Name: Hotel VIC
Address: Schuttersveld 2-4 2316 ZA, Municipality of Leiden, Netherlands, Municipality of Leiden, South Holland, NL
Price range: $102–$225 per night
Rating: 8.55

What guests think

Hotel VIC earns praise for its central Leiden location by the station, modern style, and comfortable beds, while critiques focus on the self-service check-in, occasional noise, dim lighting, and unconventional bathroom layouts that reduce privacy.

Rooms are generally clean and well kept, though housekeeping can be limited or missed on some stays. Staff are frequently described as friendly and helpful, but limited on-site reception means assistance may require calling or visiting the adjacent partner hotel. Breakfast is taken next door; many enjoyed it, though some found it crowded or expensive. Expect a convenient, modern base near Leiden Centraal.

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Facilities

Basic conveniences include on-site or nearby parking and a 24/7 self-serve lobby shop; several guests found parking access or codes confusing.

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Arne

Apr 11, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Hotellet lå fint til og hadde parkering for bil. Frokosten var i Tulips hotellet vegg i vegg og var vel i dyreste laget 43 € for 2, Utvalget var som i Norge hvor den normalt er inkludert i hotel prisen når en betaler 230 € for å sove.

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Marieke

Jul 22, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Modern en zeer net hotel. Perfecte locatie. Parkeren was perfect achter het hotel. Hadden alleen het idee dat de hotelkamer nog niet helemaal afgemaakt was; het plafond zag eruit alsof het zojuist was opgeleverd, betonnen platen met allemaal nog gaten erin.

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Timothy

May 13, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Room was clean and ready on time. Nice sized room, and we liked having the toilet, shower and sink all in separate areas. Hotel had a modern feel, everything felt new. We got there early and appreciated the luggage storage so we could explore the town. Only issue was with check-in, as booking through hotels.com didn't give us their internal booking number which we needed for the self check-in, as the hotel is primarily set to for self check-in. Fortunately somebody did come by to look this up.

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G

Nov 23, 2023

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Stayed 7 nights

I really enjoyed my stay at VIC, rooms was very comfortable and the team was very helpfull. Femke and Rit were attentive and happy to help. Hopefully I will be able to return next year for another stay. Also the small store below was very convenient.

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Raffaella

Mar 30, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

I arrived early in the morning. It was too early to get the room. So I just checked in and left my luggage in the locked luggage room. The staff kindly told me that I would get the key to the room when I returned in the evening. However, when I returned in the evening, the door was locked and nobody was there. The email I received confirming my reservation gave no information about closing times or entry rules. Another guest with the key opened the door and I was able to enter, only to find that no one was there and that my luggage was locked in the luggage room. Knowing that the breakfast room was shared with the nearby Tulip Hotel, I went there to ask for help. The staff replied in a very rude manner that I should know that the Vic Hotel is a self-service hotel. I had not read any information about this when I booked and I wondered how I could get in without a key. However, one of the staff came to the VIC, opened the door to the luggage room and gave me the key. The room was very dark, with not enough light. So: bad information, bad organisation, too high a price for such a non-existent service. All in all a pretty bad experience.

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Ian

Apr 11, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Modern hotel, big room and great facilities. TV was damaged but we weren't really using it. We had a bit of trouble finding the car park as it wasn't sign posted from the main road.

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Hans

May 11, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Alles goed geregeld, inclusief parkeren.

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caron

Nov 7, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Small but very clean room. Across the street from the train station. This hotel has a self serve lobby with check in, snacks and coffee. Our room only had one pillow per bed (2 singles that were really long in length ) I asked for more pillows and they sent them up.

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Peter

Jul 31, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Die Terminals zum ein- und auschecken waren nicht optimal programmiert. Der Parkplatzcode war nicht abrufbar

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Mindy

Feb 14, 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

I love this hotel. Basically across from the train station. Adjacent to the Tulip hotels. Very easy to walk up into town. I love being able to self check in and out. Also love the self access area to buy snacks 24hours when jet lag keeps me up unusual hours.

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Cleanliness

Rooms are generally very clean, with many praising spotless spaces and fresh linens. A few reports note limited or missed housekeeping and, rarely, odor or poor bathroom cleaning.

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Taco

Jan 7, 2026

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Stayed 1 night

Brandschone kamer, vriendelijk personeel.

