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The Hostelz.com Review
This is a large hotel with some shared dorm rooms located in the northwest part of downtown. If you're looking for a fun hostel to hang out with other young backpackers, this may not be the best choice. There are occassionally some young travellers that stay here, but not many. And all of the rooms are smoking, so the whole place is smoky and dusty. The location is good if you want to be downtown, but if you have a car you'll have to either park far away or pay for a parking garage.
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Joyce Hotel Details
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Location/Contact| Address | 322 SW 11th Avenue, Portland (Downtown), Oregon, USA |
| Website | None (if you know the URL of their website, tell us and we'll add it) |
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| Telephone | +1 (503) 243-6757 |
| Fax | +1 (503) 295-2485 |
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Hostelz.com Guest Reviews
You know, I moved to Portland with a suitcase and a pocket full of change. I knew nothing, had no idea where the f*** to go or what to do, I found this place at 3 am walking around. Went in, took a room and didn't have any problems. Sure, it's not the f***ing Hilton. Hell, it's not even a Days Inn by the airport (east coasters, you know what I mean). But it just works if you're down on money and you know NOTHING about Portland, Oregon. You'll learn it fairly quickly, get a job, and move into a more permanent residence. Also, yeah, the showers aren't that wonderful. But it's DOWNTOWN Portland, no one will notice anyway. Shower at a friend's. Don't have any? Make one, use their shower. Otherwise, decent place. — Cougan , USA (2011-05-15) The Joyce is my safe haven I have lived at the Joyce on and off for years. I am one of those strung out heroin addicts that call The Joyce home. Yes, this place has a LOT of "character". Even in my drug hazed mind, I found the place rather disgusting at times. But this was MY place, and MY people. And who else would accept me back again and again regardless of my lifestyle, my addiction, police arresting me on site for outstanding warrents, and leaving the room in far from desirable conditions for housekeeping?? No one else would have welcomed me back and treated me with the amount of compassion they did. That's what this place is about. Accepting you as you are, regardless -- and getting you off the streets for a night to have shelter. And I love Rico!!! That cat has brought me happiness on many a long, lonely night. So think what you may, but the Joyce has been my safe haven in this dreary existence I am spiraling through. — Anonymous (2011-03-22) SMELLY, DIRTY FEELING, ROTTEN! Unclean always. Drunks, drug users, piss stinkers, liars, feces lovers, lazy pigs! — Anonymous , u.s. (2010-12-21) I worked here when I arrived homeless in 1998 with my teenage bride I picked up in New Mexico -- right after my release from a maximum security prison in Kansas. The "86" list always made me laugh -- along with guest rooms marked "Fire Escape"! Mmm, I have seen a lot worse, in terms of drugs and druggies, at finer establishments. People keep to themselves (except for the crazies). Hey -- they gave me a job. And then I burned them. Now, I will probably need a room. Oh, I would not enter the community shower -- the Evil Dead. — Anonymous , USA (2010-09-12) it sucks The lobby area makes you not even rent a room and someone should call the health inspector the beds are starting to move, thruly a roaches paradise — Anonymous , this place sucks (2010-03-22) This hotel is not as bad as some people make it out to be. People like to blow things out of proportion when they don't get what they want. I, for one, have lived there for four months and have had problems off and on. If you don't like the Joyce or Kent, go somewhere where it is more expensive. Some of us can put up with a lot. — David , Portland, OR, USA (2009-12-01) Suck it up, this place is cheap ive been staying at the kent off and on for four or five years. its dirty, smelly, and f***in cheap. get a private room, make nice with the staff (cause they rock), and settle in. you can ask to see the room and say no if you want. the staff know what the place looks like and are very willing to make your stay better. i travel the country on a regular basis and dont keep a solid home, the kent is home for me in portland. use what ever street smarts your god gave you and suck it up! this place has saved my ass so many times. — awol , usa (2009-04-22) This place is a homeless shelter Are you kidding me? This place is not a hostel! This is the place where the homeless stay when they can scrape together a few bucks. I walk past this place daily and it is scary. Drunks and strung out druggies loiter in the doorway and by the (landmark) dumpster. Don't stay here. — Claire , Portland (2009-04-21) Oh my God, stay away! I work close by to this hotel and know some of the tenants. They have horror stories about the bugs and the nightly fights in the hallways, it is filthy, dirty, and noisy all night. If you plan on showering be careful. The place is dangerous with