Great service, sparking clean hotel, room is slightly questionable
We stayed here for close to a week in early September. Check-in was quick and we were kindly shown to our rooms on the ground floor.
The room itself was clean but there were some questionable features. For one, the fridge wasn't working when we came in, though we never reported it on our part as we didn't really need it. The bathroom layout was also problematic as it was a walk-in shower, which would have been fine except that one's back would directly face the toilet while showering, hence we caused a lot of wet floors which extended into the toilet area. Otherwise the room felt modern and fairly clean. As a side note, there was a climate control system but we felt that, in the late summer/early autumn heat, leaving the windows slightly ajar made the rooms cooler.
The hotel itself was quite stylish. The corridors appeared gaudy and overpoweringly red in photos, but actually appeared more toned down in reality. The bathroom at reception was exceptionally clean at pretty much all times of the day. Service was great through and through, from lending us umbrellas when it was raining to explaining Dutch text we didn't understand.
Location-wise, the hotel is in a slightly quiet part of Amsterdam close to the canal rings. We could easily access the Central Station through Amsterdam Muiderpoort, a five minutes' walk from the hotel. Trams running to the outer canal rings regularly service the hotel, making it particularly convenient. Because we were on the ground floor and our windows were ajar at night, we could hear the occasional noise from our rooms, but the area generally felt alright at night. There aren't many eateries in the vicinity of the hotel, but there was a laundromat directly across from it.
In all, a fairly decent stay for a stylish boutique hotel in a convenient location. Just beware the room and bathroom layout and features.
