Holiday Inn Express Cardiff Bay, an IHG Hotel
Hotel in Cardiff
3-Star Hotel
Reasons to book
Great price for your budgetOne of the lowest cost properties in the area
Includes essentialsAir conditioner, Internet / Wifi, Balcony or Patio and more
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About this hotel
Hotel with free breakfast, near Principality Stadium
A restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a snack bar/deli are available at this hotel. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Other amenities include self parking, coffee/tea in a common area, and a business center.
Holiday Inn Express Cardiff Bay, an IHG Hotel offers 87 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include showers.
A restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a snack bar/deli are available at this hotel. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Other amenities include self parking, coffee/tea in a common area, and a business center.
Holiday Inn Express Cardiff Bay, an IHG Hotel offers 87 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include showers.
Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.
Amenities
Air conditioner
Internet / Wifi
Laundry
Balcony or Patio
Map of Cardiff
Available Rooms
Standard Room
1 Single
Sleeps 2
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Standard Room, 1 Double Bed with Sofa bed
1 Double • 1 Sofa
Sleeps 4
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Standard Room, 2 Twin Beds, Accessible
2 Single
Sleeps 2
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Standard Room, 2 Twin Beds
2 Single
Sleeps 2
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Standard Room, 1 Double Bed
1 Double
Sleeps 2
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££££
Reviews
2.5
Lovely modern clean quiet room overlooking water. Great full cooked buffet breakfast included. Excellent value and friendly staff.
2.5
Good position of hotel, plenty of parking at good rate.
A little bit short staffed, but all friendly and helpful.
Fire alarm went off in the night, but dealt with well .
2.0
Checked in at 2.30 . Easy to walk to Bay. Comfy beds. Breakfast good.
2.5
The food was great, bed was really comfortable but the toilet could do with being a bit higher…..I felt like I was back in the infant school with baby sized toilets!! Apart from that the stay was excellent. Thank you
1.5
Nice clean bathroom, no water to drink or tea bags in the room.
As a disabled visitor no help at any stage was offered
2.5
Excellent welcome on check in, very friendly staff and very helpful. Very good breakfast.
1.0
Stay was good, breakfast was awful, ovre 3 nights more and more food items were unavailable....staff were doing there best but when you don't have things such as jams, marmalades plus hot items its pretty poor
2.0
Comfortable stay. Breakfast busy & staff struggling to keep up. Shout out to Scot & Lisa who were amazing, friendly & helpful. Poor choice for decaf coffee. Should have decaf coffee beans in machine as well as caffinated. Instant is awful.
2.0
Really good location by the bay. 4 EV charging points 55p per KW. Breakfast included however very busy with long queues and everything constantly running out.
2.5
Really good overall. Breakfast was chaotic with no plates, cups glasses etc and things not working eg pancake machine, hot chocolate and juice. Receptionist was working extremely hard to help out in the breakfast room.
1.5
Disappointing breakfast but room was comfortable and clean
2.0
Great location to the bay. The staff were friendly and the breakfast was good. Parking was minimal and on day 2 we had to find alternative parking.
2.5
We were stopping off in Cardiff for a visit and were looking for an overnight stay. This hotel was perfect, 15 min walk into the city centre and a 10 min walk to Cardiff bay. Staff were extremely helpful, room was comfy and we both slept well. Great breakfast in the morning which helped for our onward journey. Would definitely recommend.
2.5
Staff and manager as always were brilliant
2.5
as ever stay was brilliant
2.5
Amazing people. Very kind.
1.0
Room wasn’t available until 3pm so delayed us going to our event.
Purchased 2 gin and tonics and was shocked at the price. When I asked why so expensive the barman said they were doubles even though I didn’t ask for doubles. This is awful as a person may have been having one drink and possibly driving shortly afterwards not knowing if they didn’t question the price of the drink. H the barman told me he always serves doubles! I had to warn the man at the bar in case he got caught out also.
Car parking was full after check in time so I’m glad I arrived early to nab a space despite having to wait an extra hour for the room. Hotel where fine with you parking before check in and using the bar area whilst you waited. There was no charge for the car park before check in time.
At breakfast there was no coffee cups and by the time I gave up after a good 5 mins wait in a queue my cooked breakfast had gone cold so I had to get another one.
Clean hotel. Staff seemed friendly but some of them stressed when it was busy in the morning.
1.0
Bathroom Sink clogged.
1.0
The shower awful. No sleep as air con constant scratching all night coming from it. People walking corridor loudly. Outside all night the noise was dreadful. The price of your limited drinks was ridiculous. Was not told we had to pay for car park till arrival. Having not being able to sleep we would never return here!!!!!!!!
