Hotels Near Garden Center "Schiebroek" in Rotterdam

We stayed at The James for 5 nights in the middle of July. It's a nice hotel - centrally located that' s walking distance to the train station, restaurants and attractions. The room we stayed in was a good size and nicely appointed. As part of the package we had use of 2 bikes for a full day. We took the bikes out on July 19 for a ride around Kinderdijk, which was about 20km away by waterbus. One of the bikes felt sluggish from the start but we attributed the problem to underinflated tires. Unfortunately, that wasn't the issue. It was making a loud pinging noise when it was put in reverse as in backing out of a bike rack on the ferry. The pedals were freewheeling as soon as we started riding when we came off the ferry. I emailed the hotel about the issue immediately but didn't hear anything back for over half an hour. A local pointed us to a bike shop 2 km away and off we went. This was the hottest day (39 C) the Netherlands had experienced in over a decade and we had almost 60 km to cover, so we wanted an earlier start. By the time the hotel emailed us back we were already at the bike shop getting it fixed. There's simply no way that we'd wait another hour or 2 for the hotel to send help. The mechanic was so disappointed with the bike's condition that he said the hotel should pay for the repair and that they may call him if they had any questions. The front desk told us their bike supplier would likely pay us back for the repair but 3 weeks later we're still waiting. The point is: I took the bike from the hotel, not their supplier. Any reasonable hotel would compensate their customers and deal with their supplier on their own. I'm not going to get too upset losing 35 euros but this shows how terrible customer service is with this hotel. You may stay there and it should be OK as long as nothing goes wrong.

Extremely clean. Brand new establishment. Super staff. Very accommodating. Easy, enjoyable common space to sit and read a book, surf the web, have a conversation or just listen to music. Inexpensive parking close by. Fabulous layout of rooms with tiered pricing and options- from a pod to room with private bathroom. Pods have clean shared multiple sinks for washing up/brushing teeth. Clean, locked bathrooms and locked separate shower stalls with soap provided; Like you would find in an upscale gym/athletic facility. Pod rooms were the size you’d find at some NYC boutique hotels. Highly recommend-for the price point you can’t beat it. Right adjacent to trendy Witte neighborhood.

Just opened hotel in the center of Rotterdam has bright spacious rooms . Room has flat screen TV, free of charge WiFi in the entire building. Walk in shower has screen protector. Hairdryer and toiletries are free of charge. Hotel is located in museums area, maritime museum is in approximately 350 meters away. Unfortunately during COVID-19 time it was closed.

Great stay - my first time staying in a hostel and I really enjoyed the experience. Everything is very modern and convenient. The location is great and walking distance from lots of tourist attractions and yummy food spots. The hostel is situated in a very vibrant community area, so it can get quite noisy but once you’re inside your hub you don’t hear anything! The hubs themselves are cute and the bed is super spacious - you get the option of a bottom or top hub, I recommend a top hub if you want to feel slightly more comfortable. The hubs have Bluetooth speakers, an app to control lighting and to speak to the host for any issues. My hub was clean but not as clean as I thought it would be, there were some marks on the side, random hairs and the air-con vent was very very dusty. Apart from that, everything else was perfect. You have a wristband that allows you to charge things to your hub, lock up your belongings and open your hub door which I thought was very handy! I really enjoyed my stay and it was a great first hostel experience, would definitely stay with CityHub again as it was a bargain!

Google maps will not take you to the correct location of the hotel! The address states the hotel is in Leuvehaven; however the hotel and entrance are really on Terwenaker 18 (the small peninsula just east of the main road (Schiedsedijk). You can definitely see the hotel on the peninsula as you’re driving north on the main road, but your GPS / offline Google Maps won’t take you there. Just a tip in case you’re driving to the hotel. Other than that, our room was spacious, comfortable, had its own sauna, and a great view of the river. The hotel is about a 15-20 minute walk to the Cube Houses and central market area. Overall, we’d stay there again if in Rotterdam!

Our room was spacious and clean with minimalistic design. It had large windows on two sides of the room but the curtains were dark enough. We had booked a room with sunrise view but the direction for sunrise had a commercial choosing so we would never see it even if we woke up at 5am. The neighbor is clean and seemed safe. The service was mediocre as we had tried to order room service on night at midnight but were told that only drinks was available. I was so surprised to hear that a good 4 stars hotel didn’t even have burger , pizza or some simple snacks. There is no restaurant in the neighborhood as it is a commercial area. I do want to mention that the lady at the concierge was very helpful when we tried to ask her to exchange some coins for the metro ticket. Do note that the metro station is unmanned and there is no machine to change bills into coin to buy tickets. The ticket machine is supposed to accept credit card but both were not working on that day, and we had to have 16 euro in coins to buy two day pass. Otherwise take the tram. Overall I would say that the hotel is value for money, but just a little far from city center. If you need to travel to Rotterdam Central, it is 8 euro round trip.

Very clean and spacious hotel with sufficient parking facilities. Clean rooms, not super luxury; but all facilities are available to make a cup of coffee or tea in the room and with fine beds (1102). Friendly and helpful, Dutch speaking, staff. You can order up to 23.45 another drink in the lounge, if you want. Breakfast buffet is fairly extended with various breads (hard/soft/heart/sweet), English breakfast, various types of yogurt, fruit and insecticide, and American pancakes and a wide variety of hot and cold drinks. There's enough, friendly staff around, making you feel very welcome. What was unfortunately very annoying, especially for our children, was that a lady in the hotel stayed who called to us ugly and insultful things when we went back to our hotel room after breakfast. It came to us as if she was in a great deal influenced by something; she walked/danced intimidating in the foyer around in her bathroom and with a towel around her hair as if she had been on the whole night since the night before her. She laughed out of our son when he almost came between the lift door, which was really annoying for him, for a hotel like this, that was a cleaner after such a great breakfast and stay. Whatever sadly, the surrounding sounds were, around the hotel, you are working to wake up early (even at the 11th floor) by trucks that drive out and out.

The location is in the most central place, all attractions are nearby, the gentleman at the front desk is very nice, he will explain everything you want to know, and I will definitely recommend it to all friends who come to the Netherlands!

Good van der Valk Hotel. Had a one person room. Rather small but convenient. Wi-Fi is good. No real dedicated gym available. Only some bikes in the middle of the hotel. They do collaborate with a fitness close by. Breakfast good an so was the dinner. Friendly personeel too. Can't go wrong here.

Stayed here for one evening and enjoyed the comfort of the bed and the excellent front-desk service. The location seemed isolated from town. While it had AC, I couldn’t get the room to feel cool as the thermostat only allows for changes of +/- 3 degrees from whatever central temp they have programmed. While I wasn’t a fan of the service in the restaurant, I was happy in the hotel and bar.