Apollo Hotel Breda City Center

I stayed here the last time I was in Breda. It is convenient to the train station. Its a little longer walk to the town square than the place I normally stay. Other than that it is a perfectly fine hotel.
I found the room a little oddly decorated.

This was my second stay at the Apollo and I have now tried both the ‘deluxe’ rooms and ‘classic’ rooms. The location is good, right by the railway station. This time I had room facing the tracks but I was still not disturbed by any passing trains (it should however be noted that I am heavy sleeper so may be different for others). It is about a10 minute walk away from the main part of the city center but it is still a good location.
Just as last time I was here the service was a bit slow. Only one person at the front desk (this appears to be the case irrespective of whether there are many people waiting or no one at all). Once one is actually being helped the service is however pleasant and friendly.
The ‘classic’ rooms are to be honest not very nice. The term classic just means that it has not been renovated in the past 15 – 20 years. The furniture is worn and old (and not in the charming way). The TV barely worked (not really good enough to watch). The room lacked everything except for the basics (so no iron, ironing board, an empty minibar (can be filled with your own things — could be good for people staying longer but it was not plugged in so will take some time to get it cold). The lighting was insufficient (not possible to get good light when working. There were no electrical outlets available to charge the phone (may have been hidden somewhere but nothing found around desk or by the beds).
In general things were however clean but the overall experience was still that it is really overdue for a remake. The bathroom did also not have any shampoo which should be natural to offer (only soap and body wash was available). They now also charge € 12,5 per day for the wifi (in the room). It is still free in the lobby and restaurant but extremely expensive to charge that much for access in the room. I did once again not have breakfast so cannot really comment on it.
To summarize the classic rooms are not really pleasant to stay in and even if the rate is decent I would stay elsewhere. The ‘deluxe’ rooms are nice but not even close to being good value for money.