Just back from a weekend at this hotel.
The location is fantastic five minute walk to the train station, two minutes to shops, ten minutes to Dam Square and Red Light District (what an eye opener)!
The rooms are clean only complaint very lumpy pillows. Staff are all very friendly as was everybody in Amsterdam.
Humphrey's next door serves fantastic food at very reasonable prices.
Make sure you go to Anne Frank house very emotional.
Oh and don't forget Betty Boop Coffee Shop if you like chocolate cake with a difference!

My wife and I are just back from a three day stay at this hotel. Having never visited Amsterdam before, we chose our accommodation by reading other reviews, so I hope that anyone considering this hotel will find my review helpful:

This hotel is brilliantly located. A 6 and a half minute walk (I counted!!) from the railway station - and that was with luggage. (DIRECTIONS: Exit the railway station. Walk across to the Victoria Hotel opposite. Walk along past the hotel (to the right) and take the second street on your left, going away from the station (Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal). Walk down this street past the Crowne Plaza hotel and the Golden Tulip is tucked away on Nieuwezijds Kolk - which is the street on your left just after tyhe Crowne Plaza (big office block on one corner and a coffee shop on the other).

The hotel desk staff were polite and efficient - nothing more, nothing less - although the housekeeping staff were very pleasant. The rooms are very clean and well maintained -everything worked as it should - and yes, as mentioned in some other reviews, they are not the most generously proportioned rooms in the world - but they adequately hold a (very comfy) king size bed, sideboard, tv, etc. and the bathroom, whilst not being huge is entirely suitable for whatever you might want to do in a bathroom.

We were staying on a room only basis, so didn't try the €20 breakfast - but they give you a voucher on arrival which gets you a €3.50 deduction - and the breakfast room looked nice.

For those people who said that this hotel was in need of renovation - I can't agree. It doesn't look as if it'sbeen neglected and it's certainly one of the cleanest and best decorated places I've stayed at - who knows, maybe it was redecorated just before we visited??

Foodwise - Humphry's (next door to the hotel) is excellent value and has just the right mix of familiarity and daring on the menu to make me think I'd tried something new - but I hadn't really - it just felt as though I had - and at €19.99 for 3 courses, it was good value.

We also ate at the Pizza Hut in the Marriot Hotel (off Leidseplein) - fine if you like Pizza Hut - and at the Aran Irish Pub in Max Euwe Plein - which was excellent value.

Drinkswise - De Wildeman Pub is a few doors up from the hotel and the friendly barstaff will patiently assist you in drinking your way through the extensive and at times arcane, beer menu. 20 different draft beers and 200 bottled beers from places that I hadn't even heard of.

Didn't get a chance to try it out, but it was jam packed when we tried to get in - The Highlander Bar is in the next street up from the Golden Tulip and appears to very popular with ex Pat Scots.

Transport - -Trams 1,2, and 5 go to the "happening" areas of teh city centre and can be accessed from the tram stop about 150 feet from the hotel entrance. Coming back up from the lower end of town, the 13 and 17 (or any other that says Central Station) will let you off at the same stop - within staggering distance of your bed.

Excellent stay in Amsterdam. Hotel excellent value for money (but they did try to charge us for a breakfast and a mini bar purchase which we hadn't had!!) and excellent places to eat and drink. Hope to visit again soon.

We booked this through bookings.nl too.

It is a 5 min walk from central station, 5 mins walk to central square, and a 10 min to the red light district. This was my 4th time to amsterdam, and the best accomodation I have stayed in. It's just right as it is just outside of all the chaos of the red light, so if you want a good nights sleep in a nice quiet area, with the madness only a 10 min walk away, this place is ideal to stay in. The main shopping streets are 2 mins away. There is a "coffee" shop across from it. A resonably price restaurant next door.

Also, there is free internet in the lobby.

The rooms were clean and spacious and the staff very helpful.

This is a great place to stay for the money you pay.

Recommended.

Hotel was great! Location is perfect. Right in the centre of everything, within walking distance of all attractions yet a haven to return to each night! Hotel is quiet as it is just off the main road. Ther best coffeeshop in town is just across the road, great start point for the day. Bathroom was lovely, pay TV gives you all channels even though it says it will only show whats on that channel. Comfy bed, nice sheets and towels etc. Staff are helpful. Wireless internet is pretty bad you can rarely get a signal! But there are computer in most coffee shops and betty boop coffeeshop across the road will let you use theirs (usually for free!!)

I wolod love to return to this hotel and would recommend it highly to anyone thinking of staying here.

Advice... book through bookings.nl as it is much cheaper than anywhere else... for this hotel anyway!