Uptown Motel Kenai

2.5 star property

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

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Free airport shuttle
  • Pet-friendly
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Air-conditioning

Explore the area

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47 Spur View Drive, Kenai, AK, 99611
  • Place, Leif Hansen Memorial Park
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Place, Kenai Beach
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Airport, Kenai, AK (ENA-Kenai Municipal)
    ‪19 min walk‬

Room options

Suite, Jetted Tub

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Deluxe Room, 1 Queen Bed

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(17 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Deluxe Double Room, 2 Queen Beds

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(11 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Twin Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(7 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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About the area

Kenai

With a stay at Uptown Motel Kenai in Kenai, you'll be near the beach, just a 1-minute walk from Leif Hansen Memorial Park and 8 minutes by foot from Kenai Public Library. .This motel is 0.6 mi (1 km) from Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center and 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Kenai Historical Society.

What's nearby

  • Leif Hansen Memorial Park - 1 min walk - 0.1 km
  • Kenai Public Library - 7 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center - 13 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Challenger Learning Center - 2 min drive - 2.0 km
  • Kenai Beach - 2 min drive - 1.7 km

Getting around

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

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Playa-Azul Mexican Restaurant - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪The Flats Bistro - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Paradisos Restaurant - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Subway - ‬3 min drive

About this property

Uptown Motel Kenai

Motel in Kenai with airport shuttle service and a 24-hour front desk
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.

Make yourself at home in one of the 49 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include desks and complimentary newspapers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
This motel offers designated smoking areas.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the motel's room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available daily from 6:00 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary (available 24 hours).
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
Uptown Motel Kenai has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • 24-hour free return airport shuttle
  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking

Food and drink

  • Daily cooked-to-order breakfast available 6:00 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee: USD 3 to 20 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Family friendly

  • Free rollaway/extra bed
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Free rollaway/extra bed

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Free daily 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 at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets stay free
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

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

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • 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

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Uptown Motel
Uptown Kenai
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Uptown Motel Kenai Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 152 out of 298 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 99 out of 298 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 32 out of 298 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 9 out of 298 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 298 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Eva

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was close to restaurants and stuff which was great and the parking was great. The only thing that I saw was, it’s a little outdated, but it’s where is clean and most of the time the maids were there promptly to give you anything that you needed.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Per

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wery good restaurant and bar and very nice staff.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Amalia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent customer service. Affordable because the place is already old but clean and quiet, even though it is near the main road.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Edward

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Edward

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great motel, clean and friendly staff. Attached steak and seafood restaurant, Louie’s is great as well!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Thomas

It was fine
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Bonnie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hotel is quiet
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jaimee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
What a cute motel; very friendly. We’ve stayed at hotels all around Alaska over the past few weeks; this place is affordable and super cute! Room was cozy, very clean and had all the amenities we needed, staff was very friendly. There is a restaurant, we opted to eat at the bar next door, they share a kitchen.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Karin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good value in Kenai

Rooms were clean, beds were comfortable. Louie's restaurant next door had good food options. Electrical was a little funky. After a power surge, the air conditioner turned itself on and blew only hot air. Thankfully, the receptionist found us a different room.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Gale

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
Restaurant unavailable on Mondays, and no breakfast available. It would have been nice to know beforehand. Check in took forever to verify a room ready well after check in time.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

brian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Check in/out easy. Friendly staff, great restaurant in the building. Very quiet.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Gene

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Onsite bar and restaurant have great food and great service. Room was renovated.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Meri

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Henry, Rogers

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful building and comfortable room. The couple running this place were delightful
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Phillip

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Perfect

Great restaurant, very helpful staff, fun lounge, comfortable rooms, solid internet access and close to services (Walmart, fuel, Kenai/Soldotna, and Sterling highway)
Stayed 13 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Mariusz

Travelled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Bathroom need replaced of bathroom fittings , specially at room 21
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Terry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It worked fine for a place to sleep
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Roy

Travelled with family
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Carter

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Todd

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No hot water in the evening. No new towels each day. Had to reuse the same towels 3 times.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ruth, Grand Junction

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Ruth

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Daye, squeaky bed and hard/glat pillows. 1 small garbage can. Given room at top of stairs so SUPER noisy from all the ppl loitering at bottom of stairs for restaurant.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Dale

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2025