The Press Hotel, Autograph Collection

The Press Hotel is a very nice hotel; clean, modern, upscale. But I found the valuer for the money was lacking. The food in their restaurant, Union, was above average but the prices were too high for what you got. Breakfast for two (one order of oatmeal and one order of a smoked salmon bagel with cream cheese) came to $44, and with a 20% tip thrown in the meal cost $53. For breakfast! My dinner the night before was similar; very tasty food, but not worth the $125 price for two people. If you don't mind spending lots of $$, it's a great hotel with excellent service and nice rooms.

A well conceived and thoughtfully decorated hotel paying tribute to the history of the building it calls home: friendly and welcoming staff, nicely appointed rooms with an attention to quality, and a good location in downtown Portland. It would be nice if some sort of coffee and tea service was provided in the room, or at least a hot water kettle; also that the breakfast doesn’t start until 7:30 makes for less flexibility in the morning—though my meal was quite tasty and with expeditious service. I would happily stay here again.

Perfect location, great service, awesome food. Just a great time. Will return!

Just spent a week here for our first trip to Maine. The location was amazing as there were dozens of shops and restaurants just outside the front door and within a two to three block radius. Many of the attractions we had planned on visiting were just blocks away and the Casco boat ferry shipyard was less than a ten minute walk. We felt safe in the area and the quality of the area was great. Our room was spacious and comfortable. We declined housekeeping service during our stay but the hallways, lobby and front desk areas were spotless. Having worked in hotels for 35 years I can say this property is exceptional and everyone from the hotel we encountered were friendly and welcoming. Highly recommend.

Overall this hotel was excellent and I would definitely stay here again. The rooms were completely updated, comfortable, modern and quiet. DEFINITELY fantastic compared to what you might expect in the area, and better than many big city hotels, too. The front desk staff were terrific, and the kitchen staff were incredibly accommodating with special requests.

Because the hotel was quite full, we were placed in a handicapped accessible room, which was fine, except: Light switches next to the bed were very high, and difficult to reach the switches once in bed. Can't imagine trying to do this if one were handicapped. Overall the lighting in the room was inadequate. An addition of some kind of overhead lighting, or better, a floor lamp, would improve that. The shower was not walk in but rather had a tub, and the controls were difficult to figure out and the knobs difficult to turn. The faucet was beautiful but had knobs, rather than levers, and a handicapped accessible bathroom should have levers; as it was it was difficult for us to turn the knobs (and they were mounted the wrong way). On the positive side, the decor was nice and the bed was comfortable.

This hotel is trying to be more than it is. The whole theme is based on being an old newspaper office and those references are everywhere. Ok but whatever. It’s way too expensive for the level of comfort or service. The expense is only justified by its location. This is Portland Maine. Not Manhattan. Just cost too much. The restaurant is odd at best. Again they are trying way too hard. The menu is very limited and the menu is trying to be hip with lots of one word descriptions leaving you wondering just what you are getting. I don’t think many people are there for some high end gastronomic experience. It’s a hotel. They want something to eat after a long day. The server didn’t seem to know what anything was other than reading back the poorly written menu as it was written standing there like a deer in the headlights. What came was not to order and the portions were not entree size at all. The muscles were a small appetizer size or maybe if this were a multi course dinner it could have been an appetizer course. This was not dinner!! and way to expensive. To top it off they were just ok. Not well cleaned and rather bland. After a very noisy night with a bathroom door that wouldn’t latch. Worn out furniture. And HVAC that was all or nothing we texted to have the valet get our vehicle to find it had been parked outside over night in an ice storm!! Everything was frozen shut!! I was soooo mad. I never would’ve paid $40 for parking knowing this up front.

Hotel was clean, staff was friendly and accommodating. Location was perfect to restaurants shopping and close to the harbor.

Hotel decor was very unique, I loved it! Room was clean and bed was so comfortable!