http://www.trivago.co.uk/rotterdam-46852/hotel/novotel-rotterdam-brainpark-33139 http://www.trivago.co.uk/rotterdam-46852/hotel/novotel-rotterdam-brainpark-33139 http://ie2.trivago.com/images/layoutimages/logos/default.png http://www.trivago.co.uk/rotterdam-46852/hotel/novotel-rotterdam-brainpark-33139/picture-i8505473 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:03:00 +0100 ]]> http://www.trivago.co.uk/rotterdam-46852/hotel/novotel-rotterdam-brainpark-33139/review-o279575 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:07:00 +0200
Rotterdam is located approx 1 hr by train away from Skipol Airport with a 10 minute taxi ride from Rotterdam station to the hotel.

Novotel have more than one hotel in Rotterdam, this on is situated in the midlle of a business park (Brainpark) which is next to a motorway and you really are quite isolated from the main town centre, well its not within walking distance anyway and most certainly you would have a taxi fare involved if out and about for the evening.

The hotel itself is modern and the 1st impression we had upon arrival was of welcome and comfort.

The main receiption area in the hotel is just to the left of the entrance but you cannot miss it. It is located between the elevators to which are available to take you to the correct end of your floor rather than having to walk the full length of the hotel to get to your room.

The standard room was larger than expected with completely seperate seating area containing a 2 seater sofa and a chair, giving a clearly defined space away from the bed in the room, effectively giving you a living area in the room.

The bathroom was of expected standard size for a hotel room but there was plenty of room and it did not feel cramped and had the standard extras of soap and body wash that you will find in most hotels.

There was an excellent choice of TV chanels with quite a few English channels, which makes a change from other hotels I have stayed in and was nice to be able to watch something other than the news chanels in English.

The hotel restaurant has an excellent choice of food and wine and the standard with higher than expected. The service was excellent also. We chose a pasta dish which, when arrived was very generous in size and struggled to eat it all. The service in the restaurant was average nothing bad but nothing outstanding either.

THe hotel also has a bar where you can not only get a drink you can order from the snack menu if you do not want a large meal, for example you can order a sandwich or chicken satay along with your drinks. The bar area aslo has a large screen TV which can be seen no matter where you sit in the bar.

The standard of breakfast was excellent serving both continental and Englsh, however, you did not have to order English separately as with a lot of other hotels it is available for you to just help yoursefl - highly recommended as good standard of food, even the bacon was edible, I'm fussy with bacon and generally if travelling around Europe tend to give it a miss as more fat then meat but a least during our stay this was not the case, lovely with the scrambled eggs.

Overall the hotel was clean and noted that conference facilites where also available along with disabled and family rooms. If you are staying as a family this hotel does not have any failities such a swimming pool or fitness center and you would have to go outside the hotel for this. ]]>