"We have stayed in many Holiday Inn Expresses across the UK & Europe. And as expected great welcome from staff, nice quiet & very clean room, lovely pizzas from the bar staff & very good breakfast service. However, on this occasion we were shocked that we had to eat our breakfast with a yapping, loud dog that was begging its owners for food which they obliged & the animal was eating it off the floor at their table. I’m sorry to say in my opinion dogs should not be in the restaurant area of a hotel with other paying guests. It spoiled our breakfast experience, because of the noise & the acoustics of the room. Perhaps an area should be designated away from other guests. "