Local Reviews
In February 2025, gary snape said about Holiday Inn Preston
We stopped here for a night after just comming back off holiday room was amazing staff couldn’t do enough for breakfast was amazing deffo stop here again bar area and food area was well maintained great choice of drinks and breakfast choice was brilliant
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In March 2025, Charlie L said about Holiday Inn Preston
Parking is in short supply at the actual hotel car park but both times I managed to get a space, there is a car park just nearby if you can't get in.
Hotel is clean, rooms are good and recently refurbed, but the staff are really good - Leah on reception, Jess in the bar and Charlotte on restaurant duty all couldn't have been more pleasant and accommodating, which made the stay a real pleasure.
Hotel is clean, rooms are good and recently refurbed, but the staff are really good - Leah on reception, Jess in the bar and Charlotte on restaurant duty all couldn't have been more pleasant and accommodating, which made the stay a real pleasure.
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In April 2025, Mark F said about Holiday Inn Preston
All the staff i encountered were super friendly starting with the Receptionist who checked me in and when i checked out remembered where i'd been. Had an evening meal on the 2 nights of my 3 nights stay, all good, as was breakfast!
Have to question why the air-con is not switched on until April though. There is a note saying if you need a fan request one, so i did, and i needed that to cool down, my room temperature was 23c, and at night a little to warm for me without a fan. The fan guard was a little dusty if i'm being picky so perhaps the hotel could give these some attention. During my stay there was roadworks outside, not something the HI can control ofc, with the fan on it blocked out most of the noise so i still had a reasonable nights sleep. I was pleased with the general cleanliness of my room, my room high up so had nice view of the Bus Station and Car Park. I came by train which is around 15 mins walk from Preston Station to the hotel and i made sure i'd walk past the Wallace and Gromit statue in the Market place! i'd be happy to stay here again, but perhaps needs a little refurb in parts?
Have to question why the air-con is not switched on until April though. There is a note saying if you need a fan request one, so i did, and i needed that to cool down, my room temperature was 23c, and at night a little to warm for me without a fan. The fan guard was a little dusty if i'm being picky so perhaps the hotel could give these some attention. During my stay there was roadworks outside, not something the HI can control ofc, with the fan on it blocked out most of the noise so i still had a reasonable nights sleep. I was pleased with the general cleanliness of my room, my room high up so had nice view of the Bus Station and Car Park. I came by train which is around 15 mins walk from Preston Station to the hotel and i made sure i'd walk past the Wallace and Gromit statue in the Market place! i'd be happy to stay here again, but perhaps needs a little refurb in parts?
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In April 2025, Richard77 said about Holiday Inn Preston
Fantastic Hotel. Staff are friendly and welcoming. I'll be coming back here if I stay in preston again in the future. Great location next to bus station. The food was delicious and yummy. And the drinks are fabulous. There are plenty of plugs to charge up any device.
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In June 2025, Rich187046 said about Holiday Inn Preston
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
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In June 2025, LauraDaveJames said about Holiday Inn Preston
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.
The room was clean and worked well for us. The bar was good. All the staff were pleasant. We had a good stay.
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In June 2025, Dawn C said about Holiday Inn Preston
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.
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In June 2025, William halladay said about Holiday Inn Preston
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
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In June 2025, Andy Y said about Holiday Inn Preston
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?
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?
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In June 2025, Traveler52998097919 said about Holiday Inn Preston
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!
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