Hi fellow tokers,

Quite often threads pop up requesting information on Hotels and places to stay in Amsterdam, thought it would be easier for all to just create one thread which can be updated everybody over a period of time,

My 1st review is for the Centrum Hotel

Address - WARMOESSTRAAT 15 - 1012 HT AMSTERDAM - THE NETHERLANDS
(opposite Hunters Coffeeshop and Hill Street Blues – 5minute walk from Central Station)

Contact Details - TEL: + 31 20 624 35 35 - FAX: + 31 20 420 16 66

Prices – Single room 45Euros per night (pretty sure all singles have shared bathroom)
Double from 60-80 Euros per room per night.
Triple 80Euro (all shared bathrooms)
2 Bunk Bed standard (shared Bathroom) 115Euro per room per night.

I stayed at the centrum for 2 nights in June this year, was very happy with the place. Room was pretty small but clean and tidy with a nice sized bathroom, managed to talk the owner down to 75euro per night, she was originally asking for 90. The only problem with the room was we were on the 5th floor and no lift, and those stairs in dam are not designed for stoned tourists, beware!

1 negative is they knew nothing of my booking when I arrived, seems the guy that took the message didn't put it in the book, luckily there was a spare room this time.

The Centrum also has a nice comfortable bar downstairs that supposidly has the cheapest beer prices in dam, its also smoker friendly.

The hotel also has no curfew although I was a little concerned to find when i returned on sunday night at about 1am they were actually closing the bar so if I had been 30 minutes later I probably wouldn't of been able to get it.

Overall I would defiainly recommend the Centrum, it certainly ain't the Ritz but is defiaintly good value for money.


P.S Mods - Could we pin this thread please.



EDIT: I stayed here again in September due to the Greenhouse Effect being full, this time it wasn't such an enjoyable visit. We stayed a Thurs and Friday night, i think we paid 70euro for a twin room for Thurs and 90euros for Friday.

Room was small but comfortable enough, I was a bit disappointed to find you couldn't close the window, especially when I realised the hotel was having work done on its roof, which happened to be right outside my window. So for both morning we were awoke at 7am by 10-20 workmen using power tools no futher than 20 foot from my window. Luckily I was stonned enough to get some sleep!

SB

shame there is only one review to this thread,cos me and a couple of mates are going out in late Jan/Early Feb,and would like some help for where to stay.Any recomendations,for not too expensive but we like a few luxuries,on suit,24hr bar(not essential,but perfered)!Clean has to be clean and friendly.

Mithrandir.

i stayed at the Heart of Amsterdam Hotel this summer, it was ok, a bit basic but the staff were friendly enough. was £25 a night each, which was rather a damn lot, but we got ensuite and breakfast, which we were never up early enough to use. its right in the middle of the red light district and next door if Cannabis College. an advantage of the place is damn good security, as the front desk is manned 24hrs and they collar anyone not getting a key for their room from the desk before walking past. they also got a safe in each room (20 euro returnable deposit for each one). so overall, not a bad hotel, but could have been a bit better. oh yeh, the tv had no remote, so it was damn hard makin the effort to change channels at 3am whilst smokin a tulip

Cheers for the review Punky (finally someone has). Don't suppose you have any details, Telephone number, web/email adress etc.


EDIT: Found the below details for the Heart of Amsterdam hotel, still not Phone num or addy tho:


Heart of Amsterdam Hotel, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Oudezijds Achterburgwal 118-120,
Amsterdam,
Netherlands

Hotel Heart Of Amsterdam is a small, modest, but comfortable hotel and hostel situated just outside the famous Amsterdam "Red Light District" and just minutes from the real heart of Amsterdam.

It is also situated at one of the old historic canals of Amsterdam and it is easy to walk from the hotel to most of Amsterdam's main tourist-attractions including the Royal Palace at the Dam-square, the big shopping areas, the Beurs van Berlage, Madame Tussaud's and the famous Amsterdam canal boats

Walking distance to the Central Station is only 10 minutes.

You can use the lockers for free.

Please note that you must book for a minimum of 3 nights if you book on either a Friday or Saturday night. Failure to do so can result in booking cancellation.
  
Facilities

Breakfast Included
Credit Cards Accepted

i wouldn't bother stoppin there mate, it aint the best place ever for the money. i've heard very nice things said about the flying pig hostel tho. up to you....at least there's a nice view at night from Heart Of Amsterdam...mmm...red lights....

