Gastgebruiker
12 januari 2024
We stayed at The Linden for 2 nights, as part of a booking of 2 rooms with friends from overseas. At first the place looked great and as the only guests we were excited. However the cracks began to appear quite quickly unfortunately… First the room was lovely but some things were knackered and should have been repaired / replaced long ago - particularly the chair (see photo). The foam inside was exposed through ripped fabric so we didn’t sit on it as it’s very unhygienic. Also, a missing bulb could easily have been replaced. Second, the owner / chef was apparently staying in a guest room above our friends’ room. A little strange but we didn’t care until he started played music at 3am on the second night?! We assume it was him as there was no one else staying at the hotel and the sleepy village doesn’t have a party atmosphere. Also there was a young guy hanging around when we checked in who the owner seemed phased by so we assume he knew him? Either way the young guy was smoking and scowling so not the nicest welcome when we arrived. Third, breakfast was pretty good but despite being handed a coffee menu (with cappuccinos etc on it) we were told on the first day that only regular filter coffee was available. That’s fine but a bit frustrating as we had already been shown a coffee menu. Fourth and most annoying was the fact there was nowhere for our group to sit, day or night. The lounge area of the hotel was locked and we couldn’t access it after breakfast, so we literally all had to huddle on one bed in our room to hang out in the evening - which was especially not ideal as we had a baby with us so it was a very short evening for all. The bar / restaurant part of the hotel was never open while we were there, and even at check in a key was just left in a box for us, so no real hotel experience. Just a room with breakfast. Fifth, our room was not made up even though we went out from 11am to 6pm, and put the ‘Please make up room sign’ on our door. When I asked why not, we were told they only clean the rooms every other day over the holidays. Again, that would have been fine had we known, but with baby nappies and lots of garbage from having a gathering in our room, it was a bit annoying. Clearly cleaning is an issue here as our friends found a used tube of personal lubricant in their drawer. Luckily they aren’t precious so they just chucked it out, but a lot of people would have found this really gross. Generally the place looked clean so this might have been a one off. I would stay here again, but I’d moderate my expectations, and not choose it for a place to catch up with friends.
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