Holiday Inn Express & Suites Belmont by IHG — Hotel in Belmont

Our first time staying at this Holiday Inn Express. We come to the bay area often and have stayed in nearly all the IHG hotels in SF and near the airport. We picked the Belmont this time as labor day weekend we knew there wouldn't be any traffic in the area and the price was right.

The hotel was a pleasant surprise. It is one of the nicer Holiday Inn Express hotels we have stayed. Nothing fancy, but everything as it should be. Checkin was easy and friendly. there is plenty of parking in the lot next to the hotel and in the garage under the hotel. Plus, no charge for parking like there is at many of the other hotels nearer SF.

The area is very safe right along El Camino Real and you can walk down the street to Safeway, Peet's coffee, Starbucks etc all just a few blocks to the north.

The room itself is normal. It is nice there is a refrig and microwave. The room and hotel in general are a bit dark with darker carpet and furniture. The bed is very comfortable. The duvet cover is getting a little thin and I would have preferred a slightly more substantial cover, but this is the standard one for HIE.

As a Platinum Elite member, I did receive my 500 pt welcome and also bottled water in the room. However, there was no room upgrade. My room was fine and matched my preferences (high floor), but the same type of room I had reserved (standard king). I do think the hotel was fairly full so the upgraded king suites might not have been available. I didn't ask.

The front desk staff and breakfast staff were super friendly and accommodating. The room was fresh, but a few small things were off - the refrig smelled like pizza - I left it open about 10 minutes and all was fine after that - and there was a gum wrapper on the counter which was odd (guessing the person who delivered the water left it there by mistake as it was right above the refrig).

The breakfast was standard for HIE - eggs, sausage, pancakes, - all good and hot. I truly appreciate the use of paper plates (rather than plastic).

We'll be back again likely over Thanksgiving. Great choice when...

The Holiday Inn in Belmont is just another holiday and I will say it has quite a convoluted way to get in but Google maps gotta send and it's not on the Main Street hidden on go back street with a left and left and left and right to get into the parking lot.|The staff was a very helpful man who was doing the best he could considering that the encoder machine for the keys was broken or was replaced or was turned off and they were looking for a new company because they felt dumped by their current headquarter company so he walks everyone to their room and lets them in and if you leave you'll he has to let you back in So it was an interesting experience but pleasant all in all we were on the 1st floor which made it very easy for us so other than that it was a perfect Holiday Inn with a perfect little breakfast with a perfect little everything holiday and represents so| other than a little broken machinery Ho Ho Ho I'm sure they'll fix it real fast we were happy with our sleep and it was a very quiet and nice one Thank you Holiday InnFor the little bakery and blue lingerie that we went to It was a nice and quite busy little bakery lots of coffee being made and Lots of pastries that were looking good. I had a beautiful fresh large croissant a Another pastry stuffed with spinach and cheese and it was wonderful and I had another pastry that was stuffed with Apple and it was tasty and I would sure come back for more of that period we wanted a sandwich as well but sadly they were not serving sandwiches at that time so maybe another time it's an open place with a very friendly staff very friendly crew of customers as well And we will be coming back they have cremate salads that you can just pick up and man are they good in the dressings are really outstanding. It's a place worth testing if you haven't been I encourage you to come along and...

The Holiday Inn in Belmont is just another holiday and I will say it has quite a convoluted way to get in but Google maps gotta send and it's not on the Main Street hidden on go back street with a left and left and left and right to get into the parking lot. The staff was a very helpful man who was doing the best he could considering that the encoder machine for the keys was broken or was replaced or was turned off and they were looking for a new company because they felt dumped by their current headquarter company so he walks everyone to their room and lets them in and if you leave you'll he has to let you back in So it was an interesting experience but pleasant all in all we were on the 1st floor which made it very easy for us so other than that it was a perfect Holiday Inn with a perfect little breakfast with a perfect little everything holiday and represents so other than a little broken machinery Ho Ho Ho I'm sure they'll fix it real fast we were happy with our sleep and it was a very quiet and nice one Thank you Holiday InnFor the little bakery and blue lingerie that we went to It was a nice and quite busy little bakery lots of coffee being made and Lots of pastries that were looking good. I had a beautiful fresh large croissant a Another pastry stuffed with spinach and cheese and it was wonderful and I had another pastry that was stuffed with Apple and it was tasty and I would sure come back for more of that period we wanted a sandwich as well but sadly they were not serving sandwiches at that time so maybe another time it's an open place with a very friendly staff very friendly crew of customers as well And we will be coming back they have cremate salads that you can just pick up and man are they good in the dressings are really outstanding. It's a place worth testing if you haven't been I encourage you to come along and...