A beautiful property with lovely rooms and a great pool and jacuzzi with city views. Service slip-ups still prevent it from giving the impression of a true five star hotel.
The most notable came the morning we were checking out: I wanted to sleep in and my boyfriend wanted to visit the city early in the morning, and he wouldn’t be back by check out time. He went to drop off his bags with the bell desk first so that I wouldn’t have to take them down when I checked out. Bizarrely, they told him they couldn’t hold his bags until checkout, either because of policy or because the bellman wasn’t on duty yet. That’s an excuse that works fine at a four star hotel; but at a five star property, the staff would be more embarrassed at the thought of a guest having to trundle back upstairs with their bags after being turned away at the front desk. He also noted they didn’t seem sure he was a guest at first: indeed, none of the staff we interacted with after check-in addressed us by name or recognized us. Again, fine for a four star hotel, but illustrates what is lacking here in Portland’s first attempt at a five star property.