EDIT: try lookin on here as well for places, its where i booked from
http://www.hostelamsterdam.com/ :EDIT

Hey SB,

Sorry bud, totally forgot about this

I should be goin to the dam end of Nov. I've got no idea of where to stay but did find this link VERY interesting Amsterdam Hotels Listings I'll post my reviews of wherever I stay so's that you all know what it was like

Take care all and happy toking

WEBBY

Going over this weekend and staying in the Winston,

Will post a review on my return! Well couple of days after maybe...

If you've got the money or if you haven't, save up

My girlfriend & I stayed at -

Crowne Plaza Hotel
AMSTERDAM CITY CENTRE
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 5
P.O. BOX 2216
AMSTERDAM, 1012 RC NETHERLANDS

Tel: 31-20-6200500
Fax: 31-20-6201173

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/6c/1/en/home

The hotel is located in the historic heart of Amsterdam, near Central Station & the Dam Square. Shopping streets, canals, museums and lots of entertainment are in the immediate vicinity. Grasshopper & Homegrown Fantasy just down the road. A network of public transportation is available almost on the doorstep of the hotel.

The rooms are fantastic including air-conditioning, cable & satellite TV, internet access (incl. wireless), in-house movies (porn ), mini-bar, two telephones and data port, hairdryer, trouser press, iron and ironing board, bath robe, mineral water, coffee and tea making facilities.

Also has a health club open 24hrs(free to guests), if you're into that sort of thing. You should use the pool after a smoke. Refreshes the mind & body.

The staff are so pleasent & very helpful. You get a envelope in your room to tip a member of staff personally. Should of stuck a bud in it!

If you go for the buffet breakfast I'm sure you will come home a stone heavier.
So much choice, so little time.

Going again in feb with some friends

Hi all...

Well as I mentioned stayed in the Winston. Can't really remember the addy sorry but I know it is on WARMOESSTRAAT. Nip down the side of the Grasshoppper and turn left and your there...

Have to say it was Ok but nothing special...
It was a quad room though, worked out about £20 pp p night so I wasn't expecting the ritz! No TV or facilities but again, not what you book the room for. It was clean, friendly and the bar was open until about 3-4am..

Other rooms I saw looked alot nicer with Tv's etc but all in all I'd say it was fair value for money.

A good place for 4 lad's to stay but I think there are nicer places if your going with your lady...*S*

Here's some details and contact information for the Hotel Winston:

HOTEL WINSTON
Warmoesstraat 123,
Amsterdam 1012 JA,
Netherlands
Phone: 020/623-1380
Fax: 020/639-2308
Under EUR110

Once a crash pad above a notorious night bar, the hotel was transformed in 1996 to a venue for the young and the young at heart. Paintings and decor by contemporary artists grace some of the hallways and guest rooms, many of which are re-created periodically under the sponsorship of forward-thinking corporations whose demographics of choice is the "artsy" crowd. The less expensive rooms are not included in this program and many don't have private bath or toilet, but all the rooms are clean and cleverly done and some can accommodate six people. It's right in the center of town along a busy tourist street, so ask for a quiet room overlooking the inner courtyard if you want to sleep before the wee hours. The downstairs bar has quickly regained its reputation as a vibrant venue for live performance and late-night music. www.winston.nl. 66 rooms. Bar. AE, DC, MC, V.


Keep those reviews comin............

SB

Check out this site, loads of reviews of hotels...

http://www.hiptravelguide.com/amsterdam/php/index.php

I stayed at the "Old Nickel", 2 minutes from CS.
My review is on there, can't be assed to write it again

This is a cat I got free on my fourtieth birthday in the brouwersgracht. Waterbed and whirlpool bath, dream to live... though you can't cuddle, as a couple , on a waterbed, you end up in a deep sweaty hole.

Life is good.


Happy yule, for santa is a pagan too.

U

off topic but what a loveley pussy

is he/she deaf ours wasnt ......she arrived one xmas eve full of flu , the PDSA opened up on xmas morn to fix her, she survived another five years less one eye

miss henrietts mouse trap or henry tears to us was a huge female

we still have a deaf white maine coon .hes just a lump

the only place to stay if ur aged between 18-35 is the flying pig downtown. On of the coolest palces i have ever been too!

u cant smoke in ur room, but can smoke everywhere else. downstairs they have a dvd player with big comfy sofas and a dark chill area. Upstair is this cool little area, u take ur shoes off, and lie of cushions and skin up. There is also a bar and free internet.

they have all types of rooms from dorms of 22 too king size double beds.

prices are good too about £17 for a nite, u get a little breakfast too. It is located 3mins from CS and 5mins from the RDL, 2mins from home grown fantasy.

i usually spend most of my late afternoons and evenings in this place with a stash from my days travels, u dont need to go out, everything is there, cool peeps, cool music, and really chilled.

they also have a hostel down in leidseplein (sp?) and at a beach somewhere.

www.flyingpig.nl

Still trying to find an inexpensive hotel for Queens day but there's not alot available. At least not any inexpensive ones...

has anyone heard of hotel prinsenhof???

