Oregon Trail Motel and Restaurant

I contacted the hotel prior to arriving to ask for a quiet, upper level room. Closer to the arrival date I asked if we could get a renovated room and they wrote back that none were available. The receptionist was friendly when we checked in and we did get a very quiet bottom level room. She didn’t put anyone above us and the room next door was being renovated. It looked nice. Our room had very worn carpet with a squeaky floor, needed paint, and an update. The Wi-Fi and mini fridge both worked great. Everything was clean. The bed was very hard and since my hubby is a back sleeper he slept well. I’m a side sleeper and didn’t sleep as well. We brought our own pillows. Theirs were thin. We really appreciated the breakfast coupons for the restaurant and had the first choice plus added a few other things. Sandy, our waitress was really helpful. We would stay there again if we could get an updated room.

Nice small vintage motel in the middle of town. If you get a room backing on the river, open the windows to get that lovely sound. Nothing fancy, but clean and comfortable. Pool is available in the summer. Great staff and breakfast (very nice) included. My go to stay when in Baker City.

It’s older but clean. The mattress was far better than last night’s stay at the super 8 in Spokane. A/c worked well and breakfast at the cafe next door was very good. It’s a budget hotel but was better than we expected for the price. We plan on returning next year. We liked the good shower pressure. Huckleberry milkshake at the cafe was $5. Deal!

Positives first, we were running late arriving to the motel so the lady at the front desk waited past their office closing hours to make sure we got our keys.. so nice! Our room had 4 sets of clean towels, and once we turned our a/c on, it ran well. Our room was also very quiet considering every room was booked during our stay. This motel is very rundown. It is past the point of just adding paint, or changing out linens to make it better. It needs a complete overhaul. Even though the room seemed relatively clean, it was hard to tell because of the state of the room and furnishings. The beds are old and very used. The pillows are very thin and there is one per person if you are sleeping two to a bed. The sheets are very thin and when you get into bed the bottom sheet pulls up to expose the mattress. The top blanket is one I imagine (I don’t know for sure) is never changed, and the one below it had a large round dark stain on it. The lighting is low and the lamps are all old and in poor condition with old wiring and very loose sockets. The sink and light switches were damaged. The door only has a knob lock and an old school chain… didn’t give much of a sense of safety/security. The room smelled of mildew and incense. My clothes smelled of this the following day when we left. Neither the air conditioning or fridge were turned on when we arrived. I recognize this is an econo motel and had a very low price. But I think it’s time to up the price slightly and start renovating and refurnishing rooms. I also realize I was only in room 124 and maybe other rooms aren’t as run down as this one was. However, I would not stay again to find out.

Decent for a one-night stop driving through. I appreciated the delicious free breakfast tickets to the restaurant next door! (My kids had the free breakfast, I chose to use the $2 off a different menu item). The rooms were large, but the beds were hard and had me tossing and turning through the night. Otherwise I can't complain for the price!

We made a short overnight stay. Enjoyed walking around downtown Baker City - very easy walk from the motel. Motel staff is friendly (family run?) and breakfast was tasty and filling (again, very friendly staff). Room decor was dated, but that's not important to me; it was clean and comfortable and had everything we needed. Definitely good value for the cost.