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Reviews of Van der Valk De Gouden Leeuw

3 out of 5
Van der Valk De Gouden Leeuw
Veurseweg 180, Voorschoten

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 119 out of 298 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 140 out of 298 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 31 out of 298 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 298 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 298 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Hugh

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The only comment on cleanliness was that it was generally very good bar the bathroom sink which required some serious attention.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Saskia

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely spacious room with a balcony. Bike rental was easy. Very friendly reception.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

6/10 Okay

Maria

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Completely overpriced- horrible breakfast!
I booked this hotel because it said it has a spa including a sauna. This was a gift for my partner. The night was 150 euros excluding breakfast but because it was supposed to include the spa it seemed ok. When we arrived they told us that the sauna is not finished and that there’s only a pool. I had to pay 40 euros extra for breakfast which, to be honest is not very good. The tables were all dirty, nobody comes to clean then even if you ask for it. The food is not worth the price at all! I went to the reception to explain the fact that I booked the hotel only for the spa, and the woman at the reception said that I should read things better!! What type of comment is that??? I’ll never be back to this hotel... that is for sure! And I will never recommend it! They are Liers and they rip you off.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Monique

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Room could do with an update, it was pretty old-fashioned
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pleasant ambiance in the several restaurants and eco friendly food offerings.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel is located just outside Leiden, on a convenient bus route to Leiden and The Hague. Short walk into a village with grocery store, cafes and shops. Great staff. Very comfortable!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
We were in the building located just beside the main building. The room was large, clean and well appointed with a patio area to sit in as the sun set. Not much in area but excellent bus links to Leiden and The Hague.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Graeme

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An excellent family-run hotel. Would return.
Very good hotel, traditional in style that offers excellent food options in site, including an excellent produce store. Convenient location for visiting The Hague & Leiden; only wish we’d had more time to do it. Only downside was a small bag for medication was not placed in freezer the night before our departure as specifically requested.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Alfons

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and staff very nice
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Andy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overall, the hotel cannot be faulted but it is unfortunate that smokers congregate under the canopy at the entrance, notwithstanding the fact that there are 2 notices indicating that it is a non-smoking area. Thus making it unpleasant for non-smokers entering and leaving the hotel.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Zenath

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent hotel.
Lovelt hotel, very clean and comfortable room. The service was excellent. Only one little complaint the double bed had two single duvets on it so it was a little cold.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Diego

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

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place, food was a little pricey. Better to go into town. The rooms were spacious and nice. Would stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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

8/10 Good

FLB, Sandy, UT

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Hotel is located within a "Just off" city congestion and lies between the cities of The Hague and Amsterdam. It is a hotel that will not disappoint you to be sure. The rooms are very comfortable and the service certainly worth noting. The ONLY problem is if you rent a car for your trip and stay at this hotel property that parking may become a huge inconvenience. It is due to the hotel property operating 3 plus restaurants that results in challenging times. As tourist, we of course arrive back at the hotel evenings, just at the time conferences and diners do as well. Otherwise, I have stayed at other Van Der Valk's hotels and they have all been wonderful experiences. Not much to worry about, rather - ENJOY !!
Stayed 13 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The beds Were like clouds
Great staff. Super comfy beds! We didn’t check out any of the amenities outside of the room. Great experience we searched for van der valk for our next stop
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jane, Salisbury. Uk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Another excellent visit to the hotel!
Even though our stay was only overnight we enjoyed every moment. This is the second time we have stayed at this hotel and each time we have had a great room and enjoyed the hotel amenities. The hotel is ideally situated to visit the local attractions, and the beach at Wassaanar a short drive away. The deli at the side of the hotel is great to buy food for picnics and gifts to take home. I look forward to my next visit!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Todd

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Graham

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

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel an staff. Renovated rooms and beds are very comfortable. Good dinner at one if the restaurants on their nice patio. I would stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018

4/10 Poor

Leen, Quito

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The hotel boasts a gym, small but with several fitness machines according to the website. That unfortunately was overrated as the weights cannot really be used as elemental pieces are missing. Into gym? don't go here. I had several napkins laying about my bathroom for 7 days straight, no one picked them up. The sheets had not been changed at the frequency stated on the instructions and my lunchbox - preordered several days in advance - only was correct one out of 7 lunchboxes. The stale bread really annoyed me, especially when the reply from the kitchen was they had run out of bread. The hotel has a long way to go, before I shall return.
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2018
Response from ^LO on Jul 26, 2018
Dear Leen, Thank you for your review. We are sorry about the missing elemental pieces of the weights in the gym. We will let our Technical Service check it right away. Also, our head of housekeeping is informed about the cleaning service. Of course, this should never happen. We are also amazed about the wrong lunch packages and the bread that we ran out of. I will inform the head chef to make sure this won't happen again. Our apologies for the many imperfections during your stay. We will discuss all your experiences with our management team to make sure this won't happen again.