4.0
lt did the job. Good breakfast and nice common area.
5.0
Everything
4.0
I liked the view
1.0
The room was advertised for 4 adults but room did not even have 2 double bed, how people are suppose to sleep and was very at the time ac wasn't working either asked the staff, they said this what we have..
3.0
Very corporate
0.5
Stayed in room 306. There was a constant noise source that vibrated through the room all night. Both my wife and i was unable to get any sleep due to this. Reported the fault at the time & first thing in the morning - i was informed others on the same floor had complained and there was nothing that could be done untill they get an engineer to fix the fault.
If we hadnt had alcoholic drinks we would have left the hotel & drove home.
We had a day of activities planned for monday in Cardiff, we cut our trip short to head home for some much needed sleep.
Very disappointed!!
2.5
Staff were brilliant nothing was too much trouble for them and Mohammed especially is a credit to them, he was amazing couldn't do enough for us, really made our stay.
Breakfast was great and my son got to complement the chef. This is the best holiday inn we've been to. 😁
4.0
Great locaton, clean rooms and lobby, and friendly staff. Nice view of the lake to sit with a beer. Pillows a bit lumpy but still reasonable sleep. Very convenient for the bay.
4.0
We had a very pleasant stay,the staff were very helpful and greeted us with a smile and a hello!The hotel was only a few streets away from the city centre
4.0
Staff are very welcoming, friendly and helpful at all time. I enjoyed the breakfast throughout my 6 night stay.
I didn't like their lack of enough parking space. Twice I had to park my car further away from the carpark because it was full. I was refunded for the nights I wasn't able to park on their compound though.
2.0
good clean comfortable room. Unfortunately due to an incident in the adjoining building the fire alarm was activated at 4.30 am so our sleep was disturbed. Good to know that the alarms are in good working order though!
2.5
Excellent staff 10/10
Really good overall facilities
2.5
Lovely staff, Manager very hands on at breakfast…We were lucky with the gorgeous weather.
2.5
We travelled over 300 miles to Cardiff to see Billy Joel's only European show of 2024. Prices at all hotels were immensely inflated. Our accomodation through Hotels.com got cancelled twice including only a few weeks before the concert but we were lucky to get the last room at the Holiday Inn Express, although it was an accessible room with a walk-in shower. It looked over the wharf and was comfortable and pleasant. All patrons got a free breakfast, the usual choices but replenished regularly. There was a 25 minute walk to the City Centre and 15-20 minutes to Cardiff Bay with it's great choice of restaurants, giving us the choice of going in either direction. We thought that was ideal. The staff were efficient and helpful throughout. Needless to say the concert was superb making the long trip well worthwhile.
2.0
It’s not clean and noise I
2.0
The bed was comfortable but the room was on the warm side (you have no control over the AC). We were able to get a fan. It was clean and safe. Closer walk to Cardiff Bay than Cardiff Centre. Not much close by but the hotel did have a bar for drinks and served food.
2.0
Good stay. Air conditioning could have been better as it was very hot and didn't seem to make a difference. Breakfast a little chaotic with no cutlery or plates but good selection. View of car park was uninspiring!
1.5
It was bad enough the room air conditioning didn't work at all, but one hotel clerk tried to claim we had purposely designed "room cooling" that just just wasn't supposed to be as effective cold as "air conditioning' - an insulting fabrication especially since they advertise air conditioning, Another clerk was nice enough to bring a small fan to my room, but since the windows barely opened, that didn't help much. They apparently have had this problem quite a while. You might expect that at an old B&B, but not at a modern hotel,
2.5
The only problem I had was with the air cooling system in my room
1.5
The hotel is in nice condition with a good location, and the staff were very friendl. But the breakfast was very poorly organised and you had to queue for a long time due to the way it was set up, and there was also a shortage of tables to eat at.
3.0
Breakfast is average
FAQs
How much does this hotel cost compared to others in Cardiff?
The average price for a rental in Cardiff is £93 per night. This rental is £29 less expensive than the average.
Is parking included with this hotel?
Parking is not specified as an available amenity at Holiday Inn Express Cardiff Bay, an IHG Hotel. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.
Is there a pool at this hotel?
We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this hotel. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.
Is Holiday Inn Express Cardiff Bay, an IHG Hotel pet friendly?
Unfortunately, this hotel is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"
What amenities are available at Holiday Inn Express Cardiff Bay, an IHG Hotel?
We found 4 amenities for this rental. This includes air conditioner, internet / wifi, laundry, and balcony or patio.
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