Motel One Rotterdam
One hotel in Rotterdam
What our guests say
Very good
Overall rating from 2,042 ratings
Friendliness 9.2 of 10
Cleanliness 9.2 of 10
Reception 9.1 of 10
Lounge & Bar 8.9 of 10
Location 9.5 of 10
Room 8.5 of 10
Bathroom 8.7 of 10
Free WiFi 9.1 of 10
Value for money 8.6 of 10
Breakfast service 8.4 of 10
Excellent customer service
I liked my stay but would really like if a small fridge could be added to the rooms.
Room too small and bad layout with column blocking proper passage. Especially given the high category that I booked
The hotel is located in one of the best parts of the city, right in the city center. The reception staff were friendly and helpful. The biggest issue was the lack of parking spaces. It would be beneficial if the hotel had an agreement with a nearby parking facility so that hotel guests could park at a reduced rate. We stayed for two nights. The room itself was clean. On the first day, I noticed two hairs on the towels. I informed the receptionist, and she promptly provided fresh towels. On the second day, however, housekeeping did not replace the used towels with clean ones. They simply hung the used towels back up and made the bed.
Typical motel one. Nice design, basic amenities, fair price and friendly team!
After spending two night in the Gothic District of Barcelona, arriving to this hotel was exactly what I needed. Rooms are nice, location is great, and the vibe is calm and lovely.
Aside from not having a minibar in the room everything was superb. The staff and management including Mrs Tess were very accommodating and helpful. Great crew always smiling!
The Location of MO Rotterdam in the center is ideal for a CityTour and Sightseeing. The MO with a nice roof top bar is very comfortable and invites you for an even longer stay. The personal is very friendly and competend.
Very friendly service, simple concept, fair price
Very welcoming staff and smily. I enjoyed the decorations of the breakfast buffet and how quickly the staff refilled the food, attentive!
very friendly and welcoming. Great roof terrace
Perfect location, clean and cosy room. The only thing I would recommend to the hotel is to put nets on the windows because for 5 days we had to chose between being eaten severely by mosquitos or sleep on AC and both are not pleasant especially when allergic.
it is great to have a reception with friendly people and I appreciate the high-end matrasses
I am giving you a very low rating which is not justified by my experience but otherwise I will not get your attention to act on the improvements. Overall it was a good experience and I would stay again there! Improvements regarding facilities: You will not be able to change this but the shower is not designed in good way. You can not close the shower which causes the bathroom and the toilet to get wet Improvement regarding human interactions: At a hotel it is very important how I am treated. I had a good check-in and a good check-out, I was treated friendly. At Check-In I received a card to collect a bottle of water on 5th floor in the lounge. Later in the evening at around 7:30pm I went to the lounge to collect my bottle of water. As the weather was so nice, I decided to have a drink there and enjoy the view. I asked the man behind the bar if he serves at the table and he said yes. I went to the table and that is where I waited for 25min. After that time I decided to leave. I can understand that you are busy during nice weather but then you need to organize it differently. Either you change the system that you collect your drink yourself at the bar or you move one person from the reception to the lounge. Next morning I went at 8:30am for breakfast. I walked through the room and saw a woman behind a desk which seemed to be the person noting down the room numbers. there were not many people at breakfast yet and I was the only one walking through the room. Still the woman was looking downwards. As I said Good Morning, I she was focused on her smartphone. I was unsure what to do and was ready to get food as she noticed me. No smile, just taking my room number. Everybody has a bad day but please as restaurant manager you do not place a person with bad mood to write down the room numbers. This is the first and often only person the guest have a direct interaction with. Put your must energetic person there and the person with the bad mood can fill up food or clean the tables. So if you really want to be a great hotel you can not to focus how employees interact with their guests, it cost you nothing but it will be 50% of the guys experience.
Guys, those small rooms are very small and in fact inconvenient for two. The dynamic price, this time on higher end, and combined with the small room size, dramatically reduces the value for money.
Very nice and convenient hotel in the city center. Close to WTC and many bars and restaurants. Very kind and professional staff. Rooms with all required comfort, incl. desk and chair to accommodated remote work. Wonderful breakfast on a stunning rooftop.
Nice, clean and modern decorated Hotel
Nice hotel good location.. roof top bar where breakfast is is excellent
Overall, it was fine—relatively clean, centrally located, and comfortable. It’s a shame there wasn’t a coffee maker or a fridge in the room. When we asked for an extra blanket, our request was denied, which has never happened to us anywhere else.
Perfect location, nice terrace. Comfortable bed
Friendly staff, clean rooms and nice bathroom, room is decent size, price quality ratio is great!
