Holiday Inn Steamboat Springs By IHG
A fairly priced mountain stay offering reliable breakfast options and comfortable beds.
The verdict
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Holiday Inn Steamboat Springs provides a functional and fairly priced option for visitors paying with cash. Guests frequently enjoy the morning breakfast offerings, especially the cinnamon rolls and fresh coffee. However, rooms feel extremely dated, and some guests run into issues like shower drainage problems and inconsistent towel service. 113
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What travelers noticed
- The breakfast spread gets high marks for its cinnamon rolls, excellent coffee, and Chobani yogurt. 3
- Guests appreciate that the lobby and rooms are kept clean and stocked with Dove shampoo, body wash, and hand soap. 3
- Front desk and phone service are accommodating, with staff quickly responding to requests for extra blankets. 4
The catch
- While some guests found the bed fluffy and the mattress comfortable, others complained that the pillows desperately needed replacing and were flat and lumpy. 10
- Housekeeping receives praise for immaculate cleaning from some visitors, but other reviewers report unmade beds and reused towels that were not replaced. 10
Who it's for
- — Guests who want a solid morning breakfast spread
- — Travelers seeking a fairly priced cash stay
Skip it if
- — Anyone sensitive to flat or lumpy pillows
- — Travelers expecting modern room decor
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Score breakdown
How the 90/100 is built, category by category — each one with the strongest thing travelers actually said, and the source it came from.
Location
88Room
89- “then, 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
- “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
Service
93- “Burnly Dan, Cameron, Lucy and Kamilla what a team ❤️ Friendly, patient professionals alwayes wearing a beautiful welcoming smile I work for 24/7 rescue room 313 michael mcgarrell 28 July your staff made a week away from home working feel like a holiday” 10
- “Had a fantastic time the hotel is absolutely immaculate cleaners Maxine and Zoe do a fantastic job so so kind and helpful nothing is too much.” 10
Bed & Sleep
91Value
88- “Well, before booking and after booking the price is different... they add other small small charges” 10
Where it is, how to reach it
Details checked 2026-08-29
Stay value
How this property reads against the hotels we cover alongside it. Measured on review evidence, not on a nightly rate.
Beats what $ usually buys
Scores 4 points above the modest median of 86, across 247 hotels in the same bracket.
- This hotel
- 90
- Bracket median
- 86
- Index median
- 90
Based on 247 comparable hotels.
Which room to ask for
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- 1 mention
No location within the hotel draws repeated complaints yet.
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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- “Mag-reply I-share rosier9 • 1 taon ang nakalipas We recently stayed at the Sheraton and enjoyed it. We recently stayed at the Sheraton and enjoyed it. It's a good location, nice rooms (timeshare style), and walkable to a lot of the mountain stuff.” 11
- “Residence inn is off the main road and not really walkable to much.” 11
- “I haven't stayed at the Nordic Lodge since it changed ownership but the location is great. Easy access to everything downtown.” 7
- “See more Reviews shaping this summary So we are currently staying in The Holiday inn at Southend Airport! Just come into the bar and been charged £11.50 for a 125ml glass of prosecco! Absolutely extortionate as the brand they serve is £11...” 10
- “Both are well kept but the Sheraton is a much nicer location (good restaurant as well).” 11
- “it keeps the glare off the tv. also, those cinnamon rolls at breakfast. ugh so good!” 3
- “The free breakfast is actually quite good. Jen3404 • 3 taon ang nakalipas It was really just OK and kind of the same as Hilton.” 3
- “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. also, those cinnamon rolls at breakfast. ugh so good!” 3
- “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
- “A great experience all round food options could havebeen better no fish for instance but would recommend this particularly holiday inn to my nearest and dearest thank you for a wonderfull stay” 10
- “And i like their breakfast . There are too many items that you want you can take and eat as your choice.” 4
- “Holiday Inn Express Cheltenham, Awful Bedding Holiday Inn Express Cheltenham, UK. [...] Breakfast choice excellent.” 10
