We were part of a wedding party block and they were very accomidating in getting our rooms located near each other. Pool, bar, rooms,etc. were all clean and updated. Maids were some of the best I've encountered at Holiday Inns and they speak and understand English fluently! A little disappointed that there are no welcoming items for platinum priority club members.

We checked into the hotel on our road trip out west. We came to Austin for the SPAM museum and my husband was delighted to see SPAM on the breakfast menu!

We checked in and our room smelled like cigarette smoke. We mentioned this to the front desk and they moved us to the room next door. It smelled about 75% less like smoke but still had a distinct smoke smell for a family of non-smokers. Would still recommend the hotel just be sure you let the front desk know if you are dissatisfied with your room.

We drove to Minnesota to visit friends and stopped in Austin after driving almost 20 hours from SC. It was late and we pulled in without reservations. The front desk manager was welcoming and gave us a great rate; she even gave us a coupon to use at the Perkins across the parking lot for a late supper and another coupon to use in the hotel cafe for breakfast! There was a great bar and grill in the hotel as well--we didn't go in, but heard great music and it seemed very popular with the locals. The room was terrific--clean, comfortable and very up to date. Breakfast at the cafe was great--our coupon gave us up to $20 and there were lots of great choices on the menu. Wish we could have spent more time in Austin, but we had to keep forging north to Coon Rapids!

We've stayed at this HI twice; once five years ago and again this month on our way back from Montana, and both times have not been disappointed. The hotel has a great location: literally right off the interstate. The rooms are a good size, were clean and have both a microwave and refrigerator. We were upgraded to a room with a pool view (the "window" of the room was a sliding glass door that opened up to a little patio over the indoor pool area), which was really convenient for the kids. The pool area is cute; there is a smaller kiddie pool and hot tub in addition to the main pool, and outside the pool area are tables with umbrellas (giving you the illusion that you're outside). I worried that it might be loud later on but the pool closed at 10pm so there wasn't any noise after that, so it was perfect. The restaurant that is adjacent to the hotel is more of a sports bar (they have a pool table, TVs and tons of sports memoribilia on the walls) and serve typical burgers and the like, but they do have room service if you'd rather not bring the kids into the restaurant (but I'm sure they're welcome). They did have a really good barbecue chicken sandwich though. The hotel was quiet, the breakfast (in the Bistro area by the pool) was decent (kids eat free with each paying adult) and they served Caribou coffee so in all a good night's stay! Would definitely stay here again.