"Being our first time to Austin we wanted to find a hotel that allowed us to walk to most of the attractions we wanted to see. The Holiday Inn Express fit this bill. Unfortunately we had to pay $45 per night to park in the hotel parking lot, which is a common theme in Austin and for that money, upon arrival we were informed at check-in that the elevator from the underhround parking garage was out of order and that we would have to walk either up or down to the lobby of the adjoining Indigo Hotel. This was a inconvenience to have to lug our luggage with no cart first to the lobby and then up one floor from the Indigo via their elevator to a mezzanine corridor that connects the two hotels. Then we had to walk to the Holiday Inn Express elevators to the room floors.
The room was adequate and clean.
The buffet breakfast was good and one of the only ones that the area hotels offer.
Overall the HIE had it's plusses and minus but we would probably stay there again give a choice."