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Elizabeth

Oct 5, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Clean, quiet room, lovely comfy bed, great location

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Seyfettin Turgay

Nov 22, 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

4 gün boyunca oda temizliği almadık ama her gün kapımıza havlular ve kahve çay kapsülleri bırakıldı.

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Jonathan

Apr 24, 2024

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Stayed 5 nights

Funky but in a fun and actually quite tasteful way, Hotel Vic is designed to be largely online and self-service, but in fact offers the best of both worlds since staff (based at the Tulip hotel nexdoor) are often present and will arrive within a minute or two if called for. Our superior room was quiet, spacious and bright. The sequence of light switcges takes a little practice and one of the light switches also controls floor level mains sockets. Room cleaning should finish at 3pm we were told, but on two occasions this was not done although we'd requested it before that time.

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khalil

Jul 12, 2024

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Stayed 10 nights

This is an outstanding hotel. The rooms are spacious and cute, and very clean. The hotel is right in the middle of Leiden, right to a very picturesque windmill and intersections of several canals. The management is excellent. I forgot a bag in my room after checkout, and right when I landed from my flight, they already had sent me a message discussing how to return it. So it's a safe and wonderful management as well.

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Netsanet

Jul 27, 2023

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Stayed 5 nights

Ich war in verschiedenen Hotels aber wie diese Hotel habe ich noch nicht erlebt weil sie machen nicht richt sauber sonder sie wechseln nur die Handtücher nicht mal Bettwäsche was soll das wir haben in ganzen Woche glichen Bettwäsche Boden nicht mal gewischt ich find 0.00000% Sauberkeit Das Hotel seht herzig aus aber nie wider Lg netsanet

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Long Yan Aaron

May 3, 2025

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Stayed 6 nights

Hotel room smells really bad — I have window open all day and it still smells like an uncleaned toilet (mold? Human excrement? Dead mouse? I can’t tell). When I first got in the toilet bowl is covered with feces from the last guest I assumed. I will never go back again. I stay in hotels 100 nights every year, this is the worst I have been in years. Stay away at all cost.

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Sjef

Dec 29, 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Hotel is gunstige gelegen t.o.v. het station en het cenrum van Leiden. Doordat kamer verwarmd wordt met een luchtverwarming ontbreekt een stukje comfort in de vorm van vloerverwarming. Tevens blijven stofdeeltjes constant in beweging. Het personeel is vriendelijk. Schoonmaak kamer gebeurt niet automatisch. Ontbijt in de vorm van een buffet heeft voldoende keuze. De ligging is zoals een ligging in het centrum van een stad normaliter is. De omgeving is wat verkeer betreft niet extreem druk.

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caron

Nov 7, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Small but very clean room. Across the street from the train station. This hotel has a self serve lobby with check in, snacks and coffee. Our room only had one pillow per bed (2 singles that were really long in length ) I asked for more pillows and they sent them up.

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Jos

Sep 7, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Schone kamer, goed bed, prima douche, àlles uitstekend!!!

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Rooms

Modern, stylish rooms with very comfortable beds; layouts can be compact and unconventional (sink or glass shower in the room) with limited storage. Several mention dim lighting and some internal noise.

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Danique

Dec 29, 2022

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Stayed 19,354 nights

Super leuke hotelkamer tegenover het station. We hebben geen geluidsoverlast van het station of andere hotelgasten ervaren. Het is heerlijk op loopafstand van de binnenstad en de mooie musea. De kamer is heel comfortabel en slim ingericht. Wij vonden de stijl heel gaaf. Onze kamer was voor mensen die niet als stel gaan niet geschikt, aangezien je douche in je kamer is en er een transparante deur inzit :) Fijn dat de toilet separaat is. Er hing een mooie televisie, alleen hadden we als we niet via de chromecast keken veel haperend beeld, want gewoon tv kijken niet fijn maakt. Het gebruik van de chromecast vonden we ideaal! De kamer is van alle gemakken voorzien.

