Sixth Avenue Motel

Please do the responsible thing and sleep in your car, or bring a tent and sleep in the nearby park. This is my first Unilocal review. this account was created specifically to warn people about this place. Stayed here after the vegan food and beer festival and after 30 or so beer samples, i had lost all common sense and value for my own life. Checked in, saw the room, slept in my clothes on top of the covers trying to stay still on my back like a god damn vampire. Woke up, left as quickly as possible and left. Realized later that day that i am covered in bug bites. Fuck this place and the people that own it.

My husband was accosted by prostitutes on the way to the room. There were blood stains on the floor and cigarette burns on the bedspread. Ants in the bathroom. Room smelled like dead people. We found a fat blond lady stealing our shit the next day. Good thing we got it back. We were the only people within a 5 mile radius who weren’t on heroin. PDX sucks balls.

I checked in here because I had to take a doodoo and there was no fan in the bathroom and the window was right next to a walkway so people watched me dookie while they walked by (made friends while I doodied). In the middle of my poopie, a spider landed on me, he was friendly but I still squashed that sucka. We also asked for 2 beds but were given a dirty room with only one bed. I don’t think they clean the rooms after each checkout, I assume that responsibility lands on the guests when they check in. Although there are thousands of things wrong with the place there are a few redeeming qualities, for example the little vintage tv gets a couple of channels, they give you used towels in the room that are still wet (they’re a green motel). The only real problem we had was that the owner refused to give us extra blankets even though the ones we had were dirty and we were supposed to have 2 beds but only given one with cockroaches crawling around under the blankets, but heck I don’t mind layering up in my clean clothes to stay warm.
In conclusion, outside of not being able to shower due to lack of privacy, soap and clean towels, the fecal splatters on the wall, a TV that doesn’t work, the owners blatant disregard to the guests needs and safety. I would highly recommend this place to all, you will not be disappointed!

I’ve stayed at the hotel every time I’ve been to Portland (4 times). Yes, it’s a shit hole, but it’s cheap, nothing bad has ever happen there (so far), free parking and within walking distance of downtown. It ain’t glamourous, but it has a fantastic neon sign (the main reason I stayed there the first time).

So me and my friends got into Portland really late and just needed a place to sleep so we checked out some places in the core of downtown and they were all upwards of around $ 100. So we settled on Sixth Avenue motel.
The first room that the owner showed us was a smoker’s room and when we asked whether he had a non-​smoking room, he brought us to the room next to it, which smelt a little bit better.
I knew this was a motel but I was expecting for it to at least have the basics — clean sheets and pillow cases. The ones that came with our room had cigarette burns and what seemed like dirt marks. I ended up covering the pillows with my own clothes. The bathtub was also leaking. This place looks definitely needs some serious reno.
One night for 2 beds was $ 85 (including taxes) — I’m not sure if I would’ve found anything better, in terms of price. The good thing was that the owner let us leave our car there after we checked out the next morning, and we just walked to the waterfront from our hotel.

worst Motel experience, ever. First, we were given a key to a room that was currently being renovated. Ok, mistakes happen, but then, as opposed to apologizing and giving us a different room key, the manager flipped us shit about strict visitor rules, because a friend of mine stood with us at the reception. We just wanted to check in, drop our luggage and leave again with my friend. It turned into a disturbing piss fight and while I ultimately got the keys, it would have been better if we slept in the car.
What a dirty, filthy, horrible place. DO NOT STAY THERE!

Well, it ain’t the Ritz. But with a place like the Sixth Avenue Motel, all you can ask for is to get in and out without being stabbed, robbed or eaten alive by cockroaches and/​or tweakers. I spent a week there, and none of the above happened to me. Thus, I feel confident in recommending the place to anyone coming to Portland with as little money as myself. Plus, it’s in an amazing location for the price — right outside downtown — and has a kick-​ass neon sign (and most of the letters actually light up!).
Only three things to look out for: the walls are thin, so you will hear crackheads arguing and then subsequently having sex at 4 a.m.; the sheets did have some mysterious, um, markings on them in places, but mostly on the edges, so try not to roll around in your sleep too much; and when I first turned on the shower, the first burst of water to drop from the bathtub faucet was tinged with brown — rust, I’m assuming/​hoping. Don’t worry: the actual shower water is clear, albeit with little pressure. But hey, you’re staying at the Sixth Avenue Motel — no one expects you to be too cleanly.