I have stayed at this hotel many times over the years, mainly for the Hilton Diamond benefits and the location. It's always been a rather tired, 1970's style hotel that has received not much more than a lick of paint since the hotel was originally constructed.
However, I am writing this review from one of the newly refurbished rooms on the 10th floor and I have to say i'm impressed. The room is a decent size and they have made the most of the available space. The bathroom is somewhat compact, but it more than makes up for a lack of space with the quality of the fittings, with a heavy use of marble and top quality bathroom furniture.
The room itself has oak panelled walls, with a matching desk and bedside cabinets. The entrance floor is tiled with quality marble and the room has a rather Nordic feel about it. The colour scheme is very appealing. The grey carpet, light blue armchair & foot stool, grey curtains and grey leather headboard are brought to life with a contrasting bright orange leather desk chair and a bright red Chinese style lampshade hanging from the corner of the room.
The room is equipped with a quality Nespresso coffee maker and the mini bar is well stocked. The room had a "standard issue" LG 32" LED TV, but rather surprisingly, it also had a Bose iPhone docking system too, which was so impressive that i'm tempted to buy one myself! It was so nice to be able to listen to music on something other than my laptop for a change. The room also had the biggest room safe i've ever seen in a hotel and like most other Hilton's, there was an ironing board too.
The quality of the workmanship was superb and of a standard that I would expect in my own home.
It was also nice to see that everything worked! If the remaining rooms here are refurbished to the same standard, this will be a great hotel and i'll stay here a lot more often. The refurbishment was long overdue, but hat's off to the designers and the workmen, they did a great job.
- Hilton International Rotterdam
- Rotterdam Hilton International
- Rotterdam Hilton
