Holiday Inn Hamburg - City Nord, an IHG Hotel

I got this for 110 Euro/night including breakfast. I think that was an exceptional offer, and in fact it's a class above what you'd expect for this price. I had a nice and spacious room with a kettle, tea and coffee, a good bed and a great view. All clean and in perfect condition. Breakfast was great (if expensive if paid for separately). Internet was fine. The adventurous architecture of the building is appreciated. Hamburg's City Nord generally has interesting if somewhat controversial architecture, mainly for offices. It's also quite green, which is nice; the big city park is around the corner. I have seen reviews criticising the public transport connection, but I wouldn't agree with that. Fair enough, it's 12 minutes to the S-Bahn (city train, 2 stations to airport), but there is a pretty useful bus station in max. 5 minutes distance. I got to all kinds of places in Hamburg in about 30 minutes.

Checkin was fast and efficient, the room was clean and very well presented. Service in the restaurant was timely and the staff were friendly. We had originally booked Radisson Blu who tried to make us pay €50 extra for an extra bed, despite promising four beds at the time of booking. By contrast Holiday Inn was much nicer to deal with and came through on their agreement without issue and for less money than Raddison.

The location was 10 minutes away from the airport. Staff were nice and helpful. It had a restaurant. Room was okay. On street parking was free.

The best Holiday Inn we have stayed in and probably one of the nicest hotels in general. Staff were very polite and helpful, loved the gym facilities and the restaurant/bar downstairs. Also, really liked the little tick cards available in the rooms and looked forward to a little treat every morning. Free on street parking directly outside the hotel and lovely views from the hotel windows. Lifts were quick and reliable - been to a few hotels where the lifts just don't work properly.

Bed was comfy, room was clean. Breakfast was not included in price - paid additional fee for that, but breakfast was good with standard choice of food in comparison to other hotels. I would appreaciate more types of vegetables served.