Overview

Having stayed in this hotel before, we knew what to expect and were not disappointed. Having paid in advance, we got a reasonable rate. Whilst I realize it may be tied in with demand, but I still find it odd that the three nights we stayed, each was charged at a different rate, with the Wednesday night being £11.50 more expensive than the Friday night. The only other comment I would make at this point is that when I went to book online, a double wheelchair accessible room was not available yet on phoning the hotel direct, such a room was. Checking in was swift and we were soon into room 206, the same room that we had on a previous stay. The room was very spacious, with lots of room to get around the bed. Breakfast was more than adequate, with a varied selection of cereals, fruit, pastries on offer as well as oranges juice and hot drinks. The downsides of our stay (and there has to be some) was that we found the bed to be of the soft side and one of the bath towels has seen better days as a hole had appeared where it was very worn. My main bugbear was the noise by other guests in the corridors and adjacent room at various times of the day and night. Sadly this seems to be the norm in hotels these days or perhaps it is just me getting old and less tollerant. If require a hotel for either shopping or visiting tourist attractions, this hotel is very well located. A ten minute walk takes you up to the main shopping areas of the city with a similar time to get over to the Discovery or Unicorn. Should we be back to Dundee in the future, we shall certainly consider using the Holiday Express Inn Dundee.

Transport & Parking

The Holiday Express Inn Dundee is well situated on Dock Street with the bonus of a council run multi storey car park in the adjacent Gellatly Street which has a bridge walkway taking one straight into the reception area. Blue Badge holders are exempt from the reasonable charges.

Access

Toilets

The wetroom was well laid out with a raised toilet with supporting handrails. It was nice to have a separated hand basin beside the toilet to avoid having to go over to the main basin. Of which, there was lots of room around the main basin as well as a glass shelf to put things on. As I require a seat to use whilst at the hand basin, we requested one from the reception, which was supplied straight away. The shower had a pull down seat and supporting handrails. Easy to use controls made showering easy, although my wife thought I was daft when I described the water flow as being ‘lumpy’ by this, I meant that the water flow was somewhat variable and seemed to come out in lumps at times.

Staff

Not many about