Rodeway Inn Willamette River

I really, really enjoyed this place. The room was clean and nice, and for the price of the stay, was a lot better than what I was expecting. I would come back here again for my next stay in Corvallis.

December 2015 — stayed here again. Excellent service from the front office and owner. Room was clean and bed was comfortable. Perfect for the price. We’ll be back.

«Beggars should be choosier.
I made reservations last February shocked that all Corvallis hotels were booked so far in advance for mothers weekend (in May now). I’m fairly savvy online and typically find great deals.
I never spent more for less in all my travel adventures … Unless you count that one time I defied my own mother (when I was a college student) with a bad boy and slept in a truck in Sedona. Maybe this is karma.
In fact there is a grown up version of that guy outside (he didn’t age well). He stumbles from his truck into room 111 keeping the door wide open as he intermittently curses obscenities at his unfortunate barking pitt bull.
This shirtless, soiled, bird haired man must be exhausted from last nights brawl with lady friends who yelled something to him abruptly about calling police.
I digress. Let’s discuss the room.
If you can get passed the essence of cigarette and mold (open the windows in spring– the air is delightful out there.)
This hotel is what one imagines a backdrop for filming low budget pornography. (Which causes permanent damage to vulnerable youth charmed, kidnapped and drugged by hideous souls… I’m digressing again sorry… I didn’t get much sleep.)
The bathtub looks inviting… At first. A odd layer of mystery funk lines the tub after starting the jets. I’m scared.
Large jacuzzi bath tub sits before an odd mirror wall that could stir anyone feeling a bit self conscious but the green light bulbs add a special ambiance and a unique Sci-​Fi flair I never expected. Something on the floor glows and I don’t want to know why.
I’d write more but there is no pen or paper in here to take notes. (No extra blanket, pillow or alarm clock either.)
They do have good wifi and no in room coffee. Just as well, I’ll go out. Our room was not cleaned when we left and their is one hot pink hair dryer available at the front desk for all of us to share. I’m okay with sharing a dryer I guess.
Décor is a mix of old garage sale items and the bed seems clean.
(I need to believe this I have no place else to go.)
Lesson: Book early anyplace else!
I should have opted for the wait list of the other hotels. This was a sure thing and I paid over $ 200 per night for 2 nights, months in advance! They demanded payment in advance too. Lesson learned.
The location is excellent and if your not too squeamish and can get a cheap rate that could work for some I guess.
I can’t say much but the guy in the lot downstairs says it all.

I think we paid $ 159 a night as no other places left in Corvallis. Hallway carpets are filthy. Our room reeked of smoke and there was a pack of cigarettes on the shelf. Sketchy, druggy-​type characters sulking about the property and outside and half-​in the rooms made me think it was a rent by the week or month place. When I mentioned the smoke-​filled room, the proprietress said, ‘no, there’s no smoking on the second floor.’ When I reiterated that yes, indeed, the room smelled of smoke, she said ‘no.’. When I told her about the people lingering around, outside the rooms, all hours of day and night, she said ‘we don’t have those kind of people here.’

Early morning interviews often require overnight stays…
Friendly front desk staff, but it took quite a while to check in. Something was wrong with their system apparently and I had to fill out an additional form because the computer was down.
There was plenty of parking but it was unclear if lower level rooms had assigned parking spots. Walked outside and noticed a guy staring out of an upper room window. Grabbed my bags and locked up the car. Turned around and the guy was still staring out the window. CREEPY.
Noticed an ice machine downstairs. Also noticed that the carpet on the stairs desperately needs cleaning.
The room itself was actually nicer than other one-​star hotels I’ve experienced. I thought I had really lucked out until I noticed a curly, short, black hair on one of the washcloths and some additional similar hairs on the toilet. GROSS.
It was apparent that they do not clean well here. Good thing I brought my own towel.
Water pressure was fine. Toilet flushed. There were some mold and mildew remnants in the shower, but really nothing that didn’t look like they at least attempted to clean it.
The sheets seemed clean. I was scared to inspect things too closely. Actually, the bed was pretty comfortable and I slept well. It was easy to hear the adjacent room’s television while it as on, but luckily they turned it off fairly early. Not too much noise from the road either.
Room had a microwave, refrigerator, bottle opener, ice receptacle, tissue, shampoo, and soap. It also had a closet area was a good amount of hangers. No conditioner. No lotion. No hairdryer. Wallpaper was starting to separate from the wall. Heater worked but was very loud and had significant amounts of duct tape on it. Wasn’t too strong, but the room definitely had a strange odor.
Also, free wi-​fi!
Unless you enjoy packaged baked goods with massive lists of ingredients, they’re basically lying about the free breakfast. Sure, you could eat it, but you could eat a lot of other things I wouldn’t define as breakfast either. There seems to be lots of coffee options in the area. Skip the ‘breakfast’ here and check out a local coffee shop or Starbucks.
So in the end…
Yes, I would consider staying again for business purposes. It was $ 49, which is hard to beat. Besides the sleep, I wouldn’t describe it as pleasant, but it got the job done. Recommend requesting an upstairs room. Now if only they could get rid of those black hairs…

