NH Utrecht

I had a great time in NH Utrecht. The hotel looked modern, both in terms of the rooms and the overall facilities. The halls before reaching your room, for example, were quite pleasant. The staff were friendly and helped us with every request (special shoutout to Francisco in the reception). The rooms were clean, spacious, and pleasant to be in. The location was great, right outside of the train station. We were offered candy, fruit, water, and tea at the reception whenever we wanted. We were also given a free drink for every day we chose not to have our room cleaned. Wi-fi was fast and reliable. There was a kettle and free tea in the room. The bathroom was clean and fully equipped with a nice shower (two different shower heads), a hair dryer, soap, body wash, and shampoo… I really could go on and on. NH really knocked it out of the park.

Staff - friendly, really helpful and just generally made the hotel have a great atmosphere. A few really nice unexpected things eg they brought my son out colouring pencils and paper when he was at breakfast.. Every single member of staff we interacted with was enthusiastic, helpful and had a smile on their face. The breakfast was brilliant with good quality ingredients and a wide range of options. The place was spotlessly clean, super comfy and I slept great.

We ended up at this hotel after we had been evacuated from a night train. We were a party of 12 Girl Guides and 3 adult leaders who were inter railing across Europe and this was an unplanned stay. The check in staff member we spoke to was amazing, I am sure he had already had a very long, stressful night but he was so helpful and patient when checking us in. HE tried his best to get us rooms as close together as possible, he managed to split us across 2 floors so we could have at least one leader on each floor.

This is an excellent hotel with large and airy rooms that have very comfortable beds and everything else one might need (nice and large bathroom with rain shower, electric kettle, airconditioning, fast WiFi). It is a few minutes away from the Utrecht central rail station and a large shopping Centre and restaurants right outside the station. One can easily walk to the centre of Utrecht in approximately 15 minutes, where there are many nice restaurants along the canals. The breakfast buffet was excellent.

Breakfast is awesome. Continental with several options: from fried to healthy. Staff is amazingly kind and very polite and don't keep anything missing in the buffett. Highlight goes for the omelete a cheff can make out of fresh ingredients of your chosing. Another highlight is the fact that you can sit and ask for fresh eggs, omelete, bacon, sausages just for those that don't want what's on the buffet. Several options of coffee, machine, freshly brewed or even instant. The same goes for juices and teas available. The hotel is not in the heart of the city, which for me was great since all I got was a quiet room and no people screaming at night on the street, but that doesn't mean you're not in a good spot. You're 2 blocks away from train station - if you come from Amsterdam, you just have to buy train tickets in the airport itself, then go down the stairs, take the train to Utrecht, go out of the station, take the stairs down to street level, walk one block towards the street and you're right in the hotel. You're surrounded by good restaurants and places to have a nice cheap meal. You're like 4, 5 blocks away from the canals, and beware, despite the sun going down after 10pm in June, is hard to find a good place to eat, don't be fooled by the sun. There's a huge mall near the central station (opposite side of the hotel). By June 2022, DOM Church would only open until 2pm so no touring after that. St. Jacob's Church is a good option if you want to visit a church full of history inside each column or even in the floor, since it's a functioning Church that was inaugurated before Reformation, which means a beautiful architecture and lots of reading. All the way the canals you'll find free wifi, no password needed if you get lost. If you do get lost, don't worry everyone speaks in English and is very helpful. For buying groceries, water, beer, etc. look out for Albert Heijn's stores.