Name: Het Paleis
Address: 111 Boterdiep, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, 9712 LM, Netherlands
Rating: 8

Smoke-free property

Heating

Terrace

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

Outdoor furniture

No elevators

General

Non-smoking rooms

Family room

Wardrobe/Closet

Linens

Toiletries

Rooms

Diet menu (on request)

Common kitchen

Restaurant

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

English

Languages Spoken

Library

Recreation

Garage

Parking

Beach/pool towels

Pool and beach

Business center

Meeting and presentation facilities

Business

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets allowed

Pets

Location

At the hotel

Eelde Airport

Het Paleis

Groningen

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

11-beds

12-beds

13-beds

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3-beds

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38-beds

39-beds

4-beds

40-beds

5-beds

6-beds

7-beds

8-beds

9-beds

king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

I stayed at this hotel that is part of a former university complex, specifically where the chemistry lab used to be. This unique setting added a lot of character to my stay. The hotel offers about ten rooms on the first floor, accessible via a patio and an outdoor staircase. There is a small communal lounge and a kitchenette with a microwave, which I found very convenient.
My room was creatively decorated, quite small but very high, and had everything I needed, including a desk for work. The lounge also provided a nice alternative workspace. The WiFi was reliable, which is always a plus. There is no reception desk, and check-in is done through the Brasserie on the ground floor until 4:30 PM, which can be inconvenient. I didn't try the phone check-in option. Overall, my stay was pleasant.

Unique Hotel with Character and Friendly Service

She was solo, and is not an especially "artsy" person, so she felt like she was taking a chance at this hotel. She loved every bit of the hotel. If the brasserie were open until a bit later, the review would have been five stars. She really liked that there was no TV in the room which would have killed the whole "Dada" feeling. So well done to the designers. :D

I'd like to come back,

This is a "boutique" hotel and each room has a different theme. I was (apparently) in the "surrealist" room but it didn't have a lip-shaped sofa or a lobster telephone. Instead, it had a plywood finish over everything. There was a birdcage however.

A shared lounge provided a comfy place to sit, beyond which was a small shared kitchen and, further through another door, a fridge for storing our comestibles.

A coffee pod machine is in the room, but be sure to get your daily allowance of pods (if you get overlooked, ask in the bar)

Overall, it's quite good value and a different experience from an ordinary hotel, but it's a little way away from the main part of the city which seems to be in the Grote Markt and Vismarkt area, and around the museum and station.

Quirky

My husband is an architect and we thought it would be fun stay at a design hotel. We stayed at the Colorfield room, and we were really unimpressed. The layout of the room is very inconvenient and one of us had to climb off the end of the bed or over the other one to get in and out of bed. The bed was very uncomfortable and one of those fold-into the cupboard kind of beds, god knows why, why would you need to fold away a hotel bed? This meant there were bits poking out around the base of the bed that we stubbed out toes on repeatedly. 
The room is very high and narrow, and the tall cupboard dividing it made no sense, as the ample space when you enter the room is wasted and the area for the bed too small. There were spare pillows in the hallway, but none of them had pillow cases.  
Our room faced onto the internal courtyard and was very noisy as there is a metal staircase in there that makes a lot of noise and voices echo around. 
Our friend stayed at the Student Hotel a block or two away and we highly recommend staying there instead, she was very happy with her room and the price she paid for it, and we wished we could have stayed there too but it was booked out.

'Design' over comfort

We stayed here with our dog for a four days. We chose this place because it allowed pets. Upon arrival, we had to call with the owner to get in as the check in times are quite limited, however getting the key through a code was easy and this way we didn't need to have human contact during the pandemic. The room (110) however, was overall not the cleanest, seems it needs some renovation, especially the floor. The shower wasn't great as the curtains didn't stop the water from going on the floor, and it was a bit moldy on the shower walls. The room is next to the communal showers, and there is hardly any sound proofing, so you hear the other guests a lot. The most horrible part however was the housekeeper who opened the door without knocking while I was sleeping. When he noticed, he slammed the door without apologising. I then put the 'do not disturb' sign on the door when I went out to walk my dog. When I returned the sign was thrown on the floor of the room. The housekeepers also didn't use masks when they come inside to clean your room. Last point: the stairs outside to get to the room are metal and not the most dog friendly, as mentioned in another review.  Overall, not really a hotel feeling, more a hostel feeling, and quite pricy.

Should be categorised as hostel instead of a hotel.

We looked for a hotel for one night, near the restaurant where we would meet some friends that evening. “Het Paleis” was the one that allowed dogs so it was an easy choice. We found the entrance at the end of metal stairs that looked like a fire escape. Next we found out that the check in was at the Brasserie down stairs again. 
The chamber was special. It was big with a high sealing and enough space for two more beds. But the bed was tiny and we had to cross the hallway to go to the bathroom. This bathroom we had to share with another room and looked like the one in the old school buildings. The room decoration was very artistic but not practical to clean. The windows were huge to the ground but on the street side so useless to get some fresh air. We paid about € 100, =; far too much for these facilities in this area.

Het Paleis

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