It was our first trip to mainland europe we loved this hotel. Great location, friend staff, lots of comfort, and very clean. I recommend this to any one traveling to Amsterdam!

This hotel is nothing spectacular....even by overpriced European hotel standards. The room was small and few of the rooms, if any, have a view of anything. My room was also ridiculously far from the elevator and the only route was a series of winding hallways, which made you think twice about leaving the room. I was happy to get 2 free Heineken's as a gift for Platinum members. However, during my stay I drank the other Heineken's in the mini-bar and they were not replaced throughout the remaining 3 nights of my stay. Additionally, there is only one entrance/exit from the hotel. At night, they lock the front door. Instead of a key swipe system, you must buzz the front desk and wait for them to buzz you in.....they were not particularly quick with the buzzer. Overall, the location was good but the other parts of the hotel were average to below average.

Stayed at this hotel for a weekend break. Personally thought the hotel was sited in an excellent location. Good bars and retaurants loated all around. Try Haarlemmerstraat for eating and drinking excellent quality. Hotel <5 mins from station. No complaints with room or service although we did not eat at the hotel thus would be unfair to give it 5/5. Taxi from airport 40 EU on a Friday evening so perhaps expect a little more with traffic. Approx 10 min walk to Dam Square where things liven up a little. Wouldn't say hotel was near Red Light District as some have said. RLD fun to people watch in the day but there's more to Amsterdam than the RLD. Best fun of the weekend - Hiring bikes for the day at 10EU/person. What a great way to see the city. Just watch out for the trams!!!

Just got back from a weekend in Amsterdam and stayed at this hotel and am absolutely amazed at how bad a hotel that claims to be this good can actually be...
Our room overlooked a parking garage - the ceilings were less than 7'-0" high in the corridors - the dutch are tall people... has the marriott chain figured that out yet?
the rooms themselves were nothing to write home about - very average and very ordinary with absolutely no character....borderline shabby actually. I understand they are undergoing a renovation.. the rates should be lower - under any circumstances.
Booked the hotel at 200 euro a night for a double room with no extras- that too on lastminute.com - the rack rates are significantly higher - 390 euro - and am amazed that they can ask for so much for providing so little. Upon checking out they upped our rate and asked us to pay a 10 euro additional fee (apart from the taxes which were another 10 euro which we were happy to pay)... now 10 euro is not a big amount but saying that "the agency hadnt deducted the right amount from my card" was a little lame and frankly, in bad taste. We refused to pay and they didn't press it but it just left a bad taste in the mouth.
Amsterdam is a wonderful city - the people are absolutely great- the only selling point for this hotel is its location - right within walking distance to Centraal Station so getting to and from the airport is easy. Having said that there are tons of hotels in the area so that is hardly a USP....
in a nutshell - stay elsewhere!