This would be a two star if it weren’t for the premium we paid on game day. Seriously, $ 149 w/​tax a night?
Stained towels
Sticky floors
Ac unit held together with packing tape
Bathroom door won’t close
styro foam cups, who still buys styro foam?
20 yo tv
It is what it is. No big deal, just don’t charge a premium price for a sub par product.

This is a cheap motel cost wise and it shows for it. The room was clean well, as clean as they can make it. Cheap little shower head, little to no hot water and an old box TV. The desk clerk was polite and provided extra towels when asked.
From other reviews we got lucky. It was quiet and I got a decent night sleep.
I will be spending the extra money in the future for a better motel.

Never listen to family about a hotel, do your own research and stay at levels of hotels you normally stay at. Drove through the night to attend a funeral in corvalis and family was all staying here so we thought to stay here too.
We called ahead and looked online, tried to book but it was too late in the day, we called and said we were arriving at 2 am is someone at the counter or is this going to be a problem, we are told no problem.
We arrive at 1:30 and ring the bell as no one does man the desk all night, a couple minutes goes by and someone shows up, proceeds to book the room while we wait in the 30 degree weather instead of waiting in the lobby for the 5 minute booking. Room fees are higher than quoted, ask about military discount and am told it’s too late for military discount… No big deal the room is 70 bucks who cares right
We get the keys and are walking to the room, as we get to the top of the stairs and look down the hall and there is a bum snoring laying on the ground. We ignore and go straight to the room.
Open the door and it’s a time warp back to motel six circa 1980, carpet is dark so luckily we couldn’t see how dirty it was but the bed sheets had stains on them, the shower had a hole in the side of it with a poor rtv patch job… It was pretty bad, my wife and I put on extra clothes and attempted to rest our eyes as we obviously weren’t going to fall asleep this uncomfortable.
I suggest doing your research the extra 20 – 50 most likely will go a long way, if it hadn’t been 2 am we would have left and gone somewhere else

This place is not nice.
Cold. No heat until I turned it on in my room (in December). I had to sleep in long underwear.
There was some sort of police action going on a few doors down from my room. There was a distressed lady sobbing with officers on the sidewalk, with a box of Franzia on the ground next to her.

I think all of these negative reviews are completely unfair. The hotel is noisy and could use some better pillows, but it’s clean and ½ block from downtown. C’mon people, at $ 55 a night what more can you really ask for?

OMG… Stay away!!! It is worth paying the extra $ 7 and staying at the Super 8 next door.
I got there knowing it was a cheap hotel but when remote wouldn’t work and the toilet wouldn’t flush completely. I went to the front office and explain my problem, the guy, stated I will try and fix the remote and I will come and look at the toilet. I ask what ya going to do? He stated… Plunger it… I said ok. Shaking my head. He came over… he went to work in the bathroom… I said what’s wrong he said I am just going have to move you as he explained why the toilet was having a problem. He moved us on room over. Wow, you want to talk about smell! The first thing I did was open the window. After moving I went to my car and got a air freshener. The one star I gave was for the parking lot. It was close to the rooms and clean unlike the rooms. The is a bar within walking distance. So the next day I woke up. I get ready to take a shower in the moldy stall and the shower head is taped on… water went everywhere! I go to check out. The guy working, I mentioned it to him and he asked if I brought it to the guy working last night attention…
I was in the hotel about less than a half an hour and I was ready to leave but could because on the bottom of the receipt states no refunds :-(

