Holiday Inn St. Louis-Southwest (Viking)

Needs Updating. The hotel staff was excellent. Very nice and accommidating. There were signs saying they were in the middle of a renevation but saw no signs of work being done. It is in great need of a face lift. Carpet was bubbled and creased going down the hallways. Some of the hallways smelled horribally like smoke. There are two sets of elevators, one set off of the lobby was extremely hot and my kids thought was quite scary.

Our room was a nice room and smelled good. The bathroom needs one of those curved shower curtin holders. The shower was too inclosed. I'm sure it will be alot nicer once renovations are complete.

It was nice to have an outside pool and a heated inside pool with a hot tub. The hot tub was huge, but the water was the same temperature as the heated indoor pool. The room with the inside pool and hot tub were very hot and humid, To many chemicals were being used. The hot tub actully turned my royal blue swimming suit a nasty taupe color.

There is NO FREE Breakfast, but they gave me a 50% off coupon. We chose not to eat there.

There is a restaurant on the corner of the hotel called Mile 277. This is like going to a Hooters. (My husband enjoyed the view.) The food was very good.

The hotel seemed to be about a 15 minute drive to about everything we wanted to see, so it seemed to be centrally located.

We would be willing to stay at this hotel again, but only after the renovation is complete. Hopefully some of the issues will be taken care of.…