Bellevue

The Bellevue Hotel is a very good option for those who travel by train, since it's just beside the train station (5 minutes walk) and you can save time and money. It's very clean, the rooms are comfortable and the staff is helpful. The price is average. It's also very near the Dam Square and Red Light District and the Tram station is just a few meters from it, so you can reach anywhere in the city easily.

The breakfast is good, but the price is very expensive for what it's offered. You can look for other breakfast options, but Amsterdam is a expensive city and you won't find too much cheaper options with the same quality.

Directions: Near the train station

It was really hard to find a Hotel with a good location and still with an affordable price.
We were then lucky to find this hotel in the internet.

Unique Quality: Bellevue Hotel cost us 99 Euro per night and offers rather small rooms. They are newly renovated and look very stylish. The hotel is located just accross the railway station.

Breakfast is included (even though written otherwise on various websites) and offers a wide choice of tasty things.

Directions: Take the very right exit of the Railway Station and walk towards downtow. It's just at the beginning of Martelaarsgracht.

We booked a premium room, at very little extra cost, and certainly liked it, in terms of decor, size and facilities. It was quiet enough, being double glazed, despite being on frontage. Air conditioning was useful, avoiding that "too hot" feeling of some hotel rooms.

Good breakfast (bacon, eggs. sausages etc, plus usual cheese, meats , cereals options)

Hotel staff friendly, English-speaking - allowed us use of luggage room for last hours.

Definitely stay there again - recommended!

(PS try 'oldest bar in Amsterdam' in same block - perfect brown cafe style)

Directions: Just a simple walk from Central Station

A very clean and tidy hotel, I would say. I had a single bed room that was VERY small but interesting (as you might know, Amsterdam has a shortage of constructable land, so the houses are generally small). Located only a stone throw from the centraal station (and therfore easy access to many places) you can reach many of the attractions (e.g. Dam square, RLD, Anne Frank's...) through a 5 minute walk. Oh and friendly staff too. To be honest, I didn't check out any facilities. Breakfast (not anything special about it) is served in the ground floor cafe, which the price is not included in the room rates. Since I didn't see the size of other rooms I could highly recommend this hotel for a single individual planning to wander all about Amsterdam.

Directions: Almost opposite the Centraal station, just west to the Daamrak street

From the second that we walked into the Bellevue at 10 am, the hospitality was fantastic. While we did have to check in at 2 (early check-in was not granted for us), the staff was very friendly and helpful in trying to get us in there earlier. The hotel is very clean and tidy, but it does lack in amenities (although from the research I've done it has a lot more to it than most hotels in the central Amsterdam area). The rooms were small but comfortable and very clean. The most annoying thing I found was the bathroom which had a shower exactly level with the rest of the room, causing some flooding here and there. Other then that, the room gives off a very contemporary vibe, and even includes an LCD TV with more channels than I expected, although since you're in Amsterdam that doesnt matter much.

The breakfast was included in our price of $190USD per night for a double room, and we found it a very delicious start to our day. Our room faced the inside of the hotel, and by request we were given a room above the third floor (to avoid noise). While the view was not terrific, it was peaceful. You can request a room facing the street which is far more asthetically pleasing, but can be very loud if you're not higher up.

Unique Quality: Bellevue is located a 3 minute walk from Centraal Station, which made it an ideal hotel considering all we had to do when we arrived from the airport was cross the street. It's location is absolutely key in the sense that we had all of the trams and main streets right next to us. You visit most of Amsterdam on foot from this hotel, with the exclusion of Waterlooplein and Leidesplein, which I found to be more comfortable via the tram system. Should you choose to go outside of Amsterdam for a side-trip, the Centraal Station serves that purpose.