3.5
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This Holiday Inn Express and Suites is located in the affluent Southpointe area near Canonsburg and close to shops, restaurants, gyms, condos, and schools. I chose this hotel strictly due to the price, as the other two hotels close by, the AC Hotel and the newly renovated Homewood Suites, were priced much higher at the time of my booking. I booked a massive one-bedroom king room at a very reasonable rate.
This hotel is an older style of Holiday Inn and Suites and does not have the modern look of newer Holiday Inn and Suites. The decor and the furniture seem very 90's or early 2000s style; even the TVs in my room were more than 10 years old. However, the room was clean and very spacious. One odd item to note was that the room had a kitchenette, but all of the cupboards and drawers were empty. No plates, glasses, or cutlery were available.
The bedroom had its own TV and heating/AC unit; the bathroom had a shower and toilet, with the sink outside the bathroom. The main living area had a desk, a table and chairs and a kitchen island with additional seating.
The lobby is massive and opulent, with a very large area for dining and eating the complimentary breakfast. There is a business center and additional meeting rooms on the first floor. One highlight was the fitness room, which was in a very large room with an abundance of fitness equipment, which was perfect for a three-night stay and allowed me to change up my daily workouts. The hotel comes with a pool, but the pool area has no humidity control, or at least it wasn't on or working during my stay, which made staying in that area very uncomfortable, especially on a hot and muggy summer day.
The guest laundry has two washers and two dryers, and you have to pay by credit card or use an app that allows you to pre-pay the fees and use the equipment through the app. The breakfast was good and abundant with multiple hot and cold choices, but on one of the days, with more than 30 minutes left in the breakfast service, most of the hot food was finished, and I was told they weren't going to replenish it. Aside from that, I had an overall pleasant stay. The hotel could use a modernization at some point, as the rooms have no USB or USB-C charging ports but many electrical outlets available for chargers. The channel selection is basic satellite with no streaming capability. Wifi is strong enough for general use and multiple devices. If you are looking for an affordable stay in the area, this hotel might work for you.