The public spaces are actually quite nice in this hotel, as you would expect from a normal hotel rather than a Holiday Inn. The food is also of a very good standard which was again a pleasant surprise.

The rooms are of a good standard and are perfectly comfortable, but there was a big problem with trying to get the rooms cool - the aircon just didnt seem to do any good at all - and bear in mind it was only 25 degrees ish so not the hottest weather ever. You can open the window but the air con goes off, and if you go out of the room you need to put something like a spare credit card in the room card slot inside your room if you want the air con to stay on whilst you are out and about. Even doing all of this it still doesnt do a very good job which means the room does get too warm.
Apart from this it was a pleasant experience staying here, but it is a short walk to the nicer main square where all the restaurants and bars are.

This is a chain hotel, situated in Zilina, close to the train station. The hotel is new, couple of years open. The rooms are holiday inn standards. There is a nice spa, but a little bit too small, when letting also non-staying hotel guests in. The bar on the top floor is great, with a nice view. Unfortunately I have stayed twice, and both times, there was no party, hardly anybody was present in the bar. Drinks are good and cheap for a **** hotel. The food was ok, but nothing special, both the eveninig dinner buffet and the morning breakfast. Staff is quite slow at the restaurant, and not really helpful, but always greetig. The reception was packed with guests, but occupied by only 2 receptionists, which made me wait for something over 15 minutes to check out.

Really enjoyable stay in the panorama studio on the 9th floor with a great view of Zilina and the nearby mountains . The spa is very good and restaurant was fantastic - food & service . Upon recommendation from the receptionist we went skiing to two different (both very close) ski resorts - both were quite pleasant , but not very large . We were told that in the summer there is a very nice golf course in Rajec (about 20km) , so I will have to go check that out . Will definitely return to this hotel !

Great hotel. Every comfort and convenience I could ask for. AC blows ice cold(which came in handy as the outside temp was 95 Fahrenheit when we stayed. We actually liked this hotel so much we stayed an extra night!