Holiday Inn Express Dayton

Stayed at this place for the first time this past June. The place was packed, however sleeping, was very peaceful. The place was not noisy as I have unfortunately started expecting at most motels.
Location is fine, as Dayton is small. My friends/​family are on the other side of town and the location was not out of the way.
Reception — very kind and friendly. Namely Isabel who we had the pleasure of talking with a couple of times this stay.
Breakfast was a little more/​better than standard «free» breakfast at other places. The cinnamon rolls were really good.
Rooms were standard, clean and roomy enough.
One «dislike» — bathroom was not bright enough nor was the room.

I can promise you that if you are staying in Dayton, this is BY FAR your best option. I’m not really sure why people have had such bad experiences, but two different groups of us stayed and had a great experience. It was clean, the beds and pillows were super comfortable, the receptionist that greeted us was very pleasant, and the amenities are what you would expect for the price. There were tons of kids enjoying the pool as well! I went down for breakfast at about 9:15 and they had omelets, cinnamon rolls, biscuits and gravy, cereals and yogurt, breads and pastries, coffee, juice, and even a pancake station where you could make your own pancakes! We even had to stay at the hotel for a bit after checkout because we had a funeral at 1:00, and the TV area was comfortable and perfect for visiting with family! I would highly recommend this place!

We had a very good experience here, on par with expectations for the hotel brand and price. We found it to be very clean, and the front desk staff very pleasant. The workout room was sparse, but again, met expectations for the price. The breakfast in the morning was okay, but everyone in the family managed to find something. I would stay here again.

Morning after our arrival, the hotel had a «Open House» scheduled for that evening, and the staff was running a carpet cleaner outside our room at 06:30 in the morning. Do what? #FAIL

The hotel staff at this hotel was very friendly and receptive, with one exeception. I know from all my travels that it only takes one person to maybe ruin the entire experience at a place of business and this very much could be the case, as it might have been for me if I seldom visited hotels.
My only issue with this hotel is that breakfast hours (as they put it) are from 0630 to 0930. At 0915 I walked into the breakfast room and the only things available was coffee, Hot water, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage gravy and cartons of milk and yogurt. No bread bagels, cinnamon rolls, cereal I mean that was all that was out. So I asked the breakfast attendent if she at least had some bread. I was quickly informed that the breakfast was closed at 0930, so I guess I got a little smart back and said, I beleive that is sometime after 0920, as I look at my watch. After a couple of minutes she asked me if I still wanted some bread. by then I was just ready to finish the yogurt and find something somewhere else, didn’t want to bother her, besides if I encourage her then she may think that I prefer to pay for that kind of service. Im really sorry for the rest of the hotel as everything else was just fine. But enough for my taste that I would probably not return.