McMenamins Old St. Francis School

Downtown Hotel Experience

Fantastic, Fantastic, Fantastic... Explore the website because I will not be able to describe it all here.
But I'll try!
There used to be an old Catholic school in Bends town center and in 2004 McMenamins bought it and turned it into one of it's local resorts. Themed after the very history of the hotel the grounds include a restaurant, 2 pubs, a wiskey and cigar bar, movie theater, turkish hot bath, music hall, 4 guest cabins, and 17 guest rooms, all decorated with unique antiques, and artisan fixtures.
To start...
The hotel rooms have a country cabin decor with all major amenities.
The cabins are family style with kitchens and common rooms with the same country woodland feel.
The restaurant and pub brew up their own line of beer and serve pub food and northwest hearty style cuisine. The place is decorated with anitiques and exotic finds.
The second Pub is open late till 230AM and a favorite with the young crowd around it's fire place.
The movie theater is cheap and you can order food and beer while watching a movie on the comfy couches.
The Music hall has a free folk and blues band on Wednsday night at 7PM, locals crowd the room.
The wiskey and cigar bar is small, intimate, popular and has a flock of outdoor tables and chairs with fire pits in the winter, really romantic.
And last but the best... The Turkish bath, 104 F with a beautiful fountain, stained glass, sky light,and mosaics all around, open all day to guests(free) and the public for a small charge. It is hypnotizing...

Unique Quality: Affordable for what you get in return. Guests get admission to the theater and bath for free and there are great weekday packages.
I payed $150 a night for a queen room under the "Hammer Head Package" and recieved for 2 people a $40 credit for dinner, a $20 credit for breakfast, 2 free pints of beer a night (one for each person) and free access to the theater and and bath. And it does not need to be exactly under each category, they just credit to the above total of $60 credit for each day. The clerk said to me, you can drink $60 worth of beer and it will be credited as long as you don't go over. I don't recommend splurging all on beer though cause the food is great ( Corned beef hash with rosemary and beets w/ poached eggs and toast- Blueberry Barbecue Pork Chop with greens and mashed potato- Hot cereal with Apple Compote- Stuffed Cheeseburger with thin fries and a micro brew)... MMMmmmm.

Go, as soon as you can to the Working Man's Resort...

• Opinion of Price: about average

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