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Reviews of Ivy Bear B&P

3.5 out of 5
Ivy Bear B&P
54735 U.S. Highway 26, Sandy, OR

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 92 out of 167 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 55 out of 167 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 167 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 167 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 167 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

James

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Brian, Portland

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
That’s a little cute hotel with a restaurant in the first floor. It’s good for a couple try to get away from a busy city.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Heidi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay!!
Great small place to stay, its our second time staying here and will keep staying here. The people are very nice, quick checkin, and you receive a free pizza. The room is very comfy and spacious. We will be back soon!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

6/10 Okay

robert

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
If it was not for Cassie , this would have been a horrible stay . The owner is non existent even though he lives in the room next to ours. The room we had was comfortable , the bed was unique and the rain shower was nice but the bldg. is a complete mess. I know owning a business is difficult especially in Covid times ,but at least act like you care about your business and customers.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Scott on 20 Aug 2020
Hello Robert! I am glad the room, bed, shower and especially my staff was good to you. We granted your late request to change dates of your reservation and I waived your cancelation fee even though this means our small 2 bedroom B&B loses its potential income by half. I personally did this even though I did not personally check you in as a courtesy to you because of your stated troubles with Expedia. If you check in on a Saturday or a Sunday, you will more than likely have Cassie check you in. We have a small staff of two. They allow me to have a weekend and not have to work every day all day. If you were to check in on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday you would have had me personally check you in. It would have been me prepping the food (from scratch I even make my own pepperoni and sausage, grind the meat and season, stuff into casings, cure and smoke), making the pizza, answering the phones, tending the till. I still hope you would find me as kind as Cassie (thats really hard to do she is awesome! Can I take credit for hiring her and keeping her on for the last decade we have been open?) As to the building, it was built in 1945, is historic, and with our weather has all the maintenance to go along with this. That said over the past decade we have restored this property and the Ivy Bear topiary, at no small cost to us. Over four hundred thousand dollars was spent renovating to get us open to public. Last summer of 2019 we replaced the entire roof, new shingles, plywood. The old slats the old shingles were attached to were put in sometime in the 1950's. All new now. This summer it is gutters. We just installed brand new hardwood floors for all bedrooms and have yet to update our pictures online. We are constantly doing our best to improve and be better. Your opinion will help us recalibrate to better engage our customers. Here's to a better stay.

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Thank you, Ivy Bear!
What more could you ask for, spacious and clean rooms, friendly and accommodating service, and vouchers for the on-site pizza parlour, the pizza delicious!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Sharon, Brightwood, Oregon

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great experience. Our tiny mountain house couldn’t accommodate visiting adult grandchildren and our daughter-in-law so we rented two rooms at Ivy Bear. Not only were the rooms spotless, the owner gave out vouchers toward his delicious pizza. Everyone loved it. Thank you. We will be back.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Bad location (loud highway), but excellent pizza and a terrific bed (mattress)!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

8/10 Good

John

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Suzanne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Scott, the proprietor, was the best. He took care of us, showed us around,and made delicious pizza for us. Our room was perfect. It was a great way to start our vacation.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Terri

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and late checkin was promt.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020

6/10 Okay

Candice

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The lady that checked me in was top notch friendly and informative
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My stay was excellent from start to finish, including the pizza.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