If you want wine and cheese go to the Super 8 up the road. We mistakenly thought the reviews for the Rodeway Inn in Newport were for this one, so when we walked in and smelled the dusty grandma scent in the main office we realized we might not be in the same place we read about.
To begin our stay at the Rodeway Inn we were greeted with a little confusion… booked two days in advance and they managed to lose our reservations. It appears our confirmation code took a sh*t and died. That said, they booked us at the same price we were quoted on the phone ($ 55 a night).
When we walked into the building of motel rooms it seemed that the ghost of dusty grandma lingers throughout the entire property. It was especially strong in our room (despite the window had been open for god knows how long). Looking around it was clear that certain aspects of the room’s upkeep had been blatantly ignored. For example, electrical outlets had been painted over and it seemed that the vacuuming was likely done by a 6^th grade boy who just discovered porn. Within the first 10 minutes we discovered a little friend on our bed, a harmless little spider.
That being said this place gets 2 stars from us. The first star was given when we discovered that the tv, which looked only a year younger than us, had HBO! The second star was awarded when we showered and experienced the unbelievable amount of water and pressure provided by the shower head. The bathroom and sheets were clean and the wifi worked 75% of the time.
This is what you’re paying for at $ 55 a night… definitely could be worse! It’s not the Black Angus on Aurora in Seattle.
:)

A budget motel with an emphasis on «budget» and a second emphasis on «Dead hooker? What dead hooker? I didn’t see nothin’»
During our «staycation» we slept here for a night. It’s cheap, which I appreciate. And while I usually judge a place on what it’s trying to be and what you should get for the price, there are times when even the fact that it’s HALF AS EXPENSIVE isn’t enough to avoid a bad review.
Did you see my pictures? Look at the one with the corner of the floor. The whole room around the edges, where the baseboard meets the carpet, didn’t look like it had been vacuumed in years. It’s called a «crevice tool» and you’d think a motel would own one. If that dust could tell stories I’m sure we’d all cringe.
And while I stay in budget motels often this room was the ugliest I’d ever seen. It’s pale pink walls screamed for life. One wall wasn’t pink but had some horrible tree & leaf themed wallpaper, which was green. The trim and doors were dark brown. The sink was covered in a hideous, outdated yellow formica. The curtains were a dark red. No worries though, the sink had a bottle opener attached to it so if your room is ugly just put the beer goggles on until you can sleep.
I didn’t use the TV, which was about 15 years old. Nor did I use the Wi-​Fi which was free. The room did have a microwave and refrigerator, which was commendable. I checked for bed bugs and didn’t find any. The sheet appeared clean.
There’s something about the lack of vacuuming that is really off putting. I wondered the whole time what else they were skimping on (probably everything). I didn’t even risk a shower.
The place had an air of «we don’t care» about it. For instance, sometime during the painting process, the painter just kind painted over the light fixtures. Everything was haphazard and a little grimey. To add insult to injury the hotel has a sign outside proclaiming «recently remodeled» which is nothing short of a lie. I wondered if my room had been cleaned since 2007, let alone remodeled.
The free «breakfast» was prepackaged snack cakes and some awful smelling coffee.
The upside? The location. We got out of our room and went bar hopping without having to drive, that’s a plus.
If you can avoid this place, do so.
Also, as said before: smells weird.

I really hate to write a negative review. I really do. People are just trying to make a living. But then again, so are the rest of us too. I think the name of this motel should be changed to «rode away» because that’s what I wish we had done. I didn’t expect this establishment to be a plush hotel but there were so many problems with our room. There was mold around the bathtub caulking. The floor around the refrigerator hadn’t been vacuumed in some time. The fridge didn’t work. It’s only useful purpose was put the microwave on. Two of the wall outlets didn’t work. No electricity to them and they were so old the plugs kept falling out. The room did have shampoo and two bars of soap. Just a word of warning (not a complaint): the water in the shower comes out very hot, so be careful! If you don’t like outside noise beware. You can hear the highway noise outside. The wifi works fine. I have stayed at worse, but this isn’t a place I would visit again.

