Julie Z.
Yelp
Oh sweet heavens, this place has me questioning my 11 year relationship with the intercontinental hotel group (IHG). I've been a part of the IHG rewards group and have loved them until my last few stays, which have happen to been with holiday inn expresses. Dude, don't get me wrong, I am not expecting some amazing Bellagio experience, but dang...can we have clean towels?!
Let's start from the beginning...we roll up in at 11 PM on Christmas night, so I fully expected a less than enthusiastic front desk manager, but instead I was greeted by the most lovely gentleman. He was so warm and welcoming. He alone is the ONLY reason this place got two stars instead of one. He ALONE is five star. He went waaay above and beyond on a day that you'd expect folks to be grumpy having to work...heck, I would be!
We get parked, bring our stuff in. Head up to the rooms. Click to get in and first glance, you're like okay, this is nice! I go to use the bar sink and it's more of a mister kind of situation from the epic mineral build up. It presented a fine mist that you find on the sidelines for football players or show steers to cool off in on a hot summer day. Mmmmkay, now that my hands have been misted, maybe I'll try the bathroom sink. Good deal, hands washed. We unpack, hang up our stuff and sit down to relax a moment and watch TV. It's the snow channel. I check the plugs, the hook ups, the input, nothing but snowmageddon. Not to mention the batts need to be changed on the remote cause it's one of those press the button 14 times real hard then it might work, situations. Since I had such a great experience with the lovely clerk, I tell him don't worry about fixing it we're headed to bed, I just wanted it to be noted for your future guests, so that it isn't a headache in the future.
I go to take a shower to find after further inspection it looks like a four year old tiled the shower and the caulk gun just got real excited. I mean, really?! Then you find all the complimentary things they say they love to provide you with...everything but shampoo. That's right folks, you can condition, but you can't wash your hair. And it's not just a missing bottle on the vanity, it's straight up missing from the dispenser attached to the shower wall. Water pressure from the shower... ha! Most of the outer ring of the shower head was clogged, thus only the inside area worked, so it was a close comparison to having your friend hold the water hose and you shower under that. While in the shower I grab a neatly folded washcloth and open it up to see massive amounts of makeup on it. GROSS!!! Seriously housekeeping!?! What the?! So, I grabbed the second one and there was no visual signs of yuck, but Lord only really knows what was on rag number two. In hindsight, maybe I should have used the one that I know had been on a woman's face. Ugh! I'm honestly tired of writing, I could go on, but dude...do yourself a favor and just give this place a hard pass. Unless you need a friendly hotel front desk man at 11 PM on Saturday nights...then this is your place, cause that guy rocks.