Restaurant - Hotel - Scooterverhuur 't Oud Gemeentehuis Poelkapelle — Restaurant in Langemark - Poelkapelle

Just had a very good long weekend in Poelkapelle, Oud Gemeentehuis. Nele & Stijn are really the most excellent of hosts, ably supported by the oldest of their two delightful sons. ||We stayed on the top floor, in the modern rooms. I'm tall, so the slightly sloping ceiling was a nuisance but no more than that. The room was brilliant, only thing missing was a kettle! We have rarely slept so well in 'unknown' beds, very comfortable. Rooms are ample for a few nights, I wouldn't want to stay here for a week. En suite very good, nice thick towels & soaps etc. Good shower, nice pressure there. View from the bedroom was the church (which luckliy didn't kick off until 7 a.m.) and the main road, which wasn't too busy. Central heating is done via an airco, which would be brilliant in the (hot!) summers as the room is built inside the roof. Very clever.||The service was very good, friendly and efficient. I was 'phoned on the day of arrival (whilst enjoying lunch in Zonnebeke) and asked what we wanted for our evening meal. (you see: during the winter the place is basically shut until Friday p.m. for all-day service and, therefore, their restaurant is also closed during the week) . At 5 p.m. , as if by magic, the bar opened up and we were all welcomed with a lovely, proper beer - and one glass of white wine.... The food there is very good. Nele reminds me of those cooks in the gulley af a submarine, who - somehow - manage to provide a lovely meal for all the crew! And very affordable. ||Talking to Stijn he informed me that he caters for 5% WW1 tourists, the rest are business people, contractors etc. Don't go looking for WW1 books and the like there (all other B & B's I've been to the seating-area's seemed cuck-a-block which books) because you won't find them. So, bring your own or make a new purchase. .... another excuse to buy a new book, or 2,3,4...!||So: highly...

Just had a very good long weekend in Poelkapelle, Oud Gemeentehuis. Nele & Stijn are really the most excellent of hosts, ably supported by the oldest of their two delightful sons. ||We stayed on the top floor, in the modern rooms. I'm tall, so the slightly sloping ceiling was a nuisance but no more than that. The room was brilliant, only thing missing was a kettle! We have rarely slept so well in 'unknown' beds, very comfortable. Rooms are ample for a few nights, I wouldn't want to stay here for a week. En suite very good, nice thick towels & soaps etc. Good shower, nice pressure there. View from the bedroom was the church (which luckliy didn't kick off until 7 a.m.) and the main road, which wasn't too busy. Central heating is done via an airco, which would be brilliant in the (hot!) summers as the room is built inside the roof. Very clever.||The service was very good, friendly and efficient. I was 'phoned on the day of arrival (whilst enjoying lunch in Zonnebeke) and asked what we wanted for our evening meal. (you see: during the winter the place is basically shut until Friday p.m. for all-day service and, therefore, their restaurant is also closed during the week) . At 5 p.m. , as if by magic, the bar opened up and we were all welcomed with a lovely, proper beer - and one glass of white wine.... The food there is very good. Nele reminds me of those cooks in the gulley af a submarine, who - somehow - manage to provide a lovely meal for all the crew! And very affordable. ||Talking to Stijn he informed me that he caters for 5% WW1 tourists, the rest are business people, contractors etc. Don't go looking for WW1 books and the like there (all other B & B's I've been to the seating-area's seemed cuck-a-block which books) because you won't find them. So, bring your own or make a new purchase. .... another excuse to buy a new book, or 2,3,4...!||So: highly...

Rarely as a motorcyclist do you find a great hotel with secure parking...when I say secure parking, they don't come much than the old town hall gates of this guesthouse!|Someone in our bikeclub recommended this hotel and we were so pleased they did, as we thoroughly enjoyed our stay. |The hospitality was great, the food we ordered during the evening, the breakfast.....everything was spot on. |The location couldn't have been better - we had already planned a full day of history and sight-seeing and the first stop was literally 5 minutes ride away (Yorkshire trench and dug-out).|The rooms are massive, heated well and spotless.||Our only issue we encountered was we didn't realise that the guesthouse didn't open their restaurant on a Monday evening and there is nothing open on a Monday close by (or so we thought) to purchase anything. We had to ride back to Ypres in the pouring rain and with damp spirits we didn't end up getting anything until we realised a tiny burger bar just down the road from guesthouse was still open. The lady owner was lovely, we were chatting to her and her husband for ages and eventually took our burgers and fries back to the hotel room.|If going again on a Monday, we would eat a main meal at lunch and get a sandwich for tea.||Overall, fantastic guesthouse, the roaring fire in the morning whilst eating breakfast fresh from the bakery was amazing. If in the area, we would definitely stay here again and are still recommending it to...