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Reviews of Hotel Oostereiland - Gevangenis Hotel

2 out of 5
Hotel Oostereiland - Gevangenis Hotel
Schuijteskade 5, Hoorn

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 25 out of 132 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 59 out of 132 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 38 out of 132 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 132 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 132 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

dominic

Travelled with partner
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
In such a lovely position but you feel kind of neglected once youve checked in. That was the only time we saw a member of staff, no scope to leave bags in storage at end of stay and room size fit 1 not 2. When you need staff at 6/7am its no good if no-ones around til 8am/9am. Lovely spot but pretty lousey otherwise gutted to say
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lorenzo

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Kelly on May 9, 2023
Dank u wel voor uw beoordeling. Hopelijk tot ziens,Vriendelijke groetKelly

6/10 Okay

Paul

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

2/10 Terrible

Doyle

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Anna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

8/10 Good

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rooms like a prison cell....
A very interesting little hotel in a great setting, staff friendly and helpful, overall a great experience.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

4/10 Poor

William

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
You're gonna feel trapped (thats not a good thing)
Not suitable for guests to stay when the sun shines, since no proper aircon is installed. It seems the renovation budget did not include funds to fix that, so some ''hose out of the window'' aircons have been brought in. Staff works in cafe downstairs and are only allowed to assist guests if the manager approves it. NOT great
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Ujwal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great experience
Very unique prison converted to a hotel. Great views in the morning Only mention is its a bit of walk from the train station to the hotel especially if you are dragging your suitcase on cobble stones
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Margaretha, Edgerton, WI

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
I like the price, location, cleanliness, restaurant, would have been nice to have a small bedside table, a larger bathroom mirror, bath towel bars. Perhaps a “curb” on the bathroom floor to help keep shower water contained. I would stay here again as it’s is because of price, location, free parking, cleanliness, comfortable bed, friendliness and helpfulness of staff. Please don’t change a thing if it means raising the price.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

david

Nice location to stay in the summer
Liked the location and the hotel. Tried a courtyard room first. No view and fairly small. Lake facing rooms have a good view but can get hot when the sun is out. These are attic rooms and so are restricted headroom (did not stay in the cells which are downstairs). As the hotel is effectively on an island, there is only one way on and off. If for some reason there is a blockage you would not be able to get your car out. Car parking for the hotel is controlled entry. Nice walk around the haven and marina in the evening. However might be a bit bleak in the winter. The hotel has its own bistro and is next to a multi-screen cinema and a museum of 20th century and the tourist information office.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Keely

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quirky converted prison
We loved the fact that this was converted prison. The rooms (lower floor) were basic, but well worth the money esp given they had private bathroom, and they were adequate size for single use. Perhaps on the small side if you are sharing. It was a little noisy on the Sat eve as some guests returning from their night out seemed to have no consideration for others, but that can happen anywhere and we are still happy with our stay. The food in the hotel restaurant was also really nice.

6/10 Okay

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Marc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Alcatraz in Hoorn but you get the key :-)
Awesome and unique experience. The breakfast was tailor made and the hotel overlooks the harbor. A bit like a local Alcatraz.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

6/10 Okay

Kit, Valley Village, California

Liked: Cleanliness
Think Bolted-down laminated furniture
Our initial impression was terrible due to the off-putting and inhospitable 'tude of the rude redhead that finally checked us in. Subsequent staff was much better.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean helpful staff and excellent restaurant
Super friendly staff, small clean adequate rooms, right on shore and by the hop on hop off bus stop rooms were very comfortable thank goodness windows open. No bathroom door it's open to room

8/10 Good

Gary, Staffordshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
An Experience!
Great surroundings, accessibility to walks, local shops, restaurants, cycling (everyone cycles). The hotel was a prison originally. The rooms were originally cells of the prison. Each hotel room was actually one and a half cells (the half was converted into the bath room) some rooms had bunk beds, some had a double bed. We went for the experience of sleeping in a prison.

10/10 Excellent

john, isle of anglesey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An Excellent Hotel
The area and setting of the hotel was very good it took a few goes getting there due to roadworks etc. but apart from that no problems at all. We were unlucky not to have a "Cell" to sleep in you need to tick that when you book on the internet which I missed but the room we had on the 3rd floor made up for that because the views over the lake were amazing. The staff were very friendly and the food was excellent,we will have no hesitation in recommending this hotel, well done, john&sylvia wisse

8/10 Good

Pamla, Byron, Michigan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to central station
The hotel was clean and comfortable for our family group. Close to centeral station and close to other activities. Our room was in the front of the building and the noise from the street made it difficult to sleep. if the window was closed it wasn't too bad, but by the middle of the night the room was stuffy and opening the window made it too noisy to sleep. we used ear plugs and it was fine. perhaps request a room in the back of the building.

6/10 Okay

Trabantistul, London

Disliked: Room comfort
Nice location but....
Nice location,good breakfast,helpful staff,internet access and free parking but not everyone's cup of tea simply because this hotel was initially a prison so the rooms(prison cells) are quite modest in size and NO views at the ground floor and some views on the upper floors .Double beds are not quite double but there is an alternative for bunk beds as well. Over all if you are in to try something new that u haven't done before then thats the right place

10/10 Excellent

Jo, Surrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful!
Fab hotels rooms not huge but very clean. Breakfast great staff very friendly and helpful

6/10 Okay

Sam, London

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
A bit too realistic
Breakfast was good and staff courteous; the common areas here are great and the location fantastic. but the actual room, down in the basement with no opening window, felt a bit too much like prison. Complete with the smell of drains.

