Hotel Emilia

Shocked. Shocked that only 3 people have ever reviewed this place. I can only assume they have never previously stayed in France and therefore did not fully appreciate quite how well appointed this hotel is. To begin, we live in Spain and instead of flying the Grandkids home we decided to drive them back to the UK via The Efteling. Yes, I am truly that mad. You'd think once my own kids had grown up and left I'd give up arduous 'are we there yet' 2000km car journeys and go on a cruise, but no... I took my kids to The Efteling a good few years back and loved the place. Problem this time was despite there now being four times as many places to stay on site, they were all fully booked, but then it was August and I did decide to go one week before. I noticed that the odd night of park accommodation became available every now and then so I kept checking and luckily one night on the weekend we needed popped up and as you get two days in the park for each night you book I just needed a night in a close by hotel that we'd get to fairly late on the Friday.. take a bow the Hotel Emilia. Actually it was the only one with availability for two adults and two kids but I'm glad it was. Easy free parking at the rear, super easy check in, very friendly guy on reception and Brugse Zot on draft - my night away from the family complete,,, oh, except I took the all with me. So it was just as well that the room was well appointed and the colours were very 'in' so my Wife informed me (as long as it had a door, bed, toilet and shower I'm usually satisfied) a nespresso machine with pods, large TV with a selection of fake news channels, great shower and comfy beds. The kids' beds were trundle ones and the main bed had a metal frame so be careful of little heads, as we found out. Useful recommendations from the guy on reception for food but sadly we'd arrived quite late and eating places are nothing like we are used to in Spain where we often don't even go out until 9:30. Sadly every recommendation had stopped serving food and we ended up at the Greek. They squeezed us in at the end of service, it just wasn't my thing really. After a great night sleep we had breakfast and the selection was plentiful with excellent coffee and constantly replenished. All good quality. A fantastic improvement on the IBIS in France the previous night but I'll review that later. If you do go here, be sure to add a review as it really helps small businesses, especially those that do such a great job like here. Knowing how hard it is to get good staff, every one we encountered at the hotel was super friendly. It really elevates your stay.