My husband and I are coming to Portland and cannot decide b/w: The Benson, Hotel Lucia, Heathman, and Governor Hotel. I have not seen many postings on these, so any help would be greatly appreciated for the most luxurious, romantic stay for some newlyweds excited to share your fabulous city!
Luxury Small Boutique Hotel for Romantic Night for NewlywedsOK, The Benson, The Heathman and The Govenor are large old school hotels, nothing small or boutique about them.
The Lucia is smaller and quite nice, across the street from the Benson.
They have a lovely room that is different, at the top of the hotel, sort of a Paris garret type room with skylights.
All of the hotels you mention are nice and certainly have luxurious rooms and frankly, when you are on your honeymoon, you can make just about anyplace romantic :)
The Heathman has overhauled some of their suites, that might be nice, but I find the Heathman, the Governor as well as the Benson, on the stuffy side, the young people/ old people ratio is not even..on your honeymoon, you will mostly be concerned with your room.but if you are looking for a younger more fun hotel, I would look elsewhere.
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thank you...few follow-up qs as by your other posts it looks like you are the local expert! :) Ifurther info: we are 34 years old, if that makes any difference, do not want anything too trendy/hip like ian schrager hotels but nothing too old/not updated, either (but centrally located for some fun walks in cute areas). do you still think hotel lucia? or would 5th avenue suites be better? what about some fabulous romantic no pacific dinner for two foodies? was looking at paley%26#39;s, simpatica,alberta oyster? finally, where do you stay in the willamette wine county? thanks so much! if you are ever in chicgao and need recs--just let me know!
LOL, you are welcome and I am only an expert in my own mind LOL
I think our Local Experts are Christmas shopping, these forums have been a bit quiet lately :O)
My favorite is the 5th Avenue Suites. Every room is a suite , I love the service, the rooms we have had have always been lovely and very comfortable. There might be honeymoon packages, call and check. I always book them by phone to the desk.
The Lucia is a couple of blocks away, right around the corner..I have not stayed there but from photos and the lobby and other people recommending it, I think it sounds very nice. My favorite Thai restaurant is downstairs-Typhoon :)
None of these restaurants is Ian Schragaer type, the Govenor and Heathman are the most ';old fashioned'; Old School type big hotels, but hey are still very nice and popular.
I tend to stay in boutique hotels wherever we go, so I know the style/atmosphere you might be looking for.
Of the two, I would say that the 5th Avenue Suites is a bit more posh, the rooms are much larger, than the Lucia..
It is a Kimpton Hotel, they have a good reputation, I believe.
Paleys is in an old house, with a porch and though the food is lovely and the atmosphere is great, the tables are close to each other and it is difficult to feel like whatever you say is not being shared with the people seated next to you :)
My favorite restaurant at this moment is Fenouil..lovely , fireplaces, view..right in town on a park.
A brand new place opened called Ten Oh One...1001. Another beautiful space..but I cannot personally recommend it.
The restaurant Carlyle might appeal to you..beautiful room, beautiful food, I rarely hear that many complaints about this restaurant.
Here are my eating lists , I have not updated lately but it will do for now :)
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The only place I know of and want to go to in the Wine country is The Black Walnut Inn...I have to go look it up but it is a Tuscan Villa and gorgeous.
Hope this helps, I will check on you later and help more if you need it. :)
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The Black Walnut Inn
Hmmm.... Alberta Oyster Bar has some of Portland%26#39;s best food, but is a little lacking on the romance side. Ditto to Scarlett%26#39;s opinions of Paley%26#39;s, Fenouil, and Carlyle. Tough call between Fenouil and Carlyle, but I might give Fenouil the nod, just for the room. A booth in Wildwood would also be something to consider. Wildwood gets consistent high marks from local ';foodies';, and is high on the PNW cuisine scale. It%26#39;s just been around so long, and so many great restaurants are newer on the scene, that it often gets overlooked.
As a guy, my definition of a luxury hotel room is one that has a large-screen plasma TV with remote, comfortable robes, and a decent mini-bar to help you enjoy it. ;-) My wife has a different idea!!! But we were both happy when we spent a night at Hotel DeLuxe a couple months ago. The only knock on it might be it%26#39;s location.
Another ditto to Scarlett%26#39;s recommendation of Black Walnut. It%26#39;s probably the most centrally located to the best of Oregon%26#39;s wine country. Youngberg Hill would be another to consider. http://www.youngberghill.com/.
Had to laugh at your comments about Portland experts. Scarlett definitely is one of our best, but we%26#39;ve ';experts'; coming out of our ears, some from as far away as central CA. ;-)
Hi brigirl! We stayed at the Heathman this past summer in the Symphony Suite that was very, very nice. The room was very nicely appointed and we enjoyed the French Press coffee which was a nice touch. The lobby and Mezzanine areas of the hotel are gorgeous, and we enjoyed an excellent dinner at the Heathman Restaurant and a nice Sunday Brunch the next morning. I highly recommend the Heathman, it is also in a nice location.
Have a nice time and welcome to the TA forums! :)
LOL mistletoe... I am no expert, I am still a newbie but we do like to explore our new town as well as we tend to eat out often.
Brigirl, I forgot all about the Hotel Deluxe which was on advertised on NBC tv last night..I have not been inside, mistletoe is the Expert there lol, but I would definitely look into it .
Just to be helfpful....Our visitor from California needs to update her hotel and restaurant information...
thanks all for the help! anyone want to vote on Hotel DeLuxe v. 5th Avenue Suites--taking location/proximity, level of quality, size of room and all other factors above into consideration? also for dinner: husband%26#39;s birthday so need special occasion dinner without it being too stuffy or formal (he hates that), cool venue....something with local cuisine (as great as fenouil sounds (esp the location!), we%26#39;d prefer not french cuisine in oregon--would prefer local cuisine so that takes le pigeon and fenouil off the list---at least this first trip). Any other thoughts? As for Wine County, I had already tried Black Walnut and they are closed month of January when we are there. Youngberg Hill we are catching at tail end--anyone stayed there? Only concern was that the room slook more like grandma%26#39;s home--prefer the B %26amp; Bs that are more modern than really traditional with flowered quilts, etc...although venue looks amazing! What rooms have you guys stayed in there? Haas anyone ever stayed at Dream Giver? Finally, (whew!-sorry about all of the questions), any must visit vineyards for great pinots? We love domaine serene and owen roe but not sure otherwise. Also: restaurants out there? A million thanks!
Syrah Girl: I looked at the Symphony Suite and it looks so nice! Is the hotel too stodgy, though? How is the location? thanks for the email!
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