The hotel is fine for a short break;rooms are basic but have everything you need;food and drink is expensive but there are ample eating and drinking establishments in Harrogate. I have stayed at this hotel on a number of occasions but I would never pay full price; I always search the net for the best offers.

I arrived at 10.30pm after a long journey from London and tried to order room service - the phone rang for 5 minutes with no answer. I then rang reception to be told they were closed till 11pm (despite the room service brochure stating there was full room service till 11).

When I finally got someone at 11pm they had hardly anything on the menu as they were low on stock - at least I got my 4th choice - not quite 4* service though !!

Singularly unimpressed

The Holiday Inn was just as all tend to be around the world! Apparently it has been refurbished quite recently so everything was still quite new. The room I had was very large and wasn't overlooked. The hotel itself is a 5-10 minute walk to the centre of Harrogate.

The hotel is attached to a large conference centre which can make the hotel very busy and the parking can be a little difficult with only a set down facility at the hotel.

My wife and I had a last minute one night stay in March booked directly with the hotel.
We arrived just before lunch and found parking in the Hotel car park easy but quite a distance from the Hotel.
The car park is also quite small and fills very quickly, it is however reasonable value at £5 per day.

We paid £85 for an execuative room with breakfast included, we were on the 9th floor and had a good view, the room as expecetd was clean and what you would expect, the only problems we encountered were with the lift, it seems when it is windy and the doors to the loading bay are left open the wind blows through the lift shaft and makes the automatic doors hard to close,.

The breakfast and bar area were as expected, nothing fantastic but clean and efficent.
Value wise bad to beat I would say.