De Laak

Really sweet and helpful staff, but this is an old building so no elevators and if you're on anything higher than the second floor you will be humping your bag up very narrow, steep and curved stairs. The room was cozy, what you would expect from an older European hotel. I would stay there again because it's very central to a lot of the historic area, which was convenient.

Close to train station, beautiful location, small rooms.

My wife, 5yo son and I stayed four nights at the July and we had a great experience. We booked an apartment and when we arrived around noon they were able to find a room that was free so we could check in early. Shortly after they had a staff member come to unfold the sofabed for our son. The front desk staff was very helpful at check in. For Europe, it’s actually a pretty big room and quite a big bathroom. There is only a closet to store your things, no drawers. There are two USB-A ports on each side of the bed, with EU outlets elsewhere. We bought a very good adapter from the desk for 12 EU. The climate control is pretty good; when we arrived midday the room was hot, l closed all the shades and turned on what appeared to be the AC, and by evening the room was comfortable and cool. The beds were very comfortable, including the sofabed. The rainfall shower was great – the pressure wasn’t as intense as we might be used to in the US but it was still more than sufficient for a very comfortable shower. The hotel is away from the busy city center. If you’re looking to be in the center or steps away from a tram to the center, this isn’t it, but it’s still very easy to get into town: about a 7 minute walk to a bus stop that goes to Amsterdam centraal. Or ferries in a different direction. By the bus stop is another great neighborhood with places to eat or shop. We will definitely stay here again the next time we come to AMS.