Holiday Inns are always reliable, and this is no exception. Great customer service at the desk. Still, the room was a little outdated for Holiday Inn standards, and it was kinda pricey for what you'd expect for a simple Holiday Inn in Amarillo.

After a long day of driving, I made this my this my first stay at a Holiday Inn last Thursday. It's conveniently located on I-40 with plenty of access to restaurants and bars. After an early dinner at the nearby Big Texan steakhouse, we came back to the hotel to call it a night, but were surprised to find a packed bar for of all things - Comedy Night?!? We popped in and there were two (relatively) funny comedians from Los Angeles, a room packed with what seemed like locals and quite a few drinks goin around. Can't say I saw comedy night at the Holiday Inn coming, but it was a good time and we ended up having quite a few drinks afterwards.

Holiday Inn didn't change my life, but it delivered a clean, safe room with accommodating staff at a reasonable price. If you're passing through town on a Thursday, check out the Comedy Night which is apparently a weekly ritual with the locals.

It was over 100 degrees in Amarillo and when we got to our room the AC was not on! Our room was a furnace. We turned AC on full blast hoping after we got back from dinner it would be cooled down. Turns out the main AC was down in the atrium/pool area. When I told the gal at the front desk that our room was not cooled down she smiled and shruged. Our room got down to about 80 degrees. It was a hot, sleepless night. the next morning the guy at the desk did not look us in the eye and exited quickly. I'm sure he had already fielded many complaints. We should have been comped the room or given extra priority points. We'll never stay at a Holiday Inn again. Holiday Inn Express has been much better.

We stayed one night at this hotel on our way through Texas. The hotel is very old. It is one of those hotels where the rooms have a balcony that opens up to an enclosed (!) courtyard. Down below you have the indoor pool, arcade machines, and the restaurant. You really need to keep your curtains closed. Otherwise there is no privacy. You also can't leave the balcony door open because of the noise coming up from the courtyard. The elevator has fake woodpanelling on the walls and the breakfast area looks like from the fifties, although we believe this to be intentional. It's just old, old, old. The only good thing about it was the exceptionally friendly lady at the check-in counter.