Loft, 2 Queen Beds, Non-Pet Friendly | Living room | 43-inch Smart TV with cable channels, TV

Reviews of The Anchorage Motel

2.5 out of 5
The Anchorage Motel
6585 Pacific Avenue, Pacific City, OR

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 88 out of 156 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 45 out of 156 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 156 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 156 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 156 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Teena

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Very friendly person for check in who provided recommendations for dining that were great. Room was as pictured and had everything we needed including a comfortable bed.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

4/10 Poor

Jason

Traveled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
I thought I already did this, but I would like to reiterate my last post if it did not post. I booked a double king suite for two nights. I spent almost $600. When I arrived, the staff was very nice. When I got to my room, I immediately realized that the front window did not lock, but it was behind the tv, so I didn’t pay much attention to it. I did however realize that there was no couch, or chair, but a built in platform with a mattress pad on top. There was a little kitchen and refrigerator, but then I noticed that there were no doors to either bedroom, but rather they had put up curtain rods with shower curtains to close off the bedrooms. Once I related the situation to the rest of my family, I called the office to ask for them to rectify the situation. They proceeded to try to upsell me to a room that did not have AC, or king beds. I spoke with the owner, and he refused to do anything, so I contacted Expedia. Expedia was only able to negotiate a refund for one night, so as I didn’t want to lose almost $300 dollars, my family and I were forced to stay there for the night. Please do not give these people your money. The place is substandard, and I am simply trying to keep anyone from making the same mistake that I did. All my best, & good luck
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Jenn on 2024/5/13
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We definitely appreciate you bringing up these items as we feel it is important for potential guests to read descriptions, view the pictures and familiarize themselves with our policies. Our photos for each of our listings accurately represent the setup, which does include a daybed in the living room area and shows two arched doorways with no doors, if you look at the photos it does not show any doors, nor does it show any type of latches or hinges making doors possible. We did install a wall-to-wall curtain rod and a decorative privacy curtain so that guests would be able to attain some level of privacy much more so than the other local establishments where there are two beds in the same large room within feet of each other. We offered you and your friend that was with you an upgrade to our two-bedroom cottage which is a house much larger than the king family suite you booked, which we thought would be more than acceptable for two people. It is the only two-bedroom unit we had that was available for your stay with solid bedroom doors. We are confused as to why this was such a big issue because you ended up at one of the other establishments where they only have two queen beds in the same room within five feet of each other and no a/c for the rest of your stay.You contacted the office two hours after you checked in. Since you were in the room for that duration of time it would require a complete housekeeping service where we would have to remove all linens, towels and sanitize every surface as if you were in the room for the entire night. Which is why we offered to refund you on the second night’s stay. When you booked the room, you booked it at a non-refundable rate which means that you were not entitled to a refund at all. We thought the offer of a refund for the second night was a good compromise since we do not have 24-hour housekeeping and the room would remain closed for the night until the next morning. You then proceeded to harass the office staff throughout the evening via text message, even resorting in an attempt to blackmail and coerce us into giving you a full refund in exchange for a positive review. We do not appreciate the bullying approach you took with our office manager or the attempts at blackmail. Again, we do thank you for taking the time to leave us this review which gave us an opportunity to respond and hopefully will help guests to research the room/suite/cottage they are booking to ensure they book the appropriately sized room for their needs and stay. We wish you all the best and safe travels.

10/10 Excellent

Ricardo

Traveled with partner, Traveled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Jenn on 2024/4/29
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Bart

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nicely done place Interiors refurbished and charming. Very clean
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Dillon

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quaint spot for the perfect beach vibe. Would come back.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/9/21
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.

8/10 Good

Christopher

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
very specialized.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/9/7
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a rating.

10/10 Excellent

Rhonda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean and roomy
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/9/7
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are happy to hear you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Tiffany

Traveled with group, Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We really liked the room, it was well maintained and very personal! Eill definitely being going back
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/9/21
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.

10/10 Excellent

Kellae

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/9/7
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a rating.

10/10 Excellent

Pamela

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was a great place to stay with my family overnight. The room was very cute and clean. There was reusable glasses and plates with helps cut down on single use plastic, even the coffee pods were compostable! The bed was comfortable and it was a decent distance from the ocean. Friendly staff and parking right outside your door. We will be staying here again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/9/7
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Megan

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We got lucky and we’re able to last minute upgrade to a larger space for our family of 5. They were extremely quick to help us when we needed anything. I would absolutely stay here again!!!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/8/5
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are happy to enjoy you enjoyed your stay in the cottage.

8/10 Good

Brenda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice
Very clean. Comfortable beds. Loved the kitchen. Allowing check in earlier than 4pm would be nice. The only seating was at the kitchen table, otherwise you have to sit on the bed.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/8/5
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are happy to hear that you liked the room and the cleanliness was on point. We are a bit confused on the check in comment though because your reservation was made at 4:24 pm on the day of arrival had your reservation been made earlier in the day or days prior you would have gotten the text message that the other guests got about early check in that same day. Thank you for bringing up the seating in our king suite while we are a motel that does offer full kitchens, high speed fiber optic internet and the only one in Pacific City with A/C our space is limited and in order to offer a king size bed we have space for a bench we are sorry that was not to your liking. And again we do appreciate you bringing that up for future guests.

