Van der Valk Hotel Haarlem

the wellness center was fabulous

There was some visible dusty areas of the floor by the front door to the room, when we checked in

Very modern

It was a little difficult to find because the signage wasn’t clear. The layout of the building is also confusing

Not close enough to centre. Many roadworks Icurrently

The staff was friendly and it was located conveniently to the airport bus #300 stop. It was a 30 min walk into the old town. There was a good grocery store (Albert Hein) across the street.

The main reason I'd never stay again is there wasn't a coffee maker in the room. This is something I expect in the caliber of a hotel and generally even lower starred hotels do offer it. They did offer coffee in a public room which was a 5 min walk from our room...I do not want to get up and get dressed to go get a coffee in the morning. And if I do have to walk outside my room for coffee...please choose beans that are not bitter 😩. They also had a nice tap to refill your bottle with water (but the sparkling water cartridge had run on our first day...4 days later, still had not been replaced and I mentioned it to the staff responsible for maintaining that coffee area). Lastly, I was confused about the cleaning staff...we stayed 4 days and they didn't take away any of our dirty coffee cups, glasses, empty wine bottles. We stacked them right by the front door and everyday they cleaned the room but didn't take them away. We felt this was strange. The beds are quite soft and the pillows are rather thick.