Holiday Inn Express Hotel Slough

RIGHT next to train station. Literally in the parking lot. Only problem is if you have a lot of luggage, there are 5 train tracks and to get over the tracks you have to walk up stairs over and down, so if you, like me, overpack, that can be unpleasant. I was there on the weekend and was able to get a train and tube day pass ticked for under 11 pounds, so great deal. Took a taxi from Heathrow for 40 pounds, could have taken heathrow express, it stops here, but my luggage was crazy. Super friendly front desk guy, Aaron I believe was his name, called a taxi back to airport when we left and it only cost 25 pounds. Super friendly front desk. Excellent complimentary continental breakfast I believe it started at 6am? Great. Also the first night of our stay we ate in the hotel, fish and chips, very good, reasonably priced. They have a small menu and bar that is open I think 6−10pm if you don’t want to venture out. I believe it was about a 10 – 15 min walk to high street and there was a bunch of fast food and a pub there called the Moon and Spoon. Very Brittish. Hotel staff very friendly and informative. Beds were slightly hard, but fine. Great value. Only thing I would say is that if you are driving, it will probably be tough to find, cause it is tucked down a side street. There is a mall about 15 min walk away.

To be fair, I stayed here last September, but since no one has written a review yet, I have to review this place.
First off, it is literally the shortest walk ever from the train. Walk up the stairs from the train platform, walk back down on the other side, walk through half a parking lot and you are there. I made a wrong turn, and walked 2 miles to the other Holiday Inn… not the right one.
The other great thing that since you are close to the train station, you can hop on the train to Windsor. You will need to hop the train to Windsor, because there isn’t a restaurant in site of this place. Windsor is the touristy side, however, if you get there late, like I did, only the grocery store is open– Waitrose. But other restaurants and shopping are there and Windsor castle. The Windsor train only goes to Windsor and Slough and back; no other places.
Also icky: at the time, no Wifi. No joke. No wifi. I only had my phone with me, and couldn’t get the internet… I can’t remember if they had Ethernet for your laptop, but I am thinking no. Double-​check on that.
Room was clean and modern. This place is fairly new. Shower only. Bed– a little hard. Service was good.
Took a taxi to Heathrow, as you would have to take a train all the way back to London and then down to airport. No other transportation.
Good: Room newer. Front desk pleasant, a little slow when overwhelmed in the morning.
Bad: No restaurants or food nearby; no wifi, no easy way to get to the airport, minus a taxi ride