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Very friendly front desk greeting. Spacious and clean room. Central location so good for walking to see the town. Terrific value and highly recommended! Restaurants on either side for convenience. We did takeout at Yeasty Beasty (pizza) that was delicious.

Our room was clean, comfortable and quiet, and we enjoyed our breakfast the next morning, too. On our road trip this was our favorite place we stayed because of the value and also the overall atmosphere of happiness in the friendly staff. This must be a well-managed property! We loved the location which is a little away from the freeway, so we were surrounded by local restaurants and stores and it was quiet at night, too.

Because we have BW points, we chose to stay in Dallas and made the short drive to Monmouth to see Thornetta Davis in concert at Western Oregon University rather than stay at an independent in Monmouth. It proved to be a good choice. Lance and Mariah arranged for an early check-in for us which allowed us to have an early dinner in Monmouth prior to the concert. The drive from Dallas to Monmouth is short and quick, so being a few miles away was not an issue. Although not a new hotel, it was a genuinely pleasant stay. The rooms are clean, comfortable, spacious, and the staff are courteous and helpful. We'll stay again when next we're in need of a hotel in that region - there were no negative issues connected with the hotel or its employees. Kudos to the staff.

We had a decent stay. The staff was very nice and helpful. The room was very clean although somewhat worn down but overall not bad. Free breakfast is ok, waffles, fruit, milk, juice, coffee, bagels and cream cheese not great but fills you up. The real issue is the location is a little sketchy as it’s right behind a mechanics shop and parking lot seems a little sim. Also the morning of our departure some bum walked through the parking lot and purposely lit the bushes on fire. I rushed in and got the fire extinguisher and put it out before it could spread to far. Day staff was very blasé about it. Would have given another half star but…

I am going to start off by saying, I tried to fix my problems with the motel staff, no one was available. I called the office after I got home, spoke with ”Bob” (I'm sure not his real name as he had to think about it when I asked his name). I had the worst stay in a motel, ever. Upon check in, there were only 2 of the 4 lights with light bulbs in them. When I tried to call the front desk, no one answered. The bathroom was filthy with ants all over the counter and walls, someone else's blood and toothpaste splatter on the walls. The mattress was like sleeping on a cement slab. In the morning I had to leave while still dark out, there was NO LIGHTS ON outside (I see a theme here-no lightbulbs in the room). I was trying to carry my cooler down the dark flight of stairs and missed the last two stairs and fell down. Bruised my arm and need, injured my left shoulder when I landed. I managed to go back upstairs and retrieve the rest of my belongings including my cell phone so I could use a flashlight on the next trip. After I got my belongings in my vehicle, I went to the office to report my fall and issues with my room (remember, no one would answer the phone the night before?), well no one would answer the knock on the door the next morning at 6:30 am. The sign hung outside the office said to not ring the bell, but to knock outside office hours. Another guest needed assistance and saw no one was answering my MULTIPLE LOUD KNOCKS, so she rang the bell. Still no one came. I got her name and phone number after I told her I fell down the stairs. She had a similar experience. I was promised a call back from the manager when I spoke to ”Bob”. I'm still waiting for that call that was supposed to come on Thursday, November 18th. It's now November 22nd. I will be contacting my attorney for a potential law suit. All I wanted was my room comped. Now it will cost them more as they will be paying attorney fees and for my pain after falling down the dark stairs. I HAVE PICTURES.

It was a good stay. The room is large, the bed is comfortable and the toilet is clean. The temperature is right. Breakfast is better than other BWs, and it is plugged in Denys, except that people are too slow to serve. Parking is convenient, the door is Costco, we bought a bunch of things to come back to eat, just use the microwave in the room to heat it. The coffee is good, it's Best Seattle's, four packs, enough to drink. It is that Salem really has nothing to look at. We are visiting the Clackmas River and going to the seaside of Lincoln City as the middle station. The pool is open until eleven o'clock. The service staff is very good 👍!