Fletcher Hotel-Restaurant Duinzicht

Booked last minute. Have stayed here before. Given a suite because the hotel was busy. Good dinner and very good breakfast. Usual check-in person not available at time of check-in and couldn't find proof to we had paid in advance but usual check-in clerk was able to see my payment easily. We were only passing through so immediate area wasn't explored but this was a quiet area with little traffic. We were cycling and there was no covered, secure bike storage but there were fixed bike stands in the car park.

Amazing breakfasts, comfortable beds, convenient location.

Good sized rooms with very nice bathrooms. Restaurant downstairs was very nice with excellent service and a good selection. Property is well kept and clean. We locked to the bike rack with no issues, but there was a shed available if required. I would absolutely book again.

The hotel looks very nice and is 10 minutes drive from the lovely town of Oodorp. On arrival I and a couple waited for some time but nobody at reception. Eventually a young lady arrived but when checking in we were told that the restaurants were closed. It was -5C outside so I did not fancy a 30 min walk into town and I was looking forward to a glass of wine with my meal so I drove to an Aldi and bought tapas to eat and a bottle of wine. I decided to be sociable so at 1930 I went down to the bar which was a huge room but the bar consigned to a cluster of bottles in a corner. There was nobody else there but I finally did manage to get a small bottle of beer. Due to the weather outside, the vast emptiness of the room and the incredibly dim lighting, it reminded me of the Shining and I was waiting for Jack Nicholson to put an axe through the door and say 'Here's Johnny'. I returned to my equally dimly lit room and ate cold food in the gloom. By now the wall lights had failed so I was left with a small table lamp and the light from the bathroom. Breakfast was delivered from town and there were cold meats and cheeses but I would have liked a hearty hot breakfast before spending a day working in the freezing cold. I am sure that in good weather the hotel will be busy, vibrant and will have hot food and a proper bar but when I was there this did not apply. When is a hotel not a hotel? When it is a semi dark room and they forgot to put the radiator on in advance of my arrival.

We liked the hotel and the location. Bike hire was good. But hotel below expected standard in several areas. Many food items run out at breakfast and cutlery/bowls missing. Dinner limited and expensive but good quality. Broken shower and wardrobe in room. FIRE escape hazard with outward opening bathroom door and broken wardrobe doors blocking escape route from the small bedroom.