Kimpton Hotel Vintage Portland

Character and identity

A 117-room downtown property in a historic red-brick building two blocks from Pioneer Courthouse Square, the Hotel Vintage runs hard on its Willamette Valley wine theme: each floor is dedicated to an AVA, each room named for a local winery, and a nightly wine hour brings vintner-partners in to pour their own bottles. The marble lobby bar is presided over by a floor-to-ceiling tattooed Bacchus; a spiral staircase leads up to a game lounge with pool, shuffleboard and consoles. Il Solito, the in-house Italian restaurant from chef Matt Sigler (ex-Quince, Flour + Water), handles dinner. Service is genuinely warm, with a Les Clefs d'Or concierge on the desk.

Who's it for

Bottom line

The wine programme is the reason to book here: floor-by-floor AVA theming, vintner-hosted pours and a credible Italian kitchen in Il Solito give the place a coherent identity most downtown hotels lack. Spring for a King Corner Suite, a top-floor Sky Loft for the solarium windows, or an Urban Soak room if you want the private hot tub; skip the entry-level categories.