| From: Urban Andersson, Sweden |
| Date of Stay: October, 2007 |
| It's an ok hotel near Vondel Park. The tram is just around the corner. The breakfast is fine and the room was what you could expect. Small but clean and the beds were fine. What more can you expect ? |
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| From: Milt Garrett |
| Date of Stay: August, 2008 |
| When we arrived, we were told the hotel was "over booked." However, the wonderful young Asain woman receptionist was so gracious as she had made arrangements before our arrival at the Atlanta Hotel at Rembrandtplein. She even did a confimation at the Alanta, twice, so we were comfortable with what eventually transpired. True cutomer service at its best. (The Atlana was so much closer to the central business district, too.) |
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| From: Francesca Leto, Italy |
| Date of Stay: October, 2008 |
| Nice and charming hotel in a smart residential area near the main museums well served by tram, but the room was small and a little dark. However, we would stay there again! |
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| From: LN, Norway |
| Date of Stay: September, 2008 |
| We (family members 64, 39, 11) stayed in Amsterdam 3 days. We are frequent and experienced travellers. Upon the arrival we had to pay for our stay. As far as we have experienced in hotels all over Europe,it is highly irregular to pay in advance and before you have inspected your room. In fact, Our triple room turned out to have many defects., but luckily, it was possible to give us another room. Furthermore, Venere had stipulated a total amount for the room. However, to this amount was added 20 euro for various fees. A total amount quoted should be the total amount to pay. |
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| From: Janet Davies |
| Date of Stay: July, 2008 |
| An excellent hotel for a break with friends, the room for 5 was a good size and price. The hotel was quite far from the centre but the trams were easy to catch from close by. |
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| From: LS, Switzerland |
| Date of Stay: June, 2008 |
| The recepionist was very unpleasant! The bathroom was very small and the shower was too high for us. We can't move it! |
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| From: Joseph Munz |
| Date of Stay: April, 2008 |
| This hotel is fine, but very a bit expensive considering it´s rather far from the center and not an upmarket hotel. I know that hotels are expensive in Amsterdam, and the manager did remark that his hotel is one of the cheapest in Amsterdam on LateRooms - I guess I just don´t understand why hotels are two or three times more expensive in Amsterdam!! I was a bit upset when I was charged the City Tax on top of the LateRooms rate, and then a 3% charge for paying by credit card. I think that the price quoted should just be a TOTAL price (just include all of the fees!!!) -- even if the fine print explains this. It´s just irritating to have two charges tacked on to what is supposed to be a special price on a website. In any case, the hotel is acceptable, just not the bargain that I get in other cities. |
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| From: Lorena Pavez, Chile |
| Date of Stay: June, 2008 |
| I felt a little disappointed when I realized that the clean service didn't work at all. Our room was never cleaned and we had to ask for the towels replacement. Breakfast was good and the better thing is the location. Other negative point was that we were asked to pay first without seeing the room in advance.... |
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| From: C Renwick |
| Date of Stay: January, 2008 |
| from the start the reception staff were rude and ubrupt, we were spoken to as if children and no attention was givin to the fact that we were customers. we didnt get clean towels and the food was terrible. Ill never stay there again! |
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| From: DP, Serbia and Montenegro |
| Date of Stay: June, 2008 |
| Nice street, room was quiet, breakfast quite enough, stairs too narrow and no internet access. Walking distance to Van Gogh's museum and Rijksmuseum. Suitable for youngsters. |
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| From: Marcio Brandao |
| Date of Stay: January, 2008 |
| A little far from downtown, but easy to find. The bathroom is a little small. |
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| From: Reviewer has requested to be kept anonymous. |
| Date of Stay: April, 2007 |
| The Hotel is easy to access to city centre by tram, but it isn't too close to walk to city centre.The price of two nights stay was different to what we have been quoted. The room we got was very close to breakfast room and the stairs, so it was very noisy. |
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| From: PH, Austria |
| Date of Stay: April, 2008 |
| excellent and very helpful reception desk, breakfast rather poor |
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| From: Mark Elston |
| Date of Stay: March, 2007 |
| The hotel was good value (for a family of 4 in one room) and was in an ideal location near Vondel Park & the main museums. The staff were fairly friendly & even helped with booking on-line for Anne Franks house to save queuing. The one downside was breakfast which was distinctly average - but overall we enjoyed our stay & would recommend the hotel. |
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| From: BM, USA |
| Date of Stay: April, 2008 |
| Quality room. Good Breakfast. Nice Residential area. |
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| From: Reviewer has requested to be kept anonymous. |
| Date of Stay: March, 2007 |
| Lovely little hotel in a nice area of amsterdam. Easy tram ride to the city centre (just take tram 2 to central station) It is also just down the road from a brilliant bakery. Highly recommended to groups on a budget. |
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| From: TJ, USA |
| Date of Stay: October, 2007 |
| Location, location, location. The Apple Inn is located in a quiet residential area. That being said, the local Tram line runs right down the street in front of the hotel and the stop is a short block down the street. So you have peace and quiet in your room for sleeping (why else are you in your room except to sleep?) and yet just hop on the tram and in a few short minutes you are in the Centrum where there is tons of stuff to see and do. It is also very close (walking distance) to the Van Gogh Museum and the Rijs.... Museum. After ten days in Italian hotels that were more expensive and yet had 2' by 2' showers, the small but adequate shower facilities seemed expansive by comparison. Our ground floor room opened up to a very private and cute patio area. Beware the second floor. Very steep and narrow stairs and no elevator. I would definitely stay there on my next trip to Amsterdam. |
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| From: Reviewer has requested to be kept anonymous. |
| Date of Stay: February, 2007 |
| The beds were a bit uncomfortable (think camp-beds) and it's a bit of a walk to the centre of town; about 30mins at least. The stairs are also very small and very steep. But the breakfast was nice and we had a very pleasant stay. |
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| From: DL, USA |
| Date of Stay: September, 2007 |
| Our 'nonsmoking' room smelled quite strongly of stale smoke, accented by the ashtray on the bedroom table. The mattress was very poor quality: no springs, just smelly foam. The hotel did not tell us beforehand about their 2% surcharge for credit card payment, and did not mention that their quoted room rates did not include tax. They also refused to accommodate an early departure time, meaning we were not able to eat the breakfast that we paid for in the room rate (and they wouldn't give us a discount to reflect this). Overall, we found the hotel to be very disappointing and the service to be very inflexible and unaccommodating. We would not recommend this hotel. |
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| From: Carol Rowe, USA |
| Date of Stay: July, 2007 |
| We really enjoyed this hotel. Although our triple room was a tad bit smaller than the photo on the website appeared, it was bigger than a comparable room we had in London, as well as being more attractive and having more comfortable accommodations. The breakfast room is quite nice as was the food provided on the buffet, and I was even able to borrow an iron and a power converter from the front desk to meet our needs. The staff helped me make a dinner reservation and checked the train times for our departure online. The location is great with the #2 tram running up and down the street, accessing practically all of the sites we wanted to see as well as the central station. My main complaint is that there is no luggage closet available so that luggage for early arrivals and late departures clutters up the reception area and is generally unsecured. |
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