Amenities at Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Columbus Univ Area - Osu

Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Columbus Univ Area - Osu offers 24-hour fitness facilities, Indoor pool, Indoor pool (surcharge), 24-hour business center, One meeting room, Free breakfast, Microwave (on request), Microwave (surcharge), Refrigerator, Refrigerator (on request), Refrigerator (surcharge), Free RV, bus, truck parking, Free self parking, 24-hour front desk, Air conditioning (surcharge), Concierge services, Connecting/adjoining rooms available, Dry cleaning/laundry services, Elevator/lift, Free airport transportation, Free newspapers in lobby, Laundry facility - coin operated, Multilingual staff, Smoke-free property, Television in common areas, Tours/ticket assistance, Wheelchair accessible, Free one-way airport transportation, Area shuttle, Designer toiletries, Hair dryer, Linens provided, Pillowtop mattress, Premium bedding, Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge), Air conditioning, Blackout drapes/curtains, Desk, Heating, In-room safe, Individually decorated, Iron/ironing board, Coffeemaker, Complimentary coffee, Microwave, Mini-fridge, Wet bar, Cable TV service, Flat-panel TV, Free local calls, iPod docking station, Phone, Premium TV channels, Free newspaper.

Location

Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Columbus Univ Area - Osu is located at 3045 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus.

Reviews and ratings

Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Columbus Univ Area - Osu has an average rating of 4.1 out of 5 based on 1900 guest reviews. It holds a 2.5-star Stars rating.

Rooms and accommodations at Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Columbus Univ Area - Osu

  • Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Accessible (Communication)

    2 Queen Beds

    Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Accessible (Communications Accessible)

  • Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible (Communication)

    1 King Bed

    Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible (Communications Accessible)

  • Standard Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed

    1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

    Standard Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed

  • Suite, 2 Bedrooms (1 King, 1 Queen, Sofa Bed)

    1 King Bed, 1 Queen Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

    Suite, 2 Bedrooms (1 King, 1 Queen, Sofa Bed)

  • Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Accessible (Communication)

    2 King Beds

    Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Accessible (Communications Accessible)

  • Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible (Communication/Mobility, Roll-In Shwr)

    1 King Bed

    Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible (Communication/Mobility, Roll-In Shwr)

  • Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Accessible (Communication/Mobility, Roll-In Shwr)

    2 Queen Beds

    Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Accessible (Communication/Mobility, Roll-In Shwr)

  • Standard Room, Multiple Beds

    2 Queen Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

    Standard Room, Multiple Beds

  • Suite (2 Queen beds with Sofa Bed)

    2 Queen Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

    Suite (2 Queen beds with Sofa Bed)

  • Suite, 1 King Bed, Jetted Tub (Addl Living Area)

    1 King Bed

    Suite, 1 King Bed, Jetted Tub (Additional Living Area)

  • Suite, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed (Addl Living Area)

    1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

    Suite, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed (Addl Living Area)

  • Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible (Communication/Mobility, Bathtub)

    1 King Bed

    Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible (Communications Accessible)

  • Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds

    2 Queen Beds

    Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds

  • Standard Room, 1 King Bed

    1 King Bed

    Standard Room, 1 King Bed

  • Standard Room, Multiple Beds, Accessible (Communication)

    2 Queen Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

    Standard Room, Multiple Beds, Accessible (Communications)

  • Standard Room

    1 Queen Bed / 1 King Bed

    Standard Room

  • Suite, 2 Queen Beds, Accessible (Communication/Mobility, Bathtub)

    2 Queen Beds

    Suite, 2 Queen Beds, Accessible (Communication/Mobility, Bathtub)

  • Suite, 1 Bedroom, Accessible (Communication/Mobility, Bathtub)

    1 King Bed

    Suite, 1 Bedroom, Accessible (Communications Accessible)

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Rooms

Property Overview

Why we like it

  • Friendly front desk staff services your stay with a smile
  • Signature cinnamon rolls make waking up in the morning worth it
  • Free breakfast includes omelettes and fresh fruit
  • Spacious rooms feature comfortable beds for a good night's sleep
  • Clean and quiet, the entire property feels safe and comforting

