Fantastic place for a short break, great breakfast buffet

The excellent thing is that the property lies in between the village of Schiermonnikoog an the beach and dunes. And....it's extremely quiet in the evening and night.

Fijn rustig hotel. Lekker gegeten. Prima service.

Fijn rustig hotel. Lekker gegeten. Prima service.

The rooms lack airconditioning. It was extremely warm outside (and thus inside) so you have to open the windows. In the musquito season, not pleasant. The staff in the hotel is friendly and assisting, the kitchen serves great food with selected dishes prepared at the table (great to see a stroganoff sauce being made with only fresh ingredients right in front of you. The breakfast buffet is not that large, but plenty of choice.

Had a wonderful stay on a cold moody Winter Solstice. I watched the sunrise on the beach in the south and road the farms of the north all afternoon and only saw three other people the entire day. It was an incredibly special experience. As I arrived back in town the first warm and welcoming sight I saw was The Duinzicht Hotel. Usually I would look at the place and think, wow, I wish I was staying there, this time I was. What a delight.

Had a wonderful stay on a cold moody Winter Solstice. I watched the sunrise on the beach in the south and road the farms of the north all afternoon and only saw three other people the entire day. It was an incredibly special experience. As I arrived back in town the first warm and welcoming sight I saw was The Duinzicht Hotel. Usually I would look at the place and think, wow, I wish I was staying there, this time I was. What a delight.

I had booked a room with a balcony/terrace.We were given a room without either. The owner firstly blamed myself for changing the booking and then he blamed the booking agency. He was rude, arrogant and talked across me when I tried to speak. There was no proper reception as it also functioned as the bar in the dining room. When we arrived there was no welcome - just a woman who said "Name?" I never saw her smile once. The owner and other staff were all too busy serving the diners to give hotel guests any attention. The only pleasant and friendly member of staff was a young woman working as a cleaner who showed us to our room. The rest of the staff could learn some great interpersonal skills from her. At breakfast, no member of staff appeared until five minutes after opening by which time there were already 20 or so people sitting down. Again, there was no welcome or smiles given to any person that I saw. Altogether this was an unfortunate and unpleasant choice of hotel and the unfriendliness and the outright rudeness of the owner made me think of the sitcom 'Fawlty Towers'. However, it was not nearly so funny in real life. Clearly a mistake had been made in our booking, but the owner refused to accept any responsibility for this and refused to even offer an apology as he said it was not his fault. Blaming the customer and the booking agency was clearly not the right thing to do. If you want a pleasant stay on this lovely island, please do not go to this hotel.