Best Hotels near Former Seamen＇s Centre Heijplaat, Rotterdam

My experience in this hotel was really nice. It's located near the city center and the metro station and you can practically have everything you need (supermarkets, shops, food) within a few minutes on foot. All the stuff is really kind and helpful for anything it may occur during your stay in the hotel. Breakfast has not a big variety of drinks and food but it's still really good. My only complaint about this hotel is that there is no fridge in the room, which you really going to need if you are staying for more than 5 days. All in all, I really enjoyed my stay in days inn and I would definitely visit this hotel again.

My oldest child and I were viewing a university in the Netherlands. So we stayed for 3 nights. We were a bit worried about safety and noise due to us being solo travellers etc but we had no need to be. We were up on the top floor so far from the street. We never felt unsafe. Shower was very good. Staff extremely nice. No concerns about safety. They had a washer dryer which was very handy. We went to the music night they had and it was very nice. We got breakfast one of the days and we found it good value. Place was clean. Hair dryers weren’t working sadly. But other than that, no other issues.

The room was very nice, vibrant colors, bed was awesome, all very clean. But the big mistake they made with the renovation were the doors. They slam with a very big bang, so when anyone else on the floor enters the room, it all shakes. And then they are not isolated, you can understand discussions happening outside the room. And then, for the breakfast, dinner, lunch: only christmas music. But of the worst kind. There is no place in the region to escape this in the morning, so you have to deal with the christmas music. And for 17 euro's, it's not even worth actually what you get after your ears are in pain with ”jolly happy christmas” three times during breakfast.

I was there at 3.3.-4.3.2023 with a wife and an adult son. In total, 2 rooms already paid by credit card. At arrival we were asked by a clearly over-exigent receptionist to pay the roommaster cash because something doesn't work with credit card billing. And bar please because her own credit card machine doesn't work. Because we were very hurried, our grandchild was just born in Rotterdam, we paid. Two weeks later my credit card was charged 2x!!!!. After massive protests, a burden was reimbursed. But not the cash payment. I have been in telephone and written exchange with the hotel director for 2 months. Although the error was acknowledged in writing and payment promised, with always new excuses the transfer is delayed so the impression has emerged, they want to crush me until I give up nervously. I do not! My report should be a warning, please, not to persuade you to questionable payments on the ground. Obviously, you have incompetent staff and little willingness to solve the problem customer-friendly. I'm now giving it all to a lawyer.

Although it is on the edge of the airport, there is basically no plane taking off, no noise, good soundproofing, and the window is double-layer soundproof glass. Very good.

The location is very good. Just in the city center of Rotterdam. The train station is down for 20 minutes with luggage. It is also very lively. It is both shops and restaurants. The KFC McDonald's Burger King Chinese Restaurant next to the hotel... everything! It is very convenient to walk to markthal and cube house within 10 minutes. Disadvantages: The room is small. The suitcase can only be opened one. There is almost no walking space. The luggage, hair dryer, etc. must be charged separately (I didn’t spend that Money). The check-in time is also very dead and has not been discussed.

Looks great and rooms and public areas are nicely decorated. However the walls of the rooms are very thin, when your neighbor closes the door you sit straight in your bed. Staff is nice but some essential services are missing: no gym of fitness room (‘will be coming??”), no room service from the restaurant. Restaurant very overpriced for meals that vary in quality. Definitely more variety and better price quality balance is needed. The hotel is on a highway so ask for rooms on the other side otherwise it can be noisy. All in all mixed experience. Van der Valk could improve on several aspects.

I don't know if I've left a negative review before but I was really disappointed by my stay at hotel not hotel Rotterdam. The concept of the hotel is truly a great idea but it appears to really needs updated and better maintained. Positives: it's a fun concept for a hotel, it's close to the train station, the bed was comfy. The food was nice (if/when it arrived). Negatives: the hotel seems to need a paint job and a number of shared space fittings need updated (broken windows and glass on elevator lift). Whilst there are some nice members of staff, nobody seems to know what's going on, particularly for breakfast. The breakfast doesn't get served until 8 and even going down straight away it took 40 mins for a smoothie bowl and a croissant which really isn't ideal when you have already a late start for breakfast. I unfortunately was also given out of date UHT milk for my tea. One day my breakfast order was just forgotten with only 4 tables occupied. The rooms are not terribly well sound proofed so I could hear the reception and people in the corridor singing loudly on the Friday night. Again they could really do with a fresh paint and for marks and fittings to be updated. I get the impression that the hotel is quite understaffed as there was only one staff member available for both check out at 7.45 am which was a challenge when one guest wanted to check out and the other was trying to get an early breakfast (which had not been communicated between the staff from the previous day). All in all, whilst this place has promise and photographs well, I would advise against staying here until they update and upgrade the hotel and improve staffing. Sorry hotel not hotel, I hope you can improve in future.

The staff is very friendly and makes every effort to make it pleasant for its guests. Beautiful view from 4th floor. 1 min is no window that can be opened further and no.