Van der Valk Hotel Houten - Utrecht Four stars hotel

Reviews

The following independent reviews were entered by guests after their stay at the hotel.

Anonymous Great Views

26 January 2012

9.4

+ Very nice Hotel-modern and clean-good restaurant and pleasant staff.-also , just a personal preferrence, love being high in a hotel, truly great panoramamic vista-room was very spacious and bed comfortable.

- None really!!-although the dogs can get a bit noisy

Anonymous Excellent expetience

9 December 2011

8.8

+ this was the first time i spent a night in a van der Valk Hotel and I fond it excellent and the meal in the restaurant very good. I will be back for sure !

- none

Anonymous Comfortable spacious friendly hotel in the wrong location

22 November 2011

8.4

+ friendly ,big open restauraunt,big comfortable clean room,great price,good food ,not michelin star standard or gastro pub standard but good basic cooking,steak etc,lobster thermidor was not thermidor but keep to basics and you cant go wrong

- location 30-40 euros to get into utrecht by taxi or 15 euros to train station to get into utrecht by train brussell sprouts and chicory as add on vegatables to food were the wrong vegetables in my humble opinion

Anonymous Very confortable hotel in industry zone

5 October 2011

9.6

+ Spacious room, good catering

Anonymous Excellent hotel

12 September 2011

8.4

+ Very nice, large room.

- Airconditioning didn't work

Anonymous What a great hotel

7 September 2011

6.0

+ A really fantastic hotel to stay. Big rooms, great service, great location. Thanks again

Anonymous Nearly there

4 August 2011

8.4

+ Convienient to business

- Bar service was poor, food in resturante not upto normal standard. Looked like there had been staff reduction due to summer. No iron in room

Anonymous Over the rainbow

18 July 2011

9.8

+ Excellent hotel, would certainly stay there again

Wil Buntinx

18 June 2011

8.4

+ Design, style, comfort, food

Andrew Ferguson Luxurious stay in the one and only Van der Valk, Utrecht...

6 June 2011

7.4

+ fantasic rooms, very modern, would recommend to anyone

- Air con unit was leaking in the royal suite, and could not be fixed during our stay and recieved no discounts

Gary McDonald

4 April 2011

9.0

+ Excellent hotel will be back

- none

Brian Bolam Very clean, smart & efficient hotel, enjoyed my breif stay

29 March 2011

7.4

+ Excellent service & amenities.

- None

david hughes Very nice modern place to stay and food exellent

28 March 2011

8.8

+ very nice will come again

- no cash machine in or near to the hotel

Antonius van der Heijden Khonsiam

21 March 2011

8.4

+ luxe en comportabele bedden, top!

John Kingston Smart hotel, decent rooms but restaurant is disappointing.

7 February 2011

5.0

+ Good size room with luxury bathroom

- Very dusty public areas such as lift and corridors. Extremely disappointed with the breakfast at this hotel, says it opens at 6:30 but dont expect anything hot at that time, breakfast is not value for money.

Ernst Krause

31 January 2011

7.6

+ Bus Station near the Hotel

- Check the aircondition in room No. 1410. There is a problem to switch it off.

Kathy Quality stay at a bargain price.

1 November 2010

10

+ Beautiful setting. Excellent breakfast. Bargain price for a Saturday night stay. Will go back!

Dr. Daniel and Mrs. Jo VanBerkel Wonderful stay

22 October 2010

9.2

+ We stayed in one of the suites and it was lovely. The room was large and very pleasant. The bathroom was first class and the bed had beautiful linens. We have family in Utrecht so stayed here. It is only a short drive out of the city and the price point was excellent. We will stay here again

Frans Vink Hotel Houten prima - restaurant mediocre

28 September 2010

7.6

+ Room spacious, all you need

- Restaurant needs major improvement: Food cold: Quantity more important than quality; Tuna was served raw, Salmon was served dry and overcooked. Service mediocre

Dorota Iwaniak Super verblijf!

21 September 2010

9.4

+ Mooie kamer, baadkamer, alles schoon, personeel (begin bij receptie) zeer vriendelijk, parkeren altijd plaats, centraal naar Utrecht, ik ben zeer graag aan logeren in het hotel. "Paarse " bar zeer gezellige sfeer, vriendelijke personeel en goede manager, compliment!!!