I stayed here for a night 2 weeks ago. All the «better» hotels were full or too much for my budget. I would say the reviews are accurate. I should have known when I had to pay at check-​in instead of check-​out. The guy at the counter was nice enough but this place is bottom line. The shower was gross and bedding questionable (they seemed clean). I get the feeling the Super 8 next door would have been a big improvement.

First, it’s spelled Rodeway Inn.
Where do I begin? They have a sign proudly stating «Recently Renovated». Apparently, their idea of recent would be 1990. Actually, I think that is the last time our room was vacuumed. To say our room was gross, would be an understatement. I’m not talking a few dust bunnies under the bed. I mean stuff all over the carpet.
Let’s be clear, I knew this was a budget motel. So, I packed my hair dryer, shampoo, soap, and aromatherapy candle. I was ready to rough it. I should have packed my toilet plunger, towels, vacuum cleaner, drill, and draino.
I could go on for pages about my experience at this hotel. Suffice it to say, we checked out after one awful night and found another buget hotel. Consider yourselves warned.

So Listen Up… It’s now called the Roadway Inn. I stayed there with my 2 youngest kids in August 2011. We had an event to get to early the following morning, and there were no available rooms in any of the other family oriented hotels. We didn’t feel like getting up at 5:30am and traveling so we booked the room. I had read the other reviews on various websites, and were a little apprehensive. Please note: We were fine, ok?
Here the Lowdown: This is a hotel of 1950’s/1960’s vintage without all the cute Googie look. The 1^st floor rooms open onto the parking lot, (a very old and pitted parking lot). It looks as though the hotel has changed hands and is in the process of minor rennovating. There is a restaurant across said parking lot, that was closed on the Friday night we stayed there.
PLEASE READ THIS PART: This is a cheap hotel, so please understand that it is low, LOW BUDGET. There are NO AMENITIES! That means: no hairdryer, no shampoo, breathmints on the pillow, no fridge or microwave, etc. There is a small bar of handsoap, ok? Bring what you need WITH YOU, and stop whining like a big baby, ok!!!
The water was hot, and the bathroom was clean! 2 stars just for that. The room was also clean — no strange smells or odors, although 1 of the beds had a stray hair in it. Hmmm, a little suspicious, but it could have come from the maid. The TV worked, and the beds were decent– neither rock hard or so soft you feel through to the floor. There is no elevator, so don’t forget to call someone if you need a 1^st floor room.
Please don’t be fooled by the fact that breakfast is listed. It consists of individually packaged muffins, and Franz donuts left under a plastic cake plate cover. The coffee was watery at best, but hot, and had powdered creamer. The juice was from concentrate. If you are starving and have no money, then please… partake of it. (obviously I tried the coffee) Otherwise, you just saved $ 25 on a room, so mosey on over to one of the cute breakfast places (we did) or the nice bakery a few block away and support a local business. If you are still budget strapped, BK’s is a few blocks the other directions.
The whole room only cost $ 54, including tax, for 2 Queen beds. If you can, ask for a 2^nd floor room. It served the purpose of the visit to Corvallis and I’d actually come back again.

Wanting to save some money, we drove around Albany/​Corvallis for awhile. We stopped in one ancient motel that had rooms that smelled bad, no internet, etc and they wanted $ 50 per night. Right across the street was this Econo Lodge. Woo Hoo. $ 50/​night, clean room, does not smell bad, free internet, fridge, microwave. I haven’t taken a shower yet, so I can’t comment as below.

I was all set to give this Econo Lodge three stars for simply being a baseline, low-​budget, somewhat run-​down old motel, until I discovered this: there is no in-​room hairdryer. (Cue dramatic music [in your mind].)
I have needs, and these needs include dry hair. Ironically, it was nearly impossible for me to get my hair wet while taking a shower, since the showerhead was retrofitted with a low-​flow device of amazing efficiency. No actual water flow emitted from the showerhead — just a fine mist that blew everywhere, cooling me off although the water temperature was set to maximum. Fiddling with the showerhead did nothing for the situation.
The Econo Lodge is cheap and well-​situated, but if you’ve got another option, take it. Also: smells funny.