one downfall i that they are on a nosie corner, but what can you do? The other downfall is the parking lot is a little small.
But good for the money. Our room was clean. The bed was a little hard but what do you expect from a motel?

This Econo Lodge is located in a bad neighborhood of Portland. There are lots of street people hanging out. The motel was undergoing renovation, but they had not got to my room. Located on the corner of a very busy noisy intersection there was lots of vehicle noise in the rooms.
The only reason to stay here is cost, the rate was cheap for Protland.

Wow, one of the WORST places I have ever stayed.
1. The staff was incompetent. We were supposed to get stamps for our stay (their frequent guest program), and the staff did not know what it was. He looked in the a messy stationary drawer and could only find stale cookies. Also, we booked for two nights; the hotel deactivated our key after the first day without telling us. When we confronted the front desk, they said, «oh, we just assumed…». Geez, thanks. When we went to check out the second day, the front desk said to us «oh, I was just about to come knock and see why you guys haven’t checked out yet.» And we checked out an hour before the stated check-​out time.
2. The room was dirty. The pillow had black smudges on it and smelled funny. And they were different sizes. And they were lumpy. The heater was not very adjustable; either too hot or too cold.
3. It’s in a scary industrial part of town. Loud trucks drive by all the time.
4. The motel looked very very run down and scary.
We stayed here despite other negative reviews because we wanted to say a few dollars. Big mistake. I wish we had stayed elsewhere.