Holiday Inn Wichita East I-35

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 18 Jul 2011 rated 8 out of 10.

Overall the hotel was great. The amenities were good and the front desk was friendly and helpful. Comfy beds. Both an indoor and outdoor pool. Some of the rooms are detached from main section of hotel and are set up more like a motel but the rooms are still very nice inside. The only knock I had was I was in an outside room as described and there was a small gap under the door. I'm assuming that's how a couple bugs got in my room.

Positives: Their fitness room had free weights and had 2 pools.

Negatives: There was a spider and a large beetle in my room small gap under outside door.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 15 Jun 2010 rated 6 out of 10.

Hotel was nice, but had 2 different hotels. Interior & exterior.

Positives: Fast checkin.

Negatives: Out door rooms.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 29 Mar 2010 rated 9 out of 10.

We enjoyed our stay at the hotel.

Positives: My kids had a blast at the hotel!

Negatives: The internet service was not the best.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 28 Sep 2009 rated 10 out of 10.

Overall we had a great stay. King bed was very comfortable, but sofa bed was a bit uncomfortable. Great location at area shopping, attractions and restaurants. Staff was very friendly and helpful.

Positives: Great Location to area attractions.

Negatives: The sofa bed was a bit uncomfortable.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sun 12 Jul 2009 rated 10 out of 10.

Clean an well laid out hotel, rooms were clean and comfortable. Staff was helpful, amenities within the hotel are very good. Excellent restaurant, reasonably priced, food was very good, service excellent.

Positives: Very good hotel for the price

Negatives: Noting

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 09 Jun 2009 rated 8 out of 10.

Front desk people were friendly and helpful. Food at hotel was good and priced fairly. Rooms were clean and smelled good. I would stay there again.

Positives: Clean and friendly.

Negatives: Nothing comes to mind.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 08 Jun 2009 rated 2 out of 10.

Nice hotel going down fast. Staff is not knowledgeable about hotel, sent me to wrong parking area which led to a lot of problems. Room has window units, humid, desk is not usable. Grounds were messy, room smelled bad, but was clean.

Positives: Restaurant.

Negatives: Parking, room, air condition, desk, business, hotel staff.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 26 May 2009 rated 10 out of 10.

Comfortable beds. My only recommendation is that the bathroom doors open awkwardly close to toilet and bathtub. No wiggle room.

Positives: Location, easy to get to.

Negatives: Nothing that the hotel can control but the construction on the road made exiting difficult.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 02 Jul 2008 rated 4 out of 10.

This hotel was okay for business purposes, as a place to stay. They seemed a little overwhelmed with the square dancing convention and did not get laundry and dirty dishes picked up from the hallways.

Positives: They made room ready, despite the fact there was a convention going on.

Negatives: There was a lot of dirty laundry left in the hallways, overnight.

Reviewer: Not provided on Fri 22 Feb 2008 rated 9 out of 10.

It wasn't s upscale as I expected.

Positives: It was clean and private.

Negatives: No big tubs and TV kept cutting off.

Reviewer: Not provided on Fri 15 Feb 2008 rated 9 out of 10.

Hotel is better on the inside than when you first pull up - rooms were nice and the staff did a quick easy check in.

Positives: Easy check in & check out.

Negatives: Construction on the main road outside the hotel.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 29 Jan 2008 rated 2 out of 10.

This hotel should not be rated and priced as a 3 star. In no way does it compare to a Doubletree or a Marriott. It appears that there have been some attempts at renovation, but the property is still bare bones and dated, inside and out. The carpets were filthy. I was particularly disgusted by the fact that the carpet just outside of our room was covered with debris. It was obvious that the hallways and common areas are not routinely vacuumed. The room itself was clean. There was no visible mold in the bathroom, even though it was very, very small and had no ventilation. The bathroom in our room also had plumbing issues, i.e. The toilet did not want to flush, nor does the sink drain. The beds were rock hard, thus it was very difficult to rest. The furnace/AC looked old and battered. It took many attempts to get the temperature in the room to a bearable level. And finally, the restaurant, which I believe is one of the things that technically qualify this property as a 3 star was extremely overpriced and, to be consistent, the quality of the food was poor. This was a very disappointing experience. The 1 star rating I have seen on this property is warranted.

Positives: The clerk was very friendly upon check-in.

Negatives: Not a 3 star property - thus overpriced, even for pl. Common areas dated and dirty, especially the carpets. Beds are hard! Bathroom very small.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 31 Dec 2007 rated 3 out of 10.

The hotel was not that easy to get to because of all the road construction. I wouldn't rate this hotel 3 stars, it's more like two. The room was good size; however the bathroom was very small. We won't be going back.

Positives: The staff was friendly.

Negatives: We were expecting something a little nicer given that we picked a 3 star hotel.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 19 Dec 2007 rated 3 out of 10.

I was surprised that the heating for this room was a stand alone furnace with no thermostat. Either you were very hot or very cold. There is a lot of construction in front of the hotel, making getting around a bit cumbersome also. Definitely not a three star hotel as rated.

Positives: The price.

Negatives: Wall heater w/no thermostat.

Reviewer: Not provided on Thu 06 Dec 2007 rated 5 out of 10.

The person who checked us in was very friendly and polite. The hotel was clean. We didn't sleep well the first night because the pillows were uncomfortable. We ordered pillows from their "pillow menu" requesting medium down and got two more hard as a rock pillows resulting in another restless night. We checked with the front desk to find out what time the restaurant stopped serving dinner and were told 11 p.m. We went to the restaurant to eat only to find out that they stopped serving food at 10pm. We had a car and were able to go off site to have dinner but were very disappointed that we were given incorrect information. Fortunately we didn't have to go to bed hungry but were still disappointed that we had to spend another sleepless night with pillows that were hard as a rock. Because we had a smoking room we were banished to the courtyard where someone pounded on our door at 700 a.m. asking us to call the office because their key wouldn't work in their door. We didn't get to sleep until after 3am and I am sad that their security didn't patrol the lots enough to realize that someone was out there banging on doors. Personally, if it was me, I would have taken the short walk to the office to ask for a new key rather than bang on doors asking other people to call the office on my behalf and get me a new key. How rude!

Positives: Location, restaurant on site, friendly hotel staff.

Negatives: The pillows!

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 26 Nov 2007 rated 9 out of 10.

Our experience was great. It may have had something to do with the hotel being nearly empty.

Positives: Per my Spouse "the king size bed".

Negatives: 3 miles from travel route in a construction zone.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 21 Nov 2007 rated 8 out of 10.

On balance, a good experience.

Positives: Has an attentive staff.

Negatives: Poor internet connection. This is business critical and very important.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 07 Nov 2007 rated 5 out of 10.

Hotel is due for a re model and refurbish. Color schemes are very 1980's. Restaurant at the hotel had lousy service. Would not recommend eating there. Food was mediocre and we had to go looking for a hostess and server, going as far as into the kitchen asking if we could please be seated, order now, etc.

Positives: Location was convenient for interstate highways.

Negatives: Housekeeping re folded used face cloths and set them out as clean.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 07 Nov 2007 rated 9 out of 10.

I would recommend this hotel to anyone. It is really a plus that I got such a great place. Keep up all of the good work mentioned above in the survey.

Positives: Very clean. A lot of room. Very friendly staff. The restaurant and bar is right there.

Negatives: Not the hotel's fault, but the road construction was not fun.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 06 Nov 2007 rated 10 out of 10.

The hotel was excellent! The room was clean and roomy, the staff friendly and helpful. We had an enjoyable stay!

Positives: The friendly staff.

Negatives: Small bathroom.