Holiday Inn Express

We had been to an event in St. Andrews and decided to stay in Dundee over night. The hotel is in the centre of Dundee next to a pay and display carpark if you park on level three there is access straight into the hotel via a ramp . But unfortunately no disabled parking on this level . But this wasn’t a problem as the car park wasn’t busy. Parking is free between 8pm and 8am Once you go up the ramp into the hotel you are right at reception . Our room was perfect plenty of space for the wheelchair to get around the bed , sockets at a suitable height for a wheelchair user. The bath room was a wet room with shower seat and grab rails . A big plus was the fact that it had a raised toilet. Plenty of space for the wheelchair in the bathroom, we sat in the bar in the evening which had views out towards the river Tay . The bar had a good choice of drinks and nibbles .Staff were helpful and they also have a bar menu if it’s needed. Breakfast the next day was good. Plenty of choice of both hot and cold food. Again staff were helpful. We would stay here again if in the area.

Having stayed in this hotel before, we knew what to expect and were not disappointed. Having paid in advance, we got a reasonable rate. Whilst I realize it may be tied in with demand, but I still find it odd that the three nights we stayed, each was charged at a different rate, with the Wednesday night being £11.50 more expensive than the Friday night. The only other comment I would make at this point is that when I went to book online, a double wheelchair accessible room was not available yet on phoning the hotel direct, such a room was. Checking in was swift and we were soon into room 206, the same room that we had on a previous stay. The room was very spacious, with lots of room to get around the bed. Breakfast was more than adequate, with a varied selection of cereals, fruit, pastries on offer as well as oranges juice and hot drinks. The downsides of our stay (and there has to be some) was that we found the bed to be of the soft side and one of the bath towels has seen better days as a hole had appeared where it was very worn. My main bugbear was the noise by other guests in the corridors and adjacent room at various times of the day and night. Sadly this seems to be the norm in hotels these days or perhaps it is just me getting old and less tollerant. If require a hotel for either shopping or visiting tourist attractions, this hotel is very well located. A ten minute walk takes you up to the main shopping areas of the city with a similar time to get over to the Discovery or Unicorn. Should we be back to Dundee in the future, we shall certainly consider using the Holiday Express Inn Dundee.