This is a great hotel. Me and my boyfriend went to a backpack trip through Europe and being at a four stars hotel was very fine. The location is not really a problem...the metro station is only 10-minute walking far. I bet we could never find such a good hotel for the same prices in downtown. The staff is very friendly, the breakfast is good, as much as the room service. The restaurant is a little bit expensive, but offers quality food and drink. The room is totaly comfortable and clean, the shower and bathtub are superb. Don?t let go for reviews which undeserve this hotel, because the metro service in Amsterdam is completely precise and nobody should die due to a 10-minute walking to the station. And when we were there, it was 3?C!

Pro: The hotel is nice and clean. The staff was helpful. The breakfast was good, being an American I like a hot breakfast. The breakfast buffet had scrambled eggs, bacon, wonderful croissants, fresh squeezed orange juice, fresh fruit, and few other items. The breakfast buffet also had the typically European breakfast, cold meats and cheese, fish, bread, tea, coffee, and what you expect from an European breakfast. The metro stop about 10 min walk from the hotel(with a stroller). Go out the front door turn left. You can buy the tickets at the front desk. Con: No where to eat around the hotel. It is located in an industrial area. Have breakfast at the hotel, but make sure you eat before returning to the hotel. The hotel restaurant is expense. I did find a small snack cafe across the bridge(turn right outside of the hotel and over the bridge) that was good, but other than that the only restaurant(which was recommended by the hotel staff) required reservations. Overall: Good value, we got a special weekend rate that included the breakfast. It is on the outskirts of Amsterdam, but a short metro ride into the city. I would recommend doing a hop on and hop off canal bus in Amsterdam. Pick up Rick Steves travel guide for Amsterdam, it was very helpful. If you plan on seeing the Anne Frank house, do it an hour or 2 before it closes. The line during the day is really long, but we went about 90 minutes before it closed very few poeple in line, less than a 10 min wait.

We stayed at the hotel for 4 days. The room was very good and clean and the staff very friendly and helpful in every way, the breakfast boufet was not very big but it was clean and tasty. The only problem with this hotel is that its far from city center. The nearest station is walking 15 minutes and tacking the tram for 20 minutes to get to the city center (Dam square or Central Station). Otherwise everything was great from

This was our first hotel on the Globus Tour (Scenic Delights). We arrived early in the morning and our room was not ready, but the hotel stored our luggage in a locked room behind the desk. The hotel is quite a distance outside of the city. There is a tram that you can take into the city that has a stop about a 5 minute walk from the hotel. (You can buy tram tickets at the hotel desk or on the tram.) It is about a 10-15 minute ride on the tram to the main square in Amsterdam. Coming from the USA, the size of the room was a shocker. It was about half the size of an average hotel room in the USA. We had a buffet dinner at the hotel, compliments of our tour. It was ok. We were expecting something more "Dutch" or local. The food was very generic, you could have eaten it in any country. We also had the breakfast buffet, compliments of our tour. It was a good variety.

My boyfriend & I stayed at this hotel over the bank holiday weekend following the great reviews this property has received. We live in London and love walking so therefore did not think its location away from the centre to be of concern. The room was quiet, clean with good quality toilettries, the breakfast was very good (a lot to choose from). However t the hotel staff, both at breakfast room and reception were almost indiferent to their guests and were not able to cope with basic demands such as the provision of hot water for making tea. Another disappointment was the "Fitness Centre" - a small room with 3 fitness machines badly serviced and a broken table football. Next time we will stay somewhere else,