8/10 Good

Maria H.J.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice hotel, great location, value for money
Very nice hotel and great service. Convenient location. Free parking a plus. Rooms very spacious, excellent beds and luxury bathroom. Can definitively recommend and will stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Mindi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Linda, US - IA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice rooms, large and luxurious bathrooms, comfortable beds, and lots of storage! Nice onsite restaurant is a bonus. Bus pick-up right in front of hotel makes travel easy. Bike rental a plus!
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
EXCELLENT IN EASY REACH WITH CAR OF ALL SW HOLLAND
Excellent hotel, nice big rooms very clean and comfortable. Breakfast buffet good choice and kept wrell stocked through service. Had dinner in hotel each night as no other restaurants near by yiou could walk to. menu failrly extensive, good quality with VERY large portions.. Hotel ocation is at the end of town about a mile out, but on a bus route direct into town and also into The Hague, which was much easier to visit by bus tha car.

8/10 Good

Tina

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value
Booked hotel at the end of our holiday in Holland because of proximity to attractions and airport. Good value for the dollar and enjoyed the village of Voorschoten which was within walking distance.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel. Room and restaurant are great. Close enough to airport that there was no rush in the morning
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Heather, St. Paul, MN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice, comfortable hotel at a reasonable price
Large room, large window, lovely bath with stall shower and whirlpool tub. Good restaurant, wonderful buffet breakfast (additional cost) attentive and helpful servie throughout.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good quality Good price
Nice hotel, friendly staff. Rooms were clean an Dell appointed. Very reasonable price..large breakfast buffet with a very good selection of cooked and cold food. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

mike, london

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very nice
a smart hotel good quality smart room with a large jacuzzi . very nice restaurant
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

Theodora

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disappointing
We had a previous excellent experience in this hotel so were very disappointed when the eperience this time was not as good. It was cold (overnight frost) and only very thin duvet on bed. When additional duvet/blanket requested we were told the hotel was full so there was no additional linen available! We had booked twin room, beware all beds are double (2 singles with a double mattress topper). Last visit we had been given additional sheets so could separate the beds. This time though our request for additional linen was declined so 15 year old had to share with his Mum. Not good! Sadly our room was right next to the front door which banged every time someone went in or out - not conducive with a good night's sleep. Sadly, I feel service has slipped. Reception showed no interest in our concerns (or the lady in front of us who complained about a very dusty room! ) and breakfast was somewhat disappointing compared with our previous visit. Next time we visit our family in this town I would be unlikely to return again. Shame, as it is an otherwise lovely hotel in a good location for us.

10/10 Excellent

shunsuke

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

10/10 Excellent

Vicky, Kent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely Hotel
We enjoyed our stay here 4 years ago and this time didn't disappoint either. The room was lovely with plenty of facilities, the staff were cheerful and friendly and the breakfast buffet was amazing with an excellent choice of food. Can definitely recommend!

10/10 Excellent

Jimmy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Luxury
Stylish, close to all amenities, balcony, view. Prices of dinner quite stiff.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Bedrooms
I wanted to book a twin bedded room, I had two relatives staying in one room which was fine, but they didn't want to share a double bed. Therefore I'd to pay 19 odd euro's per night on top of the room charge to have a roll away bed. We were in Holland for a relative's funeral and it would have been great for both guests to get a good nights sleep where as the one who had the roll away bed found it uncomfortable. The beds are twins with a double mattress on top! Even some married couples sleep in separate beds, would it be so hard to provide a few rooms with these?

10/10 Excellent

Andrew, UK Cambridge

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Busy hotel with lots of big parties but well catered for. Food good and helpings plentiful Décor modern and striking Parking free

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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

10/10 Excellent

koren

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

8/10 Good

raymond, Boston,ma

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This hotel does not offer hotel transportation like it says on the site .. it's a 90 euros trip from airport to hotel and have to pay 60 euros back .. ended up paying same for taxis then the room cost .. hotel does not reimburse you they've ayleen it up to the company used to book it .. and have to pre-order taxi back to airport had to wait an hour almost missed my flight

10/10 Excellent

Beth, Colorado, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great base for car touring. Spacious and relaxing.
We stayed 3 nights before flying out, after 3 weeks auto touring and skiing. Big parking lot and centrally located (Delft was especially nice-sized town). It has a bird park (great for kids) and lots of natural habitat. Not within walking to Leiden. Close to airport. Big rooms, bathroom and balcony for easy packing for flight out.

8/10 Good

Mary, Louisville, CO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel!
Our stay was very pleasant. This was the second time that we've stayed at this hotel. It is very spacious and has a great breakfast in the morning.

10/10 Excellent

Renee, Delaware

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice hotel and excellent breakfast

4/10 Poor

Lucia, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Poor for price
Room has a very poor, old, scratched furniture and right above garage. No minibar. On the good side the guard was waiting for us to arrive till 05h00am.