We were very warmly greeted by the desk agent and truly treated like valued guests. Room was fine. The problem was with the breakfast. Unlike most holiday inns, breakfast was not included and we paid $38+ for the two of us for each morning. Food was horrible. Powdered dry eggs; tasteless french toast: COLD coffee (I think it was left from the day before; There was a sign indicating the choice of breads (but 4 of the 6 did not exist). The staff and service were exemplary.

There was a note on the desk to.enjoy the walking stick and binoculars to explore the area. What a great touch for the amazing area in Estes Park. There was a walking stick but no binoculars, which doesnt surprise me, but the sign should be chamged We were surprised at the limitations offered at this Holiday Inn. VERY VERY dimly lit room , no chair or table in the room, there is a small shelf table between the beds but nothing on the sides of the bed where you can put a drink, glasses, phone etc., no microwave, and just open shelves for clothes. No in room safe. We were also surprised that the breakfast offering was exactly the same for Sat and Sunday. On Sat we arrived in the dining area at 7am and it was very good. On Sunday we arrived at 8am to find most things gone already.

Looks very nice the lady was super nice and the place is very clean also has a lot of halls to rent and also has a pool and game room sits right in the middle of town and seem like the bar is nice and the give every room a set of binoculars for the awesome views

I spent three nights at this hotel and at first I was a bit confused by it... the modern section of the lobby and then the kind of dated corridor of rooms. Then I looked at the photos outside of the games room and it all made sense - this is a classic hotel from the early 70s... a 'holidome'! The rooms in the pool area were once prime! I am not going to go into a huge breakdown of my stay except to say that the room was good and up to date. The bed a little hard. Loved the free Starbucks coffee, Tevana tea and the flavoured sparkling waters in the lobby. All of the staff were lovely and kind. There are five things I recommend to Holiday Inn Estes that would make this hotel great... 1. put back the clear glass in the ceiling of the pool to give it more light - it would change this area and make it so much more inviting. Right now it's way too dark, especially for the people staying in the rooms. Look at the original design.. it was perfect. 2. Please stop playing Sponge Bob on repeat in the pool. 3. Stop charging for the breakfast. This is the same average/acceptable breakfast that every other Holiday Inn puts on for free. It is not worth $17.99. You would have a lot more people having breakfast and tipping your staff. 4. Fix your air con in the rooms - it sounds like a raging storm is going on outside when it's running. 5. Add safes to the rooms. I didn't like not being able to lock my valuables away, especially when I came back to my room and the door had been left open by the cleaner. My stay would have been a 10/10 if the above were implemented.

The renovation is pretty nice but the hotel BLASTED goddamn SpongeBob SquarePants on the big screen at the pool ad nauseum until 11pm. Many of the rooms open to the pool off the back patio, so if you’re unlucky enough to get one of those…good luck. Incredibly stupid business decision.