The De Stokerij is a very pleasant hotel, with friendly staff and comfortable rooms. We've stayed here twice, both times as a first night stay on a long journey to elsewhere. It's ideally located for staying the night after a late afternoon/evening channel crossing to Calais, if you're heading onwards through Belgium. It's very handy for the motorway and somewhere around an hour's drive from the Eurotunnel terminal at Calais.

We've stayed in one of the more expensive rooms, with a huge jacuzzi bath, and also in one of the more basic rooms, with just a shower. Both rooms were very comfortable and fair value for money.

Our more recent stay was just a couple of days before Valentine's Day, and the hotel was overrun with cutesy hearts and teddy bears. Not our taste, especially with the overwhelmingly sickly rose scent in the room. No sign of such tweeness normally though, so if you have a low tweeness tolerance, avoid mid Frebruary and you'll be fine.

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