I've stayed in several Holiday Inn Express hotels, and found this one rather below the standard I'd come to expect.
The location is very good for accessing Argyle Street, the Merchant City and the Buchanan Street shops on foot. The downside is that regeneration of the southern end of Stockwell street, where the hotel is located, is someway from being complete. There are a couple of down-at-heel looking bars in close vicinity of the hotel, and the King Street car park, which guests can use at a discounted rate, is not the most secure, being of the 'Pay and Display' type. As it turned out, our car was untouched during our stay, but I'm not sure I'd risk it again.
The public areas of the hotel are in need of sprucing up - paintwork is scuffed and discoloured in places, and the corridor on our floor had not been hoovered by 4 p.m.
Our room itself was of a reasonable size, and quite comfortable. However there were a few things wrong - the toilet roll holder in the bathroom was broken, the toilet seat was loose, a component was missing from the shower control mechanism (it still worked OK, it just didn't look good), and one of the pillow cases laid out was stained and clearly shouldn't have been in use. All these were promptly corrected by the management, but that they were there at all was rather disappointing. The room also suffered from noise from the busy street and bars, especially on Sunday evening.
However the room facilities were as expected, and the breakfast did not disappoint.
Overall, reasonable, but I don't think I'll be using this hotel again.
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Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
Probably not
I recommend this hotel for:
Older Travellers, tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
An Amazing Honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Older Travellers, Great pool scene, tourists