Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lake Okeechobee

Older hotel with paper thin walls. The front door is the only entrance into the hotel and if you go out the left side door thinking you’ll get to the parking lot you’ll wind up in an enclosed yard unable to get back into the hotel, (no ability to swipe your card to the door AS EVERY OTHER HOTEL IN THE COUNTRY IS).

A little outdated (would rate a 2.5). Nothing terrible. Nothing great. Some stains on the carpet and upholstered furniture. Bathroom relatively clean. Plastic tubs are new and clean. The mattresses were pretty terrible. Staff very friendly. Breakfast is so-​so.

Nice friendly people. A clean hotel. They don’t have feather pillows. The beds were not as firm as are those at the holiday inn I stayed at in Winter Haven, but better than some saggy ones I’ve had elsewhere. The free breakfast is typical of Holiday Inn Express: juice, bananas, cinnamon rolls (great), muffins, sausage (tasty), a few other hot things, build eggs, yogurt, biscuits (better than expected, but I had low expectations), waffles or pancakes. That breakfast was actually much better than the full-​service breakfast I had at a Holiday Inn in Winter Haven.

3.5 Stars
You kind of know what to expect from Holiday Inn Express’, which is what most people like about them, the comfort in the familiarity. Everything’s pretty run of the mill…
The aesthetics are basic. The rooms are comfortable enough– and come with a microwave and a mini-​fridge, flat screen and a nice-​sized bathroom. The complimentary breakfast was pretty standard, except they also had a pancake griddle.
Fitness room consists solely of 3 cardio machines. The pool is small, as is the «hot tub» (more of a warm tub). It actually had the light busted out of it, leaving the wires exposed– It looked kind of sketchy, like a suicide tub.
I noticed a few grills about if you’re interested in whipping up a meal for yourself.
All-​in-​all, its not a bad place to stay for a few nights– It’s decently priced, but it’s nothing out of the ordinary.