Guest Reviews of Holiday Inn Arlington at Ballston
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Location8.3
Amenities7.2
Service7.6
Cleanliness8.1
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Guest User
King Room - Non-Smoking
Stayed in Aug 2025
Traveling with friends
10 review
8.5/10
Very Good
Posted on Sep 30, 2025
The hotel was quite centrally located. Metro is 10 to 15 min walk but the bus stop is around 5-7 min. There was also a Target nearby. The hotel do have, washing machine, dryer, ice machine an a gym which is good enough for me and my friends. The hotel was also reasonable price and the TV do have a lot of channels to watch. For improvement, The TV was quite a old model and hope the hotel will change all.
Guest User
Standard Room With Two Queen Beds
Stayed in Jun 2025
Business traveler
1 review
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on Jul 29, 2025
Great service in Holiday inn! Definitely will stay in here when I visit US next time.
J.wee
Standard Room With Two Queen Beds
Stayed in Apr 2025
Family
5 review
7.0/10
Posted on May 30, 2025
Front desk is friendly and helpful to allow us to leave our luggage stored for free till our room is ready to check-in. Room is well kept and clean, however furnitures a bit old but still acceptable for us. Need to bring own bedroom slippers for all hotels in USA. Location to downtown just took Lyft which is not too expensive in Washington D.C.
Guest User
King Room - Non-Smoking
Stayed in Sep 2025
Couple
1 review
8.0/10
Very Good
Posted on Oct 14, 2025
The location was easy to get to the metro and plenty of good food around. Room was a bit dated but good for the price
Guest User
Standard Room With Two Queen Beds
Stayed in Jun 2025
Family
3 review
9.5/10
Amazing
Posted on Jul 16, 2025
Convenient location, close enough to metro station. Very fast internet. $20 per day for parking.
Aabi
King Room - Non-Smoking
Stayed in May 2025
Solo traveler
10 review
4.5/10
Posted on Jun 16, 2025
Disappointing Experience – Unhelpful Staff and Poor Service
The staff at this hotel were generally unhelpful. Whenever I asked for assistance, the common response was, “We don’t know, you can ask the relevant person, or try to do by yourself” which is unacceptable in the hospitality industry. There was little to no effort to actually solve my concerns.
Another major inconvenience was the door key cards, they constantly needed to be reactivated every few hours, which was frustrating and disruptive.
On a positive note, they did help me with an umbrella when needed, but overall, the experience fell short of expectations. I would not choose to stay here again.
Guest User
Standard Room With Two Queen Beds
Stayed in Apr 2025
Family
3 review
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on May 31, 2025
Very happy for the first staying in this hotel. Will come next time.
Guest User
King Room - Non-Smoking
Stayed in Jun 2024
Couple
15 review
6.5/10
Posted on Aug 4, 2024
The location is great! Just a 5-min walk from Ballston MU Subway Station. The hotel needs renovation. The lifts were alike those in the days of 1970s, and needed to be replaced. I checked in the hotel at around 4-5pm, the process was slow, as only one staff was on-duty. My room was spacious, though the furnitures were old-fashioned. The bedding sheets were quite new. My room was on the 6th floor facing the main road, but not much traffic noise heard at night time.
Anonymous User
Standard Room With Two Queen Beds
Stayed in Jun 2024
Traveling with friends
1 review
9.5/10
Amazing
Posted on Jul 20, 2024
- Very nice help desk
- Noisy but Friendly environment
- Old but Clean room
- Completely required facilities
EmmaV
Standard Room With Two Queen Beds
Stayed in Apr 2025
Couple
15 review
8.0/10
Very Good
Posted on Jun 1, 2025
It's okay place for an overnight stay.
Guest User
Standard Room With Two Queen Beds
Stayed in Nov 2024
Couple
8 review
8.5/10
Very Good
Posted on Jan 7, 2025
Close to Metro, friendly front desk, rooms need some update.
Guest User
Standard Room With Two Queen Beds
Stayed in Mar 2024
Family
2 review
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on Apr 11, 2024
It was a pleasant stay at Holiday Inn Arlington/Ballston. We had a clean room and fine amenities.
Guest User
Standard Room With Two Queen Beds
Stayed in Aug 2024
Business traveler
1 review
9.0/10
Great
Posted on Oct 2, 2024
Decent stay for a couple days trip
Guest User
King Room - Non-Smoking
Stayed in Oct 2023
Couple
3 review
8.5/10
Very Good
Posted on Nov 5, 2023
Great location. Restaurant on premises only use if exhausted, much better options within 5 minutes walk. All in all, a good hotel