Holiday Inn Express Dubai Airport by IHG
3-star hotel · Al Garhoud, Dubai
Long Weekend score
Good1 serious report in 286 reviews: something stolen
Guests rate nearly every hotel highly: half the hotels in Dubai are rated 8.4 out of 10 or more. So our score shows how a hotel compares with the rest, not how luxurious it is.
- Rated higher than 35% of Dubai hotels
- 92% of guest comments are praise
- 100% of guest photos show no damage
How this score is made
- Rated higher than 35% of Dubai hotels. Compared with 698 hotels in Dubai. Counts for 50% of the score.
- 92% of guest comments are praise. 429 praise, 38 complain. Counts for 30% of the score.
- 100% of guest photos show no damage. 60 of 60 photos. Counts for 20% of the score.
- Serious reports are never counted in. They are flagged beside the score, because one matters even when everything else is good.
- $70 a nighttypical for two, before tax · from $53
- 8 min walkto Airport Terminal 3 station
- 286 guest reviewsfrom the last 2 years
- 60 guest photostheirs, not the hotel's
At a glance
For
- A station within walking distanceAirport Terminal 3 is 612 m away
- Staff211 praise · 11 complain
- Cleanliness92 praise · 9 complain
- Breakfast56 praise · 4 complain
- Location31 praise · 0 complain
Against
- Room conditioncomplaints falling: 4.3 in 100 a year ago, 2.5 now8 complain · 0 praise
What guests reported
What guests say
286 reviews from the last 2 years. Most praised: staff (211 guests). Weakest: room condition, where 8 of the 8 who mention it complain.
Location310Strength
Good hotel with great location
Tripadvisor, June 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Great for close to airport layover
Tripadvisor, June 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Staffcomplaints rising: 2.2 in 100 a year ago, 4.2 now21111Strength
The staff are very friendly and very helpful.
Tripadvisor, April 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
I want to compliment Manojit for being generous and accomodating supervisor.
Tripadvisor, March 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Even though a club member, service is lacking.
Google, September 2026, rated 2/5 by this guest
Value151Strength
An affordable hotel with a good price; if you have a layover, I booked it for 200 riyals including breakfast, and they offer airport transfers.
Google, August 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
Overall, it’s a practical, reliable, and great value option for anyone needing convenience and comfort close to the airport.
Google, September 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
Breakfast564Strength
Breakfast is quite amazing.
Google, August 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Hi dear, hotel, customer service and breakfast perfect.
Tripadvisor, July 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
Breakfast needs some improvement
Google, September 2026, rated 3/5 by this guest
Cleanlinesscomplaints falling: 10.9 in 100 a year ago, 1.7 now929Strength
The hotel is clean, convenient, and offers great value.
Tripadvisor, June 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
I recently stayed at the property, the experience was amazing kudos to Housekeeping staff to maintain that property so well, especially Kotari Venu from Housekeeping was so professional and for sure deserve a promotion too and management should notice his efforts.
Google, September 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
The place is too much noisy and the room is not clean enough..
Google, September 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
Food182Strength
Thank you, Venu, for the amazing room service!
Google, September 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
I stayed in Holiday Inn airport hotel Dubai , Stay was good, hotel, staff , food everything was good I specially thank Mr Mahantesh thawtar for his services.
Google, August 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Quiet at night63Mostly good
The overall area is also very well kept and peaceful.
Google, October 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Clean and quite rooms and available parking
Google, September 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Our ground-floor room was clean but very poorly soundproofed and rather dreary.
Google, August 2026, rated 3/5 by this guest
Room conditioncomplaints falling: 4.3 in 100 a year ago, 2.5 now08Weak spot
I rate it two stars out of inconvenience, how come a hotel near the airport doesn’t have luggage service, not the mention no parking service either and the hotel quality isnt the best has an early 2000’s looks and quality, lobby also stinks of cigarettes from the bar near by so i wouldnt say the…
Google, September 2026, rated 2/5 by this guest
Great staff, limited food options, room was dated and overall poor cleanliness
Booking network, October 2025, rated 8/10 by this guest
Too few mentions to judge: beds, room size and views.
Who stays, and their score out of 10
From every review of the last two years that gives a score and says who travelled, including those with no words.
All 19,691 Google ratings
Problems guests raised
Raised most: complaints the hotel left unresolved, in 7 of 286 reviews.
Complaints the hotel left unresolved7 of 2861 in 41 reviews
Not recommended at all, old furniture, the mattress it was horrible, I couldn't sleep well, the bathroom is disaster very old and deprecated, I asked reception to send someone to carry my luggage when I do the check out, he said ok and I wait around 15 minutes but no body come
Google, August 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
Despite corresponding with the hotel for days and repeatedly explaining that I am no longer in the country, the staff have failed to provide any reasonable solution to my problem.
