Nice place - if you like green!
This hotel is green. You won't have trouble finding the lime green towers of this hotel are easily visible from the road. Inside the rooms and decor use lots and lots of green - not just the standard Holiday Inn green but other bright shades of green too! Once you get past the color scheme though this is a great place to stay. 
The staff was friendly and helpful. I had a FedEx package delivered to the hotel and they promptly notified me when it arrived. 
The bar and restaurant servers were attentive, knowledgeable and friendly. Dinner in the hotel bar after a very long and tiring day was much better than expected. Good varied menu including many seafood choices, steaks and sandwiches and salads. Generous food portions at very reasonable prices. 
The rooms are recently remodeled (at least mine and my two other colleagues rooms were), clean and well equipped. Only quirk was there are two wall mounted lights that two of us could not figure out how to turn on! View out the window was of a rooftop - so nothing special there. The water was hot with good pressure. In room coffee was a bit better than standard fare for the single cup brewing machine. Internet was fast and didn't require a pass code. 
The neighborhood didn't look like the best but since we ate in the hotel and didn't wonder about it wasn't an issue, for example "Bad Boys Bail Bonds" is within walking distance. There is a Denny's also within walking distance in case an early morning breakfast is needed before the hotel restaurant opens. 
Would definitely stay here again. It is often hard to find a decent hotel on short notice in San Jose and this one is certainly a keeper.