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    Holiday Inn Express & Suites

    3.2 (133 reviews)
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    Kay W.

    I am usually a fan of Holiday inns and have stayed at this property before. But after our last stay (Jan 2025), I will not stay at this location again. This property is not clean. It's borderline gross. The elevator carpets are super dirty which set the tone before we went to our room.The hallway ice machine was not working. The room carpets had white milk stain and the desk chair also has the same white residue. It looked like something the housekeeping could have just rubbed off cleaned. The bath had mold on the caulking and the shower had so much build up that water pressure was low. At breakfast time, the pancake maker was not working. Seems like many things in this hotel were "out of order" at this point. Overall this is a reflection of the property manager and overall maintenance of the property. With my last experience, the property manager does not care or is too cheap. In Barstow, near this property, there are so many other hotel options that are better. We have stayed at home 2 and Fairfield inn and they are all better. I would also look into Hampton inn next door.

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    Dang L.

    Stopped by on our way back from Sedona. Room is cleaned. Checked in process expedient. Rooms were very clean. Decent breakfast with fresh fruit, waffle (make your own) cereal, eggs, sausage.

    We are members of Holiday Inn . We are normally very happy. At the Holiday Inn. But this place falls very short of what I expect. The hot tub was filthy and slimy. The pool was ice cold. No pool towels. The bottle water was 5$. Our room has two phones neither work. The room was clean. Mattresses not great.

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    Jersey_Mike P.

    HIE is know for it's quality and service and I've stayed at dozens of HIE's. This is by far the worst one that I've ever stayed in. Just to list a few things... I checked into room 139 and for four nights, my TV was not working. I spoke with the front desk twice and they would put me on the maintenance list but it was never addressed. I was eventually moved to room 140. The couch in room 139 had several stains on it and there was a greasy hand print on the mirror in the entryway when I arrived. Room 140 also had stains on the couch. During my stay in room 140, I found a dead cockroach in the bathroom. I could have easily tossed it in the garbage but as a test, I spoke with the front desk to have it removed. Three mornings in a row, I asked the front desk to have someone remove the roach removed and they would write it down but it wasn't picked up until the third day. Housekeeping did change my towels and empty my garbage every day but did no other cleaning nor pick up the dead roach. One day, housekeeping changed my towels and emptied my garbage, a task that probably takes ten minutes but they turned the air conditioning on high and left it on. When I came back to my room at the end of the day, it was freezing in there. Did they really need to turn the air on for such a short time in the room? The woman who runs the breakfast bar should be fired. HIE is known for their cinnamon rolls and sometimes they were out at 6am, 630, or after 645. I would leave for work at 645 and 75% of the time, there weren't any rolls out by the time I left. It was extremely inconsistent. On two occasions, I found her chatting with the front desk person when there were empty coffee urns. Or, she would go on a break around 6-615am and there would be empty coffee urns. While eating my breakfast one morning, I counted five guests looking for coffee when there wasn't any and she was nowhere to be found. Other times, there were empty warming trays and again, she was nowhere to be found. Just about every other day, the door at the back of the building would not open. My coworkers and myself had gear that had to be carried all the way to the front of the building which made it quite annoying. On a positive note, the front desk workers were extremely professional and polite. There was a shorter man with a goatee that came to look at my TV one night and was not able to fix it. He did his job well. If I weren't staying here for work, I wouldn't stay here again.

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    Hillary P.

    The Holiday Inn Express at Barstow is conveniently located next to outlet shopping on the edge of the Mojave Desert. The hotel offers a modern and clean rest stop at reasonable rates. Breakfast and parking are complimentary. EV charging is available. The staff were pleasant and helpful. A safe and quality place to stay when traveling in the Barstow area.

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    The front desk agent was rude. At breakfast the pancake machine was out of order, no hot water for tea and the juice machine was out of all juices. In the room the shower head was brocken.

    Chad C.

    Terrible service. For the Tesla supercharger they will not allow you to use there bathroom in the lobby. We usually stay at Holiday Inns due to being close or next to chargers, however we have never been told the bathroom is for guests only. I will be using other companies from now on.

    Two queen beds room
    Tasha P.

    We stopped to sleep after a long day of traveling. The guy at the front desk was nice and even asked which floor we preferred. The room was clean and much larger than I expected. The mattresses were kind of thin and I could hear the springs. Still decently comfy. Breakfast was pretty good for a hotel. Eggs with cheese, turkey sausage, bacon, hash browns, pancakes, cereal, chocolate milk, almond milk, muffins, and fruit. Everyone was friendly. Would stay again if in the area.

    Dirty air con filter. Needs to be changed.
    Michael M.

    Where to start? I will just list the issues: 1. At checkin (I am a Platinum Member) that asked me to manually fill in a form with details that are on my profile. Items like email, phone number, etc. I said "no...you already have all that." 2. The small kitchen sink backed up and had something rising up that looked like portions of tea leaves. 3. The filter for the air conditioning vent is filthy and quite unhealthy. 4. When we opened the extra blanket for our son to use in the couch an empty can of hard cider was in the pouch. I have appended pictures of the above. The king suite was definitely not worth what we paid for it.

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    Pool too dirty to swim in BUT theroom was pretty clean except for the stained bathtub.

