Holiday Inn Express

Reviewer: Not provided on Thu 17 Dec 2009 rated 10 out of 10.

Good place! Older building, but you can tell that they have been doing lots of renovations. Very good location too, free hot breakfast is great!

Positives: Clean, lots of recent upgrades, good location.

Negatives: Aged building, not the best neighborhood.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 18 Aug 2008 rated 9 out of 10.

The hotel was an average price, comfortable beds with new linens and towels was very nice. The pool was over chlorinated and actually bleached my swim suit, but it was over all a nice place to stay with a convenient location.

Positives: It was clean, secure and a good location.

Negatives: The room didn't have fridges for storage of food.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 05 Feb 2008 rated 7 out of 10.

Good location in downtown Edmonton in safe area. Close to shopping and good restaurants. Nice pool and gym.

Positives: Very nice breakfast included.

Negatives: Doors to room had a large gap at bottom so noisy.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 15 Aug 2007 rated 8 out of 10.

Our stay was pleasant except for the thin walls-shouting in the room next to us at 2 am. The yelling in the hall at 6 am to great ready and go. We had gone there on our last visit and the rooms, staff, etc were the reason I booked there again.

Positives: Great continental breakfast-hot breakfast.

Negatives: Across the street from a bar.

Reviewer: Not provided on Fri 02 Jun 2006 rated 10 out of 10.

Excellent location, right next to the Red Arrow bus depot in Edmonton. 1 block from Edmonton's LRT system and several bus routes. Downtown area and City Center mall / theaters, legislature walking distance as well, quick LRT ride (<5 minutes) to University of Alberta campus. Great amenities and in-room services.

Positives: Very clean, but not needlessly sophisticated. Comfort all through.

Negatives: LONG hallways mean quite a walk from lobby to elevators to room; maintenance staff keeping too much stuff in hallway during the day.

Reviewer: Not provided on Thu 16 Mar 2006 rated 9 out of 10.

The room was clean and comfortable with a nice view from the balcony. Enjoyed our stay and we would stay there again.

Positives: Good location, nice sized room, clean and comfortable.

Negatives: Staff not over friendly.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 08 Mar 2006 rated 9 out of 10.

This was an unexpected pleasure. The location is very central and well serviced by the airport shuttle. The rooms have been redone in an excellent modern style and the bathrooms have been particularly well refitted. Large TV, nice balcony, good bed, player with radio and high speed internet. The included quick self serve breakfast downstairs is perfectly adequate. There were problems with the heat control in the room they acknowledged it, but this won't be an issue in summer and the 2 elevators were slow, worse considering that a couple of High school teams were staying at the hotel and tied up the elevators continuously. The staff was responsive and courteous. Outdoor parking was available, but sometimes full. All in all, I would strongly recommend this hotel.

Positives: Excellent renovations and bathroom. Good efficient morning breakfast.

Negatives: Slow elevators, poor heat control in room.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 06 Jul 2005 rated 10 out of 10.

This hotel has been newly renovated so the furniture, bedding, towels, etc. are all new and in good shape. That said, the room did smell a bit of cigarette smoke even though it was supposed to be a non-smoking room. The hotel staff was friendly, except that they were confused by the online booking and tried to charge me twice for the room until they checked with their accounting department. The location was very convenient and the hotel met and exceeded my expectations for a 2 1/2 star hotel. The included breakfast was decent and we took advantage of it both days. I would stay there again.

Positives: It was new and clean.

Negatives: The non-smoking room smelled like smoke.