Kimpton Hotel Vintage Portland

I stayed in this hotel in a King Reserve Spa Suite, 650 square feet with a huge soaking tub, a comfy couch, massive table and wet bar for entertaining. It was perfect! Some friends came by to join us for a 50th birthday happy hour, and the space was definitely large enough for everyone to hang out in comfortably. The hotel also left a Happy Birthday bottle of wine for me (much appreciated!) My boyfriend slept better than he had all week, and we really enjoyed the deep soaking tub. On top of all of this, my dog was welcomed with no additional pet fees. Thank you, Kimpton, for another fantastic stay! Read less

My wife decided to surprise me with a weekend stay at this hotel for my birthday, partially because the location allowed us to walk to my favorite restaurant where we could drink wine without driving, but also because it had the coolest rooftop spa tubs! She knew that since our spa tub stopped working at home, a soak in a private tub would be a great surprise, and it was. To begin, the hotel offers valet parking which is really convenient but is rather expensive. The bank tower across the street offers DIY parking at a lower rate. Once inside, the front desk staff got us checked in and to our room quickly. The room itself is small and not remarkable, but that's ok since the rooftop deck with aforementioned spa tub is where we spent most of our time when we weren't sleeping or at the restaurant. Before dinner, we went to complimentary wine tasting in the lobby, followed by some nice music in the bar on the ground floor of the hotel. The only negative thing I can recall was that the office tower next to the hotel has open windows that looked down on our rooftop spa tub and seating area. Might be an issue during the day but was not an issue after hours. Overall a short but very nice experience, more fun that most of the other hotels in downtown Portland that we've tried. Read less

The Room: One of the main reasons we stayed here was for the Urban Soak Room experience. I mean, a hot tub on a balcony?!? Yes please!! The hot tub was pretty great, but the balcony was neither super private nor did it have a view (I would be happy with one or the other). The stairs and deck out there were a bit slippery too (yikes!). Otherwise, the room was clean and comfy and spacious (with the exception of the smallish bathroom). There were initially some issues with the door to our room not locking and we also had recurrent issues with one of our key cards not working. The Service: The hotel knew that we were on our honeymoon and prepped our room with a bottle of bubbly, a sweet note, and four tasty macarons! That was such a nice touch and a lovely welcome! However, later in our stay, I was pretty disappointed that it took 45 minutes and three phone calls to have two robes (that were supposed to have been in our room in the first place) sent up. It sounds like the hotel wasn't properly staffed at that time (I was told that it took so long because the house manager was on his break?) even though this wasn't really at an odd hour. I would just expect better from a nice hotel. The Price: This was a special trip for us and I was happy to pay a higher price for a schmancy room because of it, but I just didn't feel like it was a super great value. And the "guest amenity fee" really doesn't seem like it gets you anything beyond what most hotels provide for free. The Location: This is a definite plus! But there are also a lot of other hotels in the vicinity... Read less