Holiday Inn Express Albert Dock by IHG

Booked room facing the dock. Large spacious room with great views and handily on the same floor as reception and breakfast area (2nd). Particularly good as husband walks slowly with a stick. Lift close by too. Breakfast the usual buffet and queue by the toast machine. As it’s an old building there is no air conditioning but windows did open and room supplied with a portable fan to keep cool through some of the hottest days they’ve had. Bathroom adequate but shower lethally slippery even when we got a ‘non slip mat’ aka paper sheet, so laid a towel on the shower floor. As hubby was getting in the shower one evening the fire alarm sounded. He insisted on dressing before we headed down many many flights of stairs which took ages. Just in time to find everyone going back in and being told it was false alarm. But no one asked our room number so I wondered if they ever check if everyone is out of the building in a real emergency. However all in all our stay was good (3 nights) near to many attractions and shops and staff pleasant and helpful. You get what you pay for.

It was a good central place to stay .Staff were helpful and pleasant .

Smooth check in lovely room, quite quirky with the brickwork and great view.

Highly recommend this hotel been a few times now with my family