I recommend this hotel and would stay here again. It's not your typical big lobby, fancy reception, lots of elevators, big restaurant hotel. BUT THE LOCATION IS FANTASTIC! it is centrally located - within a 30 minute walk, you can get to anything of interest in Amsterdam - the museums, the main shopping streets, train station, waterfront, see and photograph all the canals. Step outside the hotel, and restaurants and cafes are to the left, right, and all around Rembrandt Square. Street musicians and entertainers are there on and off. Great bargain is the hotel breakfast - for a flat fee, you can get all the refills on coffee, juice, cold cuts, cheese, cereal, milk, yogurt, bread you want and toast is available. note: Amsterdam restaurants do not provide free refills on beverages. The rooms and bath are clean, beds are comfortable. The Hotel is housed in a block of older buildings - there is no elevator and it has the traditional stairs - a bit steep - to get up to the reception desk from street level and to the upper floors. I found this charming - yes, older folks may find it a challenge. Staff was very friendly and supportive - the hotel has wireless Internet in their breakfast area, so it does offer services to business travellers. And they have a computer terminal at the front desk that they swing around, you can check on your emails and the status of your return flight. We arrived at 8am knowing checkin wasn't until 2pm, they do have luggage storage, they offered us coffee even though we weren't checked in, we freshened up in the bathrooms, then headed out sightseeing, got back at 1pm, room was cleaned and we checked in. While I was there, an international broadcasting conference was on, so the rooms rates were at peak for a few days. Note: on Saturday nights, with the sports bar across the street and the trendy bar around the corner playing music with a heavy bass beat, it won't get quiet until 4am. But all other nights, it was always quiet by midnight. P.S. - our room did not have a clock radio, but the Plasma TV could be programmed to turn on at a preset hour.

This was the first of our stops when we went on our honeymoon, and after a slightly shakey start we had a great time!

We arrived on a Monday morning, and were unfortunately greeted by a receptionist that said we couldn't check in for another 4 hours! Maybe she'd had a bad night.

After finally checking in, we were given directions to a room that was a bit of a let-down given the fact that I'd asked for something a bit more "romantic" - it was a tiny box room with a tiny bed and an even tinier bathroom. However, a little later in the day we were told we were being moved the following morning to a much bigger room, which was absolutely cracking - much bigger, a nice big comfy bed, a jacuzzi bathroom, and a nice view too.

Only concerns are :

1) The steps leading up from the Rembrantplein to the hotel reception are quite steep. We had ruksacks and just about managed, but we saw other people with suitcases that really struggled.

2) There're no internal lifts, so if you book and are on the 2nd floor, you've got a bit of a steep climb (typical Amsterdam house type).

I'd definite recommend this hotel to others tho!

Booked on Internet, and on arrival they didn't have the booking. They promised to refund any money if charged twice as I noe had to pay again. The Hotel was almost full, but they had a smaller room without on-suite as promised in the booking for the same price. The room had large windows that lead into an internal fire escape and felt very unsecure. The only option was to upgrade by 50 euro to another room and since all other hotels were booked up in mid July I had no choice.

It turns out I was charged twice and six months later, I am still trying to get the money back and have finally been told I would recieve the smaller amount even though it was their mistake that caused me to require an upgrade. Very unhelpful or sympathetic staff, absolutely no hint of customer service, this hotel is purely looking to extract as much money from their customers.

My friend and I stayed here over New Year's Eve. We thought we were splurging on a nice place in a great location. The location was the only nice thing about the Hotel Atlanta. We booked online, and from the description, photos and rate, we thought we had reserved a room for two people with a private bath. Instead, we opened up the shotty lock on the door to a TINY room completely filled my one double bed (for the two of us) and a tiny sink. The threadbare towels had holes, and our lovely window view was a brick wall and alleyway. The room and especially hallway always smelled of smoke. The bathroom down the hall was constantly dirty (and when we complained about it once being particularly nasty – cigarette ashes in the sink and a disgusting toilet bowl – the manager actually laughed at us and it wasn’t cleaned.) And to top it off, they charge you in advance of your stay (BEFORE you see your room) and they had a three-night minimum. I highly recommend staying AWAY from this place. It’s a total rip-off.