Holiday Inn Express

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 27 May 2009 rated 10 out of 10.

Excellent staff, very helpful with directions and local travel advice, clean rooms but a tad small, my room was quiet.

Positives: Clean rooms, very helpful staff, located within walking distance of Subway.

Negatives: No PC for customer use.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 05 Nov 2008 rated 6 out of 10.

This is a good hotel for budget minded travelers that don't mind walking 5-6 blocks to get to the New York Subway station (7 trains) to get into Manhattan.
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Positives: It was a typical economy priced Holiday Inn Express.

Negatives: The internet access in the room was terrible.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 01 Oct 2008 rated 10 out of 10.

The hotel itself was wonderful, clean, efficient, and with extremely friendly and helpful front desk staff. The hot breakfast was way over the top of what I expected - excellent. I was hoping for a better price considering the location in Queens, but in comparison, it wasn't a horrible price. It was a good<BR/>since it was only 6 -7 stops from Times Square on the subway, but a bit of a nervous 6-8 block walk through a gang-tagged neighborhood.

Positives: The front desk staff people were extremely accommodating with maps, instructions, offering suggestions - and hot breakfast included!

Negatives: 6-8 blocks of walking to the train through a neighborhood tagged up with gang markers.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sun 14 Sep 2008 rated 1 out of 10.

It was horrible. No internet, no hot water, not a safe area to go walking past the corner store!

Positives: Nothing.

Negatives: Everything.

Reviewer: Not provided on Thu 11 Sep 2008 rated 8 out of 10.

Definitely recommended for NYC visitors convenient location to subway.

Positives: Employees friendly.

Negatives: Limited space of the room with one queen bed.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 02 Sep 2008 rated 4 out of 10.

The beds were clean but quite hard. Rug in the room was so dirty it was sticky. Hall rug was dirty. Wallpaper peeling off the walls. Had a hard time returning to hotel from my son's apartment because the taxi drivers could not find it. Car service worked better, non smoking room smelled of smoke from rooms down the hall.

Positives: Beds were clean, quiet.

Negatives: Rugs in public and private spaces were quite dirty, non- smoking rooms must have been on the same floor as smoking rooms smelled of smoke.

Reviewer: Not provided on Fri 29 Aug 2008 rated 6 out of 10.

My overall experience is good about this hotel. Not far from metro, hotel parking not enough, but there was free parking nearby. Nice breakfast buffet.

Positives: I liked the location, neighborhood, breakfast buffet.

Negatives: Room was little small.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 25 Aug 2008 rated 8 out of 10.

The hotel was great! I would stay there again.

Positives: Very comfortable, friendly staff, great location.

Negatives: Na.

Reviewer: Not provided on Fri 22 Aug 2008 rated 7 out of 10.

NA.

Positives: Close to Manhattan!

Negatives: Parking, very small. Rooms were very small.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sat 16 Aug 2008 rated 8 out of 10.

Generally clean, nice lobby and breakfast. Only complaint was a slight mould build-up on one of the walls in the room, which left some odor. Nothing major though. Located a 10 minute walk from the Metro 7 which brings you directly to time square. Convenient location for visiting New York on a budget.

Positives: Quiet, relatively near to metro, good breakfast.

Negatives: There was a slight mould on one of the walls.

Reviewer: Not provided on Thu 14 Aug 2008 rated 6 out of 10.

Overall this hotel is ok. If you have a car you will be fine, without a car you are in for a long walk to the subway. We didn't have a desk or chair, and the closet was just a standalone cabinet that blocked our mirror. During the mornings we could see other rooms and they were more standard US hotel room size. For the price and the way we used the hotel it worked and the breakfast was good. I would fight hard for a larger/standard sized room if I stayed there again.

Positives: Nice staff and free breakfast.

Negatives: Isolated location.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 11 Aug 2008 rated 10 out of 10.

Liked it a lot.

Positives: Great staff helped us with directions and taxi.

Negatives: Nothing.

Reviewer: Not provided on Thu 07 Aug 2008 rated 9 out of 10.

For the price and location, the hotel was very good. Continental breakfast helped start the day and it was only a 10mins walk to the Subway that took you into the heart of Manhattan. Room was small but very clean and just what we needed since we only used it to sleep at night. The only negative thing was the walk from the Subway to the hotel at night. Coming from a very safe neighborhood, I was a little unsettled. But a cab was only $4. Overall, great place and a good price.

Positives: Continental breakfast had a variety of choices. About a 10 min walk to the subway. Friendly service.

Negatives: Did not feel too safe walking from the Subway to the hotel at night. But a cab was only $4.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 06 Aug 2008 rated 10 out of 10.

Nice place, but it is far from subway. We need to walk 20 mins to reach station. Breakfast is free and good, the space of room is much bigger than I live in Manhattan.

Positives: Clean, friendly.

Negatives: Far from subway.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 06 Aug 2008 rated 6 out of 10.

Good as expected except for overflowing toilet. Rooms small but adequate. Good free breakfast.

Positives: Courtesy of staff, Wi-Fi internet access.

Negatives: Toilet overflowed and there was no plunger immediately available.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 04 Aug 2008 rated 8 out of 10.

For my needs on this trip, location was perfect. Staff & services were very good. The rooms & dining area are a little small but overall enjoyable.

Positives: Location was central for my needs, staff was very friendly.

Negatives: Rooms were a little small, fridge in room was loud.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 04 Aug 2008 rated 1 out of 10.

The hotel didn't have a non-smoking room, so we had to stay in a smoking room that really stunk, my kids all ended up with allergies. There was not one cab driver or car service that knew the location of this hotel, and was very far from public transportation.

Positives: The front desk employee was nice.

Negatives: Nobody knew where it was located, it cost me a fortune in transportation.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 04 Aug 2008 rated 5 out of 10.

I knew this wouldn't be the Hilton but still it's not that clean. But after all this is NY we are talking about. I guess for price you would need to sacrifice a few things. The location of the hotel is in a safe neighborhood. Need to walk about 10 minutes to the Metro Station and from there it's a 25 minute ride to Times Square, which is not that bad. One little tip: You need to take the local Metro when riding back to the hotel from Manhattan. There are express trains that won't stop at 40th. We traveled with 7 year, 5 year old boys and they did pretty okay with the whole walking around.

Positives: Good for low budget travelers.

Negatives: Not very clean.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 30 Jul 2008 rated 8 out of 10.

This motel The Holliday Inn Express by the Midtown Tunnel is new and impressive looking. The parking is poor for those that drive. One may park on the street though. There is no Subway close but one can take a bus to the subway.

Positives: Very clean, room was fairly large.

Negatives: The parking was tight, in fact my car was hit by someone breaking the tail lenses.