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    I had 2 different stays on the same trip and they were polar opposites but all and all I'm going to…read morego with 4 stars for this one. I was greeted with all smiles by a very friendly and accommodating staff. Maria was very helpful, making sure I got everything I needed. On my first stay I was unhappy with the room, it was so hot and the AC unit just wasn't doing it for me. The room wasn't cooling down until about 2AM which made my nights rough working in the heat all day then coming in to a hot hotel room. The second stay was a complete 180! The room was far more spacious and the AC until did what it was supposed to do. The gym was nice and clean The room was quiet and very clean. Checking in and out went smoothly and had no problem whatsoever. Plenty of good eats in the area. If I'm in the area I look forward to booking another stay with this hotel.

    So this review takes place during the time that they are doing construction.. I am not sure how…read morelong construction will last but I think they have a fair way to go still. The upside is the rates are pretty good! I got my room for about $130 booked the day of. The next closest Hilton was $166. I am traveling on business so I was unconcerned with particulars. I gather most people stationed here aren't trying to spend more than a night here. It is basically in the outlet stores. If you love you some outlet shopping then you need to stay here. You are right in it! Again I wasn't there for all that. In fact I was in the the beginning of what would an epic head cold ... I'm talking voice changes and generally not feeling that sick but sounding sick enough to have people recoil when you spoke. They have a pool. I think it looks like the web pics, the breakfast is standard for the hotel brand. Nobody is very out of their way nice or helpful which is ok. It's not like most people aren't the one nighters. Anyway, my only knock is that even on the nicer room (so I'm led to believe) you can hear EVERYTHING. The sound carries . At one point I convinced myself I might be going mad ....sure I could hear folks talking normally and such....But I had AirPods in and faintly heard crying. I'd take them out and listen and try to find where it was coming from to no avail. Over and over, to the point I slept without AirPods on and near the window. Then I HEARD the crying and jumped out of the bed! Only to find that a tomcat (cat was orange and white which is a male 90% of the time, you can look it up) out doing a mating call and just tomcatting around! Outside my window, wanting to break up my family! The audacity! No kitty, you go holler at someone else! Still unlike others I didn't see any roaches or anything dirty. I think they are getting right. IMPORTANT: they have these sharp guards for the mattress that aren't flush with anything and trust and believe SOMETHING will happen to hurt someone's leg. A good slice or chunk WiLL be taken by each bed with this set up. Go on and check yourself.. use a white towel/rag with a bit of water and swipe in the each of these basically Game of Thrones style spikes and I bet someone will come up with blood. Might even be mine cuz I was got! You can slide out of bed and slice some leg off. Minus a star

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    Very reasonable priced. Everything was clean from the bed…read moreto the bathroom to the dining area to the pool area to the conference room to the fitness center. The continental breakfast was decent/standard. The customer service received from all of the staff that we encountered ranged from just OK to very nice/professional. There are several fast food restaurants to choose from and walking distance from the hotel. Overall, it was a pretty good stay.

    The reason I chose this hotel is because my 26 yr old daughter with medical issues needed an…read moreemergency place to stay between Vegas and San Diego. The first time, 2 months ago, the hotel staff were extremely helpful. I would have given them a 5-star review. They allowed me to pay for the room over the phone by credit card and let her check in with her pet even though she has a different last name than me. The process was smooth as can be. She checked in early, around 11 or 12 am and was able to rest immediately. The room was huge, clean, the staff were friendly and accommodating and late check out was no problem at all. The room was very price friendly. Because of this experience, I joined the loyalty program and have stayed at several in other cities (not as nice as this one). THIS TIME, my daughter had the same medical need to rest and because of the original experience I immediately chose the same hotel. It was the complete opposite experience with the staff. The front desk would not allow her to check in early. He would not allow her to wait for the fist room available by sitting at the pool. He would not allow her to sit in the lobby. He harassed her every step of the way while she was going through a medical emergency. She was crying and he did not care and proceeded to tell her she had to leave. We called repeatedly asking if we could pay extra for early check in and asked can she sit outside by the pool until a room came available. No. He gave us so much trouble about paying over the phone. Made us jump through so many hoops with credit card authorization forms over email and then nit-picked every check box on the form causing more stress and emails and phone calls. After 3.5 hours, she was able to get into a room around 1pm. Our family travels 247 and because of the original experience, they had me as a customer for life which is hard to get out of me. After this last experience, I am considering spending my money elsewhere. All that stress in an already stressful medical situation was unacceptable. We did not get the clerks name but my receipt says "checked in by 'gm'" at 11:26 am, on 3/12/26. That is not the time she got a room.

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    We stayed here 1 night to break up a long drive recently…read more The check in was easy and the staff was very friendly and professional. Our room on the 2nd floor was nice... clean and large. With a small kitchen type counter with a sink where the coffee maker was. Large bathroom with shampoo, soap and conditioner. Free breakfast starts at 6am. There is a small "store" by the front desk for snacks. The room are not very sound proof, we could hear I15 noise, along with the room above us walking around. Other than that, the beds are comfy, the staff is great... a good Best Western while traveling.

    So far, the only problem is using the bathroom, it sounded like you're inside a jet plane (noisiest…read moreever), the door doesn't remain open, and there's no turning lights off there. It's best keeping the door closed, anyway, so we didn't have to listen to jets flying all the time. I realized, the light in the bathroom are sensor, and after a long while, it goes off by itself. But, the fan still goes on and on and on . . . .so annoying! It's otherwise, clean, fast elevator, larger fridge, no freezer though. There's no light on the table where I am now. You can also hear the freeway, even though we've stayed in many BW, they're quieter than this. We did got 2 bottled water. The bacon in the dining room was thin, and it's the best I've had. I went back for seconds. They have cut mini waffles. I love those too. Have you tried yogurt on your waffles? Yum!

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