Name: Restaurant and Hotel Bi'j de Watermölle
Address: 3 Watermolenweg, Haaksbergen, Haaksbergen, Haaksbergen, 7481 VL, Netherlands
Rating: 8

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Restaurant and Hotel Bi'j de Watermölle

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We wanted a romantic getaway before driving to Denmark, and decided we'd like to do some fine dining and stay at the location so we could enjoy the wine arrangement.

Friendly, welcoming staff and fantastic big room. The only downside of the room is that it has carpet. 

During dinner, the staff was very friendly and helpful. We took the Watermolle menu (25€) and asked to add some of the entrées as they just looked too tasty to pass. All food was of exquisite quality; excellent in taste, perfectly cooked, beautifully served and accompanied by fitting wines. It is a bit pricier if you order outside of the menu, but definitely good value for money!

Fabulous food and stay

I hesitated before I decided to write this review as we would prefer to keep this our little secret weekend retreat but as an avid Tripadvisor user I feel it is my duty to share with others our experience. 

The hotel is actually more a restaurant with (large) rooms. If you are looking for a hotel convenient for business in Haaksbergen this would probably not be the best choice. If you are looking for a relaxing walking , bicycling or horse riding short break in the Dutch countryside – with a very good meal in the evening – this is definitely one for your short list.

The hotel is set in almost a chocolate box setting next to a watermill. The surrounding countryside is ideal for walkers ( there is a network of signposted walks), ideal with cycling ( it is situated between ANWB cycling numbers 52 and 82) and I believe you can with prior arrangement bring your own horse as there is a stable next to it. The countryside is a mix of cornfields, and fields of cows and sheep mixed in with woodlands and small villages. No big tourist highlights but very Dutch countryside. 

The rooms are large. This is our second stay ( forgot the first time to write a review!) – Our first stay we were upstairs in a split level room – this time we stayed downstairs with a large bathroom with bath and shower. The room still has the original farm building features with a very barn door behind the bed and wooden beams. Being a barn conversion with small windows it is on the dark side and the brown carpet and dark furnishings doesn’t help. But it is very clean and fits in with the surroundings. There is a safe, coffee and tea making facilities, a large wardrobe with plenty of hangers and a sitting area.   

We were allowed to bring our two small dogs at a surcharge. It was very handy that there is a back door for quick access to the outside in the morning. We did have a bit of a fright though to discover the “friendly” dog of the neighbors was a very large Doberman Pinscher and it wasn’t behind a fence!. It didn’t seem so friendly when we tried to returned our hotel bicycles at the back of the hotel with our small Dachunds still in their baskets. I managed to return the bicycles without our dogs and the dog was friendly towards us humans!

There are hire bicycles available – there were perfectly acceptable. We managed to cycle at least 55 km with them! Our dog baskets fitted on the back with no problems. As I mentioned the ANWB bicycle point route goes passed the hotel ( Between 52 and 82). We can recommend the route “De natuur rondom Haaksbergen” – you can download this route for free from the website route.nl. 

We had a four course meal on the terrace in the evening which was very good! ( see separate review) The waiters are friendly but correct. The food and wine where excellent. It was fully booked but the service was not too rushed and not too slow. Only slight niggle would be that it would have been nice to have a small chocolate of biscuit with the coffee at the end of the meal – but then nothing can be 100% ;)  

Breakfast is served per table which we love. Last visit we were lucky enough to sit outside on the terrace but this time it was slightly too cold and slightly too many wasps. Not that we minded as the interior is characterful and rustic. We were given a large selection of rolls, brown and white bread, molenwegge and croissants. There was a selection of jams, cheeses, meats, fruit , yoghurt and a very fresh boiled egg.  It is a more personal breakfast than a buffet and there was plenty of it served by a very friendly blond lady.

The next sunny weekend we will definitely be booking again – as long as it isn’t booked full because of my review!!  

We had booked the “Fiets of wandel  Arrangement “ – included was the cycle hire, coffee with “Molenwegge” ( a sort of raison bread – with a thick layer of butter) ,the room for the night, breakfast and a 4 course meal. We can definitely recommend this arrangement for couples looking for peace and quiet, a good walk or cycle and a good meal after!

Idylic situated country restaurant with rooms

Restaurant and small hotel (i estimate 6 rooms) just outsite the village of Haaksbergen, opposite a watermill. It is along some major bike routes. So for bikers and people who want to enjoy the dutch country site, this is an excellent place. Meals were excellent, terrace is sunny! Highly recommendable for a weekend out.

Nice cosy place in an excellent environment

Always a nice place to stop on a walk and get a quick pit stop. A really beautiful and tranquile place to spend an hour or two.
In the summer it gets a bit busy vut have a bit of patience and enjoy the peace and quiet.

A quick hot chocolate and apple cake with cream

We went for a quick visit to the watermill on a summery Sunday in August! The staff had no control over the tables on the terrace! We had already been sitting there for 15 min without help! Another table just sat down and got help directly! The 4 of us ordered coffee, I wanted the apple pie but with a scoop of vanilla ice cream (which is on the menu) instead of whipped cream, this was impossible! Even though I wanted to pay for it! When she had taken all of our orders, she told us their coffee machine was broken ( the couple that got to order before us did get coffee) so overall very bad service very inflexible and a bit over priced! We walked a little further and there is this lovely tea house with lots more to choose from, much cheaper, home made, and very friendly staff

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