Double room in the basement was tiny - literally about 30cm space between the bed and the walls. Dark, dingy and not very clean. Location was not too bad, but expect about 25 minute walk into the centre of Amsterdam (Dam Sqaure, Red Light District etc.) Good tram-links though. Basic, cheap and value for money, I suppose!

Just got back from a 4 night stay at The Sphinx. We have stayed here a couple of times and hope to book to go back again soon. The rooms are basic but cheap - the bedding and the towels were changed every day. We had 2 triple rooms and they both had 4 beds in so we all had enough space.
The location is fab - on tram 16/24 its the 5th stop from the train station or 3 stops away from Dam Square and the tram stops just a 1 min walk away.
6 of us went and only 2 of us tried the breakfast - they only tried it once as not very nice, but there is a nice little bar on the corner where you can get the most wonderful pancakes.
The stairs are a little steap and us girls found it easier to work down them with no shoes on - but it all added to the fun !
At the end of the day the hotel is cheap,clean and in a good location = oo try the Bottles and Bites bar around the corner and have some chips with peanut butter sauce!!!

We have just come back from a 2 night stay at the sphinx hotel and have mixed reviews for it. On arrival i found the manager to be most unhelpful and rather ignorant, didnt seem to want to go out of his way to be pleasant at all. We were given only 1 key which wasnt ideal because if we had been seperated 1 of us would not have been able to get in. Luckily this didnt actually happen. Our room was downstairs and considering we only paid 78 euros for 2 nights the room was huge with 3 single beds which we pushed together to make 1 huge bed. The windows were locked ( i think because it was at street level) but was rather worrying as if there had been a fire outside our room how would we have got out?? But on a more positive note the room was more than adequate for our needs, however there was an empty cake box under 1 of the beds so they obviously dont clean thouroughly, the bathroom was clean though and the bedding was changed daily so you couldnt ask for more there. The biggest problem that we found with this hotel was the breakfast it was awful in fact we took one look at it and did not even attempt to eat it, my husband requested a boiled egg as they had all gone and they refused to make anymore even though breakfast still had another 30 minutes to run!!! Then we were told that we could leave our bags at the hotel as our flight back was not til the evening but when we went back to get them no one had any idea where they were and to start with said that it was not their responsibility to look after them!? They were eventually found in someones hotel room????? So all in all it wasnt a disasterous stay but we would not choose to go back to this hotel again, but i guesss for what we paid you could not expect luxury.

I stayed here with my sister, it felt very safe, and the staff was very helpful. The rooms were clean, very small but we don’t really care about that. You could climb out our window onto a balcony which I enjoyed very much. We too were right next to the bathroom but I found it to be more convenient then a hassle. We had a TV with a DVD player and found this hotel to be one of the best throughout my travels through Europe. We don’t expect much just a clean sheets and that’s what we got. Location was good, I wouldn’t say great but for 2 females traveling alone we wouldn’t come back too late at night just to be safe. I would come back again.