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Good rooms, awesome food!
Nice place, older but well kept. The bars/ restaurants are to die for. Try the Underground thurs-sun for a speakeasy ambiance that's very cool. Steaks and anything beef are great, as are the salads. Lots of whiskeys available. Pool is nice. Clackamas mall and other shopping/ restaurants are easy walking distance. This place is worth a stay just to not drive after a long, great dinner with drinks.
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Absinthe Experience
The beds were very comfortable, rooms pleasant, and dining options amazing! I am NOT used to good and fairly priced food venues at a hotel. I visited for a convention in August. This is an older hotel, so even though none of the rooms are smoking, mine still smelled of cigarette smoke. And Someone in my hall smoked pot, probably not realizing it bled into the hallway. We sought out the Underground Speakeasy once we settled in. We shared the Herb&Chimi, very good, and the Absinthe Experience. Quite the novel experience.
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Hotel for Wedding stays
My daughter was recently married in Damascus, Oregon. When we first started looking for hotels in the area (within 10 miles), this place caught our eye. We were familiar as we have lived in SE Portland for a quarter century, but we had never stayed nor dined at the Monarch. My wife and I met with Karmen (Sales & Catering Coordinator) to discuss our needs. She showed us two sets of adjoining suites for the Brides group and the Grooms group the night before the weeding and set us up with a great rate for guest who called in to reserve rooms. I'm not sure how other hotels handle room guarantees, but I liked how The Monarch is set up. It is by room night so if people come in a week early and reserve rooms for the wedding they 1) get the discount rate, and 2) the room counts against the total room nights int he contract. To give you an idea, we ended up with around 63 room nights for all the guests who called in and stayed multiple nights. We easily met our room obligation. Another great aspect of The Monarch is its location. Easy access to the freeway. Around 15 minutes from the airport. Convenient to many restaurants and shops (Mall 205 across the street). Free parking. The Monarch is also the one hotel to have a bar open until 2:30 am. This may not be important to you but our wedding party came back after the reception and kept the party going. A great place to consider. They also have their own reception areas if you need additional services.
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Great Underground Speak Easy
Did not stay at hotel. But visited the Underground Speak Easy in the basement. Takes u back to 1920s. Very cool place. Has great assortment of drink, exceptional staff, great atmosphere and a great band that played at a volume that still allowed people to enjoy and have conversations. Will go back.
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Tired old hotel…beware!
We booked an ADA room and had to walk up 3 steps to get to the elevator. The room smelled musty so we opened the window to get fresh air into the room. The bathroom was grimy. So gross! Toilet was stained. No microwave! Only 2 small paper cups for coffee. We had a 3 night stay. Next morning no water. Called to ask for some coffee. No way. We would have to pay for it. Couldn’t make coffee in the room as there was no water. Asked them to send up bottled water. Could t do that as front desk person said she was the only one there and couldn’t leave the desk. Seriously??? The only one in the entire building?? No staff to clean rooms? She claimed no staff. Got dressed and went to front desk to get water bottles. She gave me two but she was rather frosty. Asked if we would be penalized or would get a full refund if we moved to another hotel. She looked it up and said yes we could but would have to be out by 11. I had an appointment at 10am so we couldn’t do that. Honestly I would call this hotel “tired”. Beware and don’t waste your money! Go to Holiday Inn or Marriott.