Motel 6 Portland East – Troutdale

oh my god … if I could give 0 stars I would, this experience was awful to say the least. I decided to update my review and say what really happened during my stay. about 3 months ago I stayed here with my boyfriend and his brother last minute traveling.
the room was filthy, we even found a cigarette butt in the ice bucket… a wet random sweater in a plastic bag in the dresser? disgusting. I mean, what do you truly expect from a motel 6? We didn’t have any expectations but to sleep after traveling all day. definitely unsuccessful. then came the horrible domestic disputes out front of the room and in the room next door. after calling the cops, talking to the front desk, no cops ever showed up, nobody seemed to care… pretty much the worst/​weirdest experience ever. calling the cops a second time and them saying to us, «is this about the girl screaming at motel 6»? … they couldn’t care less. cops not showing up given a woman was screaming at the top of her lungs, being physically abused, I know we weren’t the only ones that called. this only told me that they probably don’t give a shit because it’s a constant here, pretty sure these people live here prostituting and meth dealing. we were literally stuck in our room with a girl screaming that she was bleeding and she didn’t know where from. she was in front of the door to our room we couldn’t move it was terrifying. we heard a guy come out the room next door and sock her again and she hit our door. I can’t even explain what this really felt like! horrific. all we wanted to do was leave.
woke up the next day after getting about 2 hours of sleep all in all, to some guy throwing stuff out of his car screaming @6am. throwing his belongings to the top balcony in a fit of rage. broad daylight. cool.
at the end of this, it wasn’t even as cheap as we had anticipated so don’t bother thinking you’re saving money by staying here. and if you do and your experience is just as good as mine, detailed description and all… don’t waste your time because you won’t get a kick back on what you paid. don’t. do. it.

Ewwww do not stay here. Sketchy characters that hangout in the parking lot doing who knows what. People living in the rooms with families and pets. Beware of the bed, it was gross! If you stay here, make sure you watch your back.

I have stayed here several times, as the location is ideal. But almost every time, i have a bad experience. Once the air conditioning was broken on a 94 degree day. perhaps they could of mentioned that when i made the reservation? The last time i had a late checkout a 2 p.m. i was awakened at 2 a.m. by employees banging on my door. then again at 10;30a.m.
would advise you to find different motel if possible.

Stayed here after moving to Troutdale for 4 days while I waited to get the keys to my house. Decent rooms, decent customer service and they allowed all of my pets. That was the main reason for staying here was I could have all of my animals. I have two cats and four dogs. None of the maids spoke English which maid asking for towels a little hard but they were polite for the most part.

Dirty, old and in an unsavory location with sketchy customers. I was scoping out rooms for visiting family and asked to see a room first… It is directly off Interstate 84, but set back by itself with a field next to it. Parking your car there might prove to be a mistake.

I moved here to start a new job, the housing I had fell through. Motel 6’s is normally affordable and clean. Being as I wasn’t expecting the expense of staying in a hotel, I knew what I’d get at a motel 6 and I could get a room with a fridge, micro and pool. WRONG!!! I made a reservation, checked in after 4pm and to start found the floors soaking wet… No problem I dried them with a towel which turned black. Ok. After unpacking I realized the AC wasn’t working. Front desk said they were working on it, that sure would’ve been nice to know before I paid for several days. But the nice woman at the desk gave me a window fan. Wasn’t going to keep my window open all pm in this questionable area, but ok, it blew warm air around, better than nothing. Upon looking around there are no other hotels in my price range with the fridge, micro and fridge. Pretty sure they know that. So I chalked it up to sometimes things go wrong. After a few days the water stopped working on and off… No h20= no shower, no hand washing and no flushing toilet. Nice. I mean I get work needs to be done. Finally, a note was posted on the office that said AC and H20 may go on and off between 12&4pm. Nonsense, the sign is gone and it’s still going on and off, mostly when I need to shower to go apply for housing or interview for a second job to pay for this pit. The best part is due to maintenance I had to move rooms… To a smoking room (I smoke outside and the stench even burns my eyes. My kids keep complaining, but it’s what I can do right now we gotta power through, I bought smelly candles) best part was no fridge and micro, uh… Wasn’t that the room I reserved and paid for? Again poor front desk people don’t know what to do… They said they would move the appliances in am (ok, but I still didn’t have access to the groceries I just bought). Two days goes by, Im having to go out and purchase ready made food for me and 3 kids… Not cheap. Not to mention I have groceries on lock down in my original room. Several visits to the office, several calls to customer service and still no resolution. Finally I tracked down a manager who promises I will be moved back to the room I reserved asap. Nope next day when I finally get someone to talk to me they say sorry they rented the room, but I can go get my food. SUPRISE!!! It’s gone!!! Yup all $ 80 of groceries disappeared (not to mention the expense of feeding us all out for all these days). It’s been a nightmare. Still on and off AC and h20… Still charging full price… Still haven’t addressed the fact they can’t uphold my original reservation, still haven’t explained where my groceries went or just moved a fridge/​micro to the stinky room. I keep checking for availability elsewhere and there just isn’t… Lots of people way worse off here than I am and it seems they take advantage of that… and your lucky if housekeeping empties the trash. They’ve done it twice. Cleaned the room once. Made the bed once. I chase em down to get towels or just wash them myself. Same with trash. Customer service keeps documenting and saying management needs to fix it and they are sorry. I’m not buying it. There’s no sign that says basic things like AC and h20 may or may not work and the desk and reservations will take your money without even warning you.

