Monarch Hotel & Conference Center

I want to begin with the disclaimer that the hotel is under remodeling. That being said, a lot is left to be desired. Hilton Garden Inn’s purchased the property and are opening 9/25/25. I wish I could place this review there, but alas, the location is not yet available for commentary or reservations. Let’s begin with check-in, which began at 2pm. We arrived at 4:30pm, and were informed that our room was not ready by a desk clerk that could barely speak English. He said we were early. We were not. He had to check multiple times with someone out of sight and be told how to word this. Apparently they hosted a wedding, and the occupants of this room wanted a very late check out. I’ve worked in the hotel industry for many years in a tourist town, and I know how this works. Which means, it is the job of the reservation department or front desk to say yay or nay to a very late checkout, especially during a fully booked conference weekend. I am far from the only one not severely inconvenienced by this lack of training. Our room. I am not the only one to notice this, but the ads promote pillow top mattresses. Well, once I heard other complaints, I discovered both mattresses in my room were upside down. Meaning, the pillow was on the bottom and the firm part on the top. A lot of complaints from fellow guests. This is a REALLY STUPID MISTAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s incredibly obvious situation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next is a minor inconvenience, but considering this is an upgraded room, there are no USB ports for device charging. My hallway door needs forced shut. This means, whenever I exit my room to participate in the convention activities I need to force the door closed. A little bit bothersome when the housekeeper next door emptied our trash and straightened our room didn’t confirm the door was shut. I am buying merchandise and it is at risk for theft!! New windows were installed, and the road noise was very loud. We weren’t even next to a highway or a high-speed road. The room did come with a mini fridge, which worked, and a coffee maker, which sort of worked if you held the lid down for the entire brew time. Were the K-Cups (generic brand) too large? How about a place to plug it in? We used the bathroom outlet. The beautiful new shower, no tub, had no shower shelves. The shampoo and conditioner were in little sample bottles, while the lotion and handwash were in full sized bottles attached to the wall. Of the sink. This seems backwards. The hand wash and lotion should be in trial size, and the shampoo, conditioner, and body wash should be installed in the shower. By the way, there was no body wash, only face soap that had to be stored on the shower floor. If the shower head was not aimed at the wall, water filled the bathroom floor. There was no safe, no hair dryer, no guest seating in the rooms, and no wifi. The hallway fire doors were blocked open. Stairwells are blocked off except for emergency use, and the single operational elevator sounds like something

The restaurant is the best part. Rooms are average, in the midst of remodeling. Cleanliness was average, the building was very warm.

The hotel is under major renovation, so the check in area is under construction and the entry to the rooms is off of a different door. The stairs are closed off for the construction. The room was a delight, good temperature control, nice new furniture, comfortable bed, nice modern, all new bathroom facilities. The sound from the hall was surprisingly loud when people knocked into the wall at night (it startled me and made me thing someone had entered my securely locked room). But it was quiet as I slept. The restaurant was really great. All ice machines were not working during my stay. My room did not have an ice bucket, but the restaurant gave me one filled with ice.

We enjoyed everything about our stay except for the fact that the pool was not heated, hence we couldn’t use note did anyone else. If you have a pool in Oregon especially in June, it needs to be heated.

In the newly remodeled rooms the hotel needs to make sure all the electrical is plugged in. We were very comfortable in the new rooms.