My stay at the Motel One was great, as usual. You know what you get and I was not disappointed. However, the glass „wall“ in the shower is 10-15 cm too short in width. As a result, the bathroom floor was always wet after showering. Never experienced this as much as with MO in Rotterdam. 🤷♀️
Good service overall
Everything Perfect. Thank you
Loved the roof terrace
Perfect location, nice and clean hotel. Easy check-in and check-out. Friendly staff. The hotel is not that environmental friendly, they leave all the lights on and the AC on, after the daily maintenance of the room (so we skip it for the next days).
Personel in the breakfast and bar area genuinely kind and caring
Great experience overall, clean hotel, friendly staff and great location for exploring Rotterdam, only small gripe was no kettle in the room, for us tea drinkers this was the only negative of the whole stay, otherwise excellent and would stay again.
Great hotel in city centre
Don’t be fooled by the hotel’s utilitarian exterior or budget room price, this place is lovely inside, has a fabulous roof bar and is so central to the city. I chose this hotel when running the Rotterdam marathon as it was closer to the start/finish areas than other options in the city, but I would definitely stay here again next time I’m in Rotterdam.
I didn’t find any faults whatsoever! The hotel is amazing and everything was properly cleaned and organized. Very comfortable stay. Hope to return soon. I’ll definitely recommend!
We've stayed more than once at MotelOne Rotterdam the last couple of years. This time we were in Room 119. That was sound-wise a bad choice. On that floor people had 2 large dogs that barked in the middle of the night. Our room appeared to be very close to the Hotel's airconditioning, so we couldn't open your window because of the noise. From 7:00 hrs till 23:00 the airconditioning made heavy noise as if a huge washing machine started its spinning cycle. Next time we would not accept this room anymore. Paying over €400 for 2 nights for a room in which you unwillingly wake up from barking dogs and a loud airconditioning system was not something we expected to experience at MotelOne. We would still consider to return however, because our previous visits were all great and the staff, rooms and rooftop bar are all really good. We would just refuse to accept room 119.
Excellent stay in the heart of Rotterdam! Our room was small but well equipped, very clean and with a nice view to the church. Staff were friendly and attentive.
I had a great time in Motel One in Rotterdam. I have been fully satisfied on what I found there. The room was a little small but immaculate and meet my needs. Breakfast was delicious and with a good variety. Motel One was in the city center in vicinity to all worth visiting cites. What I enjoyed most is the fact that my room was soundproof. Although, I was staying in the center, there was no noisy inside.
Clean room, very nice location, polite reception team. A bottle of drinking water as welcome would have been nice. Also I had a medicine which I had to put in fridge, so a small fridge in the room would have been nice too.
Top location superb view expecting more on sweet side of the breakfast buffet like you have waffels in belgium why not poffertijes or pannekoken here? We had 2 rooms cleaning in one perfect....the other less :( shower carpet went away and never back, and some other similarties. in general happy and happy to return
It was perfect!
The top strong point is the staff; the most friendly, smiling and helpful people out of the 2-3 other Motel One I have visited.
1.no/missing shower jel in the room 2. a small bottle of complimentary still water will be handy especially for first time visitors to the city 3. please add scramble egg in the breakfast menu
Friendly staff, spacious room. Limited amenities
Nice view of the city even though the building is not very tall. Right in the city centre, very convenient. Close to all the stores, restaurants and located right around the corner of De Markthal. Loved the rooftop lounge/bar. Friendly staff, comfy room and bed.
Special One room was spacious with a good view. Very good breakfast buffet. Friendly staff who spoke excellent English. Very convenient location in the heart of Rotterdam.
perfect for city trip - why 9 of 10? Coffee… 😜
The team at the reception was really nice, the room was perfect, clean and warm, breakfast area and the food choice super. Ony thing missing a fitness center!
Excellent location and service from polite staff was fantastic. Rooms weren’t huge but clean and well kept. Breakfast excellent value and roof top bar a great amenity.
Could not fault the hotel. Central position, clean, attentive staff, rooms small but comfy beds and pillows, shower powerful, lovely and varied breakfast, 5th floor bar very relaxed with good view.
No free water voucher offered. Safe inoperable for duration of stay, despite reporting within 20 minutes of checking in.
Location was perftect! Nice and clean rooms right in the middle of the center. The only thing I can say is rooms should be warmer cause I felt cold in the night.
First of all, the location was top. Near to everything (Metro, tram, Markthal, Chinatown, etc). From check-in to check-out, the size of this location of Motel One, the space of the building and its spaces within, the room (best bed of all four beds we slept on in 4 hotels within a week: Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Amsterdam), great bathroom, though the door gets wet a lot when taking a shower, best breakfast of all (format, presentation, cleanliness, friendliness), though the Lounge&Bar space is designed better for lounging than for having breakfast. The first time I stayed at a Motel One was in Berlin many years ago, but haven't been a regular client. In the future, I'll try to stay at a Motel One location whenever possible. Thank you!
