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    3.1 (57 reviews)
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    William S.

    A great two-night stay at the Holiday Inn Express Baltimore Downtown at 221 N Gay St, Baltimore, Maryland. This cool hotel is set in a 1920s bank building with incredible marble in the lobby.  It's a 9 minute walk from Port Discovery Children's Museum, a 10 minute walk to the National Aquarium and a 13 minute walk to the Harbor Place Shopping Center. Rooms have mini-fridges, microwaves, work desks, satellite TV and free Wi-Fi. A hotel breakfast buffet is included for free, along with a fitness room, business center, laundry machines and a small fee parking garage.  Not to mention and great and friendly staff onsite.  Everyone was so accommodating. Loved the Holiday Inn Express Baltimore Downtown at 221 N Gay St, Baltimore, Maryland.  We'll definitely be back!  Thank You for a good stay!

    Monique A.

    I booked this hotel last minute after deciding to go to Baltimore for the weekend. I made my decision based on location to Downtown and cost. Once the reservation was made I checked the reviews on Yelp and was a little hesitant. That skepticism all went away once my company and I arrived and checked in. We arrived Saturday September 17th around noon and our room was ready!! This was great news since we were heading to a Seafood Festival that started at noon. The lobby had a museum feel and nice decor. We informed at check-in the hotel is an old bank. It was really cool to see how they incorporated the vault as office space, and kept a lot of the old features throughout the hotel. The check-in process was quick and the service rep was pleasant. She explained everything and we made our way to the room. It was a decent size room with a King bed, good size fridge, keurig coffee maker and the room was beyond spotless. Overall we enjoyed our two night stay. The proximity of the hotel to restaurants, Inner Harbor and entertainment are great. The hotel was clean, staff was friendly and informative. I would give them another half star if I could!

    Nicole W.

    The upfront people were very professional & kind. The hotel lobby was gorgeous. My room was beautiful. It was clean, came with a coffee maker, clean microwave, fridge & tv I was very pleased and I'd stay here again. It was great.

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    Luke C.

    I can understand Alpa V.'s frustrations; I wouldn't want to be caught with extra charges for nights I didn't stay. I hope everything works out and I hope it's a once off error with this hotel. My stay at this hotel has been pleasant so far. I am staying here for 2 weeks for Hopkins Winter Institute. The place is certainly a step or two up from Motel 6 and others like it. There is a modern feel to the room. The rooms have microwaves and a small refrigerator if you need to store anything. The hotel serves basic but reasonable warm breakfast including eggs, sausage, toast, biscuits, french toast and danishes. I certainly think they are better than many I've stayed at. There is a gym at the basement which is accessed by the room key. The hotel is new and the staff is pleasant. I think it's definitely worth looking at if you want to stay in the St Paul, Charles Street area. It is about 15 minutes walk to Hopkins if you want to go it on foot. Pretty decent for the price.

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    Nina C.

    We got lucky on this one. Apparently their hotel flooded on the floor we were to be on. They were going to put us in a smaller room (for 5 people) and we asked about cots - which they have none, what hotel doesn't have cots? I guess it was a good thing anyway. We ended up getting a suite with a room connected and had a stairway shared with one other room. The hotel was gorgeous inside. The area though seemed kind of shady. It felt so unsafe to keep our car in the lot. I wouldn't walk out there alone at night! 10 minute walk to the Harbor if I may add. Our bathroom had a HUGE window as well as FOUR long windows in the room, with perfect black out curtains. Two windows on one side of the room, and the other two windows looking INSIDE the hotel. Lighting I will say was HORRIBLE (in the night I mean) cause we obviously didn't need any during the day. Fridge was completely empty with tons of room in it to store food! Breakfast was great. I thought it was continental it included pancakes, eggs, buiscuts, and more. The one thing that did disturb me was Church service on Sunday's. It's in a room off the main lobby. You can easily hear the bass from the microphone. I'm not sure why they have service there but it should go. It's unnesssary, and for people traveling, and late sleepers - I would not want to be woken up by that.

    This hotel was renovated from an old bank, very cool

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