On arrival we were suprised to find 2 decidedly scruffy staff on reception. The man had his shirt unbuttoned almost to his navel, and the lady seemed unable too smile, but luckily went to get another staff member who was pleasant and efficient. Strangest welcome yet at a Holiday Inn.
Our room was 204, overlooking the same flat roof as a previous reviewer. The noise from the water softeners was bad, and we changed rooms the next night. The staff member who arranged this was very helpful, but I do wonder why they use these 2 noisy rooms when the hotel is very underoccupied.
Dinner was OK at the Harvester, although there were long queues on the Saturday night. The Cuckoo in Alwalton village was about 15 minutes walk, - looked good in the day but not appealing in the rain and dark.
Breakfast was good. Food was hot and well-cooked. On our second morning there was a coach party, but there was still plenty of room and the staff kept everything topped up very efficiently.
On balance a very good stay, apart from the niggles mentioned above. Bearing in mind we had booked this on a 2012 special offer it was excellent value.

This is a lovely hotel.the gentleman on reception was very helpful especially when we found out that the harvester next door to the hotel was closed.the rooms was clean & comfortable.
Breakfast was standard for a holiday inn express a big plus was that due to there being no restaurant that you could phone a take away have it delivered & eat it in the bar.

We always stay here for a couple of nights on our way to visit family in London.The position close to the A1 is perfect and only 80 miles to London.The hotel is clean and very comfortable and the reception staff are very pleasant and helpful.We always manage to go walking in the nearby Nene Valley Country Park and our little dog( who always comes with us for no charge in the hotel) loves the area.The breakfast is quite adequate with a choice of Continental or cooked.The whole package represents excellent value for money.

The Holiday Inn Express was comfortable and roomy enough and with a room backing onto the car park we were able to open our window at night to get some fresh air - which was good. The hallway outside the room was quite stuffy as the Hotel was not airconditioned. I would imagine that rooms would be pretty stuffy during a heatwave.Breakfast was OK and the staff were helpful when necessary.
Would be happy enough to stay again.