lots of certified crazy people who live there full time. Some people live there because they can't find anywhere else to go or can't get the money together to get an apartment. I guess if you want an adventure and are desperate or want a desperate adventure this is the place. Personally I have walked by the place and it gave me the willies -- dont go if you are a single woman. There are other places that are better. — Victoria , USA (2009-03-31) Rustic, Inviting. Where can you enjoy gigantic windows that open onto the street. And the pitter patter of the rain as you're very cozy and warm, wondering if the rain will stop soon. It's like home sweet home! — Baby Blue , U.S.A. (2008-11-07) Seedy, Stinky, Weird, and Whacked out people -- But Cheap The place is a sh*thole. I've been here for about three weeks now. I am out of work, and unemployment is not enough to pay for even a week here, so I do odd jobs. There is nothing glamorous about this place. It's one step above a homeless shelter. But it's cheap, the people that work here are nice, and exert every effort to keep obnoxious/dangerous undesirables away. Oh yeah, and the older woman at the front desk is hot. — Ron , USA (2008-09-18) Humbling When no other hotel else opened their doors to us in the city (all booked) this place had two rooms available that night. We were somewhat desperate and somewhat cheap, so we stayed here. It was decidedly seedy, people staying there were downtrodden, the doors only had a doorknob lock which could be easily slipped with a credit card. It smelled. Everything in the hotel looked as if it'd been abused for twenty years, including the staff. However, it was cheap. The location is amazing. The sheets were clean. I highly recommend actually going to see the rooms they have available before you pay for your stay. They let us do this so at least we knew what we were getting into. Bring flip flops for the shower. You'll want them. I would not stay here if I was a woman traveling solo. That being said, it was definitely an "experience" and I feel I have a good couple stories to tell. Oh yeah, and huge flying cockroach in our room too. My boyfriend killed it. — Weekend Visitor , USA (2008-08-02) First class for aficionados of the low life. Sepid, only for the intrepid. A place for people watching, people, at least they used to be. Find yourself caught in the tattered tapestry of the Joyce Hotel, Scarily moving through the hallways, hand on switchblade, for the first few days until suddenly you start to feel at home in the place, your knife gets stolen, you don't need it anyway, save for the preparation of dinner done in the dual sinks of the licentious lavatory. Expect a hundred televisions switched, expect a young AWOL soldier to share his homemade films, a bearded man drinking beer for breakfast sat by the window all day long, and a day working junkie smoking crack in the middle of the night at the foot of your bed. And even more than this my comrades, the place is dirt cheap. Just make sure you leave sometime. — Bligh Twyford-Moore , Australia (2008-07-25) Inexpensive and ok If I wanted the room a lot cleaner, I just asked for use of a vacuum and dust cloth and fixed it up myself. Brought my own washcloth and purchased a cheap bathmat for my two weeks or less stay. Was treated very nice and am still in touch (email) with one of the clerks. — Mary W. , U.S.A. (2008-04-20) Cheap -- for a reason. Look, it's simple. This place is 16 bucks a night (as of Sept. 2007) -- the more legit hostels are 27 to 30. the Joyce is not a backpacker's hostel, most of the people you meet here are somewhat itinerant -- blue collar day laborer types, and yes, the occasional druggie. However, it is quite cheap, and you really can't beat the location. So I wouldn't recommend bringing your laptop and flashing it around, but if you kind of keep to yourself, nobody will bother you. I've stayed there on two separate occasions. I'm a college grad, I have richly traipsed around europe with my rich friends that style, but if you go into the Joyce with the right mindset it's really fine. Also, if you get your own room, which starts at 27 dollars a night, nobody can mess with you at all. So yeah you have to deal with the dirty hallways and the uriny smelling communal bathrooms, but your own room locks and stuff. I wouldn't recommend the hostel rooms to single women traveling around, but the private rooms are probably fine. It's easier to blend in as a random male as far as the hostel beds go. So it's simple -- with the right frame of mind, maybe the joyce is the right decision for you, if you can roll with a little bit more of a blue collar scene with the occasional druggie, and you want to save some money. If you're looking for a backpacker's hostel with euro-travelers, this isn't it. But staying here does not put your life in danger a whole lot more than, say, walking around downtown late at night. I mean, the Joyce staff doesn't want troublemakers and they kick them out and don't let them back. The Joyce hotel is one block south of the famous Powell's Books downtown. quite easy to find -- just go to Powells and look around -- ask if you are having trouble finding it. — Peter Bierhorst , USA (2007-09-08)