Daniel Lai

Review of IHG Crowne Plaza / Holiday Inn...

I'm not sure why this hotel is an 'Express' rather...

I'm not sure why this hotel is an 'Express' rather than a regular Holiday Inn (technicalities I imagine) but it really doesn't feel like it's lacking much.

The staff are polite and helpful, the rooms are reasonably big for the cost and clean and have all of the basics I required.

There are token operated washers and dryers on the semi open air relaxation floor if you need to do any laundry.

The breakfast area is a short walk (under cover) to the opposite Crowne Plaza Hotel and has a decent enough variety.

There is a huge multi phase shopping centre that includes a cinema and number of grocery stores and also connects to a few other shopping centres as well as the metro system (with the two main stops eastward also having large shopping centres connected, but not quite as big).

My only criticism is that although they have made some changes to the lifts that serve the floors and restaurants (connected to the shopping centre) on busy days/times it still gets too crowded - they need to keep a lift dedicated to hotel floors (unless a key card is used).

Additionally, it is located quite far from the usual tourist spots so bear that in mind as it will require frequent travel.