Grand Hotel en Résidence De Draak

Grote Markt 36-38 (Bergen op Zoom) 4611 NT

The Hemingway Restaurant

The gastronomic restaurant in the Hotel & Residence de Draak with the famous Hemingway name offers culinary delights of magnificently refined dishes carefully prepared by the Head Chef Jeroen Bulkmans. The menu has a clear French and classic touch with a wide selection of good wines. Just like the hotel, the restaurant is on the characteristic Grote Markt in the centre of the entertainment area in the City of Bergen op Zoom. The cinema and theatre are within walking distance. The restaurant is a halfway house for lunch or dinner for guests and passers-by alike. During weekends, we recommend you reserve a table at the Hemingway to avoid disappointment La Pidola food and drinks pub

The pleasant La Pidola food and drinks pub is situated in the neighbouring “Wapen van Henegouwen” building where our hotel guests can casually enjoy the sun-drenched Mediterranean cuisine.

The kitchen is opened from 12.00 till 14.30 and from 18.30 till 21.30
On Saturday and Sunday the kitchen is opened from 18.30 toll 21.30

The Netherlands oldest hostelry is today a luxury hotel with a genial fourteenth century ambiance.


In the spacious, well equipped four-star rooms you can retrieve for both work and relaxation.

In the Restaurant Hemingway you can enjoy culinary works of the art of refined French and Italian cuisine.

Hotel & Residence de Draak offers you superiour possibilities for meetings, seminars and presentations.

Happy bridal couples can continue their intimate feast in the bridal suite.

Please note that breakfast is EUR 17.50 per person per night. Please note that parking is EUR 17.50 per night.

Bergen op Zoom, a city as a house, a treasure of a city

Everyone who lives here is proud of the city, that's also the effect it has on the many tourists who visit the Markiezenstad, enthusiastic about the cosiness and sincerely surprised at the historical décor. Bergen op Zoom, once one of the Netherlands' strongest fortified cities offers excellent opportunities for an extensive walk, excursion or a pleasant shopping trip.
Bergen op Zoom an excellent operating base
The surrounding areas of Wouwse Plantage, Brabantse Wal, Kalmthoutse heide, Bergse Plaat, are selected places for cycling enthusiasts to enjoy nature. It is less than three quarters of an hour from this Burgundian city to Antwerp, Breda or Deltawerken. And what about some great relaxation on the magnificent Zeeland coast?

Set in Bergen op Zoom, 31 km from Antwerp, Grand Hotel en Résidence De Draak boasts a restaurant and free WiFi throughout the property. Private parking is available on site. Each room is fitted with a TV. Some rooms feature a seating area where you can relax. All rooms are fitted with a private bathroom. Extras include free toiletries and a hair dryer. There is a 24-hour front desk, dry cleaning services and gift shop at the property. Bike hire is available at this hotel and the area is popular for windsurfing and cycling. The hotel also offers car hire. Rotterdam is 49 km from Hotel De Draak, while Breda is 35 km away. The nearest airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport, 53 km from the property.

The stylish rooms and suites are situated in two buildings, the main building and the so-called Residence and are situated directly by the characteristic Grote Markt.

The main building consists of four premises connected to one another. The old beams and Art Deco elements are reminiscent of earlier times giving many rooms their entirely own ambience and layout. There is no standard layout but there are a few standard facilities in the rooms such as an Internet connection in each room as well as the usual comforts (such as bathroom and colour television
The Residence goes back to the Nineteenth Century or to be more precise, 1879. The building with the little inside garden exudes the grandeur of the period. The rooms are very spacious and have beautiful high ceilings. The intimate ambience and the romantic bridal suite make the hotel a unique location for weddings.

Route by car


Coming from Rotterdam (A17+A58/E312) or Breda (A16+A58/E312) to ROOSENDAAL/BERGEN OP ZOOM:
At junction DE STOK continue on the A58/E312 to BERGEN OP ZOOM / ANTWERPEN / VLISSINGEN
At junction ZOOMLAND / BERGEN OP ZOOM CENTRUM (27) continue to BERGEN OP ZOOM / ANTWERPEN / VLISSINGEN
After 450 m, leave the highway and turn right at junction 28 (BERGEN OP ZOOM) into the Rooseveltlaan/Erasmuslaan
Just past the railway crossing, some 1 km, turn right into the the Jacob Obrechtlaan
Continue into the Burgemeester van Hasseltstraat
Continue via the Sint Josephplein to Huijbergsestraat
Continue to Kerkstraat
Turn right after 120 m into Hoogstraat
Until the Grote Markt Hotel De Draak

Coming from Antwerp
Keep left at the A12 motorway/Zoomse weg
Continue on the A12/Havenweg
At the Stabroek junction continue on the A12/Havenweg
Turn right onto the A5/A58/E312/Zeelandweg
Leave the highway and turn right at junction 28 (BERGEN OP ZOOM) into the Rooseveltlaan/Erasmuslaan
Just past the railway crossing, some 1 km, turn right into the the Jacob Obrechtlaan
Continue into the Burgemeester van Hasseltstraat
Continue via the Sint Josephplein to Huijbergsestraat
Continue to Kerkstraat
Turn right after 120 m into Hoogstraat
Until the Grote Markt Hotel De Draak

The Bergen op Zoom train station is just a 5 minute walk. Follow the signs Grote Markt and you will find the hotel at your right.