Overall Ratings & Reviews Holiday Inn KNOXVILLE N - MERCHANT DRIVE by IHG, an IHG Hotel

It is an average hotel with comparitively above average pricing. The lobby of the building appears to have some updating but the rest of the hotel reads dated. The pool does not open until ten where many offer 8AM or even 6AM opening. The staff were all friendly and competent. So generally average to here but let's talk about breakfast. You have to pay an additional fee for breakfast - which we paid. Less expensive hotels offer similar and better breakfest incuded. The food was mediocre with what appeared to be real bacon the high point. Mediocre is the norm I believe in buffet hotel breakfast but the zinger here is they offer you a "check" with an opportunity to tip after you serve breakfast to yourself.

The staff, the atmosphere and the overall experience was nice ! We will stay here again when in the area

This was the last lef of an eight day trip for us, and the intent was to visit Dollywood. The staff here was great... from check in, to housekeeping and the bar/breakfast staff. This hotel was very clean and the room nice. I would come here again in a heartbeat! Good job!

The fifth floor smelled like cat urine when we exited the elevator. When we got to our room, the door was ajar. I kept my boys outside and went in. Thankfully, no one was in the room. The door jam appeared to have been tampered with at some point. I needed to use the bathroom and noticed a very soiled towel hanging on the back of the door. I called the front desk. She was polite but not very responsive. She told me she couldn’t change my room because they were booked and, eventually, asked if I wanted her to come get the towel. Please!! She came up to get the towel and said she’d leave a message for the day shift manager. Didn’t bother to clean the back of the door or to check the rest of the room. Later, as we’re getting ready for bed, my oldest son found a dirty, plastic fork on the floor between the head of his bed and the nightstand. It was too late to change hotels as all others close by were booked. This experience definitely wasn’t up to the usual high standards we’ve experienced at IHG hotels over the years. So disappointed and definitely not worth $165 a night. Not surprisingly, I never heard from the manager.

Very expensive for a room pretty similar - but smaller - than at a Motel 6. I guess having an indoor elevator accounts for the high price. $194 a night and you don’t even get a throwaway cup for water. Amenities were subpar at this price point.

Polite service and fast

Hotel clean. Staff very friendly. Had a problem @ check-in … hotel had no record that I had paid 1/2 of fee when making the reservation, so I was charged full amount. Had to go through Expedia and should get refund in about two wks.

The staff at the front desk was unprofessional and rude.

We had excellent service checking in and at the bar. When were checking Monday morning the older lady was very rude.

Clean, felt safe there, in walking distance of good restaurants and close proximity to the venue we were visiting.

A little pricey for an events weekend. Why?

Met request of quiet location!

So spotlessly clean and new, quiet, pet-friendly, very comfortable bed, spacious bathroom, great free parking, easy check-in experience with lovely front desk manager Sara, check-out time not till noon — all at excellent value

The homeless people across the street from the hotel.

None

The shower was an ADA with no shower door just a flimsy curtain so the water got all over the bathroom. I will ask for a NON ADA room in the future. Also I was put on the first floor so there was foot traffic in and out of the side door next to my room, which was sometimes noisy. Other than that it was fine.

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The hotel is very nice. The staff are amazing. Highly reccomend if you need a place to stay on this side of Knoxville.

Overall a great place to stay for a one nighter headed in to Pigeon forge. Clean and kinda comfortable (for a hotel). Our only issue was the crooked rocking chair toilet. Kinda hard to be quiet in the middle of the night when the toilet goes clunk clunk clunk when you sit down

Good experience