- Ontbijt, weinig keuzes maar alles was ook.

Reinhard Heitkemper Super Hotel mitten in den Niederlanden immer wieder

14 August 2010

9.6

+ super Ambiente, gute Farben und Gestaltung im Barbereich, tolle Zimmer, schöner Blick über Utrecht

- Das Toilettenpapier war nur einlagig und ziemlich hart past nicht in so ein tolles Hotel

Akbur Ghafoor Nicely presented but needs some improvement

25 June 2010

6.8

+ This was a clean hotel and well presented.

- I booked the Royal Suite for 1 night. There was no bottle opener in room. No dustbin in the room. Lack of power outlets. Reception wanted me to go down and pick up the bottle opener. There was a lack of staff on duty in the evening during the week.

Anonymous Functional

29 May 2010

7.0

+ Convenient

- Location

Folasade Hotel Houten, a MUST for lovers of class & pleasure

25 May 2010

7.2

+ the front desk staff are so courteous, friendly & helpful. Very good for the image of the hotel

- Taxi service should be improved. It takes a minimum of 15 minutes to get a taxi from the hotel

Ilona Mészáros A megoldott közlekedéssel tökéletes volna

25 May 2010

7.2

+ szolgáltatás,étel,személyzet

- közlekedés,közlekedés,közlekedés!

Anonymous Weekend break unsurpassable value for money

12 May 2010

9.6

+ The Weekend Break price for a 1 night stay offered amazing value for money - luxury room on the 16th floor plus excellent breakfast for 2 for only 89 euros.Warm, efficient welcome and checkout. Hotel easy to find, with plenty of parking space and an easy 15 minute drive from the centre of Utrecht in the evening.. Maybe less suitable if you don't have a car, though.

- None of importance. The only nit-picking negative is that the breakfast staff weren't very visible.

Anonymous Recommended

11 April 2010

10

+ Nice design. Spacious rooms. Neat. high class service. Professional and sympathetic personnel. Classy bar and restaurant with appetizing dishes.

Amanda Long Miss A

23 February 2010

8.6

+ Very nice comfy beds with cotton sheets and good pillows. Lovely big bathroom with nice shower and bath

- no tea or coffee facilities. Need to take a taxi to the local station and then a train into Utrecht city centre.

Claudia Tigiser Do not book

8 January 2010

2.4

+ Bathroom would be nice if it was clean

- The room incl. bathroom was not clean, not even the toilet was cleande properly! Heating system was not working, room was freezing and nobody was available to help

Chris Miles Very pleasant and comfortable stay

23 October 2009

9.6

+ Very comfortable

- None

Karst Koopman Uitstekende prijs/kwaliteit

31 July 2009

9.6

+ Veel luxe voor een redelijke prijs, mooi uitzicht.

- geen

Chris Savage A great value-for-money hotel in a quiet yet central location

1 July 2009

9.0

+ Great value. Big rooms. Comfortable beds.

- Noisy dining room

Lee Fowkes Nice hotel, but unprofessional barmen

14 June 2009

6.0

+ Nice hotel, plenty of parking

- On 2 separate occasions I saw 2 bartmen use their bare hands to scoop ice from the ice bucket and drop into customers' drinks. I avoided drinks with ice for the duration of my stay. You have to wonder about hygiene behind the scenes if this happens at the public face.

gerald gabriel Great utrecht periphery accomodation - one of the best

27 April 2009

8.4

+ easy-going pleasant atmosphere, spacious tidy rooms, excellent location for motorists, in a nutshell - a fine addition to hotels in the Utrecht area very well worth trying out.

- range of air cond temperature could be broader, found it still cool despite max. temp. setting.

Clive An exellent new hotel

6 April 2009

10

+ Very new, very modern. Plenty of parking. Friendly reception staff. Exellent buffet breakfast.

- No in room coffee or tea making facilities

REF Very good quality

29 March 2009

9.2

+ Clean, good size rooms, very nice restaurant, friendly service, English spoken everywhere.