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was a fun and relaxing motel to stay at. The room was clean and beautiful. Thank you for a great stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/8/5
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us.

8/10 Good

Debra

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The barrel out front made it difficult for parking with a large truck. There should be a designated place for smokers.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/7/26
Thank you for bringing up the planter at the edge of the driveway, we do understand that some guests may have a hard time navigating around it but we are required by Tillamook County to have something there or be fined in their eyes it helps control the flow of traffic. As for the smoking we do have in all of listings and communications that we are a smoke free/drug free property. We are sorry that you were not able to smoke on property, but we do take the health and well-being of our guests very seriously which is why we have gone to a smoke free/drug free property. Thank you so much for bringing this up in a review so that future guests are aware of our policies. We wish you safe travels.

10/10 Excellent

Monica

Traveled with pets, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff accommodated a smooth transition of rooms due to arriving with a pet and error on my part. You even receive a welcome bag with goodies for the whole family and four legged friend.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/7/26
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are so glad that we were able to accommodate the room change for all members of your family including the four legged one. We look forward to seeing you next time you are in Pacific City.

10/10 Excellent

Luis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/6/27
Thank you for taking the time to give us a rating.

10/10 Excellent

Desiree

Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/6/27
Thank you for taking the time to give us a rating.

8/10 Good

Suzanne

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Glitz at the cost of amenities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/6/27
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.

10/10 Excellent

Shirley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A pleasant stay at The Anchorage Motel
The stay at the Anchorage Motel was a positive experience. They were very communicative and check-in was easy. I was pleasantly surprised to get a goody bag full of treats and a bottle of water. The room was spotless and smelled really fresh. I was delighted to see a microwave oven and a Keurig coffee maker along with a refrigerator. There were designated parking spaces for each room so there was no issue with parking. Check out was super easy. I would definitely stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/6/27
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay and the welcome bag.

10/10 Excellent

Eric

Business traveler, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great little place! My room had a kitchenette and was very cozy. Could not me happier with my decision to stay there. 1/4 mile walk to the beach
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/6/27
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you the next time you are in Pacific City.

10/10 Excellent

Chester

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Extremely friendly
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/3/14
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The anchorage motel was a great place to stay, conveniently located, clean and quiet. I would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/3/14
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.

8/10 Good

Natasha

Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean for the price
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Response from Jenn on 2023/3/14
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review and rating.

10/10 Excellent

Ana

10/10 Excellent

Debbie

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022
Response from Jenn on 2022/12/2
Thank you for taking the time to give us a rating.

10/10 Excellent

Shirley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I really liked the room. If anything I would have really liked a couple of more squishy pillows. I'm short - and the pillows were a bit high and didn't squish down. However, I'll bring my own pillow next time. I liked the place. Miki Charlton
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022
Response from Jenn on 2022/12/2
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review and provide feedback.

8/10 Good

Ginger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cute beach getaway.
For a roadside motel, it exceeded expectations. Clean and comfortable and updated inside.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Bonnye

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Jenn on 2022/9/2
Thank you for the rating.

10/10 Excellent

Kierstin

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved it!
It is the cutest little motel and they gave the perfect welcome bag when I arrived. It was full of local treats which I thought was a nice touch. Service was great!!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Jenn on 2022/8/29
Thank you for the review. We are so happy to hear you enjoyed your stay and your welcome bag.

10/10 Excellent

Ken

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Cute comfy room, plenty of parking. Close to food
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Jenn on 2022/8/17
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

Karen

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from Jenn on 2022/7/4
Thank you for the rating. We did get the feedback you provided via our in-house feedback. We are sorry that you found the mattress to be uncomfortable. As we explained you are the first and only person to make a comment about the mattress usually, we are told the exact opposite that everyone loves the room and bed was so comfortable. We also offered you a discount for the inconvenience, we also inspected the mattress and found nothing wrong with it. Unfortunately, mattresses are subjective for each person.

10/10 Excellent

carolyn

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location Cozy room Had everything we needed Was able to walk to most things in town
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Jenn on 2022/7/4
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.

10/10 Excellent

Heather

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great beds! Super comfy and the room was very clean and tidy!
Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from Jenn on 2022/7/4
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Stacey

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What an adorable motel. Great location. Walkable to beach, bar, coffee, etc. Easy parking. Rooms were very clean and very cute. Walls were thin, but probably due to age of motel.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022
Response from Jenn on 2022/5/10
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us.

