Overall, we had a great experience at the Holiday Inn Express! The building itself and all the staff were great. The pool had a neat view of the city and I was pleased with the room. As far as location, it's pretty accessible to the rest of the city - we used Birds the majority of the time we were in Austin and it was a very city to navigate on scooters. You should be aware of your surrounds at night, though, as there is a large homeless population around the hotel. I never felt particularly unsafe, but just a heads up. There was also a music venue down the road that was very loud and could be heard from our hotel room late Saturday night, but it was a weekend, so what do you expect?