A character hotel located in a pleasant wooded area. We chose the hotel on price and location - near to where we had meetings. The hotel has character but could do with some modernisation. My room was of a reasonable size, with high ceiling and decorated in an older Dutch style. The bathroom needed an update and was barely adequate.

The restaurant was popular and the food of an OK standard (price and quality).

Overall, I would use the hotel if you had a reason to stay in the area. It is possible to walk in the woods and a 10 min walk takes you into the old town.

A 'Beef' I have with all the Golden Tulip hotels is that they fail to provide an adequate WiFi - a pay as you go hotspot, if you can find one, is the best you will do! This is a major deterrent for me and probably for a lot of business customers.

I quite liked the location of the hotel which is next to a forest but trying to drag my suitase over the gravel and through the restaurant that is on the terrace was a bit strange/embarrassing as I arrived at lunchtime.
My room was a bit peculiar (single with shower) in that it was much taller than it was wide. Fortunately the window took up most of one of the walls and was openable and the view was passable (over flat roofs below onto some trees - not too bad) There were no tea and coffee facilites in the room which meant I had to go to the bar for a cup of tea after my long journey. As a lady travelling on her own I do like to be self sufficient but it wasn't too scary. Quite civilised. Got a good last minute rate and may stay again if it falls into my price range.
Staff all okay - no problems. breakfast was okay too - but not fantastic.

Booked this hotel mainly because it had a good review on this site and it seemed to have everything we wanted, but to be honest I woudnt stay again. It had some redeeming points i.e. allowed us to check in early with no extra cost and a good restaurant and lovely woodside location, but overall we were a little dissapointed with the Mastbos. We booked a duluxe room which I must say I think the hotel do rather over-rate as they do the hotel in general. The hotel is less than inviting and very dark , and the 1st floor landing our room was on stinks of stale tobbacco and looks very tired.

The first room we were given the key to absolutely reeked of very stale tobbacco smoke and although quite large was uninviting with dirty windows. We asked for a non smoking room and were allocated a much fresher room that was smaller, but seemed cosier and more welcoming. The bathroom was the best thing about the room as it had a nice whirlpool corner bath with dimmable lighting.
The room itself had very dark furniture that was dated and a bit shabby with wardrobes with hiddeous metal wire for doors, really horrid. This room was supposed to have a forest view which it did have, but over a puddled flat roof with skylights, not attractive. The room did have a very large comfortable bed and cleanliness was good. The room should have had a coffee maker , but it was conspicuous by its absence. There is no air conditioning but the window was openable, and all you could hear was birdsong form the adjacent woods, very peacefull. Overall we found the staff pleasant enough and efficient, and the outdoor terrace overlooking the woods was a very popular spot for lunch and drinks with local dog walkers as well as hotel guests and the food was very good value and very tasty , (look out for the resident tame, but tatty crow that wanders around the tables!)

The restaurant was well used and the food was of a good standard, and not too pricey for a hotel restaurant. If you have a car then Breda city is only about 10 minutes but by foot you can only reach the Ginneken (2 kms )a quiet but undoubtedly pretty suburb with a small town square with enough pubs and restaurants for a good night out. I would say beware of the hotel web site and other web sites that list not so nearby facilities as being hotel facilities such as pool etc which were miles away.
I think the hotel oversells itself as a higher stadard than it actually was, which was a bit shabby and dated in a less than convenient location (unless all you came for is to walk in the woods) and not much in the way of facilities,and not cheap either. To be honest I have stayed in nicer B&B places in England and I am sure you could do better in Holland than this.

To whom this may concern.
During 6 wondefull days May 2005 my wife and i stayed at the Mastbosch as it was recommended by family in Breda.
Normally as we travel to Holland we stay with family ,but this time we wanted to be totally independed from others.
We recommend this hotel highly. The clean rooms the breakfast and real nice was the location in the peacefull old wood forest surrouding the hotel. We did go for many early walks and the nature did help us every day to enjoy our stay in Brabant.
We will be back some day.
Greetings and a thank you to all the staff.
Adrian P Juurlink
RR #2
Port Burwell
Ont N4J 1T0
Canada