Situated in Hay St, one block from the free CAT bus route to/from the city centre. Welcoming helpful reception staff. Our room, on level 2, was spacious, clean and well furnished. Part of the window was blocked for privacy reasons which made it a tad gloomy by day. I imagine other more expensive rooms on higher floors would have pleasant views. No noise from street or other parts of the hotel.
The attached restaurant, Julio’s, provided delicious dinners at prices lower than the (very few) dinner restaurants in the immediate area. There was a burger bar and small Thai takeaway open for dinners and several others serving breakfast and lunch in Hay St.
Holiday Inn does not have parking on-site but has an arrangement with Wilson car parking for guests to use its Mayfair St carpark, two blocks away. We could not get accurate information either from the Holiday Inn central reservations or from the hotel itself before booking.
Our experience in late September 2022 was that parking at Wilsons is $25 per day with in-and-out privilege, if the ticket is validated for each exit by Holiday Inn and payment is made to the hotel. A 24 hour stay, no in-and-out, direct pay to Wilson costs $15.
Holiday Inn was unaware that the lift at the car park was out of order, and had been for about a week, according to a regular user. Two unfit geriatrics could manage the stairs to and from level 8.
There was on-street parking, ticketed ($4 an hour) from 8am-6pm weekdays, free from 6pm to 8am and on weekends and public holidays.