Hotels Near Draaikolk in Hague

Great location situated beside the train&bus station, with a short walk to Voorburg town

It took me a while to write this review since I was afraid of my personal safety. Nevertheless, I have finally decided to share this information with other travelers. This incident happened during a weekday night when I decided to do a walk-in at the Ibis hotel in Den Haag after a long trip. I was already aware of some bad reviews from other travelers indicating ”naughty” staff. Nonetheless, I decided to give it a go. I entered the hotel and mentioned the hotel clerk that I wanted to book a room. His attitude was rough indicating me that he did not have any rooms left. For my bad luck, my phone was out of battery so I decided to seat in one of the tables in the lobby to quickly charge it to look for a hotel somewhere else. While I was charging my phone, the clerk approached me and shouted at me that I had to leave the hotel. I explained him that I wanted to charge my phone to look for other hotels in the area and I wouldn't take much time. He continued shouting at me that I had to leave, when suddenly he grabbed my bag and literally threw it to the street. At this moment I was petrified since I never imagined something like this was happening. Then, he pushed me violently out of the hotel. Luckily I managed to take a picture of this guy. The guy has a tattoo on his right arm and rather than a hotel clerk, he thinks he is a MMA fighter or part of gang. I really don't know how the manager of this hotel can have person like this with such level of anger dealing with customers. My review by no means intend to advice other travelers to visit or not this hotel. I believe the facilities of this hotel are quite nice but what I can say is that I'm not entering this place again until they take strong actions towards improving the quality of their staff. I hope this guy doesn't get fired because of this review but if the hotel really wants to keep him, the hotel should consider send him to an anger management course. I don't know if this guy is always like this or just had a bad night and he took it on me. Nonetheless, I think no one should suffered what this guy did to me under any circumstance.

The hotel is currently undergoing renovations and looks like it will be a super hotel when it’s finished. We were told in advance that there would building work ongoing. Check in took a bit longer than expected but the friendly receptionists advised us they’d only been working there a couple of weeks. We were travelling with friends and we both received a free room upgrade. Our room was fab, clearly one of the newly renovated rooms. Had everything you needed, hairdryer, nice toiletries and a coffee machine with decent coffee. Our friends also had a lovely room but there was a couple of issues with theirs such as a dirty toilet, no shower gel and the shower leaked because the rubber seal/trim hadn’t been fitted to the shower door. It seemed like their room hadn’t been checked before it was passed as suitable for guests. The hotel is about 3.5 miles from the centre of The Hague but we didn’t mind and enjoyed the walk there and back through some very pleasant parkland where the royal palace is situated. Good off street parking at the hotel. Had a nightcap in the pavilion at the back of the hotel, again very friendly staff. Would definitely stay again though not sure we’ll get it for such a good price next time once all the work has been completed!

I love Novotel as a chain, and have stayed at this hotel before and was quite happy. This time I felt things were a little off and I wasn't as satisfied. I seem to recall getting a free bottle of water in the room, which it appears is not included anymore. No more individual shower gels and soaps, but now big pumps of soap, which is OK if you have the complete set of them. Yes, it's more environmentally friendly but it's also a sign of cost-cutting. Breakfast was more or less the same -- good choice and quality -- except on a busy weekend they seemed totally overwhelmed and people had to queue to get a table. On a quieter morning, I noticed a sign stating one can request omelettes and poached eggs from the kitchen, so I did, and this dish never materialized, which was a little awkward. The fresh orange juice machine is awful: constant noise and queues of people taking ages to each make one glass of juice, as it requires that the user slice the orange and then ram each half, one at a time, into the machine, yielding a tiny amount of juice. Repeat for 6 or 7 oranges to get a glass... It would be funny to watch as slapstick if it weren't so annoying to listen to. On the positive side, the rooms are still attractive, comfortable, and quiet.

Stayed for 1 nt. hotel is right at the end of the esplanade. Lovely views and sunset over the sea. On checking in we asked about a standard and a superior room, as we hadn’t precooked our visit, lady on reception with abit of effort could have sold us a superior room but when I asked if we could see both rooms she said not as she was alone on reception ( in other hotels we have been given a key to look ourselves) in the past. Standard sea view room was very nice, however neither did she recommend we needed to book to eat in the restaurant, and being a Monday evening we didn’t think it would be necessary, we were wrong, only 1 chef on so couldn’t eat there. Decided to walk into town to eat, definately go the road route, hotel suggested a back way by the harbour, not a good plan, after a long dark explore the exit was blocked, so stick to the road. Checked out in the morning and had a lovely breakfast in the old town at a beautiful bakers shop, better than 25€ ea at the hotel. Would stay again if visiting the beautiful den Haag beaches.

While making a booking my wife asked the receptionist what time was the breakfast. The receptionist told us to pay first and then she will tell about the breakfast. Knowing the timings of the breakfast we wanted to book. We would not book the breakfast if it was too late. So we did not have an option. Once we booked the breakfast we went to the hotel room and we went to the receptionist to cancel the breakfast booking. The receptionist told her to come next day. We got the manager the next day and she could not cancel the breakfast. she used an excuse like we have to order food etc etc. But we tried to cancel it the same very day. So we could not cancel the breakfast. This is ridiculous. The hotel is messed up. once we pay for the breakfast that means we dont have an option to cancel it . the same day. We cancelled our appointment and went for the breakfast.

I was a bit hesitant to start with as it didn't have a balcony... but the hotel was lovely, cosy rooms will all you could need and lovely beds, coffee/tea service and breakfast. I would stay there again for sure. The staff was wonderful and so so kind, really refreshing!!

Great hotel, with quiet lobby. Handy automatic supermarket machine witch gets you food and drinks anytime you like. Staff is semi Dutch speaking but deliver a great clean and tidy hotel. Traveled for business, good location. Sea is just around the corner. Photos look the same as reality, so I won’t include photos in my review.

We only slept in the Kurhaus for 1 night. So we were not able to use all the facilities. But what we saw and experienced was excellent. So next time 2 nights.

Super spacious, comfortable and bright. Because it's new and has high ceilings, it's a great hotel. This is the best hotel among the four hotels I stayed in in the Netherlands. ㄧIt’s less than 50 meters walk from Leiden Station. It’s super convenient and the environment is quiet and elegant. Like, like, like