Smart Park

When I drove in I asked how much to park overnight. I was told $ 17. The reason I asked is it was late at night and there was no signs posted that gave the rates for overnight. I picked up my car in the morning. BOOM. $ 30. No more need be said. Buyer beware.

This review isn’t based on the price nor the location of the parking-​both of these are great.
This review is on the horribly rude man who barked at me when I needed assistance with paying. I wasn’t familiar with the machine & was not putting my card in correctly, I’m so sorry I didn’t get it! The attendant was actually speaking with a friend who was holding up the other line & wasn’t happy that I was requesting help. He kept yelling at me «I can see you’re not putting the card in the right way»…I told him he wasn’t being helpful. as I was the one not seeing what I was doing wrong… he was just rude. I’ll know next time how to use the machine & I won’t have to deal with him. Just a regular dose of kindness goes a long way. When I told him he wasn’t pleasant in the least he looked shocked… Go figure!

Smart Park can be really convenient when you need to park downtown. It’s comparable to meter prices, so instead of hunting for a spot it’s easy to just zoom in here.
There are periods where the parking will be full. I most often notice this on Friday nights. There was also one time where the machine that hands out tickets was malfunctioning. We were stuck for around 10 minutes and the service person on the intercom was extremely rude. The person who came out to physically help was rude as well!
I love the fish and decorations in the garage.
Keep track of where you are. I have a good sense of direction but I routinely get confused when exiting since there are two spots where you can leave.

Dare you to find a better deal in any city!!!
Used to be 95 cents/​hr, but now $ 1.60/ hr…
Great, great convenience for those needing longer than the meters!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED if you are visiting Portland and staying at a nearby hotel.
You can park here for 24 hours during weekends for $ 12 and weekdays for $ 17. Beats the $ 30+ parking at the hotels any day.
For evening/​overnight parking, it says you need to be out by 5am but you can leave your car there and it will just add on the charge for the following day rate.
We even left our car there at 3pm one day until about 11am the next day which means we paid a partial rate for the first day, an evening rate, and a partial day rate for the 2^nd day and the total was $ 17. Still better than the hotel parking rates.
Rates do vary slightly between other parking garages:
. This location is open ²⁴⁄₇.

This is such a convenient place to park in the middle of downtown Portland. It is safe and massive (multiple floors). Whenever we stay a weekend at a hotel, we always park our cars here since we end up paying somewhere around $ 15 for the entire weekend whereas the hotel we were staying in charged $ 30 a night for valet! Ridiculous.
I’m glad we found this place, it is now our default parking spot whenever we’re in the area.

Why do I continue to waste so much time circling the streets of downtown Portland looking for expensive parallel parking when I can just pop into a covered Smart Park lot, and (usually) save — not spend — money for the convenience.
I like the angled parking spots in this lot — feels bigger than the lot next door. Also, the ramp to exit is exclusive in that direction, no bumping into cars headed in while I am on my way out.
It seems like hardly anywhere validates. I’m sure some businesses do, but I’ve never been to them.

Quick review. When it comes to parking in Downtown Portland and one wants to avoid the expensive outdoor lots or cannot find street parking… Smart park. $ 5 on weekends. Seriously. Awesome.

The Smart Park is always my go to place when searching for a place to park downtown.
The garage is designed to be a short term solution for your parking needs which typically when I’m downtown I plan to be short term. So, at $ 1.50 an hour for the first four hours today. I found it to be a deal.
I looked at the handy sign they have on the outside that tells you how many parking spaces are left. There were over 150 left when I went in and 58 when I was getting ready to leave. A busy day downtown.
Quick in and out. Bummer that Huber’s doesn’t validate but as I wasn’t there for long it was $ 3 so I really can’t complain.
I’ll be back when I need a cheap and nice place to park.

Parked here all of labor day weekend for 29 bucks. Deal? I’d say so. Checking in and out was quick and easy.

This garage looks large, right price, etc. However, staying in the Hotel Monaco next door, all evening long all we heard were screeching tires — and we could see cars whipping around the corners at a high rate of speed.
Either there were some people joyriding cars up and down the garage for an hour, or there were some valets having some fun… hopefully neither, looks dangerous.

five dollar all day weekend parking. ’nuff said.

It’s debatable if it was a «smart» decision to attempt to find parking downtown in the first place, but if you’re down there with a car, it costs more in both time and stress to feed the meter than it does to pull in to one of the many smart parks.
Specifically designed for short term needs, these garages are only $ 1.25 an hour if you’re there for less than 4 hours, and if you spend $ 25 at nearly any store downtown — validation baby!
$ 2 after 6pm? Every other city would kill for parking this cheap and convenient.