Marvil boy..............£120 pppn...

Anyone fancy the whole barge bit

Thinking of going out on the Thursday,back on the Monday

Reefer.

Is this any good to anyone:-

http://www.citymundo.com/index.html

Reefer.

Not sure about the Hotel Prinsenhof,

The hotel stands nowhere. If we catch you with drugs, we will throw you out and inform the law if necessary.

the above was Taken from there web site

http://www.hotelprinsenhof.com/mokum/free.html

Reefer,

UB
Yep I love the Prince Kras too but its a high-end trip when you stay there. Top Japanese restaurant as well for munchies.
Have tried Reefers web link and I love the idea of staying on a boat for a few days!

Fox

have a butchers at www.bulldog.nl

Anyone stayed at Hotel Uptown ???
It is above Rookies Coffeeshop.
Just wondering what it is like. I have read some good reviews but you never know who they are from or how old they are.

Hi chaps,
A year ago I stayed at HEM hotel amsterdam, and it was amazing! SO cheap (in winter only, prices go sky-high in summer) and really top-class. It was a bit of a way out of town but that had it's benefits (no ben sherman gangs on the weekend) and the tram stopped right outside. Worth checking out. I'm heading back on tuesday and staying in a log cabin at camping zeeburg, so I'll let you know how that goes!

Just some useful info for anyone to lazy or stoned to ring round hotels themselevs. Nicked it of someones post at UKC so included his description of their service.

Amsterdam Tourist & Conventions Board (open Mon/Wed/Fri)
tel 0031 205 512548, fax 0031 202 018850, email - groups@atcb.nl

"I have booked four big trips over the last few years (stag do's etc etc) and these guys have been brilliant.
Tell them what you want - what you can pay, location etc etc and they will send you some options for the dates.
They do charge a fee of €25 (for the whole booking NOT per person!!) but they get preferential rates for loads of hotels and in the past have got me some corking deals. I have never been able to get a better deal on accomodation from any web site, travel agent or even directly from the hotel!! - give em a go."

SB

Could have done with this last week

Done me head right in trying to find a hotel that either had rooms (alot of em were fully booked) or below 300 euro's for a 2 night stay

Eventually found one, it's the China Town appartment near the bottom of the list. Am well chuffed, just recieved confirmation

The Green House Effect

I know some of you have stayed at there hotel so I'll let ya'll know what the appartments are like

*note to self, must remember to do the review from the cup *

www.uptown.nl

The Uptown Hotel
What a nice place.
very friendly staff, Clean rooms, Tv,Safe,Telephone,Shower in all the rooms. Me & Her stayed there for 3 nights and we had a greeat stay. Brilliant location. Rookies coffeeshop is just underneath (which I think are owned by the same people)and this is the beauty of it. Smoking policy is Whatever rooms were cleaned and beds changed every day.
Breakfast was the usual Cold Meats/Bread/Scrambled Eggs/Boiled Eggs/Fruit Juice/Coffee.
Overall I would say The place to stay.

If I can find a host site I may even be able to show you some pics of the room.

That looks well nice Jaymarks,

I'll have to bear that in mind for the next time I go over

hotel de arts was a good stay in feb clean and not to expencive just arond the corner from dampking .its at the botom of rokin very good location

Ok, if you are a first timer or you want to go in the summer but can't afford hotels then check out 'Camping Zeeburg' it is about 15mins tram ride away fron Dam square on Zeeburg island they have bar resturant, bands etc, plenty of camping spaces and log cabins and smoking is allowed wherever, although it does fill up with young europeans. it cost me about £30 for 3 nights camping for me and my wife and my motor. bit of advice if you are taking your car driving in holland is fun because they are all mad as f*&k just stay out of city centres, if staying out of the city use the trams that is what they are there for!
must stress that this is a budget option if you want a bit of luxury don't do europe and bugger off to SE Asia and stay 4 or 5 * for £10-15 pn!!!
all the best
settingsun

Heard some good thinsg about the Zeeburg Campsite, they are very smoker friendly by all acounts, they also do cabin for those not wishing to slum it.