What do you need to know

  • The indoor pool and hot tub are perfect for anyone who could use a little relaxation
  • In-room Keurigs make it simple to grab that extra cup of joe
  • Included microwaves and fridges are great for storing restaurant leftovers
  • The exercise room has you covered for both cardio and resistance routines
  • Free on-site parking saves you money from city lots

Amenities

Activities

  • 24-hour fitness facilities
  • Indoor pool
  • Indoor pool (surcharge)

Business services

  • 24-hour business center
  • One meeting room

Food and drink

  • Free breakfast
  • Microwave (on request)
  • Microwave (surcharge)
  • Refrigerator
  • Refrigerator (on request)
  • Refrigerator (surcharge)
  • Coffeemaker
  • Complimentary coffee
  • Microwave
  • Mini-fridge
  • Wet bar

Parking

  • Free RV, bus, truck parking
  • Free self parking

Property services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Air conditioning (surcharge)
  • Concierge services
  • Connecting/adjoining rooms available
  • Dry cleaning/laundry services
  • Elevator/lift
  • Free airport transportation
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facility - coin operated
  • Multilingual staff
  • Smoke-free property
  • Television in common areas
  • Tours/ticket assistance
  • Wheelchair accessible

Shuttles and transportation

  • Free one-way airport transportation
  • Area shuttle

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Hair dryer

Bedding and linens

  • Linens provided
  • Pillowtop mattress
  • Premium bedding
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Features

  • Air conditioning
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Desk
  • Heating
  • In-room safe
  • Individually decorated
  • Iron/ironing board

Media and electronics

  • Cable TV service
  • Flat-panel TV
  • Free local calls
  • iPod docking station
  • Phone
  • Premium TV channels

Services

  • Free newspaper

Reviews

4.1
1900
Reviews

The Holiday Inn Express Columbus Univ Area - Osu generally receives positive feedback, highlighting its comfortable rooms, friendly staff, and convenient location. However, recent reviews indicate recurring issues with inconsistent service, parking difficulties, and cleanliness concerns, particularly regarding bathroom conditions and bed bugs. Value is considered good by many guests.

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Rajarshi Saha
2 months ago

We stayed at the hotel for quite a few days on a business trip. Our stay was generally pleasant. We arrived late evening, (our colleague arrived after midnight), checkin was very smooth, and done promptly and professionally. Checkout was equally quick and smooth as well. The 5th floor room was spacious, comfortable with all necessary amenities present. Smart TV with good range of channels, mini refrigerator, coffee maker, writing desk etc. Bed was soft and comfortable. Lighting was good, ample charging points were there with USB outlets in some areas. Breakfast was okay, with very limited variety during my stay. 6:30 to 9:30 on weekdays and 7-10 on weekends. Big enough swimming pool and a large gym - both are located at the 1st floor lobby level. Big minus is lack of onsite laundry room. There’s a provision though to use laundry facility of the Staybridge Suites right next door - 1-2 min of walk. There are 3 washers and 2 dryers available round the clock (?). No charges to use the facility, but you may buy detergent pack and softener at $3 each from the front desk. There’s a grocery on the opposite side of the road, and few dining options nearby like Denny’s, McDonald, Bob Evan’s, a Mexican place etc. Kohl’s is 5-10 min walk. Overall pleasant stay. Will consider definitely for my next stay.

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Brian Carbenia
3 months ago

Terrible experience. It started with check in. There is not enough parking for the number of rooms at the hotel so cars are double parked. When we got to check in we found out that the hotels website (not a third party provider) booked two rooms when we only requested one. They tried to charge us for both rooms and then we got the run around for over a week trying to get it corrected. Spent hours on the phone with customer service. The staff was very lackluster. People were running around the hotel with doors slamming all night and staff weren't helpful with addressing the issue. Woke up in the morning to chicken wings in the elevator, clearly staff never walk the hotel. Tried to find staff in the morning but they were not to be found. We have previously stayed at the hotel next door with a very pleasant experience.