Souren The good one

28 December 2008

8.8

+ Perfect hotel, no problems

- its far away from Utrecht

Mark Theys

9 December 2008

8.0

+ Location. New and luxury furniture and bathroom.

- Service at frontdesk adn bar could be better and more friendly.

P.F. Paroissien Disappointed British traveller

7 December 2008

5.4

+ nice and clean

- still in breaking in period. The personnel with whom I interacted were mostly far too laid back, not really interested in the guest's needs. Wake up call never happened, excuse given that the system was not working correctly, no form of apology. 2 other similar issues

William Thompson Great hotel for the price

3 December 2008

9.0

+ Great Shower Head

Andrew Gibbons Spacious, but lacked somewhere to put your toiletries in shower.

1 December 2008

8.4

+ Lots of space. Jacuzzi in bathroom a nice bonus.

- No place to put toiletries (shower gel / shampoo) in the shower, needs a holder or shelf. Pillows very high and all the same so no options.

Gerald Comfortable and tasteful hotel on the outskirts of Utrecht

1 December 2008

8.0

+ food/breakfast buffet/some main dishes off the menu ! But....see below

- food/some main dishes off the menu ! Kitchen seems to be hit or miss - a more ínternationalized´ way of cooking might improve things

Robert Highly recommended

24 November 2008

7.8

+ Excellent breakfast buffet. Location (very central in the Netherlands, good for business purposes and as a central departure point for daytrips).

- We stayed in November and, being used to (much) warmer climates, found our room rather cold. Location (nothing within walking distance, thus no good if you want to be really 'in' the city, the nearest city being Utrecht).

Chris Barnes Fabulous hotel!

16 November 2008

8.6

+ Although the location was a minor problem being in the middle of nowhere, I can't fault this hotel on style, comfort or value. If only they did room service it would be perfect.

- No room service and poor location unless you have a car but apart from that, nothing.

Anonymous Teleurstellend

8 February 2012

5.8

+ Locatie en omgeving is top

- Service en prijs vind ik zeer slecht (dubbel betalen voor een kamer en niet willen oplossen)

Anonymous Een heerlijk weekend

6 February 2012

7.2

+ De service van alle medewerker is zeer goed

- De stof op de kamer kan minder vooral onder de nachtkastjes in de kasten en langs de randen

Anonymous Mooi hotel, met goede keuken

6 February 2012

7.0

+ de service aan de receptie was perfect. Goede info over de omgeving. De kamer was mooi, en praktisch. Stijl en sfeer is perfect.

- Dat roken ongezond is , snap ik. Maar de viese asbakken , overvol, en servies, wat er bleef staan,(van de vorige dag) en ook buiten voor de deur!!! Het zag er niet uit! En zo moeten nieuwe gasten dus ook het aanschouwen als ze aankomen. Zonde!!!

Anonymous Schade um das schöne Design.

30 January 2012

6.0

+ Frühstücksbuffet sehr umfangreich, ein wunderschönes Design im gesamten Hotel. Sehr netter Empfang an der Rezeption. Sehr freundliches Personal im Restaurant.

- Sauberkeit im Zimmer und im gesamten Hotel stark verbesserungsbedürftig. Spiegel, Holzwände, Türen, Aufzüge sind gar nicht oder streifig geputzt. Betten wurde mit verschnutzten Laken bezogen, nassen (!) Kopfkissenbezug im Zimmer vorgefunden. Besteck und Gläser im Restaurant sehr stumpf und streifig.

Anonymous

29 January 2012

6.4

+ Ruime kamer, aparte douche, ruimte voor je toilettas,

- hygiëne laat te wensen over, alles is een beetje vies, gaten in de lakens, vlekken op nachtkastjes die er na twee nachten nog op zitten, kalk in de douche, er wordt met vieze doeken schoongemaakt die overal strepen achter laten, en zo kan ik nog wel even door gaan.

Anonymous Aan te raden

28 January 2012

7.6

+ Comfortabele kamer, heerlijk bed.

- Mag toch minimaal ontbijt op de kamer bij in zijn. Gladde vloeren in het badgedeelte.