5 stars for the property and overall experience.
*Gorgeous rooms and property
The Inn at the 5th was built a little over 3 years ago and is an independently owned boutique hotel with ultra comfortable beds and great bedding, immaculately clean rooms, and modern bathrooms with a large walk in rain shower. If at all possible, get a balcony room, its part of the charm of the property as the balcony looks over a quaint looking Parisian styled central courtyard complete with red café tables. Our non balcony room had windows which did not open and I regretted not getting a balcony room and craved breathing in the fresh Oregon air for the short time we were in our rooms each day. Also, each room is decorated with a theme, we happened to get a bicycle themed room which was nice.
*2 hours from Portland, 1 1/2 hours from the Coast
We made a spur of the moment somewhat spontaneous road trip to Eugene and I figured I would find a room via smart phone on the 14 hour drive. I originally booked one night only as we were not sure if we were going to stay in overnight in Portland or just day trip it for the remainder of our days in Oregon, but after our long drive up to Eugene and comfortable stay we did not want to check out. We ended up making the Inn our hub so we could take a few short day trips to the Oregon Coast (1 1/2 hour scenic drive to Florence from Eugene) and Portland (approx 2 hour drive from Eugene) over the long weekend.
*Rates can be at a premium on University of Oregon Football Weekends
When we decided to extend our stay after our first night, we found out the next few days happened to coincide with a University of Oregon Football game opening weekend, (Go, Ducks!) and room rate prices skyrocketed to more than double the price of our weeknight rate for the last two nights of our stay. Thankfully, it was a slower at the hotel than a normal "football" weekend and they were kind enough to work with us on reducing the newly inflated rate but we still paid what I would consider way much too much for Eugene, Oregon, even given the quality of the rooms and amenities here. Unfortunately, we were not able to transfer to a balcony room because $450 per night on Fri/Sat game weekend was just way more than we wanted to spend and they were not able to accommodate a reduced room rate price on balcony rooms. Besides, we weren't even in our rooms except to sleep at night and shower, btw loved the walk in roomy rain shower and modern bathrooms, but I did miss not being able to breath in some fresh Oregon air at night.
*Upscale Adjacent Shopping Center and Market/Parking and $30 voucher package
I understand the owner of this property also owns the adjacent 5th Street Marketplace shopping center. For our first night stay we purchased a great a room package which included a waived parking fee and a $30 credit voucher to the newly opened Provisions Market or the Marche French restaurant both located just steps away from the front Lobby. The voucher had to be used all at one time with no cash refund for the balance, but that made for a fun little spending spree and not hard at all to use up and we chose to use our voucher at the Provisions Market. Due to the football game weekend we were not able to purchase that room package with voucher again for any reasonable amount of money or it was not available, can't remember why.
*Great Service and Amenities
Service and amenities were appreciated. Upon Check in we were offered complimentary beverages from their refrigerator in the lobby for check in day only, and during the day there was always complimentary cold bottled water at the valet. The Inn also has loaner bicycles for use up to three hours a day, first come first serve, which we did take advantage of to take a bike tour of downtown Eugene and the University of Oregon. By the way, there is no pool or hot tub here. The staff provided great service our entire stay and they were very accommodating. For example, when I asked them for window cleaner and paper towels to clean our car window the even offered and almost insisted to have the valet clean it for us which I declined since we easily took care of it ourselves, but it was a kind gesture none the less.
Overall, for the convenience and comfort of having a temporary home away from home and not having to check in and out of different hotels during our short stay in Oregon, we were pleased. Next time we will book earlier or plan ahead so that we can avoid last minute price increases. read more