- “I've stayed in multiple Holiday Inn Express hotels. I've never had a complaint. The free breakfast is actually quite good.” 3
- “Breakfast is decent enough for an included hotel breakfast.” 3
- “Both are well kept but the Sheraton is a much nicer location (good restaurant as well).” 11
- “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
- “Reviewers note a courteous staff and clean (albeit occasionally dated) accommodations.” 5
- “While the reception staff were helpful , friendly and provided a small fan, it was entirely useless against the intense summer heatwave.” 10
- “The cleaning boy behavior is very good” 4
- “I liked their card system for lift and room lock You cannot go to another floor without your floor or reception floor.” 4
- “The staff who was at the reception on the 26th said he was going to talk to the manager and the manager will call me on Monday the 27th. No one called.” 10
- “And telephone service is the best I called them for an extra blanket and they ga ve me immediately.” 4
- “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
- “Burnly Dan, Cameron, Lucy and Kamilla what a team ❤️ Friendly, patient professionals alwayes wearing a beautiful welcoming smile I work for 24/7 rescue room 313 michael mcgarrell 28 July your staff made a week away from home working feel like a holiday” 10
- “Rooms never got cleaned and they didn't even replace towels. They folded up towels we had used previously instead of replacing g them. One bed was made in each room and one bed was left unmade.” 10
- “Whilst check in was easy, and the staff were very accommodating, I would not recommend staying here.” 10
- “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
- “Had a fantastic time the hotel is absolutely immaculate cleaners Maxine and Zoe do a fantastic job so so kind and helpful nothing is too much.” 10
- “What really annoyed me was the reception. We tried to call but the phone was continuously engaged.” 10
- “The bed was fluffy and comfortable.” 3
- “Holiday Inn Express Cheltenham, UK. Very old bedding, pillows completely flat and lumpy. unnecessary wellworn padded sheet.” 10
- “Mattress was comfortable but pillows desperately needed replacing, was shocked at poor quality of duvet, pillows and padded sheet.” 10
- “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
- “then, 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
- “Spring Hill will be a larger/nicer room and have a couch with a trundle bed in all likelihood.” 13
- “The lobby was clean, the room was clean with Dove shampoo, body wash, hand soap and body lotion.” 3
- “The hotel room is extremely dated....” 10
- “The RI is quite nice and modern and we got a 2 bedroom suite upgrade there to a lovely room, I have no hesitations on recommending it.” 11
- “The drainage in the shower was not draining water.” 10
- “Well, before booking and after booking the price is different... they add other small small charges” 10
What we still don't know
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- 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.
- 8 sources carry no publication date, so we cannot tell how current they are.
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- 13Steamboat Springs - New Hotel Choice? : r/marriottreddit.comForum thread2026-02-14Current2 quotes used
“Spring Hill will be a larger/nicer room and have a couch with a trundle bed in all likelihood.”
Read originalreddit.com - 10Read Customer Service Reviews of www.holidayinn.comtrustpilot.comReview site2025-12-21Recent18 quotes used
“While the reception staff were helpful , friendly and provided a small fan, it was entirely useless against the intense summer heatwave.”
Read originaltrustpilot.com - 11Steamboat Springs, CO : r/marriottreddit.comForum thread2025-08-04Recent7 quotes used
“Mag-reply I-share rosier9 • 1 taon ang nakalipas We recently stayed at the Sheraton and enjoyed it. We recently stayed at the Sheraton and enjoyed it. It's a good location, nice rooms (timeshare style), and walkable to a…”
Read originalreddit.com - 7Where to stay during summer? : r/steamboatreddit.comForum thread2025-07-13Recent1 quote used
“I haven't stayed at the Nordic Lodge since it changed ownership but the location is great. Easy access to everything downtown.”
Read originalreddit.com - 4Holiday Inn hotel 🏨 Reviewlocalguidesconnect.comReview site2025-02-17Recent4 quotes used
“The cleaning boy behavior is very good”
Read originallocalguidesconnect.com - 3Holiday Inn Express : r/hotelsreddit.comForum thread2024-01-21Ageing15 quotes used
“it keeps the glare off the tv. also, those cinnamon rolls at breakfast. ugh so good!”
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