Holiday Inn Express Dundee by IHG
River views and free breakfast in the city
About this hotel
Holiday Inn Express keeps the familiar chain formula, bright rooms and free breakfast, but adds genuine river views from its bar, a detail that turns an ordinary evening drink into something worth lingering over after a day on the Carnoustie links. A short walk from The McManus, Dundee's art gallery and museum, it suits a non-golfing day out as much as an evening back from golf. The low-key restaurant handles dinner without fuss, and the business centre and full-service laundry cover the practical needs of a longer, multi-night group trip. Fifteen minutes from Carnoustie by car, it works as a predictable, no-surprises base for a group that wants the golf to remain the main event of the trip rather than the hotel itself.
- Free breakfast
- River-view bar
- Business centre
- Full-service laundry
Our take
A group wanting predictable, well-located Dundee accommodation with genuine river views from the bar will get solid value here. Golfers wanting to walk straight to the first tee from their room should choose an in-town Carnoustie property instead, since this sits a fifteen-minute drive from the Championship Course each morning.
- Book a bar table with a river view for an evening drink after golf; it is the property's standout feature.
- Visit The McManus on a non-golfing day; it sits within easy walking distance of the hotel itself.
- Take advantage of free breakfast before an early tee time, since it removes one cost from the daily trip budget.
Why we love it
- Genuine river views from the bar
- Free breakfast every morning
- Close to The McManus museum
- Business centre for longer trips
Why guests love itWe chose this Holiday Inn Express for a week-long Dundee-based trip, and the bar's river view became our favourite spot each evening after golf finished, watching the water while comparing scorecards from that day's round on the exposed and often windy Carnoustie links course nearby, a genuinely good way to end each evening before an early tee time the next morning.