If your looking for a place to stay near Drake, this is about as good as it gets. Walking distance from the campus and a diner next door. Breakfast is the usual poor choice and the coffee is pretty bad. The MARS coffee shop is about a block away though, so that's my choice.

Stayed for two night during a visit to Drake University. Comfortable and clean room and bathroom, nice bed (and pillows). Breakfast basic but I did love the biscuits. Steps away from the University and very handy.

We stayed at this hotel April 2013.It is a very pleasant hotel, Very clean,staff was nice.Best of all it was in walking distance of Drake. Also one of the very best FREE BREAKFAST I've ever had at a Holiday Inn EXpress. My son will be at Drake for the next 4 years and I plan on using this hotel whenever... More

I like Holiday Inn Express because you can usually depend on it. This hotel was over the top with customer service, friendliness and location. We had a group of 8 and wanted to watch the Final Four and they helped us set up in the breakfast room in front of the big screen t.v. They also gave us suggestions for... More

The room and bathroom was nice and clean. Yes it had a flatscreen TV and the heat worked fine. It wasn't until morning when I became upset with my room. When I went to take a shower I could smell cigarette smoke. It was fresh not stale smoke maybe it was coming through the vent in the bathroom? I don't... More

Others say they are in the process of remodeling! If so I seen no evidence of any work being done. $100 per night in a room that the bathroom rivaled any Super 8 I have stayed in. The furnishings are worn and the bathroom had holes in the walls and the wallpaper was coming off in sheets. From the outside... More

The location is perfect if you are visiting Drake University. You can walk anywhere on campus in about 10 minutes. The exterior of the building is appealing and unique for a hotel, but the inside seems confining, with its small lobby, low ceilings, and narrow hallways. The breakfast area was the smallest I've encountered, and it wasn't well stocked during... More

I stayed at this nice hotel this week for two nights and continue to find it as consistently clean and friendly as each year in the past few as I book this hotel for many years for an annual business conference. Room was clean, coffee pot in room, free wifi, very cheerful staff at front desk (it's nice to be... More

I've stayed at a number of HI Express this year and I have been impressed with the consistency in the rooms and the breakfast. This place is an older hotel that has been remodeled to Express style. When I was there last week the lobby was torn up for a remodel, apparently to add an elevator. My room was clean,... More