Holiday Inn Express Scottsdale North By IHG
A clean, budget-friendly Scottsdale base offering comfortable beds and popular breakfast cinnamon rolls.
The verdict
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Holiday Inn Express Scottsdale North provides basic, clean rooms with comfortable beds in a central Scottsdale setting. Guests consistently appreciate the free morning breakfast, especially the cinnamon rolls, Chobani yogurt, and coffee. However, service can be inconsistent, with reports of housekeeping knocking during late checkout and surprise security deposit fees at check-in. 312
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What travelers noticed
- Guests agree that the beds are fluffy and ultra comfortable for a solid night of sleep. 23
- The morning breakfast earns steady praise, particularly for its hot coffee, Chobani yogurt, and fresh cinnamon rolls. 3
- Rooms and public areas are consistently described as clean, roomy, and stocked with Dove toiletries. drawn from the full read
The catch
- While many visitors appreciate the central and convenient location, others note that interesting shops and restaurants require a 15-minute drive rather than an easy walk. 1
- Service experiences vary, with some guests praising enthusiastic staff and early check-in calls, while others report unhelpful front desk interactions and housekeeping waking them during late checkouts. 23
Who it's for
- — Short Scottsdale stays on a budget
- — Travelers wanting comfortable beds and free breakfast
- — Guests with a car exploring the area
Skip it if
- — You expect walkable dining and nightlife without driving
- — You want to avoid surprise security deposit holds at check-in
- — You are sensitive to loud air conditioning units
How to book
Score breakdown
How the 82/100 is built, category by category — each one with the strongest thing travelers actually said, and the source it came from.
Bathroom
86- “The bathroom had soap dispensers on the wall NEXT to the sink! Not close at all to where you wash your hands. To top it off, they were placed over 5 feet up the wall.” 2
Food
92Location
87Room
85Service
86Bed & Sleep
85Value
84Where it is, how to reach it
Details checked 2026-09-12
Where it sits
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Stay value
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On par with what $ usually buys
Scores level with the modest median of 82, across 443 hotels in the same bracket. In Scottsdale it sits 4 points below the local median of 86.
- This hotel
- 82
- Bracket median
- 82
- Index median
- 86
Based on 443 comparable hotels.
Which room to ask for
What reviewers say about where to sleep inside this building — by room number where one is named, and otherwise by floor, wing, aspect and position. Every line opens onto the quotes behind it.
No reviewer has yet described a room, floor or aspect specifically enough to act on at this property. Room intelligence appears here the moment they do.
Where travelers agree — and don’t
The topics reviewers split on most. A wide bar means your experience depends on which room you get — or whose opinion you trust.
View the 40 things travelers said behind this verdict▾
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- “The breakfast attendant was so sweet! She was always busy and making sure everything was filled and hot!” 2
- “I've stayed in multiple Holiday Inn Express hotels. I've never had a complaint. The free breakfast is actually quite good.” 3
- “The room was very clean and the lobby of the hotel was lovely. They served a nice breakfast every morning. Typical breakfast items, including Belgian waffles.” 1
- “Breakfast in the morning was good, was it amazing? No, pretty standard, but the coffee was excellent, and they had Chiobani yogurt which I love.” 3
- “I never got to try their breakfast but they had coffee out 24/7 in the lobby and were quick to refill my K-Cups for free upon request.” 2
- “Decent restaurant on site for breakfast and lunch.” 1
- “There's one in Memphis we love so much that we keep going back. The breakfast lady is amazing and has offered us her family & friends discount.” 3
- “Decent restaurant on site for breakfast and lunch. We got a good breakfast w/our rate also.” 1
- “Breakfast is decent enough for an included hotel breakfast.” 3
- “it keeps the glare off the tv. also, those cinnamon rolls at breakfast. ugh so good!” 3
- “The location was good - in a nice area. Close to restaurants.” 1
- “The review claims it's in easy walking distance of trendy restaurants and shops - I didn't find anything in walking distance interesting, but it's about 15 minute drive from old town and a couple of upscale malls.” 1