Had to go to the front desk every nite I came back from being in the city because my key didn’t work!
Fire alarm went off twice, rather annoying when you’re trying to just relax.
Wasn’t a horrible stay. Don’t know that I’ll be back or not.

Tweeker Central. Stay Away. There is a long dirt/​gravel road that leads to the motel, that is very much so off of the beaten path. Creepy and dirty

We arrived at this hotel with a reservation at 4:00. but were told we couldn’t check in until after 5:00 because the rooms hadn’t been cleaned! After driving from Seattle, they couldn’t even provide a restroom for us or place to change our clothes to attend a concert. We changed our clothes in our car. The woman at the desk was rude and treated the entire incident as a joke. People were lined up outside the door waiting…

My friend had about $ 2000 worth of belongings stolen from him by a couple of the Motel 6 staff over this past 4^th of July weekend. We actually caught them putting several of his things in the dumpster. But they denied they put them there and «had no idea» where his other things were. (laptop, jewelry, work tools etc). The management backed them up and my friend lost everything. He is, however, taking this to court as there were other staff members who witnessed his belongings in an employee storage area while the front desk was denying everything.

I returned to this location as it is quite convenient to visit Portland. This experience has been much more pleasant.
If at all possible, ask for a room in front. While you can hear the trucks on the interstate, I asked for a fan which is drowning out the noise nicely.
For the money, I can’t think of a better place to stay. It is especially nice if you are traveling with a pet.
My room is nice and clean. It looks like they just had a renovation.

my room had been renovated, no weird smells or excess noise. the late night front desk staff was very friendly.

5 days at the Troutdale Motel 6?
I did it and it was great! It was way cheap, about $ 40 a day. My room was cool and basic, (Check my photos!) And the room included great TV with 2 HBO choices.
It gets kinda festive on Friday and Saturday nights, all kinds of people, groups of people traveling together. I liked the vibe.
Trains? Yep, they roll right out back. They usually don’t blow the horn, but they are huge and roll by regularly. Didn’t really bother me, as I like trains… it’s amazing how some trains seem to be much heavier than other ones. Amazing how the engines have unique sounds, the feeling of power they give… but… oh yeah. the review.
The manager seems to be on the case, I saw him all over this place.
Seemed pretty clean, everything seemed to work…
Only negative, the WiFi is a little weak. It costs $ 2.99 per day for access and it did work. If my memory is right, back in the day, Motel 6 would charge you to watch your coin operated television, 25 cents for 20 minutes. Since each show lasted at least 30 minutes, you always had to add one more quarter! That was back when a Motel 6 room cost $ 6 for the night!
I also used the coin laundry once, worked perfectly.
Zero parking issues, you park near your room, it’s an open lot.
So, I’m sold, it was worth it to me, NOT to pay $ 80+ for a motel room, this was a great motel. 50% less is cool!

Much improvement especially since they have a new manager! Rooms were remodeled last year when we stayed here and still look like new… new microwave in lobby and the coffee even tasted better!
Wish they had breakfast though. Best thing is
they don’t bother you unless you need something which is great because before they used to knock EVERYDAY! Even when you asked them not too (so annoying and disrespectful) …they even have the privacy please signs you stick in the card slot on your door now!
Will definitely return.

Not fun. Indifferent front desk clerk not too interested in helping guests. We arrive after 4pm to hear (telling other guests too) rooms aren’t ready for another 30 minutes… when questioned since check-​in was supposed to start at 3– «yeah, but rooms aren’t ready till 6». … Finally, Go to room to discover party central happening in all adjoining rooms near me. Great. Of course front desk couldn’t move me to quieter location. I was only trying to get some rest after a long drive, not coming to motel 6 for the resort/​party atmosphere…
Room was clean and modern. First time at motel 6 in forty years, and I don’t plan on returning…

