McMenamins Kennedy SchoolvsRadisson Hotel Portland Airport
Both hotels are rated highly by experts. On balance, McMenamins Kennedy School is the choice of most professionals compared to Radisson Hotel Portland Airport. McMenamins Kennedy School comes in at 83 with accolades from 10 publications including Not For Tourists, Gayot and DK Eyewitness.
McMenamins Kennedy School
5736 N.E. 33rd Ave., Portland, OR 97211
From $99/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"This former elementary school is now home to a hotel... restaurant with great garden courtyard, several bars, a microbrewery and movie theater." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"if you want to get any sleep at all, be sure to ask for a room overlooking the “quiet courtyard.”" Full review
DK Eyewitness
"Whimsically decorated and furnished with antiques, classrooms-turned-guestrooms still have their chalkboards and clocks, but now they also have private bathrooms."
Rough Guide
"Unique rooms in a refurbished 1915 schoolhouse with chalkboards and cloakrooms, plus modern appointments."
Fodor's
"In a renovated elementary school in northeast Portland, this may well be one of the most unusual (and awesome) hotels you'll ever encounter." Full review
Gayot
"The walls are adorned with amazing art, from historical photos to mosaics to Indonesian wood panels."
Oyster
Upper-middle-range
"For those who ever harbored childhood fantasies of spending the night in their school ... then a night or two at this converted 1915 schoolhouse may very well be a dream come true." Full review
Not For Tourists
"Former elementary school turned hipster hotel. As rad as it sounds."
Afar Magazine
"Housed in a converted elementary school dating back to 1915, this sprawling hotel complex has long drawn out-of-towners and local Portlanders alike." Full review
Frommer's
"There's colorful hand-painted art on the walls, a couch-filled movie-theater pub, a brewery, and a saltwater soaking pool outdoors...staying here will take you back to your school days" Full review
Radisson Hotel Portland Airport
6233 NE 78th Court, Portland, OR 97218
From $82/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Gayot
"Sometimes you want to rest your head where you dont have to worry about a thing."
Oyster
Mid-Range
"The 190-room Radisson Hotel Portland Airport is a three-pearl business hotel that, as its name suggests, is near Portland International Airport." Full review