Excellent!
The hotel is excellent!! We were there from sunday to wednesday before easter – days I know to be not so busy in Amsterdam, so we got a great deal on the room: just €134 per night, for a huge doubleroom with a lounge/dining table by the huge corner bay-windows overlooking Prinsengracht and Leidsestraat.
The room was clean and the decor tasteful - it's really spacious, which is unusual for old houses in Amsterdam!! It has an unbelievable view of the canal, and a really nice, and big bathroom (2 sinks and a tub).
The room was located on the 3rd floor, so we were high enough up to also have a view over some of the roofs, (nice feeling of space and air), and to be able to have the window open, without being overwhelmed by the buzzing street below.
There's a kettle in the room, and complimentary coffee/tea. Also a fridge-minibar (sodas, beer, alcohol), which we just took out, and used the fridge for our own drinks and food, bought at the local supermarket at a fraction of the price.
Breakfast is included, and the buffet is continental - they don't say that anywhere, which unfortunately is probably on purpose.
But even without bacon, beans and fried eggs, there's plenty to choose from: white and dark bread, croissants, rolls and muffins. Various jams/marmelades, cheese with and without cuminseeds, ham and other cuts, yoghurt, cereals, and fruit. Different types of juice, cocoa and of course coffee, (with hot milk - yummy!), and teas.
And the funniest thing: a pot of almost boiling water on a hotplate, and some curious boil-your-own-egg-dipping-basket-things (-and that's my short description!). Never seen that before!!
Security is good. I've been to Amsterdam before, and I've always stored my valuables in a safe, or held them close to my person where I went, and still felt a bit unsafe.
At this place, I really felt I could relax, which was really nice! Of course one should never be careless, but I certainly felt I didn't have to watch out all the time.
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