Holiday Inn Preston by IHG

Stayed for one night on the way to Scotland. Reviews of the available nearby budget hotels with restaurants were mixed and most had no air-con. Staying city-centre usually means you can’t open windows, or if you do there is considerable traffic noise. As the Holiday Inn ticked that box we chose it and were pleased with our decision. Hotel is very clean, all staff were extremely pleasant and helpful. Bed comfort was average but matched the price level. Had a quick evening meal which was again fine for the price point of the hotel. Breakfast was excellent, great choice, fresh and cooked selection well cooked considering its buffet style. Overall excellent value. Yes parking is limited but we managed to get into the spaces out front, using the adjacent multi story would not have needed a problem as you can drop bags and guests at the hotel entrance first.

Lovely clean room with huge bed. Good assortment of tea, coffee etc. Nice bathroom toiletries. Staff were fantastic. Especially our lovely waitress. Manager was very attentive. Evening meal was very nice but breakfast was even better - a fantastic choice of hot and cold options. All in all a very pleasant stay. Have never stayed at a Holiday Inn before but I definitely will again!

We spent two nights in this hotel in one week, one as a stop over on a coach trip to Scotland, one on the return journey. On the whole the staff were very friendly and helpful and the room was excellent, despite the captivating view of what seemed to be a bus depot. Both breakfasts were fine with a wide choice of options, however, the evening meal left much to be desired. We had ordered chicken in a sauce with fresh vegetables. The chicken was small and very thin and dry, so much so that the edges had turned crispy, its only saving grace was the delicious sauce disguising the overcooked chicken. to be generous, this may have been the chef's intention but this was ill advised. In addition the seemingly 'al dente' vegetables were very dry without any kind of dressing and insufficient sauce to make those palatable. The evening meal on our second stay was of similar quality to the first. We had ordered fish in breadcrumbs with fries and mushy peas. Again, very disappointing! The breadcrumb coating was so hard that a sawing action was required to break through to a very dry (rather small) portion of fish, the fries were exactly as you would expect frozen from a supermarket, not tasty or crispy, the 'mushy peas' were very runny and more than 50% liquid, more like a low quality Pea Puree. On both occasions we had endured an extremely long and tiring coach trip of several hours just wanting to eat and retire wishing to avoid any confrontation and being tired to complain at the time we just left the restaurant dissatisfied. Is this the standard that all Holiday Inns work to?

stop over for our trip to Scotland next day room was absolutely fabulous room was great and mini fridge for my insulin food could do better as it was a full coach party no to for wife as vegan and vegetarian but recommend for staff service

Super hotel, lovely rooms, great helpful friendly staff. Good food. Very clean, modern hotel. Superb location next to bus station and near city centre. Recommended.

We had a much better experience in this hotel than we did in our only previous visit. We were fortunate to park in the small car park at the front of the hotel, but there is also a nearby car park at the bus station. The room was clean and worked well for us. The bar was good. All the staff were pleasant. We had a good stay.

We stayed here last weekend for a night. The hotel is perfectly situated for exploring Preston city centre. The room was well maintained and crystal clean. The staff we encountered during our stay were all really nice particularly Ash on the bar. The bar is a lovely area to relax in whether you are on business and need to work, you want to lounge back in front of the TV or play a bit of pool. All in all great stay

Inadequate noise insolation between rooms. Limited power in shower

Very nice location , walking distance to mall and restaurants. Very friendly staff. Facility is well kept

My stay was very comfortable, room was clean. Staff was very helpful and friendly atmosphere