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Reviews of Hotel Papendal

4 out of 5
Hotel Papendal
Papendallaan 3, Arnhem

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 79 out of 172 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 77 out of 172 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 172 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 172 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 172 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Lea

Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hotel in lovely grounds
We had a great stay at this Hotel. The room was spacious, well thought-out, and we had a lovely view over the extensive grounds. This Hotel loves sports, lots of facilities, especially for bicyclists. The whole building is full of light and space. Would definitely recommend. The staff were great - their English is wonderful!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Adrian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel in amazing location
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Pascal van

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice location, simple but descent rooms, tasty breakfast.

2/10 Terrible

katrien

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

David

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Kevin

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Pepijn

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice!
National sports center. Cool place for sport interested.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

6/10 Okay

Davy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
I would give this hotel rather 3 stars. The rooms are basic but nice & functional. The plumbing was not good: when your neighbour takes a shower there's a lot of noise in the room which woke us up in the morning. Never heard that before... Many of the doors / walls have scratches and could use some paint. There's a very nice parking & good wifi. Breakfast is very nice but it was very crowded so people came too close to each other (Corona measures not followed)
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020

8/10 Good

Mohamed

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Marja

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Sveta

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Check if it is a party around- it was very noisy
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The registration person was extremely nice. Love the size and configuration of the room. Easy free parking.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Francois, Montreal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
quiet environment, nice restaurant, good sport facility
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean & spacious
A good clean hotel in the middle of a Sports academy for the Holland Olympic Squad. Rooms are basic but were clean and spacious. No issues with the hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Chris&AnnConroy, Scotland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice rural location. Great facilities for sports
Nice, clean hotel with professional hotel staff who are all very kind and helpful
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Akiva

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Not bad but not special
The hotel is more of a convention center with a hotel attached to it rather than the other way round. The hotel accommodation in in one wing reception somewhere in the middle and the restaurant is right in the opposite end in the far corner. Sports is very much the theme here so it was designed for strong sporty people. More difficult if you're mobility is compromised. No mini-bar or even refrigerator or tea & coffee facilities in the room. They gave me a kettle but had to walk out to the reception to get it! They were happy to keep my milk and stuff in their refrigerator for me, but again, I had to walk over to the reception to give it to them and to collect it. Beds were small and narrow. No bedside table. Little things but they make a difference.

8/10 Good

Barbara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Convenient for the war cemetery.
The Papendal was convenient for the Arnhem commemorations. The price was comparable. The room was clean. We struggled a bit with the in-room bathroom which meant we had to walk through the bedroom to wash our hands after using the toilet. The lighting wasn´t good. There was no bedside lighting as such meaning one couldn´t read without all the lights on allowing the other to sleep. Also the proximity light in the toilet woke the other when one used it. The beds weren´t the most comfortable we have slept on. The breakfast was excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

BRIAN, PENARTH

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Modern hotel in attractive setting!
A modern ultra clean spacious hotel situated in extensive woodland forms part of the National Sports Centre.It is used by sports teams as a training base and for conferences.During our stay the Netherland National Volley ball squad were in the hotel,but despite the large numbers involved it did not impinge on our stay in any way.The rooms were very good,simple,clean and spacious.Bar facilities and restaurant excellent and the staff VERY friendly and helpful.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Cornelius

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Top notch hotel at a surprising value
This hotel is a bit out of the way, but absolutely amazing. Obviously a mecca for athletes and sports enthusiasts, this was a great place to come and recover after the Nijmegen march. Rooms were very comfortable, and the onsite restaurant and pub had healthy and delicious options at fair prices. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

6/10 Okay

Semiah

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel location is not good. Far from the center of arhem so if you dont have a car then open transportation n in that neighbourhood will be complicated. But overall it it a nice hotel Room are ok. But no airconditioning.and i was not aware of that too. Will not stay there anymore
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Reception staff were very obliging and had great communications skills. There were a couple of minor problems in the room which were attended to promptly eg (TV not working and water not getting away in bathroom sink) An excellent buffet breakfast served daily.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Acessable easy convenient hotel if you have a car
All good breakfast staff a little rude

10/10 Excellent

colin, rye

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
excellent hotel
we cycled to Arnhem from Belgium. we were very impressed with this hotel

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Really Good. Very Happy.

8/10 Good

steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good bargain near park
small, spartan room, but good value. Breakfast buffet good deal at 15 euro for two.

10/10 Excellent

james, winter park, florida

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
excellent hotel to help adjust to our travels. the restaurant was exceptional and the staff was friendly and helpful. added attraction were the groups of athletes training at the facilities.

8/10 Good

Carol, Where the pavement ends.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hip and calming.
Hip and modern in the woods. It is a sports and conference center so it was full of athletes and business people. Nice young staff members spoke flawless English. Very simple but friendly.

10/10 Excellent

mark, newcastle upon tyne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
qlimax
Stayed at hotel for qlimax ! Room was excellent ! Defo stay again

10/10 Excellent

snetstan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Mike, England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent value for money
Managed to get a room, at relatively short notice for a recent visit to Arnhem's 70th Anniversary of the John Frost bridge and upon arrival, very pleased with the hotel and surroundings. More than enough car parking, breakfast very good and plenty of, bar well stocked to support the thirstiest of ex soldiers and hotel staff were helpful. I'd certainly use and recommend this hotel again...

10/10 Excellent

Walter K. Jones, New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A great place for a retreat
Out in the middle of nowhere, this is a lovely, wooded location with heaps of athletic training facilities. Room was certainly not flash, more what you might think of as a nice dorm room. The food at the restaurant was excellent and very pleasant staff.

10/10 Excellent

Ben, London, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
What a gem of a hotel
Beautiful, woodland site which is the home of the Dutch Olympic Training facilities. Stunning hotel, unbelievably good value, amazing breakfast buffet included, various golf courses next door, ample opportunity for cycling or walking on site. Superior rooms are spotless, modern and just fantastic. Separate shower room (which was huge) and toilet, powerful shower pressure, hot at any time. Flat screen TV and free wi-fi.

10/10 Excellent

Miss Wong, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good quality hotel, reasonable price.
Very relaxing and comfortable. The restaurant was a bit disappointed. Excellent services and friendly staff.

10/10 Excellent

Terry, Boulder, CO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant modern hotel and convention facility
This was a complete surprise. It is a large facility next to the Dutch Olympic Committee's training facility. The staff was very helpful and friendly. The restaurant was great. It is close to the Hoge Veluwe National Park and the Kroller Muller Museum. It is remote so one would want to have their own transportation to get to it.

2/10 Terrible

Kate, Cornwall, UK

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
rubbish hotel
Very basic small rooms. Food in the bar was awful & expensive. Not at all suitable for anyone not travelling as a sports team, very much a hostel. It seemed like a university campus. Staff seemed indifferent. Windows around the hotel looked like a laundry with sports kits hanging out of them.

10/10 Excellent

doris, new york

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
i loved it it was quiet and beautiful

10/10 Excellent

Jaycee, Nottingham UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic hotel
we choose this hotel for location while visiting family and it was fantastic, very clean, helpful friendly staff, the breakfast was superb, surroundings were beautiful, lots of parking spaces, will defo use this hotel again, very good value for money

10/10 Excellent

ingrid

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nette kamers, schoon en ruim. Vriendelijk personeel ontbijt zeer goed geregeld.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Nishan, Wuppertal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Goran

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Luc

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Remco van

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Was keurig netjes en verzorgd goede bediening
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Bernd

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Modern and pleasantly busy. Good restaurant, great pitch and put!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Irene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Taner

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good choice for business and leisure
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Sandra

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Geert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023