Stayed here a coiuple of years ago, and was disappointed, but I use HIE a lot so thought we would try again, but again wished I had stayed elsewhere, Room to Hot and again air con temp did not move from 22 had on lowest seeting to try and cool down, glad it was not summer, table lamp not working a call to reception to get fixed , should be that hard , but advised no maintence avaialable ! give me a bulb and I will change it , but assume HS reasons would not allow ! Unhelpful reception in assiting me find a restuarant that could offer a take away service, think they wanted to sell there own food, sorry HI are not best know for there food, have tried in the past and always poor, so I dont bother , I did not eat there food, so can commet on it here, but there was a 45 minute for it for the poeple who did order ! The tiolet was hard work to flush - I have read some other that have this problem here aswell ! Room was clean and typical HIE , but still has big old tv ! and remote contol did not work to well . these are basic faults that should not happen. Car parking is charged at £8 which I think is a bit high for Hotel guests - Breakfast is included , but the quality is not that good scambled eggs dried out, cheap sauages , I know they say its free, but come on improve the quality please.

This hotel proved to be a winner as far as we were concerned. The price was most competitive, although we did book almost 6 months in advance. If one is looking for an over-night, reasonably-priced hotel, close to Stansted Airport, you could not do better than this for the money.
A complementary breakfast was available from 04.00 hours (the only disappointment being, we were told that eggs, etc, would be available at this time also, but were not). Cereal, toast and coffee, however was available.
The rooms were spotlessly clean and quiet. Check-in was done quickly by the knowledgeable, friendly staff. There is also a transfer service by coach (stop No. 30) to and from the hotel. This service costs £2 per person, each way, starting from 04.00. Also a 4-minute walk from the hotel, will bring you to McDonald's which was also a plus point. So, all in all, well done Holiday Inn.

We paid £58 for a double room before an early morning flight. Room was small but since we were only going to be there a couple of hours we didnt mind. It was easy to get to and from airport, close to a mcDonalds and filling station so despite arriving late in the evening we were able to get something to eat. We left at 5.30 for our flight so didnt get the full breakfast included in the price.

Rooms are quite small, but OK and clean, staff is very friendly and helpfull. We arrived at 10 AM (early inflight) and staff told us we couldn't check in before 2 PM, and not even one minute earlier, although occupation was low and the room probably ready. Hotel policy

The hotels website stated you could ask for a late checkout (our flight the next day would be 4 PM) which was possible, but at a cost. 20 GBP would be the charge, about a third of a normal overnight charge. That felt like a ripp-off, since we've been in a lot of ICH hotels, had a few late checkouts, which were always free. I told the desk clerck, but again, hotel policy.

But for the rest; the hotel was good, MacD & Starbucks nearby, rooms soundproof, airport shuttle very convenient, complementary breakfast very nice and again staff very friendly.