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Heinrich

Apr 9, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Sehr dunkle Zimmer, wenig Beleuchtung, Waschtisch im Zimmer und nicht im Duschbereich integriert

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Paul

Jun 19, 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

Our hotel was new, modern and trendy. Check-in was online through an oversized touch screen in reception. We had to create our own door keys on a terminal attached to the screen although we could have chosen to use an app on our phones to access the room. The entrance to the elevator gave the impression of walking through the gently breaking waves on the seashore as the real thing was projected at our feet. Dim purple fluorescent lighting was prevalent including around the window in our fifth floor bedroom overlooking the station square. The room ceiling was industrial concrete and the floor was polished cement and wood strips. The terrazzo tiles in the shower and loo were straight from Italy. Modern and moody - so unlike the area just a few hundred metres away where one of the largest working windmills in The Netherlands stands tall, looking out at the new side of town. A great hotel in a marvellous location close to the main station and old town.

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Christoph

Jul 12, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Wenn man mit dem Zug kommt, gut gelegen. Schönes Zimmer, leider sind die Kissen dick und bretthart. Daher war die Nacht nicht so toll.

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Richard

Apr 20, 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

The location is excellent, the staff helpful and the rooms clean. The room itself however was the worst designed hotel room we have ever had. 1. The sink in the sleeping area, not in a bathroom, meant washing shaving etc. was difficult with no space around for essential items. 2. The huge mirror was poor for shaving as it was at an angle. 3. There were no drawers only open shelves and a rail for hanging things which did not allow a full drop for my wife's dresses. 4. The television screen was gigantic and totally out of scale with the size of the room. 5. There were no bedside tables only a 'charging station' which was no use for anything, such as a glass of water, a book, etc. Quite the least user friendly we have ever experienced!

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Elisa

Aug 15, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The bed is very comfortabel

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Chris

May 23, 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

It seems there’s only 1 person ever at “reception” and there’s a “self check-in” process which is over complicated and needed the receptionist to complete for us (5). No USB ports in the room, just induction charging places which, unless you’ve got a device that uses that technology, you’re stuck. The coffee machine in the room was broken and reported as such. Nothing was done about it. The hotel design is modern funky Dutch, with a self service “honesty” shop in the reception area which included drinks, snacks & phone chargers/cables (I guess because most people brought USB charger cables for which there were no sockets in the bedroom ). Air con worked well in the bedroom, it was quiet, the bed was comfortable and the shower functional (albeit shower gel bottle empty…) No restaurant facilities. Location is a short walk from Leiden Centraal bus & rail… a 10-15min walk into the old city. Value for money…? average/OK.

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Ian

Apr 11, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Modern hotel, big room and great facilities. TV was damaged but we weren't really using it. We had a bit of trouble finding the car park as it wasn't sign posted from the main road.

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Gerda

Jan 7, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

De locatie van het hotel is goed. Makkelijk parkeren en in de directe omgeving mogelijkheid om iets te gaan drinken of eten. Kamer was schoon en netjes. Bed was fijn. Voorzieningen in de kamer waren prima in orde. Beetje vreemd is dat de wasbak in de hotelkamer staat. Enige minpuntje zijn de spiegels. Deze zijn wat vreemd geplaatst. Er is geen mogelijkheid tot privacy want door de spiegels kan iedereen in de kamer meekijken wat je aan het doen bent. Zelfs als je onder de douche staat.

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Andrea

Sep 21, 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

This hotel was located very conveniently across from the train station. The self check-in system didn't work for us (it asked for a code that wasn't provided when our booking was confirmed online), so we had to call someone to help us. But, when there is staff in the lobby, they are always friendly and helpful. Our room was great--spacious, comfortable bed, nice view. Interestingly, the outside of the building is quite soundproof from the noise of the city, but the interior walls are not--we were able to hear sneezing, snoring, and the alarm in the morning of the people in rooms next to us. It was convenient having a mini fridge in the room, and the shower was really nice. Would stay here again, but will bring earplugs next time in case of noisy neighbors!

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Service

Many describe staff as friendly and helpful. However, the self-service model and limited on-site reception lead to frequent check-in difficulties and occasional delays.

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Leigh-Ann

Jul 28, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Location great, within walking distance to ststio, town and pubs/ restaurants. Staff friendly and helpful. In general a very pleasant stay.

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Anni

Jul 4, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Some two employees opened our door midnight. At first I was scared it was somebody not working at the hotel, but luckily it wasn’t! They apologized instantly and left. We are two girls alone on a trip in Europe, so this got us really scared - we didn’t feel safe the rest of the night. Due that we didn’t really get sleep and the day after was horrible trying to stay awake in the train so nobody would steal our stuff. And no, we did not get offered any discounts - just a sorry, which is fine but still: how does this happen? Also it was a bit noisy at night, but that might just have been that we were so awake. However, nothing bad about the room, check-in or breakfast. Check in was very quick and easy.