Google, October 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
Mould or damp3 of 2861 in 95 reviews
Immediately in the hallway and the room you smell damp and mildew ("old age").
Tripadvisor, July 2026, rated 2/5 by this guest
Everything was great except for a strong moldy odour whivh made our stay unpleasant.
Booking network, September 2025, rated 8/10 by this guest
A slow check-in3 of 2861 in 95 reviews
VERY BAD EXPERIENCE FOR COUPLE AND NOT ACCEPTING UAE PASS WE CAME FROM FUJAIRAH AND WANTS TO STAY IN DUBAI FOR WEEKEND AND ITS WE REACHED IN THE HOTEL at 1am ..
Google, September 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
It took around 45 minutes to check in despite there being no queue.
Google, August 2026, rated 2/5 by this guest
Serious reports
1 in 286 reviews, most common first. Shown beside the score, never averaged into it.
Something stolen1 of 286 reviews
Here we go: Without asking, they move things from room to room until the residents are out of the room and !STEAL!, reach into all their pockets and pull in brazen ALL the money.
Tripadvisor, July 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
These are guests' own accounts from their reviews. We have not verified them, and the hotel may dispute them. A report is counted only when the guest says it happened at the hotel and holds the hotel responsible.
Photos, checked
0 of the 60 guest photos we checked show damage or dirt (0%).
Guests’ photos confirm: restaurant (13), bar (1).
The hotel says it has no swimming pool, spa or hot tub.
Price, place and rooms
Price
$70 is a typical night, from 245 dates checked in the coming year.
Weekends cost the same as weekdays
A typical night, month by month
Cheapest month: Aug 2027, $61Dearest month: Apr 2027, $78
Prices on booking sites, the day we checked
What each seller advertised on the one day we checked, so these sit outside the year-wide figures above and can fall below the typical price.
- clicktrip.com$70
- ae.bluepillow.com$74
- billabook.com$74
- tripening.com$80
- Vio.com$81
- evendo.com$93
- hometogo.com$97
- IHG · the hotel itself$99
Lowest advertised nightly rate for two adults; taxes and local fees are not included. Shown in US dollars.
Nearby
Airport Terminal 3 station is 612 m away by road, about 8 minutes on foot. There are 2 bars or clubs within 200 metres.
- Nearest main road: Airport Road96 m
- Nearest station: Airport Terminal 38 min walk612 m by road
- Nearest shop8 min walk612 m by road
- Nearest beach2.9 km
- The Gold Souk8.9 km
- Dubai airport11.4 km
- The Burj Khalifa15.9 km
- Dubai Marina48.5 km
The lines are 5, 10 and 15 minutes on foot.
Distances follow the streets, not straight lines.
Rooms
11 room types, from 24 to 26 m².
- Standard Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed, Smoking24 m²Sleeps 3
- Standard Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed24 m²Sleeps 3
- Family Room, Multiple Beds26 m²Sleeps 5
- Standard Room, 2 Twin Beds, Smoking (Minifridge)Not statedSleeps 2
- Standard Room, 2 Twin Beds, SmokingNot statedSleeps 2
- Standard Room, 2 Twin BedsNot statedSleeps 2
The other 5 room types
- Standard Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed, AccessibleNot statedSleeps 3
- Standard Room, 2 Twin Beds (Minifridge)Not statedSleeps 2
- Standard Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed, SmokingNot statedSleeps 3
- Standard Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed (Walk-In Shower)Not statedSleeps 3
- Standard RoomNot statedSleeps 21 Twin bed
From the hotel's own room descriptions, checked against each room's photos.
How it compares
How it ranks
Guests who booked rate it 8 out of 10. 35% of the 698 hotels in Dubai are rated lower, and a typical one is rated 8.4.
Every review site, out of 100
Google rates it 92 out of 100 and Booking network rates it 80. Booking network only takes reviews from people who booked and stayed, while Google takes them from anyone.
If room condition matters to you
Here, 8 of the 8 guests who mention room condition complain. These nearby hotels do better on it.
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How we know
286 reviews counted · 100 photos checked · updated 11 October 2026
- We collected this hotel's 521 most recent reviews from Google, Tripadvisor and the Booking network. 286 of them describe a stay in the last 2 years and are the ones counted here; the rest were 123 older, 1 in other languages, 99 with a score but no words and 12 about the restaurant rather than a stay.
- The hotel replied to 192 of its 200 newest Google reviews.
- 56 in every 100 reviews thank a staff member by name.
- We looked at 100 photos: the first 40 of the hotel's own and the 60 newest from guests.
- Every number on this page is counted, not estimated. Anything in quotation marks is a guest's own words.