Uptown Motel Kenai

2.5 star property
Enjoy the free airport shuttle at this Kenai motel

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Bar (on property)
Exterior
Suite, Jetted Tub | Living area
Suite, Jetted Tub
Desk, free rollaway beds, free WiFi

Reviews

8.6 out of 10

Excellent

Guests liked:

Friendly staff

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Free airport shuttle
    Free airport shuttle
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Pet-friendly
    Pet-friendly

Explore the area

Map
47 Spur View Drive, Kenai, AK, 99611
  • Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center
    13 min walk
  • Kenai Visitor 's Center
    13 min walk
  • Meeks Trailhead
    19 min walk
  • Kenai, AK (ENA-Kenai Municipal)
    18 min walk

Room options

Deluxe Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Suite, Jetted Tub

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Deluxe Double Room, 2 Queen Beds

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Kenai

Close to the beach.You'll find Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center and Kenai Visitor 's Center within a 15-minute walk of this Kenai motel. Meeks Trailhead and Challenger Learning Center are also within 2 miles (3 km).

What's nearby

  • Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center - 13 min walk - 1.1 km
  • Kenai Visitor 's Center - 13 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Challenger Learning Center - 2 min drive - 1.9 km
  • Kenai Beach - 4 min drive - 2.6 km
  • Kenai Peninsula College Fishing Academy - 12 min drive - 11.3 km

Getting around

  • Kenai, AK (ENA-Kenai Municipal) - 3 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Amore Mocha - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Duck Inn - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Veronica's Old Town Cafe - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪C Cups Specialty Coffees - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Louie's Steak & Seafood - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Uptown Motel Kenai

Enjoy the free airport shuttle at this Kenai motel
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces. A roundtrip airport shuttle is free (available 24 hours). Uptown Motel Kenai also features complimentary newspapers in the lobby, laundry facilities, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Self parking is free.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this Kenai motel.

  • 49 guestrooms or units
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Dry cleaning
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Newspapers in lobby (free)
  • Smoking in designated areas
  • Bar or lounge
  • Dining venue
Uptown Motel Kenai offers 49 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary newspapers and complimentary bottled water. Refrigerators, microwaves, and coffee/tea makers are provided. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations and complimentary toiletries.

This Kenai motel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Cable television is provided. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Free rollaway/extra beds
  • Laundry facilities
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Free 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle

Food and drink

  • Cooked-to-order breakfast available for a fee daily 6:00 AM–11:00 AM: USD 3.00-20.00 per person
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have elevators
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Cable channels
  • TV

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Free rollaway beds

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/tub combination
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Desk
  • Free newspapers

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets are welcome and stay free

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Free rollaway/extra beds!
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately USD 3.00 to 20.00 per person
  • Pet deposit: USD 100.0 per stay
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. Cash is not accepted. For guests' safety, the property includes a smoke detector in each accommodation. Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.

Property is also known as

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Uptown Motel Kenai Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 112 out of 231 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 81 out of 231 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 24 out of 231 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 231 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 231 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Jessica

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Inside is not what you would expect when walking up…more of an ol’ fashion ambiance inside. Rooms were clean, afternoon/evening staff were helpful & polite. Great lounge and great restaurant onsite.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The restaurant had an excellent breakfast and great service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Fraylen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Rich

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
My experience may be isolated, but perhaps worthy of sharing. We arrived around 2am, exhausted from traveling, and had a 5:30am commitment. When we arrived we merely pushed on the room door and it opened. The door latch was broken, not fully engaging into the door jamb. So we tried the dead bolt and it did not work at all. The night staff had no solution so we slept with a chair securing the door shut. Just a little uncomfortable for us, but it turned out alright. The dead bolt was fixed the next day. After a cold, rainy day fishing excursion the next day, we returned to the hotel room anticipating a nice hot shower. We were disappointed to learn the water was luke warm-to cool, at best. But what I think relevant is that we were told the room temperature was dictated by how much hot water was used by the hotel restaurant. Of the four days we stayed, we had only one hot shower. Not the end of the world, but a little disappointing. Outside of this, the environment was safe and quiet, and the town was pleasant. The beds were comfortable, too.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

robert

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Not a place for handicap people
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

kevin

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kelvin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great service, very friendly. Thanks
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Brandy

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
The beds are very comfy, perfect stay when you need a hot shower and comfy bed after dip netting. we’ll be back
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

EJ

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Uptown Mid
Motel has a nice Alaskan lodge feel to it. Old styled decor and apparently an attached restaurant that is popular among locals. Friendly front desk clerks. We had booked a room with 2 beds but none were available so they gave us two rooms with single bed. That was a nice gesture . They didn’t make two grown men sleep in one bed. Amenities of fridge and microwave. Only thing wrong was that the shower didn’t work . The diverter lever from bath to shower was broken. Quiet environment
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

cheryl

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jette

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Easy access
This is a nice little motel with a fantastic restaurant attached
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value. Very comfortable.
The rooms are small, but adequate. The front desk staff was great. We stay there every year for one night prior to a fishing trip on the Kenai River.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

David

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Nogah

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall pretty nice! A little outdated but allowed pets and was very clean!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Glynda

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Luke

Travelled with family
Stay here! Clean and comfortable!
*If Hotels.com says they are full, call to confirm. The Uptown was not our first pick hotel, just based on the outside appearance, but no other hotels within our price range were accepting reservations at 1 AM (we had been dipnetting until after midnight) so we decided to give it a try. We were so glad we did! Ignore negative reviews. Our room was immaculate, comfortably set up, and had adequate supplies for our needs. Front desk staff were friendly and helpful, and the older style of the interior decor was solid and classy. We especially loved the real wood trim, interior doors, etc, and the old style brass key for our room, instead of a key card. We stayed two nights in two different rooms: first a basic double queen, second a king suite with a jacuzzi. Both were excellent! (Pictures are of the king suite.) We had breakfast at the restaurant downstairs the next morning and it was every bit as good as the room. We LOVED the decor and the service and food were excellent. (Be warned, however, if you hate hunting and can't stand to see animal mounts, you probably won't like this restaurant!) We enjoyed our stay so much that when we finished fishing the next day, there was no question in our minds where we would stay the night. *When we tried to book our second night's stay through hotels.com, we received an error saying that they were full or only accepted reservations for more than one night's stay. This was not true. If you receive a similar notice, call the motel!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Pam

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was an old hotel, little on the dusty side with the decor. Everyone was very friendly. The restaurant was very good.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Timothy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable stay with very kind house keeping. Perfect after a long day dipnetting! Extremely comfortable beds and hot, high pressure shower!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Carol

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The place to stay in Kenai
I’ll be back next year for another night. My kind of place. Great staff
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Perry

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bathroom
Bath room needs cloths hooks. Very inconvenient.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rooms dated but clean and friendly atmosphere
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Christine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024