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Rick

Jul 20, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Mooie, nette kamer. Op loopafstand van het CS en de stad. Geen bemande receptie dus dat was even wennen, maar met een telefoonnummer prima vervangen. Vriendelijk te woord gestaan door een dame, die volgens mij bij het Golden Tulip hotel naast de deur zat.

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Raffaella

Mar 30, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

I arrived early in the morning. It was too early to get the room. So I just checked in and left my luggage in the locked luggage room. The staff kindly told me that I would get the key to the room when I returned in the evening. However, when I returned in the evening, the door was locked and nobody was there. The email I received confirming my reservation gave no information about closing times or entry rules. Another guest with the key opened the door and I was able to enter, only to find that no one was there and that my luggage was locked in the luggage room. Knowing that the breakfast room was shared with the nearby Tulip Hotel, I went there to ask for help. The staff replied in a very rude manner that I should know that the Vic Hotel is a self-service hotel. I had not read any information about this when I booked and I wondered how I could get in without a key. However, one of the staff came to the VIC, opened the door to the luggage room and gave me the key. The room was very dark, with not enough light. So: bad information, bad organisation, too high a price for such a non-existent service. All in all a pretty bad experience.

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Simone

Oct 1, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Very functional (close to center and train station) and clean. Comfortable bed. Room layout was quite original (sink in the bedroom), but one element was not great : a large structural column right in the middle of the room, obstructing passage around the bed. Staff was extremely responsive and helpful when requested. However, the fact that staff at reception is "time-shared" with nearby hotel, and that a fully-automated station is in the main lobby made it for a slightly awkward check-in process.

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Iuliia

Apr 5, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

They didn’t send a number to check in, had to call and the staff was rude

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Ole Baltazar

Jun 3, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Nice and convenient location. Nice and clean rooms and the breakfast at the nextdoor restautrant was nice too. There are, however, nicer hotels for the same price in Leiden. The check-in was a bit odd as it's unmanned and required you to use your booking code, which is NOT the same booking code as Hotels provides you with.

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David

Oct 26, 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

The property was in a very good location. The decor seemed a little on the romantic/sexual side of things, but it was very accommodating. The whole building was very clean and the staff was extremely nice. We arrived late and the door was locked and when we buzzed, we had someone come around and get us to get around. The staff was very nice and took us back over to the self check-in kiosks and it went very smoothly after that. We did not have any issues at all the entire stay.

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Andrea

Sep 21, 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

This hotel was located very conveniently across from the train station. The self check-in system didn't work for us (it asked for a code that wasn't provided when our booking was confirmed online), so we had to call someone to help us. But, when there is staff in the lobby, they are always friendly and helpful. Our room was great--spacious, comfortable bed, nice view. Interestingly, the outside of the building is quite soundproof from the noise of the city, but the interior walls are not--we were able to hear sneezing, snoring, and the alarm in the morning of the people in rooms next to us. It was convenient having a mini fridge in the room, and the shower was really nice. Would stay here again, but will bring earplugs next time in case of noisy neighbors!

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BRIAN

Jul 19, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

When we arrived we found it was an automatic check-in which required a reservation number. I did not have one (found out later it had been emailed after I left home and I never check emails when away - that's why i go away - to leave it all behind!! A lady appeared and gave us the numbers and we then had to compete on a keypad all our details - it took forever and was far worse than just speaking to the desk clerk. Got there in the end with her help. so she could have done it anyway. Everything else fine - check-in awful!!

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Location

Exceptionally convenient—directly by Leiden Centraal and an easy walk to the center and sights. Some street-facing rooms experience traffic noise.

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Martin

Nov 15, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Schoon goed bed en lawaai vrij. Lekker centraal

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Lee

Jul 4, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Hotels.com should be ashamed of the picture used for this hotel. This hotel is on a busy road junction close to the station not next to a beautiful waterway. It’s a 5-10 minute walk to the nearest canal. Nothing wrong with hotel/ room/ staff etc if you want to be close to station and don’t mind the loud traffic noise 24 hours a day

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Pamela Jane

Apr 16, 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

Great location for the train station and bus to Keuchenhof. Fun style, clean and safe and despite being outside a traffic junction we weren’t disturbed by any outside noise. We had a small fridge in the room, a decent hairdryer and the mini market downstairs was handy. We had a great stay; it met our needs for exploring Leiden, jumping on the train/ bus to go exploring elsewhere.

