Holiday Inn Express - Stockport, an IHG Hotel

Excellent location, right next door to Stockport station & easy to get into Manchester centre & into surrounding areas. Very clean, well-decorated rooms. Good choice of food & drink at breakfast, clean breakfast area with helpful staff.

The breakfast choices were very good, the team member with short blonde hair was great, she was ALWAYS welcoming, helpful, polite, she replenished breakfast items, cleared tables and was very efficient. The breakfast team staff were all efficient. Josh on the front desk was excellent. He was always polite, helpful, professional, great sense of humor and made me feel very welcome. Outstanding customer service. Everyone at the front desk was polite and efficient. The gentleman that handled my check out was polite, helpful, kind and I appreciated him asking how my stay went. Very impressed with the front desk team work. Also the gentleman that handled maintenance regarding my shower inquiry was excellent. Super nice and very helpful.

Given the hotel was the Holiday Inn Express, I thought there might be less options, but there were all the normal cooked breakfast items (which staff restocked regularly) and options for vegan and gluten free on request. My room was a good size, clean and quiet - I asked for a quiet room and my request was granted. The fact that it wasn't at all noisy was great, considering Stockport railway station was right below the property! Being next to the station was excellent, because I was travelling into Manchester and beyond each day, so I could wander down whenever I was ready. The location was also great for taking in a show at the Stockport Plaza.

The hotel is new and nice looking. The room was absolutely clean and comfortable. Noise isolation was superb. Breakfast was included. Restaurant is also clean, nice and comfy. Lobby provides spacey and comfy seating groups. An NCP multistory car park and a Sainsbury's express supermarket (open until 11:00 pm) is available just across the hotel. Train station is also next to the hotel. No noise from railway, btw. Stockport high street is very close in case you would like to have a walk. There is also a pub (Bask) right across if you would like to have a night rather than drinking alcohol at the hotel.

Location was excellent for public transport, with very good connections to central Manchester (the station is a stone's throw away) as well as to the Derbyshire and Cheshire countryside. I liked the breakfasts. I liked the mural on the wall by the reception desk which displayed the distinctive and historic buildings of central Stockport, all within walking distance of the hotel.