Holiday Inn Express

Reviewer: Not provided on Fri 16 Sep 2011 rated 10 out of 10.

A great place to stay while visiting Seattle.

Positives: The friendly and efficient staff

Negatives: It's on a busy street.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 18 Jul 2011 rated 2 out of 10.

I will not be staying in this hotel next week when I return to do my next job at the plant that I was working at.

Positives: The hotel room did give me a second towel because I was traveling with my wife and booked for two but only received one towel.

Negatives: The room was noisy because it was across from the work out room and smelled like chlorine because the pool was across from the room.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 11 Oct 2010 rated 9 out of 10.

Very clean. Staff very polite and efficient. Room very clean and in good shape - fairly new facility.

Positives: Very clean and good value for the price paid.

Negatives: Nothing really

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 16 Aug 2010 rated 9 out of 10.

Join the Holiday Inn membership before checking in and receive a nice bag of snacks for your room. The efficiency was nice and roomy. Cookies and coffee in lobby is a nice touch. Room kept clean and desk service was very helpful.

Positives: Clean, comfortable beds, efficiency, and good full breakfast selection.

Negatives: It does not have a full restaurant for dinner or lunch.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 15 Mar 2010 rated 8 out of 10.

Overall good, affordable 3 star hotel with great staff. Good for business travel.

Positives: The staff was incredibly friendly and very helpful. Complimentary breakfast was quite good. Business computer with free internet and printing.

Negatives: Hotel bed was not comfortable.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 01 Sep 2009 rated 9 out of 10.

pleasant staff and good size and clean

Positives: good size

Negatives: location backing onto a commercial lot

Reviewer: Not provided on Thu 27 Aug 2009 rated 9 out of 10.

For the price, it was great!

Positives: The beds were very comfortable.

Negatives: the water pressure in the shower was too low, and the hot water was not consistent.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 26 Aug 2009 rated 4 out of 10.

The staff at the Holiday Inn Express was very nice, greeted us promptly and got us into our room quickly. All a plus. Unfortunately, we somehow ended up with a smoking room which we did not want and they couldn't find an alternative. The room had an operable window, which was good, but the entire floor we stayed on, including in the public spaces, smelled of smoke and the linens and furnishings were smelly of stale smoke. The bed was overly soft/lumpy and we ended up cutting our trip short since it wasn't a restful room to be in. The staff was very gracious and if you can get a non-smoking room it's probably a good deal for a quick stay. Not a leisure/vacation getaway, though.

Positives: Convenient parking, pretty friendly staff.

Negatives: Dingy/dirty looking floors in public spaces, very smokey smelling corridor, furnishings and linens.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 13 Jul 2009 rated 8 out of 10.

Everything was wonderful about the hotel, except the hotel clerk that checked us in. I called the hotel directly to confirm the reservation and that we could get a room with 2 double beds and non smoking. The clerk on the phone was very nice and confirmed that she would put us in a room with 2 double beds and that it was a non-smoking room. When we checked in, the clerk was rude.

Positives: The breakfast buffet was absolutely delicious!

Negatives: The hotel clerk treated us very rude.

Reviewer: Not provided on Thu 23 Apr 2009 rated 9 out of 10.

Super clean room. Loved that we were able to go sit in the hot tub at midnight and relax. Desk clerks extremely helpful. There were no microwaves in the rooms and they were great about popping it for us. They were kind enough to let us check out an hour late also.

Positives: Extremely clean, pool and hot tub open 24 hours! Fantastic! Desk clerk popped popcorn for us.

Negatives: Not too easy to find, but I would attribute that to roadwork being done and detours.

Reviewer: Not provided on Thu 22 Jan 2009 rated 8 out of 10.

With an hour left for breakfast, everything was about empty! No milk, no cereal, no gravy, no bacon. When we asked a staff for more gravy for biscuits and gravy she looked down at her watch which said 9:30am on a Sunday, breakfast was served until 10:30am. She said I guess I can. They had spoiled milk, they threw it away when it was brought to their attention. I have stayed at plenty Holiday Inn Express' and never had this experience with breakfast.

Positives: Clean, beautiful lobby, Great water pressure!

Negatives: Ran out of food for breakfast! Staff was rude.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 11 Aug 2008 rated 9 out of 10.

We were very pleased with our stay. The rooms were very clean and comfortable. I would recommend adding a refrigerator and microwave in the rooms.

Positives: Very clean, quiet, and affordable.

Negatives: It was very difficult to understand the young lady at the front desk.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 21 Jul 2008 rated 9 out of 10.

The hotel was very pleasant and comfortable.

Positives: Very comfortable and clean.

Negatives: Far from downtown Seattle.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 15 Jul 2008 rated 10 out of 10.

A pleasant surprise. Very comfortable and clean. Rooms were much more comfortable and tasteful than we expected. We were trying to be frugal in travel and this was much more than we anticipated.

Positives: Clean and comfortable.

Negatives: Poor parking for large vehicles.

Reviewer: Not provided on Thu 13 Sep 2007 rated 5 out of 10.

The hotel was clean, and the rooms were satisfactory (beds were very comfortable!). The continental breakfast was decent. The hotel clerk was not very nice at first; in fact she was a bit rude. I had a hard time finding the hotel because it was so far out of town and I would have switched my room to a different holiday inn express.

Positives: The bed and pillows were very comfy!

Negatives: The location was not very convenient.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 05 Sep 2007 rated 10 out of 10.

Nice rooms. Nice breakfast. But not as close to downtown as the website said.

Positives: It was more than we expected.

Negatives: It was farther than we expected.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 25 Oct 2006 rated 8 out of 10.

Hotel was fine but I felt mislead when they stated it as Northgate. It was not even close to Northgate.

Positives: Accommodating.

Negatives: Bad location.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 04 Oct 2006 rated 5 out of 10.

Just ok. Wouldn't stay again, over priced.

Positives: Quiet.

Negatives: Ugly, bad location. Listed in Seattle area, not close at all.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 26 Sep 2006 rated 9 out of 10.

Quiet, comfortable room. Nice blankets, sheets, pillows, shower, etc.. Would definitely recommend this hotel.

Positives: Very friendly staff (maids & front desk), nice breakfast & breakfast room, free USA Today, easy parking.

Negatives: Slow elevator.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 20 Sep 2006 rated 6 out of 10.

Everything was fine, except the staff provided a snippy answer when I asked for an early check-in. It is not as though I expect to be able to check-in whenever I want, but I do expect that they would at least 1) see if a room was ready, or 2) be a little nicer about denying my request. Other than that (and no ESPN in the rooms) the stay was fine and the rooms are clean.

Positives: Clean, cheep.

Negatives: Staff was not very friendly when I asked for an early check-in.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sun 17 Sep 2006 rated 10 out of 10.

The staff was very friendly and helpful. The rooms were good sized. The beds were very comfortable and very clean. The rooms were quiet. There were lots of resources for travelers and it was in a great easy to reach location. I felt safe and did not feel I had to worry about my car or belongings during the stay.

Positives: It was very clean, nice staff.

Negatives: They had the wrong credit card on my bill, I don't have a card for the type they had down.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 05 Sep 2006 rated 4 out of 10.

Nice hotel, horrible location on Aurora Ave. Not very convenient to downtown.

Positives: The room was nice and roomy.

Negatives: Location was not the University District, as requested. We had to rent a car too, and would rather have just paid more for a convenient location.

Reviewer: Not provided on Thu 10 Aug 2006 rated 10 out of 10.

Would recommend to others.

Positives: Large rooms, good staff.

Negatives: Internet connection was often slow.