Jupiter NEXT

Jupiter NEXT is the modern, design-led half of the Jupiter hotels on East Burnside, and it is one of the best-located stays for travelers who want to live on Portland's lively east side. It sits at 900 E Burnside Street, a short walk across the Burnside Bridge from downtown, in a contemporary building whose rooms have floor-to-ceiling windows looking over the Central Eastside and back toward the downtown skyline and the West Hills; corner suites make the most of the panorama. The look is clean, modern and urban, with bright, minimalist rooms, good beds and well-designed bathrooms. Downstairs, Hey Love, in the lobby, is a buzzy bar and restaurant serving tropically inspired comfort food and drinks amid lush plants, and it draws a local crowd that gives the hotel energy into the evening. Next door at 800 E Burnside, the Jupiter Original, the company's renovated mid-century motor lodge, shares amenities with NEXT, including the Secret Garden, the fifth-floor Perch balcony and a pop-up outdoor tent space for events, and the area is home to the Doug Fir, one of Portland's best-known music venues. Pets are welcome. Parking is available for a nightly fee in an outdoor lot or underground garage, first come, first served. The neighborhood around East Burnside and Sandy Boulevard is full of restaurants, bars, coffee shops and vintage stores, and the streetcar and buses connect quickly to downtown, the Pearl District and the Lloyd District. Trade-offs: the area is urban and busy rather than quiet, nightlife nearby can be loud on weekends, and the east-side location means a bridge crossing to the main downtown sights.

Why stay: Jupiter NEXT gives you a design hotel with views and a social lobby at a price below most downtown hotels of similar quality, and it puts you in the part of Portland where locals actually eat and drink. The rooms feel airy and calm thanks to the big windows, a welcome contrast to the energy downstairs and on the street.

Around the hotel: walk to the restaurants and bars of East Burnside, the Central Eastside's breweries and coffee roasters, and the Eastbank Esplanade along the river. Cross the Burnside Bridge on foot to reach Old Town, the Saturday Market and downtown in about fifteen to twenty minutes, or take a bus or streetcar. Food cart pods and the neighborhoods of Hawthorne and Division are a short ride south.

The hotel suits couples, solo travelers, music fans and travelers with pets who want a stylish east-side base. Request a high floor and a corner room for the best views, and ask for a quieter side if you are sensitive to street noise. Park underground if you have a car you want under cover.