Interior

Reviews of Holiday Inn Express & Suites Bloomington - Normal, an IHG Hotel

2.5 out of 5

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 286 out of 563 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 170 out of 563 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 59 out of 563 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 29 out of 563 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 19 out of 563 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Darren

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
They were able to accommodate a late checkout for us. Which we appreciated.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Wilma

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable beds, Tv needs updating of remotes
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Jesus

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Amanda

Travelled with partner
The grounds are clean and right next to Walmart. Our heater in our room wouldn’t turn off so we were boiling the first night. Then the water pressure in the shower was poor and very light. Then the remote wasn’t working but that was an easy battery fix. Wouldn’t recommend room 226.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tim

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place. Quiet. Nice pool
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

kim

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
the only complaint was the hot water never got hot in the shower
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Renee

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great breakfast and super friendly staff!!! Comfortable beds. Very accommodating staff!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Judith

Liked: Staff & service
old bad carpet. you should tell potential customers not updated as shown on website
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Betsy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hang a door sign or staff will come in your room!
Bed was comfortable and concierge was friendly. Breakfast was good. However, we were woken up at 8:18 AM by knocking on our door and then cleaning lady entering our room. Check out is at 11:00.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

amy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good overall
Check in was fast and easy. Hotel lobby was very nice and clean. First room had black mold in the bathroom so I asked to change rooms. Second room was much better. Very comfortable beds and pillows, heater worked extremely well and water pressure was fine. Pool was clean and very warm! Hot tub was dirty so we didn’t use it. Breakfast had many options and was overall decent but bacon and sausage gravy was very salty. Still tasted good though. Overall decent stay close to Walmart, restaurants and shopping.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Mulgeta

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paula

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Timothy

Travelled with family
So so
We only stayed one night and canceled. Hot tub wasn’t working and hotel wasn’t in great condition. The staff however was excellent
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Otoniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing
It was amazing
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Robin

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We picked this hotel even though it was a little Pricer because it had a hot tub. Hot tub was not useable we were told due to hotel renovation's recent painting was chipping off ( bad paint job ) and they had to close it down. It was very obvious that this hot tub had not been painted in a long time. Very very clear this was not a recent paint job. so we asked about the hot tub suites same thing told due to renovations all of the hot suites were not available at this time. Our refrigerator was dirty, had to be careful the front of where the refrigerator sat was broken and it kept falling forward. One of the tiles in the bathroom was loose so it popped up ever time you stepped on it. lamp shades were cracked. wall had paint peeling off of it.On a better side the bed was comforatable, and complimentary breakfast was good.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Melinda

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Fair
When we arrived in the room the floor around the bed had trash. The bed sheets were dirty when I pulled them back to check, there was also a crawling bug, nothing serious, on the sheet inside and pillowcases had visible stains. I walked right down to the front desk and told them and the front desk person called housekeeping immediately and they met me back in the room. Housekeeping stripped everything, cleaned the floor and were very apologetic. Everything was fine after that. Other than that our stay was good. Breakfast was good, just right for our stay. Would stay again but will always double check the room for cleanliness.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Consistently great
I love this hotel. Consistently great. Friendly staff, lovely room, quiet, safe, great breakfast. Easy to get to.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Keiko

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

jill

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice hotel
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Tina

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Donaciano

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Super clean. Free continental breakfast. Nice front desk personnel. Plenty of parking. Only complaint was housekeeping that kept knocking on my door a at 9 am when I had an 11 am checkout. Will use fo not disturb sign next time. But I will visit again..
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Narathip

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Old and Dirty, not recommend to stay this hotel
not well Maintenace, old and dirty. Smell smoke in non-smoking room. Paid $250 per night, this is overprice for this hotel. this should be Motel 6.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Joseph

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
The front desk was great, but after driving hundreds of miles to have the door to my room not work was frustrating...I had to bag twice to get the door lock fixed...The front desk was very helpful, but I was very tired...In addition, a number of various bugs in the room...Alive, walking across the desk with the lamp and another one on the lamp itself...Not very pleasant...
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Shawn

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
Room outlets are too loose, coffee maker didn’t work right, zero housekeeping for the 7 days 1 was there in a total of two weeks. Never again. I get hotels every week from Monday to Thursday. Lost my business.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Katrinia

Travelled with family
It’s overpriced the property is old the pool was dirty the hot tub was dirty the ice machines looked old the rooms looked old the hot breakfast was decent location was ok
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Ramona

Travelled with partner
Great bed but stain on bedspread. Pool and whirlpool smelled bad and needs updates. Nice staff and breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

donald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Jane

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Needs updating
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carlos

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Amenities
Nice
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Vicky

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Jermaine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The stay was nice at the hotel, but the pool and hot tub areas need some renovations. The bottom of the pool floor was peeling, and paint chips were on the floor. The stairs of the hot tub had spikes on the steps. There was absolutely no chlorine used. The pool area smelled like urine.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Andrew

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was clean but everything was in need off repair. Toilet sink tub drained poorly. AC was at 60 did ever cool. TV worked terrible, WiFi poor signal, breakfast as expected. Gentleman working desk during day very nice.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
0
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Kathleen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My stay was enjoyable. Used the pool area however the Hot tub only had 2 jets working and the tub was in need of resurfacing. The pool also needed resurfacing paint chips were all over the bottom of the pool. Room was very comfortable and breakfast was very good. Darin checked me in and he was very friendly and answered all my questions. It was a pleasure staying. Hopefully the pool will be updated by the next time I come to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tiffany

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jose

Liked: Amenities
Everything was great
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Philip

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Hot tub did not work and looked in total disrepair

8/10 Good

Joette

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Anthony

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Denise

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was clean and the staff was very hospitable. It's a nice quiet place right off the highway so it was very convenient.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Vernie

Business traveller
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Most comfortable bed I have slept in hotels. My room had ants. The TV stand was less than desirable repairs at the hotel were substandard. The beverage machines were under stocked.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Melissa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Claudia

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The breakfast was impressive! My husband went back for seconds!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Dave

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Did not like to have to pick up towels and wash cloths at front desk because room service was only every three days. Liked the excellent breakfast that was offered!
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Trena

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Terrible hotel for the amount I paid
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Jay on 27 Jun 2023
Thanks so much for taking the time to let us know what problem you had faced your stay with us here at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Normal, IL. I sincerely apologize for that, We also appreciate you pointing out that there are still things that we can improve on. You’ll be happy to know that we’ll be starting our hotel renovation within the next few months, which will address the issues that you mentioned in your review. We sincerely hope that, once they are complete, you’ll give us a chance to offer the same great customer service with an even better stay experience sometime in the near future!

8/10 Good

Annette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It would have been great if the outlets in the rooms were fitted with USB outlets/smart phone outlets in the event one forgot their charging cube.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Jay on 27 Jun 2023
Thank you very much for taking time out of your undoubtedly busy day to let us know that you enjoyed your stay with us here at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Normal, IL. We pride ourselves on providing each one of our guests with outstanding customer service, along with clean & comfortable guest rooms, a complete & hearty breakfast, and all of the amenities you have come to expect in your travels. It’s reviews like yours that let us know that our hard work is worth it, but that we also will always have ways to go above & beyond what travelers like yourself look for in their “home away from home.” Thank you, again, for your positive review, and we hope to be able to serve you again sometime in the future!