| From: TD, USA |
| Date of Stay: July, 2008 |
| Location great, room met my expectations in accordance with price. Would only recommend hotel to those who are in good enough shape to carry luggage up a steep hil - the staircase from entry at street level to the registration desk is quite a cahllenge and there is no lift. |
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| From: NM, Italy |
| Date of Stay: May, 2008 |
| tourists holidays Unfortunately breakfast was nothing much but anyway good welcoming |
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| From: CM, Switzerland |
| Date of Stay: April, 2008 |
| Well-situated hotel, but that is all : - small room with used carpet and furnitures - luminuous tube as a light - the room was quite dirty - very noisy because of the traffic in the street - scaffolding in front of the window (no view) - too small breafast room - you have to give a deposit of EUR 20 cash (even if you booked with a credit card) - most of the staff is friendly except one french receptionist, who is pretty agressive - really overpriced |
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| From: Lindsay Head, USA |
| Date of Stay: January, 2008 |
| I LOVE KIKO the cat! We had a great stay--we're a young couple and went during the craziest time of year (new years). I read some really negative reviews on this hotel, but did not have a negative experience what-so-ever! All of the rumors about the stairs ARE true--they're crazy steep, BUT we were ready for them and took a lot of picture of them! Very cozy room, exactly as discribed/pictured--and yes FANTASTIC location!! |
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| From: JW, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: December, 2007 |
| As the place was cheapish, I didn't expect too much from our quadruple room. But I wasn't prepared for the icy wind which blew through the poorly fitted windows. It made the two beds by the windows unusable, and we all squeezed into the other two, as we couldn't drag the beds away far enough from the windows. Worse though was breakfast. I wasn't expecting much, but it was rubbish. 2 types of children's cereal, a rubbish toaster to make toast, hard boiled eggs, and nescafe. All the guests were laughing/muttering. Staff were aloof and rude from the outset. If you can find another place, take it. |
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| From: EM, USA |
| Date of Stay: November, 2007 |
| My friends stayed at the hotel nadia down the street and had a positive experience. I will definitely try there next time. + sweet cat excellent location - * awful breakfast (hb eggs, toast, sweaty hard cheese, even the woman working the breakfast area noted the cereal pitcher smelled awful) * awful staff (unhelpful, complacent, seemed irritated to have to deal with anyone - esp. the night person. the cleaning staff were the most friendly of the bunch. one day there was a very nice woman at the front desk.) * room stunk of marijuana and perfume (presumably one to cover up the other - not their fault, but maybe not allowing people to smoke in the hotel would be nice? - i can understand the desire to want to smoke, but my room did also have a balcony on which someone could have stood and smoked instead). * flights of stairs may impede you * tiny (i mean TINY) rooms * no ventilation * on a noisy street (the tram is going by regularly) * the wireless internet doesn't really work if you're in a room far from the lobby or the 4th floor |
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| From: SC, Hong Kong |
| Date of Stay: November, 2007 |
| You just get what you pay for. Everything is basic, the room is tiny and a bit noisy because it is close to the tram track. On the hand, it is clean (especially the bathroom) and the area is safe. The staircases would be a bit difficult for big luggage though. The location is excellent, it is close to the DAM and central station. |
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| From: Michele Donato, Italy |
| Date of Stay: November, 2007 |
| room quite small but any hotel in the city center of a'dam is such small. it was quite clean. the location is absolutely wonderful, behind dam square, near a beautiful channel, a location you see when you take the canal tour! very nice, you can move by feet and the zone is well served with trams and buses positive |
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| From: PL, France |
| Date of Stay: November, 2007 |
| Family 4 days in Amsterdam (50-45-18-16) Well located near town center (Dam) Rooms not spacious but quiet Spectacular stairs Not recommended for elderly people |
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| From: RR, USA |
| Date of Stay: October, 2007 |
| Hotel staff were very friendly and accomodating. Very quiet at night which was a nice surprise, considering the hotel's very central location. I would stay here again. |
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| From: Alain Girardet, France |
| Date of Stay: October, 2007 |
| Steep staircases to reach floors (and lack of lift) make access OK only for fit persons with few luggages.... |
