The Dalles Super 8 Motel

Clean room, easy quick check in, fridge, microwave, and flatsreen. Everything seemed to work good in the room.
I liked the location Safeway and Fred Meyer are very close. Also they have a good breakfast.

This is a budget motel with adequate accommodations that met this traveler’s basic needs and nothing more. My check-​in was relatively hassle-​free, despite the rude desk clerk. The room was clean and came with the usual furnishings (i.e. television, fridge, microwave, ironing board + iron). Concerning the bathroom, it was also adequate with cheap soaps, although there was a strange, black residue all over the sink. They have fast, free Wi-​Fi, so bring a laptop and skip fussing with the crappy television (or just read a book). The walls are kind of thin, so be prepared to hear your fellow motel guests. Maybe you’ll get lucky like me and be treated to a loud argument. There’s also a simple breakfast provided every morning. Ultimately, you get what you pay for. If you want a comfortable, cheap place to sleep, and can tolerate less-​than-​perfect conditions, then I would recommend this motel.

Immediately received a bed bug bite when I sat on the bed, dog tick found IN bedding, nasty black gunge along the seams in the shower, crayon on the bathroom wall, thin walls/​ceiling, broken glass IN the pool, ripped lampshades, TV image sucked, and useless front desk employees.
Sounds great, right?
We actually stayed twice — in the same room — a week apart. The first time it wasn’t so bad… I was willing to put up with some oddities (ripped lampshade/​crayon on wall in bathroom/​lame TV reception)…but the second time clinched the one star rating.
The second time we were booked into a room down the hall and I decided not to bring stuff in right away (luckily). I was so tired I just flopped onto the bed — within moments, I received a bed bug bite. I didn’t see the bug, but I know what the bites look like, so I jumped up and pulled the bedding down and off the bed and there — *INSIDE* the bedding — was a dog tick. We immediately changed rooms (stupid me forgot to take a picture of said bug), and were put into the room we stayed in one week before (I figured that was going to be safe).
We get in, and I suppose if I hadn’t just gotten bit, I would’ve not made this review, but my gross-​out-​radar was on high… so everything was pissing me off after that. The crayon on the bathroom wall — had been there the week before — as well as the ripped lampshade, the hole in the wall above the bed, and the TV that looked like you needed 3-​D glasses to watch it.
When we first checked in, the desk clerk said, «And you shouldn’t have any problems with cigarette smoke, because all the rooms around you are non-​smoking» (um, the entire hotel is supposed to be non-​smoking).
Guess what? The people in the next room WERE smoking after we were asleep, it woke us up multiple times… my friend ended up with a blocked sinus because of it, and our stuff we brought in smelled of cigarette smoke. I was woken up by the smell and went to the desk at 11pm to tell them (after doing my own detective work on where it was coming from). She said she’d check, but then also gave me an antiquated ionizer to use to rid the room of the smell. It sounded like an aircraft idling on a runway, but seemed to work, a little. I was REALLY curious to WHY they had these ionizers at the ready to hand out to guests if the hotel is non-​smoking. Well, the thing cycles off, so as soon as it did, the room filled up with cigarette smoke smell again (4am). I went to tell them, AGAIN, and the front desk person said, «I couldn’t tell where it was coming from». I was so angry. They have a policy that you get fined $ 500 if you smoke in your room… but clearly, they don’t employ people who know how to find the smoke. Seriously… I was VERY ANGRY. I work in a couple hotels, and the FIRST THING after looking outside our room, and smell the door next to ours is she should’ve knocked on the other door… so they’d OPEN IT… to find out if they were in fact, smoking.
I obviously could go on and on about how horrible they treated us, and how horrible this place is… but I need a nap after driving for six hours to get home after a sleepless night in a crap motel.

Probably closer to 3.5, but I took price into consideration. Arrived late at night, the night clerk was friendly and the bed was surprisingly comfortable. The breakfast was average or above for free continental. The room was clean and it was nice to have a fridge and freezer. Definitely worth the price, we would stay here again.

While I think Super 8 is a decent low-​budget hotel, this one, well I doubt we’ll ever stay there again, couple things about this place, people (I saw other guest having this issue) had trouble getting their room door to open with their room key (We had that problem to), the elevator is slower than molasses, the bedspread needed to be retired from hotel service as there was a lot of loose «hairs» on it (thread coming loose) this place surely can use a remodel or the guy from Hotel Impossible! Plus we were wakened up by a shower from another room (Either below us or by us) that sounded like something was wrong with the AC thing lol The big plus point from my experience here was the front desk people were very nice.(Only thing saving them from a one star rating was the front desk workers)

4 stars for location, clean rooms and bathrooms, oh and with fridge and microwave included.

