Tulip Inn Brinkhotel Zuidlaren - Reviews, Photos - Nice town Old Hotel. Felt Ripped off.

DnDAmsterdam

Atlanta, Georgia

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21 reviews

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9 helpful votes

“Nice town Old Hotel. Felt Ripped off.”

Reviewed 25 July 2010

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3 people, 1 room, 2 nights= 431 Euros. You do the math at the end but first Some of hightlights

1. The staff were friendly except the receptionist on the day shift. (Older Lady that has a smokers voice)

2. The hotel is in DIRE need of a makeover. The rooms and decor is from the 1980's The rooms were spacious and clean.Some issues with the showers moisture stains on the ceilings.

3. Comes with a Bar, Restaurant and patio.

Our situation:
We reserved a room for 3 people they were nice enough to rather than go for the cheaper option of one room for 99 Euros a night triple occupancy rate. Charge us 129 Euros per person special rate that included 2 dinners and 2 breakfasts bike rentals and tour..... We actually used 2 breakfasts and one dinner.

The morning buffet was sparse. Some cold cuts bread and scrambled eggs and really bad bacon that ran out early both mornings. The Dinner we had was a buffet with some nicely cooked meats. Dessert was nice as well.

We enjoyed our time in Groningen (Requires a car or Bus) and we had dinner the first night at the Italian restaurant closest to the restaurant. (Because the kitchen was closed by the time we checked in at 8:30

Additionally my brother slept on a cot that they were nice enough to bring into the room.

Sunday we checked out and was handed a bill for 431 Euros we questioned the bill and asked what the room rate would have been here is what it would have worked out as.

99 x 2 = 189 Euros Room Rates
13x6 = 78 Euros for 2 days of breakfast.
24*3 = 72 Euros for Dinner
Total = 339 Euros

When I explained that we were looking to pay for what we used I was told that this was not possible as these were packages. I asked about how to talk to customer service for Tulip Inn I was told that they represented the owner of the hotel and that they are privately owned hotel. Translate into thanks for staying if you have an issue with me then tough. Additionally I was told that I should have looked at all 40+ packages available on the website. (I ordered over the phone and was not told anything about this)

P.S. After I raised my voice and mentioned trip advisor and a bad review they through a free lunch at me..... whatever.

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mafootje

Vlaardingen, netherlands

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47 reviews

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14 helpful votes

“It was a free stay for us.”

Reviewed 20 April 2010

We had a coupon and booked the hotel with this coupon only had to pay the tourism tax.
Upon our early arrival we where greeted friendly but unfortunalty they couldn't provide early check in. We where told about the restaurant and other facilitys and left again.

The room was reasonably spacious with a small t.v. Internet acces was available for a fee but we could surf for free with our t-mobile account. Bathroom had a shower and had some repairs. Strangely enough they decided to use gray silicon for the repairs while the rest was white.

All in all the room was just good but there was some wear and tear, rolling curtains didn't work or where missing, bathroom also looked used.

Breakfast in the morning was good, combination of hot and cold food and drinks.

Parking was available for free on the hotel grounds (no lights in the evening) but you have to make a tight turn to get on it. We decided to park our car outside the hotel grounds.

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fenderjaguar

Milan, Italy

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51 reviews

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29 helpful votes

“Could be a little bit better”

Reviewed 14 January 2008

I booked this hotel at the very last minute to attend the Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, The hotels in town were of course fully booked and I've found one room free at this location, with a special rate really convenient. The hotel is a short drive from Groningen, in a quiet neighborhood.
The check in procedure was quick and easy, the room large and spacious, but not perfectly clean. There were hair on both pillows (luckily there were two spare) and a couple in the shower...
Returnong at night the reception is closed (they gave me the key to get in) and the parking lot is completely in the dark.
However, the average stay was ok. One of the people of the brasserie where breakfast is served is not very kind, luckily there's an older colleague that is more helpful and kinder.
However, of you don't find better options this hotel is not that bad.