Stay away at all cost!
I stayed at this place almost a year ago, but looking at all the reviews on Unilocal and Google, I see that nothing has changed. This is not a motel. This is a scene from a horror movie with junkies, meth addicts, shady people with lots of pit-​bulls, tons of shady gang looking characters, horrific smell off feces and a hotel room with leaking conditioner. I’m amazed how a place like this is still able to operate.
My wife and I decided to stay at this place a year ago for couple nights during our Portland travel. First, we were given a room that was in the «pool area». The whole place was packed with very shady people and obvious drug/​meth addicts. Right next to us, there was a family that looked like was living there for some time, not just staying in a motel. In fact, it looked like there were bunch of people there that lived there. This family was also a family of drug addicts. Now, the pool area was packed with pit-​bulls and people that I don’t know whether they even stayed there or not. Furthermore, the lawn smelled of feces really horribly. The whole place was so shady that I started taking everything out of the car because I didn’t trust leaving anything visible in it during the night.
I went to the staff to explain everything that I saw and also asking to get a different room that is not in the «party area». The staff was very nice. The guy explained to me that there are families that live here and he seemed to be shocked to hear about the meth addicts and everything else. Anyway, he gave me a different room on the opposite side of the building in a quiet area, which was nice. It was the only room they had available. I still can’t believe that this place was packed; however, it maybe was packed with people like me that found this place because of the good price they had comparable to other Motel 6 around and had no idea what was actually going on there. The new room they gave us had multiple issues. The air conditioner was leaking from the sealing, so I placed a bucket under it. The window wouldn’t close. There was also some issue with the shower that I vaguely remember now. However, because this was the only room available, we decided to stick with it because it was at least quiet and away from the main junkie area — and we did not want to return there!
I’m assuming that bunch of other people that would come to this motel into the pool area were people from around the area that didn’t stay at the motel but used it for the pool, for drug dealing, probably prostitution, and other things. Like I said, the vibe there was really bad.
At the end of our stay, I spoke to who I think was the main manager there. I explained everything to her and showed her videos of the issues in the room. She was nice enough to apologize and also provided us with a discount for our stay. Thus I do not have any complaint with the attitude of the staff because they were nothing but nice to us; however, the whole entire place and what goes on here needs to be placed on alert. It’s not a safe environment and if this is allowed to happen even a year after I was saying there [based on what I see form other reviews on Unilocal and Google], then this is a serious issue that needs to be addressed.
By the way, about Wi-​Fi. It is not free and it is not even close to fast. I ended up getting a refund and just using our cell phone internet, which was much faster.

We stayed at Motel 6 this last weekend simply because when traveling across country this became out favorite hotel for the price. They don’t charge extra for dogs and the service has always been exceptional. This location was the exact opposite. We knew the hotel was right next to a railroad, so I won’t complain of the noise. The trains traveled at least every 15 – 30 minutes. Very loud and disruptive to sleep but like I said, we expected it.
My biggest complaint was the staff and how they handled our reservation. This night was the first night of three in our trip throughout Oregon. We reserve a room with a microwave and fridge because we travel with a cooler to keep out eating budget down. When we arrived the man at the front desk checked us is. He wasn’t polite and didn’t seem to want to be there. When we got up to the room we found no fridge or microwave. I went back to the front desk and was told that they had overbooked those rooms and there was nothing he could do. I explained why we had booked that type of room and he simply said «sorry» and stared at me. The lack of responsiveness was astounding.
Secondly the pool was horrible. My son was so excited to get a chance to swim. One look at the pool and I told him no. It was horribly taken care of and you could tell it hadn’t had a ph test in weeks.
Finally, while walking my dog before bedtime, some druggie went overboard and the police showed up, sirens blaring to answer the call. I promptly took my dog and went to the room.
As for the room itself, what was labeled a non-​smoking room, had clearly been used for smoking. There was mold in the bathroom and the walls weren’t particularly sound proof. The towels were decent but that was perhaps the only part of the experience that didn’t suck.
Pay the extra $ 20 and find another hotel in Troutsdale. I will stay at Motel 6 again, but definitely not this one.

I had to double check to make sure this was the hotel I stayed at when I saw all the negative reviews.
??? Why the bad reviews?
The staff was very nice when we first arrived. She took her time checking us in, and kept telling us if there was anything at all we needed to please let her know. The room was clean and comfortable, with a fridge, microwave, large TV. The bathroom was large. We slept really well on brand new pillows (the morning manager said the box had just arrived and the pillows were all brand new).
Checkout was 12, and they still had hot coffee out by the time we were leaving. The staff was all smiles.
Yeah, I just don’t get it. Perhaps I got exemplary treatment because I’m so much better looking than you all. (ha ha just kidding)

You pay what you get for I guess. Stayed there 3 nights with some friends and almost every time I went to the check in office, there was nobody in there and I had to wait until someone came around. Some of the staff was short and rude to us as well. The rooms were muggy and very warm. The fan didn’t seen to do much at all. Wouldn’t recommend, but if you’re just looking for a bed to sleep at night, and nothing more, this will do.

This place sucks. It just next to a railway. So it is very noisy and it wakes me up several times at night.