Large room with comfortable bed Large bathroom with bath tub and products Very centrally located Extensive breakfast, yu will not leave the table hungry Very friendly and helpful at front desk

Stayed in May 2024

It was fine!

Stayed in May 2024

There was a smell in the bathroom, not sure what

Great location, friendly staff, clean room

Stayed in May 2024

Very basic accommodation but, clean and comfortable. Walls in room were white artex, very plain, could do with some colour or prints on the walls, holland had some excellent artists, to give the room some warmth and make it more inviting. Bathroom tiny but adequate. Older people may have trouble with the steep, slanting stairs.

Location. Beautiful old building with character.

Stayed in May 2024

It wasn’t that we didn’t like it, but the property is a bit run down- not really from neglect but age. Staff was excellent. Mattresses quite soft. Bathroom clean and updated.

Location of property was excellent. Easy walk from train station and many restaurants and shops literally outside the front door.

Stayed in May 2024

Beds were a bit too soft for our liking

Great location and beautiful building

Stayed in May 2024

Warm rooms, a lot of stairs and loud American neighbours. The walls aren't very sound proof.

Good location and friendly staff

Stayed in May 2024

Rather than have paper cups in the bedroom for making tea, proper cups would have been good.

Location was fantastic and the bed was so comfortable.

Stayed in April 2024

Great location. Room was basic but clean and comfortable. Good value for money

Stayed in April 2024

You hear people from other rooms too much (voices, toilet&shower using etc); so, they hear much of you too..

"The hotel with the soul" was my first thought when I entered the hall. It feels very "home-like". And everything (incl. tea&coffee sets in the room) demonstrates that you are welcomed. Great location.

Stayed in April 2024

Probably the mattresses should be changed. I agree with other comments concerning the beds. The quality of the towels also could be improved.

The situation of the hotel is just perfect. Close to everything, on a beautiful water channel. The Deluxe room on the 1st floor is very spacious with three huge windows overlooking the passing by cyclists. The breakfast is just enough, you can get savory or-and sweet version of it. A place to come back for sure.

Stayed in April 2024

Beautiful historic house with good location. Good breakfast. Nice and friendly personell. Clean and simple room.

Stayed in April 2024

Disposable coffee cups

The characterful hotel was next to a canal in an excellent location. The bedrooms were all different but ours on the first floor was superb (and very big). Breakfast, in the attractive breakfast room, was plentiful; bread-based with some ham, cheese, eggs, cereal, juice etc. The staff were friendly.

Stayed in April 2024

Like most places in Leiden, there is no elevator, just steep stairs.

Excellent location, staff very friendly and helpful. Rich breakfast in an elegant room.

Stayed in April 2024

Ideal central location. This is an old merchant house and oozes character.

Stayed in April 2024

The building shows its age in one or two areas but that did not detract from our stay at all.

Comfortable and very clean. Friendly, relaxed, helpful staff. Continental breakfast was plentiful and fresh. Lovely old building in a fantastic location, it is in a beautiful part of the city, every corner we walked round showed us more beautiful buildings, squares or canals. Not quite such a pretty walk to the station but it barely ten minutes away, and of course it is a flat walk. A small point but it is great having chairs in the room so we didn't have to sit on the bed all the time.

Stayed in April 2024

View from my bedroom.

More fruit for breakfast would be welcome.

Stayed in April 2024

Couldn't get the TV to re tune

Really great friendly staff, who went that bit extra for their customers. Clean room, comfy bed. Good breakfast, good quality food. Location was brilliant in the center of town, near shops, museums, cafes and restaurants.

Stayed in April 2024

Best to come by public transport, driving is discouraged. We had to drive for logistical reasons though. You can park alongside the canals but it costs €28 per 24 hours, and there is no shorter duration you can stay. Otherwise the nearest parking garages are around 5-10 mins walk.

Perfect location for exploring the old city, lovely old traditional hotel with some rooms overlooking the canal. Generous Dutch breakfast buffet. Friendly managers. Glad that my elderly parents were able to have a ground floor room as stairs to upper floors were a little steep.

Stayed in April 2024

Very friendly staff, check-in and check-out was smooth. Room was clean and comfortable.

Stayed in April 2024

noise from the bathroom at night

Location, and spacious room

Stayed in April 2024

The stairs ... hard work after a day's cycling.

Good location, helpful staff and good breakfast.

Stayed in April 2024

The sound of the room is almost zero, because you can hear people walking in the upstairs room, taking a shower in the next room, even with the carpeted floor. The mattress could be better, because it has a lot of spring.

The location of the hotel is very good, relatively close to everything. The cleanliness of the room was very good The front desk of the hotel could be more visible, even closer to the entrance of the hotel. .

Stayed in April 2024

Be prepared to climb a long flight of steep stairs! In truth it didn’t bother me, but you should message the hotel beforehand if you find stairs difficult.

If you are a lone traveller, looking for a clean room at a reasonable price and you fancy staying in a very old, traditional property, at the edge of the canal and less than 5 min walk from Leiden’s university quarter or a myriad of shops and eateries, then De Doelen is ideal.

Stayed in April 2024