- “Very convenient location!” 2
- “Try the Hampton Inn or the Hilton Garden Inn in old town Scottsdale. GOod location and reasonable accommodations.” 1
- “Probably will stay at a neighboring property as location was great” 2
- “I second the Holiday Inn Express. Great rooms/suites, incl. breakfast, central but quiet location.” 1
- “especially the new ones with the headboard backlighting, that's so nice. it keeps the glare off the tv.” 3
- “Finish two flights and shell out for an Uber to get told Golly, no discount, sooooo sorry is some new level of failure in Holiday Inn customer service.” 2
- “I actually left my home early and was arriving at 12:30 based on my GPS, in the meantime the hotel called and told me my room was ready for my arrival and this was at 11:30AM. It was really nice, and they were nice. I arrived check in was great.” 3
- “On the last day I had late checkout and was woken up by housekeepers at the normal check-out time.” 2
- “i am a huge fan of HIX. especially the new ones with the headboard backlighting, that's so nice. it keeps the glare off the tv.” 3
- “Staff not overly friendly but they give you free water.” 2
- “On the last day I had late checkout and was woken up by housekeepers at the normal check-out time. Those two issues were my only real complaints about the hotel as the staff was excellent any other time I needed them.” 2
- “Front desk staff was less than friendly, except for the gentlemen that worked the late evening shifts.” 2
- “The three-story glass entryway is as welcoming as the enthusiastic staff inside.” 1
- “The bathroom had soap dispensers on the wall NEXT to the sink! Not close at all to where you wash your hands. To top it off, they were placed over 5 feet up the wall.” 2
- “Gold Dust Rd because it was listed as a best value hotel by Fodors. It was a good value - rooms were clean and in good condition, though very basic.” 1
- “Very convenient location! Just had a 4 day stay at this Holiday Inn Express, and for the price, it was great.” 2
- “Informed of $150 charge ran. Sticker shock. They want a security deposit is what they want. Totally ridiculous for this tier hotel.” 2
- “Very clean, nice furniture and decor, and pretty new looking (this was last year).” 1
- “Not only that, but they upgraded us to a 3 bedroom townhouse (there were 4 of us), we could have lived there it was so roomy!” 1
- “The room was very clean and the lobby of the hotel was lovely.” 1
- “The lobby was clean, the room was clean with Dove shampoo, body wash, hand soap and body lotion.” 3
- “Very clean hotel room w/a good sized separate room (w/a door) w/TV and sofa and chair and desk w/chair, microwave, fridge coffeemaker, and sofa made into sofabed also.” 1
- “The room was basic and provided what we needed.” 2
- “The lobby was clean, the room was clean with Dove shampoo, body wash, hand soap and body lotion. That was a great surprise since Hilton often doesn't have hand soap.” 3
- “I went back to my room and sat in a really awesome chaise lounge chair that was so comfortable, I kind of tucked into the corner and read for a while.” 3
- “My friend and I were very pleased with our accommodations. Our room had a living room with a sofa bed, wing chair, small table and two chairs, fridge, microwave, coffee maker, separate bedroom with a king sized bed and a decent bathroom.” 1
What we still don't know
What we can’t tell you yet, said plainly. These close as we read more coverage of this hotel.
- No reviewer has named an individual room number here yet.
- Nothing reliable said about room types.
- Nothing reliable said about floor level.
- Nothing reliable said about building or wing.
- Nothing reliable said about which side it faces.
- Nothing reliable said about view.
- Nothing reliable said about position on the floor.
- 3 sources carry no publication date, so we cannot tell how current they are.
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How much we read
Solid coverage · 40/100We read 4 sources for this property, and pulled 50 traveler insights worth knowing. Last checked 2026-09-12.
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- 3Holiday Inn Express : r/hotelsreddit.comForum thread2024-01-21Ageing15 quotes used
“especially the new ones with the headboard backlighting, that's so nice. it keeps the glare off the tv.”
Read originalreddit.com - 1Moderate Hotel In Scottsdale Arizonafodors.comReview siteDate not stated17 quotes used
“The location was good - in a nice area. Close to restaurants.”
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“The breakfast attendant was so sweet! She was always busy and making sure everything was filled and hot!”
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