The AAA Four-Diamond Governor Hotel is located in downtown Portland, approximately 10 miles from Portland International Airport. Built in... more »
The AAA Four-Diamond Governor Hotel is located in downtown Portland, approximately 10 miles from Portland International Airport. Built in 1909, during the prosperous days following the Lewis and Clark Exposition, the hotel is located four blocks from the Pioneer Place Mall and Pioneer Courthouse Square, five blocks from Oregon History Center, seven blocks from Portland Performing Arts Center, and eight blocks from Portland Art Museum. The Rose Garden and Coliseum is half a mile away. The Governor completed a $5 million dollar renovation in early 2005 including all guest rooms and the grand "re-opening" of the Heritage Ballroom which had been not open to the public for 80 years. One of Portland's finest restaurants, Jake's Grill, is located in the hotel and a Starbucks cafe in adjacent to the lobby. The hotel also offers access to a full service fitness club, complimentary weekday newspapers, 24-hour room service, concierge service, valet parking (nominal daily fee), nightly turndown service, valet laundry and dry-cleaning services, complimentary shoeshine, and complimentary high-speed Wireless Internet.. All rooms have irons and ironing boards, plush terrycloth robes, hair dryers, voicemail, two-line desk phones with data ports, bedside phones, honor bars, and coffee makers..
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When you stay at the historic Governor Hotel, you*re surrounded by exquisite frescoes, mahogany moldings, wood carvings and wall-size murals. There*s no other luxury hotel in Portland that offers such a mix of Oregon art, architecture and craftsfmanship. As a AAA 4-Diamond hotel, The Governor also offers such amenities as concierge services, 24-hour room service, nightly turndown upon request, high-speed wireless internet, complimentary morning coffee and newspaper. Jake*s Grill, part of the McCormick and Schmick family of restaurants, offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. A great city deserves a great hotel. in Portland, it*s the Governor.
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Location, staff, restaurant.Small, bland room with uncomfortable bed, little amenities. Great location, Jakes is a great restaurant in the hotel building though not owned by the hotel. Valet parking (the only option) is expensive at $27.00 per day....
Quiet, well located-Great workout
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Posted May 09, 2008
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Quiet, well located-Great workout center!Room dark, and relatively unattractive-on a back wall, facing other rooms. Beds comfortable, room sort of dark, and the low wattage bulbs exacerbate that aspect, a lack of comfortable chairs, no ice available ...
The location was perfect and the staff went out of their way to assist us with information on ski packages, tours and shopping. The service was great! The complimentary breakfast was a real treat and a money saver. We met other guests from all over...
Historic old Portland disapointing
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Posted Apr 23, 2007
by mbmb1
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pros: Location and LobbyMy husband and I booked a Jr. Suite in this historic Portland landmark for my 50 BD 2 months in advance. When we called to confirm reservations (the day of arrival) they said they gave us a "complimentry king room upgrade"....
The VALLET was the Great! You pay $24
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Posted Feb 08, 2007
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The VALLET was the Great! You pay $24 for overnight! Well worth it... The HOTEL is CLEAN & SIMPLE & ELAGANT in it's own way! It was hard not to notice the nasty smoke smells around every corner. I should have done more research....
restaurant jakes @ the govoner
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Posted Aug 29, 2006
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I have just moved here form Scottsdale, Arizona and have been at Jakes at the govoner hotel 3 times and have been sorley dissapointed in the food. The food is average at best. The service has always been by a career server that always looks down at...
pros: Fancy rooms are niceHaving enjoyed the Governor in the past (very nice skylight rooms on the next-to-top floor of the old building), my wife and I booked a special room for our anniversary -- a large view room with a jacuzzi. I can't tell you...
pleasant staffroom needed a little more
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Posted Mar 09, 2005
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pleasant staffroom needed a little more thorough cleaning detail Small room, but very pleasing, needed to have details attended to in cleaning, example; old forehead print on window. great location, staff were very nice and professional.
pros: great foodMy husband and I bought the romance package for our anniversary. Unfortunately, no one told us that the hotel was under construction. What we thought was going to be a romantic night turned out to be a big disappointment. The...
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