The Urban Owl is a beautiful place and excellent location for enjoying Southeast Portland and the larger city. Catching the bus on Hawthorne to go downtown was very easy -- about a block's walk and a ten-minute ride.
The neighborhood is leafy, quiet, classic Portland. Nice residential streets leading to retail/restaurant/coffee hubs on Division and Hawthorne. Many, many, many great places to eat.
We also enjoyed walks and runs to fairly nearby parks -- Laurelhurst and Mount Tabor.
The place itself is cozy and snug, really well-designed for the space. Everything seemed very new and was comfortable. And it's very well-equipped for cooking and living. If we thought about something we needed, sure enough it was there. Also a nice little patio space outside.
We were there during the big heat wave of the summer of 2017 and were grateful for the air conditioning, nice and cool.
Siobhan was a pleasure to connect with and made everything easy.