This hotel was perfect for my stay. Right in the centre, very clean and super comfortable beds! Also much better value than many of the hotels in Rotterdam. I particularly like the fact that the bed pillows were actually comfortable, most hotels (even 5 star ones!) have pillows like boulders The staff were very helpful. My only negative is the breakfast, very basic and very little on offer for coeliacs.
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Your benefits at a glance:
Rotterdam
The Dutch Berlin
Berlin has a doppelgänger. Rotterdam is confusingly similar to the vibrant metropolis. The modern skyline, the brightly coloured artists’ district and the laid-back attitude make Holland’s second-largest city Berlin’s secret soulmate. But it’s not just from the outside that they appear similar: they also have similar core attributes. Both of them had to make a new start, culturally and architecturally, after the Second World War, as just like Berlin, Rotterdam also had to say goodbye to a huge part of its urban heritage. It reinvented itself, and it shows. It skilfully combines traditional Dutch features such as canals and gabled houses with street art and industrial flair. That’s what earned it the nickname ‘the Dutch Berlin’.Many even go a step further by calling it ‘the Manhattan on the Maas’. And actually, with a little imagination, the skyline on the Nieuwe Maas river does bear a slight resemblance to the Manhattan skyline on the Hudson.
Rotterdam – historic charm with a hint of futurism
New or old? Rotterdam has both. The Dutch city is like a house inhabited by many generations. With an extra dose of passion, a cosmopolitan attitude and a love of contrasts, it unites new and old.Let’s start with a journey through time to the Rotterdam of days gone by: the old port whisks visitors away to the time of seafarers and pirates. In the narrow gabled houses along the canals, they while away the time over poker and rum. Today, students and artists follow in their footsteps. The architectural jewel in the crown of the old port is the Witte Huis (White House). But this White House has precious little to do with the official residence of the US President in Washington DC. The listed office building is much more reminiscent of a Dutch country house. Its claim to fame is that it was the first high-rise building in Rotterdam, inspired by its role models in New York. Back in 1898, the 43-metre-high landmark watched over the port.Let’s wind the clock back even further: St. Lawrence Church, known locally as Laurenskerk, transports medieval times into the here and now. Its most striking feature is that there are no other buildings like it. Did you know that Laurenskerk is the only medieval remnant in the whole of Rotterdam? All of the other buildings from that time fell victim to the Second World War. But the air attacks did leave their mark on the church, and its war damage was fully repaired between 1952 and 1968.Shall we jump back to the 20th century? The Erasmusbrug (Erasmus Bridge) is the architectural focal point of modern Rotterdam, but the asymmetric steel pylon has only been embedded in the futuristic skyline since 1996. Did architect Ben van Berkel already have the nickname ‘the swan’ in mind when designing it? That’s how the 655,000 Rotterdam residents affectionately refer to the abstract landmark.High time you took a selfie? Then a photo stop at the Rotterdam Markthal is an absolute must. After all, this is much more than your average market hall. It is Rotterdam’s biggest source of architectural pride, a cultural melting pot and a culinary meeting point all in one building. Its design mimics that of a horse shoe. It welcomes foodies from far and wide, as do its brightly coloured, large-scale images on the underside of the roof. Be honest, would you have guessed that there are designer loft apartments within this impressive arch?
Motel One Rotterdam – welcome to Amsterdam’s handsome brother
Fancy a relaxed city break to Amsterdam’s handsome brother? Then we’d love to welcome you to Motel One Rotterdam, your affordable design hotel. We promise that if you book one of our affordable designer rooms, you’ll be right in the heart of the action in Holland’s best-kept secret destination. Whether you make your way around on foot, on a roadster or by tram – thanks to the central location at Hoogstraat 177, Rotterdam will roll out the red carpet for you. In just a few minutes, you’ll be able to reach the city’s hotspots.Are you ready for hotspot number one? Just 10 minutes from your hotel is the Rotterdam Stadhuis (town hall), a building from the early 20th century that has a rather turbulent history to speak of. Which other building can claim that it survived an air raid on 14 May 1940?Next, it’s onto hotspot number two: the Cube Houses await. Piet Blom’s architectural highlight is less than 10 minutes away from your affordable design hotel. The residential development is one of a kind, with 50 cube houses lining up next to each other like dominoes. What do they look like inside? Why not find out during a tour? It doesn’t cost much to have a wander round the Show Cube Museum. Ahoy there, is that hotspot number three I see? In seven minutes, you can get from the hotel to Rotterdam’s maritime museum, where over a million artefacts will grant you an insight into the depths of the ocean.
Book Motel One, your affordable design hotel in Rotterdam
Is Rotterdam like a second home to you? Then you’ll feel right at home in our affordable design hotel. Whether it’s the free wifi, large, comfortable beds, modern rooms, extensive breakfast buffet at great value for money or the urban design of the lobby that wins you over – check in, put your bags down and feel like a true Rotterdam resident. After all, isn’t life simply too short to only have one home?
