Holiday Inn Express Rochester - University Area by IHG

2.5 star property

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Guests can enter the hotel through the prominent entrance, accessing a covered walkway.
Relax in a stylish space with a comfortable sofa, armchairs, and a desk area.
Enjoy a diverse selection of dishes at our buffet, featuring multiple serving stations with clear labels.
Welcome to our lobby, featuring a reception desk, seating area, and large flat-screen TV.
Relax in comfort with a large bed, nightstand, and modern lamp.

Popular amenities

  • Gym
  • Laundry
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Air conditioning

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717 E Henrietta Rd, Rochester, NY, 14623
  • University of Rochester
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Strong Memorial Hospital
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Rochester, NY (ROC-Greater Rochester Intl.)
    ‪5 min drive‬

Room options

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible (Comm, Minifridge)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible (Mobility, Accessible Tub)

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(2 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed, Accessible (Communications, Roll-In Shower)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds

8.2 out of 10
Very good
(57 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Accessible (Communication)

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(11 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Standard Room

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(7 reviews)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 1 Queen Bed

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed, Accessible (Mobility, Roll-In Shower)

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible (Communication, Accessible Tub)

8.2 out of 10
Very good
(10 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

8.2 out of 10
Very good
(51 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible (Communication)

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(5 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About this property

Holiday Inn Express Rochester - University Area by IHG

Hotel with free breakfast, near University of Rochester
An indoor pool, a 24-hour fitness center, and coffee/tea in a common area are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a business center, conference space, and concierge services are onsite. Housekeeping is available on request.
Holiday Inn Express Rochester - University Area by IHG offers 105 air-conditioned accommodations with video-game consoles and safes. Beds feature premium bedding. Televisions come with premium cable channels. Refrigerators, microwaves, and coffee/tea makers are provided. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

This Rochester hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and desk chairs, as well as phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Housekeeping is provided on request.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

The free breakfast at Holiday Inn Express Rochester - University Area by IHG gets high marks from our customers. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Monroe Community College. Enjoy features like free WiFi in public areas and free self parking, plus an indoor pool.
  • Free continental breakfast served daily
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self parking
  • Take a swim in the indoor pool
  • Services include dry cleaning/laundry, a concierge, and luggage storage
  • Onsite recreation includes a 24-hour gym
  • Guests have great things to say about the helpful staff and the breakfast
  • 5 minutes by car from University of Rochester and 8 minutes from Strong
Holiday Inn Express Rochester - University Area by IHG offers its guests an indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. WiFi is free in public spaces. Business amenities include a business center and a meeting room. Free breakfast is served daily. Event space at this hotel measures 452 square feet (42 square meters) and includes conference space. Barbecue grills, multilingual staff, and a picnic area are also featured at the business-friendly Holiday Inn Express Rochester - University Area by IHG. Free self parking is available. A complete renovation of Holiday Inn Express Rochester - University Area by IHG was completed in March 2023.

This Rochester hotel is smoke free.

Guests are served free continental breakfast on weekdays from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking and van parking available

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available on weekdays 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Things to do

  • 24-hour gym
  • Indoor pool

Family friendly

  • Free cot
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Indoor pool
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (on request)
  • Multilingual staff

Business services

  • 452 square feet of conference space
  • Business centre
  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • 8 accessible parking spaces
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Lift (91 centimetre wide door)
  • Pool hoist on site
  • Visual fire alarm
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible business centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible pool
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk (102 centimetre high)
  • Wheelchair-accessible van parking

More

  • 5 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Renovated entire property - March 2023
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Free cot
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with premium cable channels
  • Video game console

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Free local calls
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop workspace
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 5:30 AM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Free cribs (infant beds)!

Payment types at the property

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, and a first aid kit
This property affirms that it follows the cleaning and disinfection practices of Clean Promise (IHG)
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

We should mention

  • Pool access available from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM.
  • Connecting/adjoining rooms are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property at the number on your booking confirmation.
  • This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly).

Property is also known as

Quinta Inn Rochester South
Quinta Rochester South
La Quinta Inn & Suites Rochester South Hotel Rochester
La Quinta Inn And Suites Rochester South
Holiday Inn Express Rochester Brighton Hotel
Holiday Inn Express Rochester Brighton
Holiday Inn Express Rochester University Area Hotel
Holiday Inn Express Rochester University Area
Holiday Inn Express Rochester University Area

Holiday Inn Express Rochester - University Area by IHG Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 417 out of 1005 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 259 out of 1005 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 165 out of 1005 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 83 out of 1005 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 81 out of 1005 reviews

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Gregory

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kwesi

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The stay was great the staff was amazing. Everything from the room to breakfast to the pool.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Irena

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Would have liked breakfast to start at 6 am, great value for the money
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jaribel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Would book again
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Lilliana

Disliked: Cleanliness
Bathroom was completely dirty when I arrived, I had to clean it myself somehow, hair on floor, pillows smelled used. One of the bathroom’s lights worked eventually. Noisy elevator.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Alexandra, Brooklyn, NY

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great experience. Nice staff!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Kristi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We were on a floor with multiple people traveling in a group and were loud both nights till after midnight. We complained about the music, yelling and congregating in the hall. Kids were ding dong ditching on the doors at 11:30 pm as well as the smell of weed. My daughters and I came back to the hotel at 10:45pm from a dance competition and needed to be up early the next day so I went right back down to complain when I was told others had and they were contacting them only to find out they were calling my room. So I have no idea if it was taken care of because it continued for another hour.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Sumanth, Unionville

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place to stay
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vinicius

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Big party room in room 221 and we were across the hall in 224. Called for earplugs 10:20pm for kids running up and down the hall screaming and unsupervised for awhile, guy said he would bring earplugs and check it out, but nothing. Called again 10:50pm and talked to the front desk lady now, started walking down to reception to get them myself at 11:03pm when nobody showing up, got earplugs and lady rolled her eyes when asked if could call them on 221 and ask to be respectful of the others, as 221 was also just getting a big bag of food delivered to the room, so assuming their party was going for awhile. I had asked for a quiet room at check in and the front desk person assured me it was. Nope.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Angela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Overall good stay. Would stay again.

The room was clean. The pool was really nice and heated. Overall a really nice stay but the pancake machine was down for breakfast. The noise was overall quiet expect we heard a lot of doors opening and closing through the stay. The TV blocked out most of it though.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tammy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness

Hoped for Better

The property had a great location for our needs. Unfortunately, the stay overall was a bit underwhelming. Breakfast was undercooked and egg discs were still runny, pool was out of towels at one point leaving us unable to leave on time when the pool was closing. Housekeeping didn’t make it to our room even with the sign removed and us out of the room before 9 and there were some stray hairs in the bathroom and on the bed.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Naveen

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean and nice. Happy with my stay
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Shakarr

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Bertha

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location. The hotel breakfast and pool make your stay relaxing. Fair price
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jackie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Denise

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Angelica

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Niti

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Anna

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Easy Check-in. Friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Colleen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I stayed for 3 nights. Walking into the room initially it smelled so nice! Was definitely cleaned thoroughly before checking in along with during our stay. I requested new sheets and towels after each sleep (for personal reasons) and housekeeping was very accommodating. They did a great job!! Everyone I encountered at the front desk were nice and welcoming. The one thing I wasn’t a fan of was the breakfast. The eggs were brown and sausage were like hockey pucks. Normally I’d chalk it up to just sitting too long but this was at 6:00 when they first opened up for breakfast. Although there was plenty of other options to choose from!! Definitely would stay here again when I’m in the area! 5 stars!!!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

JEANETTE

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025