Van Der Valk De Bilt Utrecht

TL;DR I'm not sure if it's a barely reasonable hotel or a nice bed breakfast. Calm and nice location, however too far to go anywhere at night. On the other hand, it is close to good transportation during the day. Rooms are nice, although the rest of the building could use some maintenance and upgrades. From dirty walls, old elevators with buttons falling out of the sockets, to old vending machines that you could expect in a public park, the have some urgent upgrades to make, in addition, being so far from Utrecht, they would definitely benefit from some room service which we were told they didn't have, neither was there anything in the fridge. They only had the old cash only vending machine downstairs. If the hosts and waiters weren't so nice and helpful, I wouldn't give it such a high rating.

There was a booking error in the system which meant 5 nights were booked instead of 3. I called them immediately- no flexibility by the hotel to waive the nights I would not stay there. Poor service and unpleasant smell in the room.

Had a very enjoyable stay.Great staff,fantastic breakfast.Will definitely return.

This review is only for the restaurant, not the hotel/pool. As long as I can remember, my grandparents would always take us here when we visited and when we moved to the Netherlands we went for special occasions. I really do have very fond memories of the place, but the place no longer lives up to those memories. We still come here quite often with my Nan because she loves to keep up the tradition and we are all addicted to the potatoes that you get with your meal. Aside from the potatoes, which have stayed awesome throughout the years, the food isn't super interesting. It's a great place to take your grandparents as that is pretty much the crowd here; old people. So a lot on the menu is old people friendly, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it does mean a lot of fish, a lot of meat and not so many vegetarian options. That last part tends to suck because I like to pretend that I'm not there just to eat the potatoes and try to have somewhat of a balanced meal, you know, like a good girl. Also, I have my doubts that the mushroom soup they serve is really vegetarian. It tastes like some sort of meat stock to me, so I'm never going to try it again even though they assure me it's suitable for vegetarians. And I'm fairly certain that most desserts, especially with the brunch buffet and petit grand desserts, contain gelatin from animal bones, not agar agar or another substitution. So that can be tricky too. Other than all that, if you eat meat or fish, this is an okay place to come. I've always liked the interior, especially in the upstairs dining room with all the paintings of bulls on the walls. And, it's just sheer nostalgia for me.

Mijn moeder en ik hebben chateaubriand gegeten met friet en rauwkost. De groenten op het bord hadden de gasbrander geroken, maar waren rauw. Ter compensatie kregen we koffie, die mijn moeder en ik beiden hebben genomen. Ik had een flesje tonic staan, maar de ober had mijn flesje meegenomen. Gelukkig kreeg ik een nieuwe. Alles was super verzorgd, alleen kregen we de chateaubriand zonder stroganoffsaus, helaas. Verder was het eten geweldig. Wat betreft drankjes: je kunt alles bestellen en er is zelfs een kroeg binnen!