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| From: SC, Italy |
| Date of Stay: October, 2007 |
| Hotel con posizione invidiabile, proprio nel centro della bellissima città di Amsterdam. Adatto a govani che non si fanno troppi problemi. Giudizio tutto sommato sufficiente. |
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| From: MB, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: September, 2007 |
| The stairs leading up to the hotel were very steep and high making it difficult to get up with a suitcase (there is no lift). Breakfast is very basic but adequate. The room we stayed in was very small, but had everything we needed. Pleasant staff. |
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| From: RAMON VALLDOSERA SERRANO, Spain |
| Date of Stay: September, 2007 |
| Breakfast was very poor. Only cheese, marmelades and margarine. Some corn flakes and boiled eggs. Every day the same. What about some sausages, bacon or ham? Orange juice undrinkable. Impossible staircase! In fact, as many other buildings in the area. Dirty, heavy windows hard to open and small double room direct to a busy street. Curious ventilation system: a broken coat-hanger holding the heavy window. Luckily we had a shower in the room! We knew many hotels haven't! We stayed 4 days in Amsterdam. We had meals in Jordaan and in the Herengracht area. Pizzeria Pepe in Jordaan was good. The best restaurant was "Admiraal" in Herengracht 319. |
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| From: Marisa Wallace, USA |
| Date of Stay: August, 2007 |
| Well, all the other comments about stairs were right. There were certainly stairs. But our older travel companion handled them well. Also, a single room is really a single room with a twin bed, but it had a great balcony. We liked the location. It was easy to find. They had good service during the day, but the night staff seemed new and couldn't answer as many questions. The official hotel cat was quite friendly and was a cheery greeter in the AM and PM. |
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| From: Margaret Godfrey, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: June, 2007 |
| Very good reasonably priced hotel, with kind staff and in an excellent location. Would recommend and use again!! |
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| From: Christoph Prüfer, Germany |
| Date of Stay: June, 2007 |
| The hotel has a fantanstic location. We had a view to the middle of the town (near dam). Quite Close you can find restaurant, bike rentals, shopping street.... The rooms are not so big but the spaciousness is OK. It could be a little bit better cleaned and the windows would like to get a new paintwork. Das Hotel ist sehr gut gelegen. Das Zentrum (Dam) ist sehr nah und auch Shopping und Unterhaltúng ist nicht weit entfernt. Wer die Stadt ein wenig auf eigene Faust erkunden will sollte sich ein Fahrrad mieten (8,5 Euro am Tag). Das Zimmer im Hotel ist OK - nicht riesig aber für die Übernachtung ausreichend. Wobei dieses etwas besser gereinigt sein könnte und die Fenster mal einen neuen Anstrich gebrauchen könnten - wobei der Ausblick für das Zimmer entschädigt. Das Frühstück könnte in der Auswahl etwas üppigersein, ist aber dennoch OK. |
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| From: Yuliya Shukhat, USA |
| Date of Stay: May, 2007 |
| This hotel is good for young people who do not mind sleeping in a very little room and do not care much about it's condition (kind of poor but clean). I would not say it was adequate to the price that we paid, because for only 6.00 euros more a night we stayed at a top quality hotel in Luxembourg. |
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| From: Zoja Skopalová, Czech Republic |
| Date of Stay: March, 2007 |
| I was satisfied with this hotel, nice surrounding, near of a lot of atractions, employees were nice and ready. Stairs and size of the room - no comment, it is adequate to the price! Only one thing - there was one day without any cleaning. |
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| From: Carmen Sepulveda, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: March, 2007 |
| Will not go back. Was there as a party of three. The room we stayed in was the triple one on the picture of the website but was definitely smaller than expected. Toilet was tiny, no proper shower, just a 'shower section that left the floor wet and shower curtain was moldy. Also, it was a room that smelled horribly bad from cigarrette smoke, we had to keep the windows open constantly despite the cold. When there was a change of plan and one of the three of us had to leave earlier than expected, we asked to use a double room instead of a triple. This was more than 24hrs in advance, but despite having availability we were told it was not possible due to venere's rule. It seemed more like they wanted to make more money on us! When we tried to discuss further the matter the 'all male staff' representative present was very agressive to us. So, although the location is great, the rest does not compensate for a bitter departure! |
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