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Review of Hotel Kasteel Doenrade

We had dinner and spent the night here. Unfortunat...

We had dinner and spent the night here. Unfortunately, the expectations we had in advance did not come true.

The outside of the castle looks beautiful and it is in a very nice area. The interior of the hotel is quite outdated, giving it a rundown and shabby appearance. The double bed consisted of 2 mattresses, with a large slit in between. Lying nicely against each other is not an option. The website proudly announces that there is an iPod docking station in the room. Unfortunately, it still has a wide iPhone connector that has not been used for years, making the thing useless for most guests.

When we wanted to eat we were told that we could not be seated at 7:30 pm, because it would be busy. We found that too late and after some discussion we were able to sit down immediately. At the table we were told that the castle was changing ownership. As a result, the old wine stock had to be used first. So there was only a choice of 2 white wines and 1 red. The wine arrangement that was on the card could not be ordered. The annoying thing was that it was not reported in advance, but only when we were sitting at the table and had already ordered. The food was otherwise good, except for the panna cotta, which contained far too much gelatin. This made it a kind of stiff drill pudding.

It is hoped that the new owner will renovate and redecorate it considerably to give the castle experience the positive turn it deserves.

And new owner; please have an architect look at the glass conservatory that is stuck to the castle as an entrance. There is probably something much nicer out of this!