4/10 Poor

JacobHernandez, Portland, Oregon

Travelled with family and small children, Business traveller, Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
At 11 pm we complained about excessive noise from the drunk couple in the room next to us. At mid when we complained again, the after hours staff explained to me over the phone that they were staying 4-5 nights and my family only for one night (which makes the drunk couple more important?). They offered to have us move to another room, which if you have two small children, at midnight, isn't going to work. The when i suggested that perhaps he could ask his guests to be quiet and not be outrageously drunk in the hallways, he hung up on me. So just keep that in mind if you stay here, you are more important if you stay more nights. Will NEVER STAY THERE AGAIN!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Response from Scott on 30 Mar 2020
You first called and complained about noise at 8:30pm. I instructed my manager to investigate and she found no noise at all. You called again one hour later at 9:30pm, screaming and yelling with profanity and abuse. We are a small 3 bedroom bed & pizza. We value our guests privacy and will not intrude upon that. We also gave you a late check out free of charge, allowed your dog, because we are good to ALL of our guests.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good Food, had the French Dip sandwich and a pizza to share. Room was clean. Booked a King bed but was accommodated with a larger room with queen bed. Not what I expected but was comfortable. staff was great. would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The room I was shown to was not clean so I had to wait an hour. In the morning I discovered the sheets had not been changed. I had been expecting much but clean sheets is a must.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Kim, Portland, OR

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The room was comfortable, quiet, spacious and clean. We were very comfortable there for 2 nights. Cassie was great- got us anything we needed and was very helpful. The only complaint is that one of the lights in the room on the wall was shorted out and the fan in the bathroom was broken- seems some electrical problems. Also, there wasn't a bathtub; I'm always looking forward to taking a bath after a long cold day of skiing, but the shower head and water pressure were GREAT, and almost made up for that!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Elizabeth D.

nice place
This was a cute place to stay, close to MT hood. The lady at the front was very nice and helpful. Not a great view, and the area surrounding the B&B was a little messy. However, the pizza was delicious and the rooms was nice for the price! We'd stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Russell

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Joe, Bermuda Triangle

Business traveller, Travelled with pets, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a very special place I will never forget.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great little getaway for a couple neat timberline lodge.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Iris, Milwaukee

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was nicely decorated with a beautiful hand carved bed. Staff was nice and check in was easy. We had a hard time heating the room however. We only saw an AC unit but no heater or thermostat. The pizzeria was delicious.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

lelia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Great for 1-2 days
The Ivy is very quaint, great for 1 maybe 2 days. The room was fine since we were not in it for very long. The bed was beautiful carved wood but the matress was horrible. I have a bad back and it just got wose while sleeping there. The folks that run the Ivy were very accommodating. Good parking, easy on and off the highway.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Deborah

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfy place, a bit noisy
Check-in was easy, room was nicely appointed and very comfy. We didn't hear street noise, but did hear people downstairs in the pizzeria until it closed. Friendly staff, great pizza.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Heidi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Emily, Bend, OR

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Small place tucked next to the highway, 3 rooms above a pizza parlor. Unique and comfortable rooms with lots of books and puzzles. Very clean. Pizza was quite good.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Julie, California

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This is an unusual and great place. A bed and pizza instead of B&B. The pizza was terrific and the room was spacious and comfortable. Had a little trouble with the toilet and a window shade. Very hospitable and helpful staff
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I could not get in ! They locked the front entrance and left a number to call that no one answered! Terrible!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place has a ton of character and a super friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place is really homie and comfortable. The host is friendly, too.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Diane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Rae, PDX

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the atmosphere, great spacious room, very comfortable. Enjoyed our pizza, too.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service
Don't know, thought I cancelled my reservation but was still charged. The distance was a lie on the my, as the crow flies isn't the same as driving distance.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great pizza and great hosts
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was cozy and warm all around. Great place to relax.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location was perfect for the area of interest. The place was clean and staff friendly. There was no breakfast available.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The people here were very friendly and made sure to make my family feel welcomed and comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Irene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfy
An overnight stay. Comfortable room.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

David, San Diego

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to Mt. Hood, quiet and clean with friendly staff. The pizza was good as well
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Nellie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place , great service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very pleasant & helpful staff. Parts of the property are starting to show its age & could use some "sprucing up".
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Holly, Portland

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Charming little place between the mountain and the city with a large shared deck and large room (huge bathroom! ) Staff were friendly and accommodating our late-arriving large group.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a great facility. My family of five stayed here one night after visiting Mount Hood, the Fruit Loop, and surrounding area. The experience was unique, the pizza was delicious. We would recommend this place to anyone! A fun idea, a B & P!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019