Here's a link:

http://www.campingzeeburg.nl/index.html

Cheers
SB

Jeez SB - I was reading your earlier post and thought, christ that's very similar to what I wrote over on UKC, NO THAT IS WHAT I WROTE.
Least you didn't claim the credit

I can throughouly recommend those guys at atcb.
Tel number - +31 (0)20 551 2548

The Albus Grand is an excellent hotel - sorry I don't have the details, but it is just off Muntplein and very close to Rokerij II.

Another that I can highly recommend - The Teminus, Beursstraat 11-19, 1012 JT Amsterdam
Tel - +31 (0) 20 622 0563 or 623 3025
Smack bang next to the Grasshopper (though there are much better places to smoke) and the street that its on runs parallel to Warmoestraat where there are any number of good CS's

Good luck chaps.....

Me and two of my mates are going to Amsterdam in about four weeks. Im wanting to know what would be the best hotel for us to stay. It would have to have to be hear the coffee shops, hookers,bars and clubs.The hotel would have to be clean and the staff would`nt have a problem with tokking in the rooms and bringing birds back (if am lucky ).Also sat/cable t.v for when am tuned to the moon!.

You need 'THE TEMINUS' Gazza,
Right on the edge of the red lights, loads of good CS's closeby.
Great rooms, hassle free.

cheers mate il look it up.

avoid the la-cana,just up from the flying pig on the other side,they got a little head shop,and fancy coffee shop(thats ok)pluss rooms,the place is a total shithole with mice that square up to you when you bring munchies home,also they want your passport till you leave

about 80 a night wot will that get me?

cats id go for the skysports bar,24/7 bar for residents,clean but basic,tokin in yer rooms ok,great grub,and a friendly allround pub,pluss its in the red light district,easy to crawl home after a day/night out on the wacci bacci.......peace! ps you get your on bog & shower too

The skysports bar is excellent in my opinion, i have never stayed there didnt realise you could? but the grub is nice and you get a mean fryup there!
what more do ya want.

i normally stay at the hotel Amsterdam, its on the corner of dam square next to the palace, its restaraunt is called the de roode leeuw, 5 mins walk from central station, 3 mins walk from red light, the other side of the road from the grasshopper, and the same side of the road as teasers,
if you aint been to teasers at christmas and had a body shot you aint lived!

anyway it has nice rooms on-suit`s 24/7 security with key card entry sys,
good selection on tv, & a mini bar.

if you book direct is not cheap, but if you go through air miles, you can get it cheap.

pictures of rooms here: http://www.hotel-bookings.nl/deroodeleeuw-ned.html
description here: http://www.bookings.nl/hotel/nl/amsterdam....kout=2004-07-21

this place is excellent! i have stayed here 4 times now.

pic of hotel:

mmmmmmmm teasers never really went in(mrs was with me)but often bought chips just to the left of teasers,and always managed to get a nice seat outside

i have stayed at the winston and a place called the melting pot with mates. both were nice for what they were. the melting pot you wont find anywhere listed on the net and is quite a find. it is basically a restaurant with 5/6 rooms above. all the rooms are decorated impecably in different decors. ie. cosmopolitan, scandinavian, historic, etc. i paid about 50 quid a night for a double. i have stayed at other places but i do not remember their names.

this time i got a very nice deal at the crowne plazza in dam square. 6 nights standard double for 450 quid. works out at £37.50 per person per night.

since i have done all the usual things in amsterdam -- coffe shops, museums, beach, cannals etc i think it will be nice to just hang out.


one thing i have found is that if you see a restaurasnt ect and on the window or near the side of the building it has the letter 'H' somewhere it means it is also a hostel/hotel. so go in and ask if they have space or how much they cost. that way you may find a nice little jem for your return visit.

cheers cant wait to go only a few weeks to go

me and me mate are going for a day trip to the dam in sept, just for the crack, travel by plane £30 round trip, no hotel, just get hammerd and come back in the same day. gonna take some pics and txt them to me other mates while they are at work, just to wind them up

its a bit of a stealth mission should be fun!!

I've stayed at the Luxer (http://www.amsterdam.info/hotels/hotel_luxer_amsterdam/). Nothing amazing, but clean and welcoming. Right in the middle of the red light district (a bit too much so for me, but this may be a bonus to some!!??)

