We were flying into Portland late on a Thursday night and needed a place for one night before heading up the coast for a vacation, so we picked this place. The night manager gave us Room 102, but the room was stuffy and smelled somewhat like BO. (It had been a not day and the air conditioning was turned off when we entered the room). I walked back to the front desk and asked to see - or smell - another room, and the clerk was more than happy to do so. He showed me Room 241 (in the main building) and it was much nicer - more modern - and was simply a little stuffy. In 10 minutes the air conditioner took care of that.

I always like the free internet and free breakfast at Quality Inns, but this breakfast was pretty cheap. The highlight was the do it yourself waffle maker. The lowlight was watching the desk clerk prepare the frozen in a can OJ. Coffee though was surprisingly good. A diverse crowd at breakfast: tourists and Roadway truckers.

At $130, I thought it was a bit pricy for the accomondations, but not unusual for the Portland area.

Would I go back? Not sure. I think I'd want something a little nicer.

Was it awful? Not at all.

And the desk clerk was very accomodating, especially with the change in room.

Where to begin? There was a strange odor in the sparse, dimly lit lobby. The sign out front said "open under new management". This place could be the poster for a "Tired Property." The balconies were deteriorating and severely needed repair and paint. When we entered the suite, there was a very unpleasant odor. While the interior was neat, the radiator cover was separated, the bath tub was not clean and the toilet paper holder was broken in half and the roll sat on the back of the toilet. My sinus and head became instantly stuffed, and my traveling companions experienced the same. After some discussion with the front desk, they did cancel our reservation, but gave no paper showing the cancelled reservation. I am awaiting my next credit card statement to see the credit. Quite a disappointment for a national chain at any price.

Booked the hotel for 2 nights on line to attend a vendor showing in Gorham. I must say that I am completley baffled by some of the negative reviews I read on line of this hotel. I found the hotel to be perfectly fine especially for the discount price. The desk staff appeared to be a family and were both very helpful. The room staff did an excellent job. We enjoyed the nice breakfast room with waffles etc....I would stay here again and feel I got an excellent deal for the price.
If there was even one tiny thing that may have been what people had mentioned , I did notice a slight "closed up" smell when first entering the room, but after opening a window the room aired out nicely, and the smell was gone. The king bed was comfortable, the room tastfully furnished, and the hotel itself appeared to have been updated recently. It was quiet and all in all it looked and was much nicer than the pictures show it to be on line. I would not hesitate to stay here again if looking for a value price. For those who want a luxury Hotel stay...I would say you will be happy (I stayed at this hotel 3 weeks earlier) with the Marriot at Sable Oaks. You will pay 3 times as much as you will at the Quality Inn but If you are looking for top of the line as opposed to excellent value for your money, than you may prefer that hotel. I can say from my experience the Quality Inn is fine. I found none of the problems I had read on line.

My husband and I made reservations at quality inn in south portland,it was or anniversary and our one nite away from our 5 kids.When we got there to check in the lady was nice talked a lot but nice we had a little trouble finding the room,we get in the room it's a little cold but it's no big deal,so we sit to eat and watch HBO the tv dont turn on there where 2 tvs in the room one in the stand where it goes the other tv was on the top of the tv stand not pluged in,so we plug the tv in and no cable so we call the front desk and tell her the cable in this room is out so she came up and moved us to a new room this room had two beds and that was fine so we sit a second time to eat and watch tv not even five minutes later she calls up and said she gave us a truckers room and that we have to go back the the first room and just wiggle the wires to the tv to get the cable to work we just wanted what we paid for she became very rude it's so crazy that we had to move even one time when we had reservations we never did stay the nite there and never will ever again...we spend almost a hour in a screaming match with her.....she never even apologized for anything that nite,never did get the nite out on my 2nd anniversary