My go-​to place when staying in the Dalles. Cheap, clean, close to things. I would give it five stars if they would upgrade their dang TV’s! They are terrible, old, and a waste of space.

They get 2 stars (instead of 1) for not actually stealing from us. Rather than *clean* the coffee-​maker (and replenish the coffee), they chose to spend time re-​arranging our stuff. For example– putting the $ 130 hair straightener on top of the stack of towels and moving our toothbrushes. When we arrived, the smoke detector was missing and wires were dangling from the ceiling in it’s stead. We told them and they fixed it the next day, but seriously, how do you miss that? The «recliner» in the room had a tear in the upholstery, and the bedspread had snags. The desk chair felt like it was going to fall apart. The whole situation made me feel like I had to hide all my stuff (especially the re-​arranging). The one perk: Fred Meyer is 400 feet away.

This is not the average Super 8. It is way better.

The motel was clean, although the room still had a faint smell of cigarettes from a past life. The shower was hot, fine water pressure, and the provided toiletry accoutrements were of cheap quality, but worked as expected.
The walls are a bit thin and everything was heard from the kids in the pool to the bowling ball someone must have been drying outside the room. The accommodations included a refrigerator, which we put good use to by keeping our nalgenes of water cold for the upcoming hike.
Overall, it’s a clean, simple value motel.

This hotel is definitely a step up from a Motel 6. The staff were fast and friendly. The room was clean and in better shape than most hotel rooms I have been in. Recently remodeled perhaps? The air conditioner worked great in the 100°+ weather. Breakfast was good compared to many continental breakfasts that I have experienced. Convenient location. A few grocery stores and restaurants nearby. The hotel was close to Interstate 84 which was less than quiet, but again, convenient. A solid ⁴⁄₅ all around. I would definitely stay here again and recommend this hotel to a friend.

Had a spastic colon attack while traveling around Washington scouting potential locations for new funblogs and saw a billboard for Super 8 so pulled over so we could hunker down, take some medications and get over that darn irritating intestinal cramping.
Pulled into the parking lot, got a spot pretty close to the front which is good because we’re pretty fat and get winded easily.
Anyhoo, went inside and was greeted by the amazingly friendly person-​on-​duty who gave us the AAA discount even though we totally didn’t have AAA.
«I’ll let you slide this time» she said.
«Oh. Thank you» we replied
The clerk was uncommonly helpful and courteous, and cheerfully adorned with Pagan symbolism such as the pentagram and wood toad leg. The rooms are larger and better insulated than their Motel 6 counterpart where you can hear the person two doors down making their morning deposit while the person in the room next to you snores like a snoring person.
The beds are comfortable enough, and they at least give you three pillows (they’ll bring you more if you ask for them — we requested three additional pillows and had them brought up to the room). Our only concern was how the mattress was turned almost completely perpendicular to the box springs when we woke up.
If you’re a smoker (we are), then you’ll love this place. The large windows open wide and you can turn on the fan to help circulate or push around the smoke filled air. Plenty of ash trays but no matches! You can’t get a free pack of matches in Oregon any more.
Convenience was also a big factor. As the previous reviewer stated there are ample opportunities for shopping and dining, as well as a dollar store nearby in case you forgot to bring essential toiletries.
The breakfast was swell. Have a waffle, some juice, and some coffee. It’s not the Ritz, but then again you’re only paying about $ 70 a night to stay there!

My general opinion of Super 8 as a chain is that they are a very small step above Motel 6, which is a very tiny step above hourly rate motels. This one falls outside my general opinion.
I’ve stayed here 10 or 12 nights this summer while working in the area, and it’s been clean and comfortable. Not a whole lot of extras available, but the staff has been helpful and it’s located within walking distance of two grocery stores and a couple restaurants. Their continental breakfast — which I was expecting to be stale mini-​muffins and rock hard bagels — is actually adequate, with cereals, waffles… and mini-​muffins and bagels.
My primary complaints are the pillows — which are soft, small, and paper-​thin, and the fact that every time I come back after a long, hot day working outside the housekeeping staff has turned off the AC in the room.