Holiday Inn Express New York Jfk Airport Area

Positives: when I called to check ahead of time they couldn’t accommodate an early check-​in but they did provide a luggage holding option in the lobby which works out just as well. The room was clean and the bed was pretty comfy. Loved the big body pillows! Wish I could take them home with me. The bathroom was spacious and clean. The breakfast was average on quality but pretty fantastic to be complementary. The shuttle to the airport was super convenient.
Negatives: no fridge or microwave, the hallways were a tiny bit musty and the free WiFI was pretty darn sad. Speed-​wise, might as well just stay on 4G than get on their slow connection and get kicked off repeatedly. But y’know…#firstworldproblems

it gives u what u need. comfortable bed, pillows, sheets. flat screen tv. no fridge, microwave small room and bathroom. no fitness room. they did have bfast. coffee, pancakes, cheese omelet, sausage pATty, choice of 4 cold cereals, breads, cinnibun, nannas, yogurt. the juices were bad watered down. the front desk was extremly polite. for just a place to lay your head it will work. quite and if have a room in the back u can c your car.

I was not impressed. While the hotel looked to be recently remodeled, it was apparent that it was done hastily and cheaply. Water was already leaking from the ceiling in the lobby. My room was spacious but the faucet was very leaky and I made the entire bathroom wet, and water spilled right onto the toilet paper dispenser, which was sorta gross. I’m sure the free breakfast is nice, but my flight was too early to take advantage. For an airport hotel, the shuttle should run more frequently than every hour.
All of this was made almost comical by the signs plastered all over the hotel asking whether they are a «Perfect 10.» No, you are not. Not even a Mediocre 5.

Just place to sleep with ok+ breakfast! And remember there is FREE shuttle to JFK Airport every hour!
Guite noisy place. There is big street next to hotel and room doors are thin as paper.
But good beds, sheets and pillows.
And good customer service!
Total score would be 3,75
Sercive: ****
Location: ***+
Breakfast: ***+
Room: ***+
Price: ***

Getting snowed in at JFK for the great blizzard of 2016 was quite the experience! Thankfully, the inconvenience was partially lessened by being able to pick up a room here for one of the nights we were snowed in (the other two were spent at the Comfort Inn right across the street). This Holiday Inn Express is incredibly clean, new and brightly furnished. The have a small fitness room (much appreciated when snowbound), a lobby with a small seating area and business center, and a breakfast area with plenty of tables. The complimentary breakfast was a-​ok, with chobani yogurt, freshly made pancakes out of one of those machines, cinnamon rolls, and other goodies. A total carb fest for sure, but not bad for free.
The rooms are relatively spacious by NYC standards, and they have been recently remodeled, and are very clean. Unfortunately the walls are paper thin, so expect to hear your neighbors’ every move. Also, there are no fridges or microwaves in the king room, which seems standard every where else these days.
The free shuttle to the airport runs ²⁴⁄₇ and leave on the hour. It takes you right to the terminal you are departing from.
All in all, not a bad place to weather a blizzard.

Got to the hotel after a 20 minute wait in the cold for their shuttle to find that they didn’t have any rooms available for another 5 hours. A huge disappointment after traveling all night and just wanting to have some rest. The staff basically shooed me into the city. If I could give it 0 stars you bet I would.

Do yourself a favor and don’t stay here!!! It is a complete dump! The rooms are small, the carpet smelly and you pray that bedbugs won’t be your night companion. It was a damp raining night when we checked in. The heat wasn’t working & no blankets in the room. After calling front desk to complain someone brought 2 mattress pads?!? The person running the front desk did fix the heat & brought blankets but they were wrapped in plastic garbage bags!

Decent experience, though a surprisingly inconvenient location.
1 star because of what I overheard in the lobby while checking out on Tuesday, September 22.
Maintenance to Assistant Manager: «There are bed bugs in Room 210.»
Made me wish I hadn’t stayed there …
Think twice before opting in for Holiday Inn Express JFK.

If you’re just not into spending $ 200 plus for a room and the very idea of luxury repulses you, the Days, Best Western and Holiday Inn X tucked into the seedy, industrial area just past the JFK cargo buildings may be just what you’re looking for. Of course, that’s already assuming you decided against your better judgement, to stay near the airport for your fabulous NY holiday so this one is already on you. :)
There are no restaurants within walking distance. If you get there like I did as the shadows of dusk surround you and you forgot to bring your serial killer repellent kit, the friendly front deskers will hand you some flyers for Pizza Port, Halal (fried foods), Indian Curry Express and China Inn. The Unilocal review for each of them convinced me to drink tea, eat my orange and go to sleep. However, that could be a problem in this hotel as the walls are quite thin and I had the luck to fly into JFK during a holiday weekend which meant 11 PM is just when folks are heading out to the city. Think lots of talking in the hallway and the slamming of doors. The halls are narrow and even at the very end of a one of those halls in a corner room, you can still hear a lot of noise. I brought noise cancelling headphones and recommend you do the same if you choose to stay here in the triangle of cheap sleeps.
Personally, I found that of the three, HI Ex offers the most consistent, clean stay. They offer a business center, a limited fitness room and a choice of pillow firmness. LIke the first reviewer said, nothing screams ultra modern, but everything worked and served its purpose. I’m used to having a frig and a microwave when I stay at this chain, but this one doesn’t offer either (I’m assuming due to cost). IHG resourcefulness led to a snack marketplace right next to the front desk where you can buy cup o noodles, cold or frozen sandwiches or burritos, water and soda if you don’t mind doing your nuking there in the lobby. All this for under $ 150 a night.

It seems convenient but is pretty dated. I would check around for something more modern and a better deal first, a green hotel.