2/10 Terrible

Bianca

Traveled with group
Disliked: Staff & service
POC STAY AWAY - TERRIBLE MOTEL
Since the moment I arrived with my group to drop off my luggage at my room the owners were telling us we had to leave. They were so persistent on us leaving that I was not even able to leave my things in my room because we HAD to leave. I paid over 300$ for this room only to be treated horribly and harassed for part of my trip. They asked us to leave because there was too many cars in the parking lot which is understandable but even when we parked on the STREET they felt the need to send me a text message about it. They constantly kept interrupting my weekend vacation insisting I go back to the motel to talk with management after I had not set foot on the property the entire day. This whole experience was TERRIBLE. If you’re a young person of color trust me when I say AVOID THIS MOTEL, it’s not worth the harassment. Not only did they ruin my trip they had the audacity to charge an extra 11$ for I have no what
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022
Response from Jenn on 2022/4/6
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review and provide feedback. You made a reservation for 3 people in a family suite which has a max occupancy of 5 people. Immediately upon booking this suite you received a message from us reiterating our house rules and that we do not permit guests to have more than the maximum occupancy and guests who show up with more people will not be given access to the room they booked. On your arrival date you received a text message with a digital registration form again reiterating our policies and advising that occupancy limits are strictly enforced you signed this form prior to your arrival at 2 p.m. You also received a text from us advising that we have designated parking for each suite and to park in the assigned numbered spot. Upon your arrival at 2 p.m. for your one night stay you arrived with 4 vehicles and parked in 4 parking spots none of which were your assigned parking spot and 8 people with you. At check-in we verified that it was 3 people and one vehicle the one you noted on the registration form. You confirmed this and were advised that because we had no vacancies all vehicles must be moved immediately and that there could be no more than 5 people in the room at any time due to local fire codes. You left the office and went to your room as did the 7 other individuals with you leaving all 4 vehicles parked in other guests parking spots. We waited 30 minutes before knocking on the door and asking you to move the vehicles and reiterating the max occupancy of 5, shortly after you all left. Approx. 3 hours later two individuals in a vehicle not registered with the office arrived and started to enter your room, this would be the 5th vehicle for your group and numbering 10 people. Out of concern for your safety and security we questioned them and contacted you to ensure that you did not lose the key and they were in fact given authorization to enter the room. While talking to these guests they stated that all 10 of your group were planning on staying here and were having to scramble at the last minute to find other lodging. We questioned you about this because it contradicted our previous conversation with you. We also gave you the option of a refund for you to vacate the property if you could not follow our policies you refused stating you were at the beach and did not want to come back to the office to turn in the key and that you would not have more than the max occupancy of 5 in the room. This was the last of our communication with you. On the morning of your departure we observed 6 people leaving your room in 3 different vehicles with one of the vehicles hidden down the street at the gas station. We are sorry that you feel that the enforcement of our policies which are made clear prior to your arrival is harassment. It is clear that our motel which is a smoke free, drug free, family friendly. non-partying motel was not a fit for your stay. We wish you all the best and safe travels and hope you will fi

10/10 Excellent

Anna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022
Response from Jenn on 2022/3/14
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a rating.

10/10 Excellent

James

Traveled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This motel was a great stop for my great along the Oregon coast. It was clean and provided everything that was needed at an affordable price. Also gets a for being pet friendly!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from Jenn on 2021/12/13
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Rene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just Wonderful!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from Jenn on 2021/12/13
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are happy to hear you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

James H.

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean, nicely remodeled. Comfortable and spacious. Convenient location.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021
Response from Jenn on 2021/9/13
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Myia

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Family owned, extremely friendly! Loved the cottage. We will definitely be back.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021
Response from Jenn on 2021/9/13
Thank you for leaving this review. We are happy to hear that your family enjoyed your stay in the cottage. We look forward to seeing you guys again.

2/10 Terrible

Daniel, NY

Traveled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The motel owners were belligerent and claimed that we damaged a bench which we simply sat on to eat. Beware of being overcharged.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Jenn on 2021/9/10
Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review. We are sorry that you are upset and unhappy that you were charged for extreme damages to a custom built piece of furniture as if you took sand paper to the bench. We inspect every room after each guest personally and know for sure that this bench was not in this condition prior to your free upgrade to this suite. We have had families with small children stay in this room and never had the damages and the mess that were left by you and your adult guest. We are sorry that you were disappointed when you called to dispute the charges and were told that we would not reverse the charges in as nice of a way as we could when dealing with you on the phone. Again we are sorry it seems we were not a good fit for you and friends stay and wish you all the best and safe travels.

8/10 Good

Sandy

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Anchorage Motel
Nice motel. Conveniently located. Parking was assigned so there was a place for all. Nice gift bag of goodies at check-in. Beach was a walkable distance. Was a bit pricey.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Jenn on 2021/9/13
Thank you for the review and for bringing up the parking so future guests know. We are happy to hear you enjoyed your stay and your welcome bag.

10/10 Excellent

Christopher, Portland

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I was surprised by the quality of the room. The bed was very comfortable, and things were modern and in perfect shape.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Jenn on 2021/9/13
Thank you for the review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The motel was very clean and tidy. The goody bag at check was a very nice touch. I will definitely stay again when going to Pacific City.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Jenn on 2021/8/17
Thank you for the review. We are happy to hear that your stay was great and thanks for the recommendation.

10/10 Excellent

tim m

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice owners/front desk.. very personable and accommodating. Will stay again!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Jenn on 2021/8/17
Thank you for the review. We are happy to hear you enjoyed your stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Indra

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and comfortable spot close to the beach and town.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Jenn on 2021/9/17
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us in our King Suite. See you next time you are in Pacific City.