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talullyxo
Toronto, Canada

Would not stay here again

2.0 of 5 bubblesReviewed 29 Jan 2024
Stayed here during Icewine Festival and was disappointed in my stay. I visit NOTL often and usually stay at other surrounding hotels, but wanted to give this spot a try. We got a room on the first floor which I was not a fan of, and super close to the front desk/breakfast area and elevators. Unfortunately was told at the front desk there were no other rooms on a higher floor, they were not very pleasant about it and were pretty dismissive at check in.

The rooms itself were clean and simple. There was a microwave, fridge, and coffee maker but no small bottles of water that usually put in rooms. For having a microwave, there was no plates/cutlery anything like that, or even proper basic glassware. Toiletries were nice and simple, they were Dove.
The worst part of this room was how loud the AC/Heater was. It was so noisy, it kept us up all night and was extremely loud.

Breakfast is included in the rooms, but it was absolutely chaotic even at 9:50am when breakfast was almost over, it felt like a school cafeteria and not nearly enough seating area for the capacity of the hotel. People were crowding around the food area without any basic understanding of what a line is.

Location of the hotel is good. Overall very disappointed as this hotel does have potential for a basic hotel, the rooms are clean, but the customer service is lacking, as well as the other minor details. Would not stay here again.
Date of stay: January 2024
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Derrick Medcalf, Owner at Holiday Inn Express Niagara-on-the-Lake, an IHG hotel, responded to this review
Responded 30 Jan 2024
Thank you for staying with us and for letting us know about your experience. I'm sorry that we didn't meet your expectations and for the issues you encountered with the loud heater and with breakfast. If you checked in later in the day we might have only had our first floor rooms available. Please know that if we know of room preferences for any guest we try to assign their room ahead of time to match those preferences. We also have disposable plates and cutlery at our front desk for guests to use in the rooms.

We hope you give us another chance and please feel free to reach out to me directly in the future.

Derrick M, Assistant General Manager
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Reviewed 22 January 2024

We stayed here one night during the Grape & Wine Festival and were pleasantly surprised. Very clean, well-appointed room, comfortable bed, good bathroom, decent breakfast, friendly staff. The hotel is perfectly situated to visit the wineries, the outlets, even Niagara Falls. We would definitely stay here again.

Date of stay: January 2024
  • Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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John C, General Manager at Holiday Inn Express Niagara-on-the-Lake, an IHG hotel, responded to this reviewResponded 28 January 2024

Thank you for your stay WaterMoneky and for taking the time to share this great review here on TripAdvisor. We are happy to read that you enjoyed your stay and will plan to return again.

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Reviewed 17 December 2023

Very confortable and well located. Front desk service was really good, fare rates. We stayed there while we visited vineyards at the zone, the Niagara Waterfalls, Niagara on The Lake and did some shopping at the Outlets in front the Hotel.

Room tip: This place in new. and rates are very reasonable
Date of stay: November 2023
  • Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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John C, General Manager at Holiday Inn Express Niagara-on-the-Lake, an IHG hotel, responded to this reviewResponded 22 December 2023

Thank you for your stay Geoi507, and for sharing your great comments here on Tripadvisor. We hope to welcome you back again soon.

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Reviewed 28 November 2023

Nice room that included a free complimentry breakfast. Staff was very nice and helpful. Pool was aso very nice. A little far from the town but there are some nice winery's close by that are very nice.

Date of stay: October 2023
  • Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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John C, General Manager at Holiday Inn Express Niagara-on-the-Lake, an IHG hotel, responded to this reviewResponded 22 December 2023

Thank you for your stay NJdevils26 and for taking the time to share your great comments. We hope to be of service to you again soon.

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Reviewed 4 November 2023 via mobile

Fairly new and clean, well appointed, well maintained, well managed, nice location half way between Niagara Falls and wonderful Niagara-on-the-Lake, next to Outlet Center. Breakfast area well looked after. Guest laundry with lots of machines. Front staff friendly, housekeeping o.k.. Hotel recommended for a visit to the Falls and do not miss the Wine Country.

Date of stay: October 2023
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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John C, General Manager at Holiday Inn Express Niagara-on-the-Lake, an IHG hotel, responded to this reviewResponded 22 December 2023

Thank you for your stay Travcord, and for taking the time to share your great comments following the visit. We appreciate the recommendation for fellow travellers and hope to welcome you back again soon.

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Reviewed 16 October 2023

We came into town for an overnight, on a Saturday no less, and there was a lot of people and activity. We were surprised at the size of the property, and that is was conjoined to the StayBridge. SB is our go-to, but the higher price made us choose the HIX. We were not disappointed.

We were very pleased that the staff honored all of our preferences from our profile and as requested in our reservation. The room was very clean. This has not been our usual experience lately with HIX. There was an abundance of towels in the bathroom, and the lights were very bright in both the bath and the room which was a nice change, again, from the usual HIX experience.

Breakfast at 930am on Sunday morning was packed! Literally not an open chair to sit in, but there were trays provided for taking food elsewhere so we decided to take ours back to our room. The food was really well-stocked and rotated which made us very happy. It was also better quality than we have seen lately in the US.
So again, far better than our usual HIX experiences lately.

Is the difference Canada vs US? No idea, but this was a really great experience. We would definitely choose this property again.

Date of stay: October 2023
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John C, General Manager at Holiday Inn Express Niagara-on-the-Lake, an IHG hotel, responded to this reviewResponded 27 October 2023

Thank you for your stay SonriseBMD, and for sharing your great comments. We are happy to know that we took great care of you and that you enjoyed the offerings at our Breakfast Buffet. There are some very slight differences in standards for the breakfast between Canada and the USA, which we do have guests point out to us periodically. We hope to welcome you back again soon.

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