6/10 Okay

Patrick

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Simpel hotel.
Had meer verwacht dat ik de sfeer van een gevangenis weer zou zien. Maar had een kleine kamer op zolder. Matig ontbijt. Wel mooie locatie. Op loopafstand veel kroegjes en restaurantjes.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Kelly on Oct 23, 2023
Bedankt voor uw feedback. Wat was er matig aan het ontbijt?

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

8/10 Good

Esther

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rustig gelegen maar toch op loopafstand van alles.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Kelly on Aug 28, 2023
Dank u wel!

8/10 Good

HANS

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Kelly on Jul 29, 2023
Dank u wel. Fijn om te horen dat u een goed verblijf heeft gehad. Hopelijk tot ziens!Groetjes Kelly

8/10 Good

B.

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Unique location as a former prison. Rooms in the prison part are basic but OK. Breakfast is super and very good. Extreme helpful and friendly personnel.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Kelly on Jun 29, 2023
Wat fijn om te horen dat uw verblijf geslaagd is! Daar doen we het voor..

10/10 Excellent

Damian

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Kelly on Jul 29, 2023
Dank u wel. Fijn om te zien dat u een goed verblijf heeft gehad. Hopelijk tot ziens,

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Are

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Dominik

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Also es ist ein ehemaliges Gefängnis und die Zelle (bzw das Zimmer) ist sehr klein. Es steht nur ein Bett, ein kleiner hocker im Zimmer. Dazu noch eine kleine mit schiebetür abgetrennte Nasszelle. Es ist eine Erfahrung wert, aber für einen langen Aufenthalt nicht zu empfehlen. Es ist sehr hellhörig, ich habe alles gehört was meine Nachbarn gesagt haben, aber ich kann ja kein Holländisch.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Mooie locatie aan het water.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Annet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

8/10 Good

Willem Geert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

10/10 Excellent

Teunis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Joanna

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super Nice
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020

8/10 Good

Brenda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Prima hotel, fijne locatie
Mooie locatie aan het IJsselmeer en centrum van Hoorn. Kamers zijn schoon, bedden lekker, verder basic. Echt een hotelkamer om in te overnachten, niet om gezellig in te zitten. Ontbijt lekker, vers gebakken broodjes, lekkere koffie. Vriendelijke ontvangst.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020

8/10 Good

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nachtje in de cel met een top ontbijt
Het is eenvoudig maar erg leuk om in een echte cel te slapen. Erg gastvrij en een top locatie.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Opfylder ikke kravene til et hotelværelse. Vinduet kunne ikke åbnes og der var meget varmt. Ingen dør til badeværelse. En regulær fængselscelle, hvor man ikke kan kigge ud af det lille vindue og hvor der var mørkt og klamt . Vi valgte derfor et andet overnatningssted. Vi fik kun halvdelen af beløbet tilbage og vi beder Expedia om at refundere resten .
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Dennis on Oct 2, 2019
Volgende keer even goed kijken wat je boekt.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
Una pena
Curioso hospedaje pero las habitaciones abuardilladas una pena, inutilizan la mitad de la habitacion y haciéndolas muy incomodas. Sin aire acondicionado gracias q ponen unos portátiles porque desde q amanece y le empieza a dar el sol es imposible aguantar el calor. No hubo servicio de habitaciones y el desayuno buffet algo pobre pero bien el primer día, el segundo nos lo sirvieron en mesa y peor porque hasta q nos pusieron todo fue lento (una sola persona para prepararlo todo y atender las mesas de la terraza) una pena.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
leuke lokatie in een oude gevangenis. In het zelfde gebouw zit ook een bioscoop en een museum.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness
sehr störend empfand ich keine Tür oder Vorhang zwischen Schlafraum und Toilette. Leider auch alles ziemlich Dreckig.Das Konzept mit den alten Zellen ist schon gut, könnte aber besser umgesetzt werden,Auch die Außenanlage ist sehr ungepflegt.Wir haben 2 Nächte dort verbracht und auch die schmutzigen Zimmer hingewiesen, aber keine Änderung am nächsten Tag schade eigentlich.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Leuke ervaring
Het is een leuke ervaring om in een voormalige gevangeniscel te overnachten. Veel leuke authentieke details. Ondanks de zeer hoge temperaturen een top service van de dames in de bediening.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Zonde.
Qua locatie erg goed maar dit hotel is niets bijzonders. Kamers zijn kaal en klein. Je ligt onder het dakraam waardoor al het vuil van het dak op het bed, niet echt fris. Badkamer is niets meer als een grote douche. Geen douches scherm waardoor alles nat wordt. Het spiegeltje boven de was bak is 10 bij 20 cm. Scheren met hindernissen. Bediening in het restaurant is drukker met elkaar als met de gasten. Zonde.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Mira

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Tiny room but confy bed. No door to the toilet/ bathroom so prepare for no privacy :-)
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019