We booked the Holiday Inn at Bristol airport for an overnight stay before an early flight. The first disappointment was that the hotel isn't right next to the airport but 2.5 miles away. We had rang in advance to ask about leaving the car there during our stay and we were told "just to turn up and sort it out on arrival". However, the parking was full and others, who had booked it, were given priority. No booking option was available online, After a few minutes, the manager agreed to keep our car. The rate for the car park is £5 per day, which is ok but, it's only on arrival that we were told that the airport transfer would cost £3.50 per person, each way! A pre-booked taxi only cost £8.50 so if there are more than two of you I would strongly recommend you do that.
The room was clean and comfortable, as you would expect from a Holiday Inn.

Stopped here for one night due to an early flight from Bristol airport following a long drive. This hotel is in a great location for the airport, approx 5 mins, and very easy to find. Check in was fine and the room looked, at first glance, quite nice. It was, however, freezing. There was an air conditioning unit and we tried everything but nothing would make it work. Yes I could have complained or requested another room but we'd just driven for over 5 hours and couldn't be bothered to move. We had looked in advance at whether you could walk to any nearby pubs and although there were pubs in the nearby village, there was no footpath on the busy road that the hotel is on. The car park was completely full so we didn't want to venture out in the car. We had no choice but to stay in the hotel for the evening. We decided to have a drink at the bar and then order room service. The bar was ok, felt a bit like being at the airport. Room service was quite quick and not too bad, I had a steak and ale pie and the pastry was undercooked and pale. The TV also seemed quite limited with obvious channels missing and no free wifi, not great when you're stuck in your room.
Overall it was ok for an airport hotel, I wouldn't recommend for any other type of trip. This was my first visit to a Holiday Inn and I can't say I was too impressed.

We returned to this hotel after a good visit the first time but unfortunately it didn't meet the quality of our previous visit. We arrived and checked in which went smoothly but that was as far as it went. We went down for a meal in the bar area, we ordered our food (scampi and chips) it came out and the chips were really cold, I went up to the bar and complain to a older lady behind the bar when she then came over to our table to take back the meal, it later came back with fresh chips that were actually hot which was a good start but there was no apology from her which I found quite rude. We finished our meal and went to our room, we tried to put on the tv but there was no power to it at all, we rang down to reception and someone came up to try to fix it but unfortunately they couldn't get it to work either, we just felt that this room should have been checked BEFORE it was given to someone, surely someone from housekeeping should check when the room is cleaned to make sure everything is ok, unfortunately there were no other rooms available like the one that we had and the only one that was available was a smaller room with 2 single beds so we had to take that one. I really don't know what has happened as everything seemed to have gone wrong with our visit and it was nothing like our previous visit at the hotel back in September. We do have a booking with the same hotel again in January so we hope to see a lot more improvement as if not then that will be our last visit to this hotel.

We stayed there on Dec 7th and although clean and reasonably efficient the following disappointments arose:
1) Heating in room was inconsistent meaning we were cold on one of the coldest nights of the year in UK so far.
2) Poor lighting in bathroom for me to shave or wife to put make up on.
3) Restaurant food was fair but, given the fact that the hotel offers subsurdised parking (which we didnt need!), the 'sting' is often in the cost of food and drink and so it is here. No starters or desert but a main course for myself and wife plus cheapest wine on menu came to more than £50.
4) No prior mention that the hotels shuttle service from the airport costs £3·50 each person, each way.
5) Poor tv channel selection, approx only 7 or 8 of the tv's 30 odd channels were live.