Also stayed at the Nadia (http://www.hotel-bookings.nl/nadia.html). Nice little hotel. Small rooms, but very friendly staff.

Going again in November and will be staying at the NH City Centre (http://www.hotel-bookings.nl/tulipinnamsterdam.html). Will report back with my findings

If thats the tulip inn next to dam sq, i hope you ain't paying full price.

Last time i went i got it discounted (payed about half price) well worth it IMO. Although i would have been annoye to pay full price for it. The lobby looks quite posh, but the room are nowt special. Excellent location though.

The albus grand is nice...i think coz it was renovated only a few years ago. Used to be called Campiogne i think. It's on the Vijzelstraat i think.

For a cheapy hotel the Rokin was ok, even had a free safe (didin't even have to leave a deposit).

The Westropa is one to give a miss... they got signs up saying no marijuana to be smoked on the premises. Miserable shiites

Hey everyone.

I am heading to Amsterdam in Feb with a mate. We were thinking off staying in the Heart of Amsterdam Hostel. Now being a lady (little britain stylee) will it be suitable for me? I want to experience all there is in Amsterdam and I'm not easily offened!

What are the rooms like, are they relatively clean? Can you smoke in the rooms? Is it value for money? (small budget)

*ryE

if you've got a few quid, then check out the Grand, it's really something else, all the rooms are different - the door to my standard room opened up to a huge bathroom on the right and a staircase leading up to a funky living area and gigantic bed. i think it's an old palace. you can get a weekend there for around €400 (per room) which together with a couple of cheap flights and the Grand's limo service (€50 each way) would make a wonderful romantic weekend. it's a lot of money but not a lot for feeling like a rock star for the weekend!

I don´t stay at my friend´s apartment on my last night in Amsterdam to save getting a tram to Central Station to get to the airport. I always get a hotel room in the town centre. There is a hotel ´clearing´booth on the main road from Central to Dam Square, it´s before you get to Teazers from the Station. Go in there and ask which hotels are available.
Last time I stayed at Hotel Citadel. It´s literaly three or four minutes stagger to Central.
Very nice rooms, Sky TV, shower and bath, and breakfast in the morning. I got it for 15E per night.
Well it´s worth a try anyway, just make sure you´ve had 60g of Thai mushrooms before hand like I did.
Oh and go to the cinema.
It probably won´t appeal to you, but there´s not an English cinema here in Tenerife so everytime I´m abroad I get wasted and hit the flicks

I haven't stayed there myself (yet), but a friend of a friend is involved with running The Hemp Hotel, which has been fully booked almost since it opened and where hemp products are used wherever possible. According to the website, they're looking for investors to help fund an expansion.

Frederiksplein 15, 1017XK Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Telephone: ++31 20 6254425
Fax: ++31 20 4715242
E-mail: mila@hemp-hotel.com

stayed the past couple of nights on the Amstel Botel, booked through hotels.nl on the below link:

http://www.hotels.nl/amsterdam/botel/

Hotel is literally 2-3 minutes from central station, on the left as you leve the main entrance.

Paid 156euros for a double room for 2 nights so was pretty cheap at about £26 each per night. Room was small but clean and tidy, the radiator made a right racket and the bathroom was pretty small but nothing you could really complain about for the price. Not the quietest of hotels and expect to find lots of your usual pisshead tourists, was a little bit of trouble one night and the room above had a window put through. Although as with the noisy rad none of this distrubed my sleep wouldnt even of known unless i'd hand't been told the next morning.

Breakfast was also included in the price, full continetal buffet style with an attempt at a english fried breakfast (small sasuages and funny coloured bacon), not really a breakfast person so wasnt really bothered, oj and tea was pretty good so thats all I needed to know.

Overall I def recomend the Botel, nice and central, staff were friendly enough and its clean and tidy, also can't moan at free movies (porn) and breakfast for £26 a night.

Also you can get some great rates though hotels.nl could of stayed in the Nh Barbazon Palace, 5* for £50 each a night, def worth checking out.

SB

I stayed at the Singel Hotel on The Singel! Very good hotel and about 200 yards from Central Station Very clean and the rooms are a good size with cable TV. breakfast is continental. It's a 3 star and cost me 40 quid a night. I would recomend BUT be sure NOT to get a room on the ground floor My room was on the ground floor next to the Lift and where they prepared brecky Thank god we had 2 rooms at the hotel