Tiny, poky room at top of perilously steep flight of stairs (a real hazard if you have a heavy suitcase - there's no lift and no assistance available). Ancient, frayed and none-too-clean carpet. Grubby paintwork. Unbearably hot: no aircon, of course, but also impossible to leave window open overnight, as it opened onto a ledge also accessible from the neighbouring rooms, so wouldn't have been secure. The 'view' from the window was of a central hollow a few square metres in size and surrounded by high walls on all sides - filthy and dark, so no light made it into the room whatsoever. Not so much as a tooth beaker provided. TV but no remote control. No chair to sit on, and no space to put one in any case: even pushed together, the 2 very narrow single beds took up almost every inch of available space. Light switch in the shower room half hanging off the wall, the floor of the shower still clogged with the hairs of the previous guest. Once-white towels, long since grey. The bed was hopeless: totally saggy and offered no support or comfort whatsoever. Room doors impossible to close without banging, and there's clearly no soundproofing, so between the unbearable heat, the saggy bed, the banging doors and the fact you can hear every utterance from the neighbouring room, you can forget about a good night's sleep. The girl on 'reception' (in reality, the Italian restaurant of the same name, next door) was pleasant, but wisely chose not to enquire whether everything had been alright when I checked out next morning. Nor did she seem remotely surprised that I didn't want to stay for the prepaid breakfast. At €130 per night including breakfast (had I been able to stomach it), it was considerably cheaper than every other hotel I looked at in the city centre, and it's literally just 5 minutes' walk from the Centraal Station, so its location is perfect. Even so, just don't do it. I hated every minute I spent there, and would not for one moment ever consider going back. I had completely forgotten that hotels could be this grotty. …