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Pauline

May 28, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel is very central to train station.

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Leigh-Ann

Jul 28, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Location great, within walking distance to ststio, town and pubs/ restaurants. Staff friendly and helpful. In general a very pleasant stay.

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Leann

Apr 23, 2025

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Stayed 10 nights

We selected Hotel VIC because of the proximity to Leiden Centraal. We traveled by train 8 of the 11 days we were in the Netherlands, so having the station so close was a big bonus. The room was all that we needed it to be and the bed was wonderful!

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Corien

May 25, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The accommodation was very modern and clean. The location of VIC hotel was amazing. Next to the station and we could walk to Naturalis and the centre of leiden. The breakfast was at Tulip Inn. This was very busy and there where not enough tables for everybody. We had room 107 next to the street, but there was no noise and we sleep very well.

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caron

Nov 7, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Small but very clean room. Across the street from the train station. This hotel has a self serve lobby with check in, snacks and coffee. Our room only had one pillow per bed (2 singles that were really long in length ) I asked for more pillows and they sent them up.

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neil

Apr 26, 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

Excellent position near the station. Very well designed rooms. Good value

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Marinus

Oct 26, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Very close to the train station. Short walk into central Leiden.

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Dining

Breakfast is served at the adjacent partner hotel; quality is often praised but seating can be crowded and prices feel high to some. There is no on-site restaurant.

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Arne

Apr 11, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Hotellet lå fint til og hadde parkering for bil. Frokosten var i Tulips hotellet vegg i vegg og var vel i dyreste laget 43 € for 2, Utvalget var som i Norge hvor den normalt er inkludert i hotel prisen når en betaler 230 € for å sove.

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Jane

Oct 4, 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Perfect location but not when there is a festival on so do not stay around 3rd October . Flashing lights & Ibiza music 🙈 Had 2 sleepless nights but were quickly moved to a room at the back of hotel once i mentioned it to staff . Also she put a kettle in room with english tea which was a nice touch . Complementary breakfast would have been nice as 19€ was a bit pricey

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Colin

Jun 25, 2024

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Stayed 5 nights

Very nice hotel Good breakfast next door at Rubens but no toaster

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Paul

May 14, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Super location, nice breakfast friendly staff very clean hotel.

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Tiemen

Jul 13, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Good breakfast, convenient location

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Anneke

Dec 6, 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Handig hotel vlakbij station. Geen ontbijt, maar voldoende mogelijkheden vlakbij.

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Kimberly

May 13, 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

The breakfast provided at the adjacent hotel was excellent.

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Corien

May 25, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The accommodation was very modern and clean. The location of VIC hotel was amazing. Next to the station and we could walk to Naturalis and the centre of leiden. The breakfast was at Tulip Inn. This was very busy and there where not enough tables for everybody. We had room 107 next to the street, but there was no noise and we sleep very well.

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Christoph

Nov 5, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Nettes Zimmer und gutes Frühstück

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Ole Baltazar

Jun 3, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Nice and convenient location. Nice and clean rooms and the breakfast at the nextdoor restautrant was nice too. There are, however, nicer hotels for the same price in Leiden. The check-in was a bit odd as it's unmanned and required you to use your booking code, which is NOT the same booking code as Hotels provides you with.

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Month	Average price
January	$98
February	$96
March	$108
April	$182
May	$147
June	$149
July	$127
August	$139
September	$160
October	$147
November	$127
December	$112

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7 $225	8 $189	9 $206	10 $184	11 $177	12 $187
13 $109	14 $166	15	16	17	18 $161	19 $191
20 $102	21 $145	22 $187	23	24 $187	25 $159	26 $177
27 $109	28 $149	29 $151	30 $155

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 $135	2 $187	3 $189
4 $104	5 $175	6 $186	7 $187	8 $154	9 $128	10 $171
11 $105	12 $136	13 $143	14 $132	15 $130	16 $134	17 $183
18 $108	19 $174	20 $191	21 $190	22 $187	23 $140	24 $180
25 $109	26 $125	27 $141	28 $171	29 $127	30 $129	31 $161

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