I stayed at the Holiday Inn select for 4 days in February for a convention. Booked it mainly because it was right across the street from the convention center, and the price was very reasonable.

As soon as I arrived there was a problem with the phone. They sent a tech guy up but it was soon discovered that the guy at the front desk had forgotten to turn the phone on. Also signed up for internet access, which required another tech guy to be dispatched.

The room was big and comfortable, but I could hear the TV's from both adjoining rooms as clearly as my own. This unfortunately evolved in to "whose TV goes the loudest" contests on at least one occasion.

Breakfast was good but service was slow to non-existent.

Unless you are attending an event at the convention center I would stay elsewhere, and even if you are the Marriott or Hampton Inn might be better choices...

On Dec 31, 2006 my husband and I planned a last min trip to New Orleans and booked a room at a very nasty hotel. By chance we were lucky enough to find somewhere esle to stay and that was here Holiday Inn Select. For $40 more I got to stay here and it was clean, nice, and quit. We were a little far from Bourbon which is where we were going to be hanging out for the night so that was the only bad thing Oh and the price of breakfast the next moring in the dinning room was $30.00 for 2 adults. I thought that was a little pricey for a buffet of cereal, fruits, bacon, toast, scrambled eggs, gritts, and juice or milk. Besides that it was a nice hotel to stay at I would stay there again if I had to.

I stayed in this hotel April 11- 13. Trusting the trip advisor reviews, of course, I have prepared for the worst but was pleasantly surprised. The hotel is very conveniently located to the convention center and river walk. Rooms are spacious and clean, granted the building is old like all in the downtown New Orleans and I would recommend taking slippers to wear at the room (but I do it in every hotel I stay at). The staff was very very friendly and helpful. There is a lovely wroth-ironed courtyard in the lobby (housing the hotel restaurant) that extends through the entire floors up to the glass sealing – it’s lovely. If I ever come back for a convention – I will definitely stay there. Needless to say – the prices are very reasonable.

I rely on this site for advice and it has never let me down. So I feel an obligation to report. I just stayed here for a convention ... the only thing I have positive to stay is the location is excellent ... right across the street from the convention center.

Before I start, realize that New Orleans is not an ideal place for business. Outside of the food (which is unbelievable), the facilities, hotels and overall customer service is practically third world. I travel a lot, but I'm not even that picky.

My big gripe here is the cleanliness, service of the staff and food. My carpet was disgusting with stains everywhere. I wore flip flops in the room as to avoid the carpet. Apparently this is common in New Orleans though as I've had this before and my travel companions at the Hilton had the same complaint. The wall paper was also peeling off the walls. My high speed connection didn't work in the room ( i did find a low speed wireless connection somewhere). In short it was a dump.

Service is terribly slow and bad. Anytime I called front desk or bell ... the phone rang multiple times and sometimes was never even picked up. My card key didn't work after a morning run and I rang the bell for 10 minutes at the front desk (7:00 AM) ... finally a service worker went back and got someone. They took so long to check you out it was unbelievable. If there was a complaint about your bill (both I and the group in front of me), you had to wait for the manager because the staff is unable to do anything. I decided to forgo the slight overcharge rather than wait a half hour for some lazy manager to come see me. Then they charged me $50 because I had to check out early (after a 4 night stay), yet I gave them notice at 9:00AM that morning. That has never happended to me anywhere else.

The food choices are slim as well, but at least it wasn't bad.

Stay elsewhere. I heard the Hilton rooms were not good, but the people seemed competent when I went there for meetings and drinks at least. They also had a great location. I heard the Loews is the nicest in the area from multiple people.