We love the Norblad Hotel. It is right in the heart of Astoria, across the street from Fort George brewing, Breakside Brewing, and Buoy Brewing. Street parking is easy and although there are homeless in the area, we've never had an issue with break-ins. The staff is fantastic. All the front desk gals are.so nice and helpful. The cleaning staff is very good, polite, and do a great job. The rooms are very basic and small but clean and comfortable. Most.rooms share toilets and bathrooms like a glorified hostel or some of the Mcmenamins properties in the northwest. The beds are soft and springy (not firm enough to my liking),but the pillows are really nice. There is no AC in the rooms so you have to open the window for fresh and cool air at night which is okay but you will hear all the street noises all the time. There are room fans provided but in the summer the rooms get stuffy if the fan is on and the window closed. Norblad has a community kitchen which is useful. This is an excellent value property and the staff here makes it a great stay.