Casa Julia

Very welcoming, good breakfast and great location

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This hotel looks from the outside like a large residential house that needs a little upkeep. It’s in a purely residential area which is very quiet and safe, rather attractive, but there are no cafes or shops in the immediate vicinity. You can walk to the centre of Delft old town in about 15 minutes. Inside the décor just looks a little tired and the carpets are stained and dirty in many places. There’s no lift and the stairs are steep. We had a deluxe room for two people which gave us a reasonable amount of space. The bathroom was very large and well equipped, though I would have preferred a walk-in shower to the weird triangular bath with shower heads in the wall above it. The bed was comfortable but the pillows were a disgrace, like a floppy bag half filled with cotton wool balls. The bedroom has everything you need. The furnishings are neither especially attractive nor comfortable. There was a horrible ratty throw on the bed that I would not allow into my own home. The ikea-type wardrobe has a fridge inside it, which makes the wardrobe itself hot. When we first arrived I wondered if we had made a terrible mistake but it is actually ok as long as you don’t mind basic furniture and people having business meetings a couple of metres away from you when you’re having a quiet breakfast. Wifi weak at times. The place is very clean apart from the stained carpets, the staff are friendly and helpful, and the breakfasts are good. It’s fantastically handy for the Royal Delft Museum.

Great!

The room is large and the common areas are nicely appointed. However, I'd warn that this is not a place to stay if you have trouble sleeping with loud noises. Most of the rooms have windows facing a central courtyard where people party and talk very loudly on some nights. The hotel has no staff from 8pm until morning, so there is no way to stop the partying in the central courtyard. I get that staffing a hotel after hours is expensive, so a compromise would be for the hotel to lock up the central courtyard after dark. People can smoke on the front street areas if they need to. There is no need for Casa Julia to make it easy for people to yell, drink, and smoke in the central courtyard around midnight. I mentioned this to the staff the next morning, but they provided no solution, not even a complimentary breakfast or some token gesture for my inconvenience and lack of sleep. To add insult to injury, they asked me to pay the city tax a second time, even though I already paid it and had a receipt for it. Overall, this hotel has a lot of potential, but some minor corrections to how the staff handle situations would have been greatly appreciated. It isn't their fault that people were partying in the courtyard but the hotel's policies enable it. If they want to have the courtyard open past 8pm they should consider staffing the front desk longer so they can lock up that area when the staff goes home or can confront guests who are being overly loud.

Great location. Quoet, lovely neighborhood next to the university. Walkable to everything and bicycles avaliable for daily commute or longer adventures. Staff was wonderful.

Beautiful property a short walk away from the centre.

Cute, clean hotel. Quiet neighborhood. Very friendly and helpful staff. We rented bikes one day and had a wonderful ride. The only thing we would change is the shower pressure, which was not as much as we are used to.