Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Kent State University

There's a cluster of hotels around where 43 meets I-76 and this hotel is by far the best one. It's a couple miles from Kent and Kent State and there's really not much immediately around the hotel so you won't be able to walk anywhere to get food other than a Mexican Restaurant next door. But the breakfast buffet in the hotel was surprisingly good. Rooms […] were very comfortable and clean. Great place to visit if visiting the University. Read more

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Room is always way too expensive for what you get. Paid over $140 & there wasn't even a fidge or microwave n the room! That's extra. Nice rooms, but not that nice!

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This is a hotel that is in good condition and was pleasing to stay at, it isn't close (walking distance) to anything except a not great Mexican restaurant, but if you Google a place called "Rays Place" it is definitely worth the 10 minute drive

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Basic rooms but comfy and a wonderful bath tub in the suite, well worth upgrading. Super friendly & efficient staff. A but if noise from upstairs neighbor clomping around but overall a good value and pleasant experience.

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The was polite and courteous. The rooms were clean and comfortable. We were slightly disappointed that the pancake machine was broken but the breakfast was so helpful we left happy.

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Feel like to be home and relax. Breakfast was very good.

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Clean, nice breakfast and friendly staff. I would highly recommend .

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Staff was welcoming Room was clean and comfortable Close to college Noisy neighbors

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All the Staff people we came in contact with were Courtious, they were all helpful and answered all our questions. The Food service was excellent , as well as the staff working in the breakfast area.

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The only problem I had was hearing a lot of noise sometime after 10 pm. People were thumping around. We probably should have been put in a room that was not so close to the front desk.

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Alittle pricey for Akron Ohio but room was clean, staff were friendly and overall great experience

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excellent hotel close to Kent State University. Staff was friendly and attentive, hotel was beautifully furnished, comfortable and inviting.

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My room was clean, quiet and comfortable. A perfect stop after a long day of driving. Decent breakfast, friendly and helpful front desk staff.

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Close to Kent State. I will stay in this hotel every visit! Very pleased

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First the location was very good, right off the Interstate, very clean and up-scale. Great breakfast bar, very good bed flat screen tv. and a good price. plan to stay there again next trip.

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I noticed that the bathtub was not well cleaned as there was hair around the edge. Also, the mattress was thin and not comfortable.

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Hotel is conveniently located off Route 80/76 making it a snap to get started the next day. We were traveling with 4 kids so the indoor pool provided a great diversion. Breakfast was easy and quick. Overall a good experience. Only issue was checking in. Front desk was empty for 15 minutes when we arrived.

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I imagine the manager is rather fussy because this is the cleanest hotel I have been in! Here you will not find a smudge on the mirror or stray hair in the bathroom - the rooms are IMMACULATE. The staff is friendly without being in your face. The breakfast is hot. The sheets are crisp. You will sleep well.

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Had a great stay. Very comfortable and the staff was so friendly. Breakfast was good as well.

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You get what you expect for this hotel. It is a smaller hotel. So there is one person at the front desk only and if this person is busy you have to wait. However, the staff was friendly and fast. The rooms are nice and up to date. Well the air-conditioning (block under the window) is not to my taste. I did stay in a room facing away for the street […] which was perfectly quite. There is no way to get an evening meal in the hotel, that is there is no restaurant in the hotel. There is a Mexican restaurant in 4 minutes walking distance, which was okay (cheap but very good value for money & friendly staff). The taxi service was took 40 minutes to arrive the other company was booked for 2 hours. So you better oder you taxi the evening before. Given the alternatives, I would stay there again and eat in the Mexican restaurant again... Read more

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Doing floor exercises in the room first morning, I noticed the splash stains on bottom of the full length mirror and from the doorknob down (almost like spilled coffee) So not as clean as I like. Pleasant decor though. Surprised to find that there were no options for pay per view on TV and so my one night in that I thought I could rent a movie was not […] possible. The staff didn't know how to operate the TV in the main breakfast... oh and breakfast.... dreadful! The hardboiled eggs seemed to have a very bad tasted to me. ( Didn't like the idea that someone had already peeled them!) And as someone looking for healthier options, one morning they only put out white bread for toast. And of course the obiigatory sweet stuff. For fresh fruit there were only bananas... no oranges.So it was skim milk and raisin bran every morning for me. My husband , who is not picky was not pleased either. The workout room was good and I never had to fight for the treadmill each day. Thank goodness for that because there was only one. Wouldn't choose this particular hotel again, although other Holiday Inn Express places have been very good. Read more

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The room was very clean and the sheets were crisp and clean. Breakfast had a lot of wonderful choices. The staff couldn't have been any friendlier.

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my wife and i stayed at the holiday inn on 2/17-19 while we were attending a kent state track meet for my step son. our room had a king sized bed in what i thought was a large and clean room on the 3rd floor. the entire hotel was clean and decorated well. our breakfast with pancakes, eggs and biscuits and gravy was a welcome over the traditional muffins […] and juice that most hotels provide. Read more

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Room was spacious and clean, other than the McDonald's bag someone left in the trash can. Nice breakfast, but I would have appreciated room service in the evening after a long drive. Not available. Housekeeping was on the hall but missed our room the first day. We could hear noise at night from other rooms around us, as well as above. Toiletries tiny. […] Whirlpool jets looked a little dirty so just used shower. Still, the hotel met our basic needs so we were pleased. Read more

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Breakfast was just so-so. Powdered scrambled eggs, plastic like pancakes. only one type of danish, omlett with some type of meat concoction inside the size of a quarter. coffee was very weak. Hostess was very nice and attentive.

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The staff was friendly and accomodating. The room was clean except for mold on the shower curtain. The bed was very comfortable. It was fairly close to our reason for being in Kent. The breakfast was ok; the same as other Holiday Inns. I would recommend it and would stay there again.

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well maintained property. Great service. Would stay again.

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Nice hotel, exceptional value

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Nice clean hotel with an enforced no smoking and quiet hours policy that was easy to get to and had a nice natural area on two sides. The only down side was breakfast was not very good. Overall a very good experience.

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If you are visiting a Kent State Student this location is quite convenient to the college. If you miss the continental breakfast you haven't missed anything.

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just fine for a one night stay, however, I do like my checkout to be a little later than 11am.

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Great place to stay. Great Staff

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Good hotel, nice friendly people, new (ish) building, very clean. Helpful front desk as well. Broadband (free) was awful and kept dropping out, apart from that, all was superb. I took the extra sized (king bed suite) and found the space very good. Would recommend this place, you do need a car to get around from here but then, that goes for most places […] in USA really! Also got a nice small pool and gym. The gym could have done with another bit of equipment or two but was adequate to do a little light work. Read more

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