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Bear VeeTee
3 months ago

We wake up on a beautiful rainy day. Ready to have a good day. Everything is nice. Get up. Get dressed across from the bed that we're on. We see your little red thing we walk up to it and realize oh there's bed bugs. I've been to a lot of hotels in the area and I mean a lot. Almost everyone around this place. I've never seen bed bugs but for some reason there's bed bugs here. We pay $400 for a room and it comes with bed bugs. We let the lady at the front desk know she don't care. In fact she's rude. Then we asked them. Hey are you going to pay to have all our clothes dried since we stayed here and trusted that you guys wouldn't have anything like this and you do immediate attitude so to anybody staying here. Just to let you know they have bed bugs. If you know anything about bed bugs if there's one there's more

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Heather Tucker
6 months ago

Super comfy beds, and pillows. Clean. Affordable. We were in town for a concert, and they even offered a free shuttle to and from, the Schottenstein Center. Check in, and out was quick, and easy. Front desk was friendly. My only suggestion for improvement, would be, re-grouting the bathroom floor. It could use a refresh, but I would stay here again, for sure.

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Steve Gray
6 months ago

Our 2nd time to stay here during a visit to family at OSU. Great staff & comfortable room, excellent beds. Especially enjoyed the fresh ground brewed coffee at Breakfast. Staff went out of their way to care of us.

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Kirsti Livingston
7 months ago

UPDATE DUE TO THE MANAGER WHO DIDNT CARE ABOUT MY ISSUES AT HOTEL: My family and I were here for a cheer competition, we checked out about 7am on Saturday. We called about 2pm the same day because I realized I forgot mine and my daughters swim suits hanging up in the bathroom, thinking i could go back and pick them up. They said they would call back to let us know and we never heard back. I called tonight(Sunday) at 7pm and the guy said he would call me back, not long later he called back claiming house keeping didn't find anything in the room. Not only do I THINK the swim suits either got taken and or thrown out in carelessness because I can't come up with any solid reason why they werent there, we switched rooms due to the bathroom in room 612 smelling strongly like marijuana, only to have room 712 smell just as strongly like marijuana. We had to tape off the vent in the bathroom with plastic as it smelled horrible and I have a cardiac child who shouldn't be around smoke. I assume the smoke was coming through the vents because once taped off we couldn't smell it anymore. This is a sad excuse for a hotel and we won't be back . Plus there was a dog barking the WHOLE night. REPLY : I guess a magic little fairy came and took the swim suit, maybe it was magic? Idk but Not slander when my swim suits are gone. Emailing a family member saying you will take legal action against me because I made an a post saying items were stolen...here is my updated response in my THOUGHT of items magically disappearing

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Renee Bertke
7 months ago

Hotel staff was friendly and knowledgeable upon check in. The room is a nice size but there was what appeared to be dental floss and a long black hair in the middle of the bathroom floor and another black hair on the shower wall. Definitely not ours and frankly, kinda gross. The toilet seat was crooked. That is a small thing, but you have to wonder…does maintenance even try? The wall-mounted tv was also crooked. The walls are very thin. A lot of sound transfer from the next room as well as the floor above us. The location was convenient. Parking was an issue. The lot is small. The snow was not adequately cleared. Several parking spots were inaccessible and the corners were shortcutted which made navigating around them difficult.

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Dan Bertke
7 months ago

Room was clean. Bathroom was not. The bed is super soft, too soft to sleep on. The TV is mounted crooked on the wall. The parking is minimal at best. It did not help that we had 12" of snow 1 week prior to our visit which highlighted the poor ability of the snowblower company to clear the parking lot properly.

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Richard Z
8 months ago

A true 3/5 I believe. The value was okay, but many things missing the mark here. Pros: - Staff, both at check-in and check-out were super friendly. - Location/Parking, very easy to get to/from no issue here. - Value, cheap hotel considering other options in the area. - Renovations, lobby looks incredible and beds are super comfortable. Cons: - Breakfast, super lame for this hotel brand. No pancake maker and only apples for fruit. - In-Room, Keurig didnt work, only decaf pods supplied, bathroom largely skipped in renovation and the grout was filthy. - Sound proofing, sounded like our up-stairs neighbors were having a DDR competition and some running/stomping combo for whoever lost. - Hot tub, closed for some reason. A huge reason for why we had booked. Pool was open with warmer and questionably cloudy water.

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Crystal Pace
8 months ago

The entire place was beautiful and clean! The room we had was really nice. The staff were courteous and polite as well as helpful! They have a huge variety breakfast and fresh coffee among other things. Would definitely stay there again.

Map

Property Address
3045 Olentangy River Rd
Columbus
Property Contact
614-447-1212