dont expect too much and you will be pleased
rooms are clean and tidy (but basic)
our room was on the second floor at the front(big window and quite airy)
but very very noisy at the front of the hotel
our friend was on the second floor at the back with a small window but very stuffy ( but very qiuet)
the stairs are very steep but managable if you fit and healthy ,can cause problem if drunk
the staff were great really helpful and pleasant all of the time
the breakfast is very good and sufficant for a days walking about
if you want to be where it is at then stay here, but beware it is very very very very noisy until 2-3 in the morning
then noisy from 8 o clock onwards
but the location is spoton if you are going for what most people go to amsterdam for
the cleaners arnt great but just ask the staff and they will get you what you want
if you want cheap and cheerful go for it
if you want queit and peacful this is not for you
i would stay here again if the price was right

Hubby and I arrived at the hotel to be met with typical Amsterdam stairs...and we were on the 2nd floor. To get an idea of what these stairs are truly like, think Napoleonic ship and you'll have it!

We never spend a lot of money on hotels as it's not the hotel room that we travel to see, it's the area...BUT...there are limits!

The room we had was at the back of the hotel and small to say the least. There were an assortment of various lights both in the ceiling and the walls...one wall light was hanging off (rather dangerously with the switch smashed to reveal bare wires) and the other only worked if you banged the wall next to it (loose wiring).

Opening the window we were almost floored by the intense smell of hash that came in....I KNOW that Amsterdam is a smokers haven but Sheesh, you should be able to get away from it in your own hotel room! Turned out that the A/C unit from the 'coffee shop' that backs on to the hotel (a whole 7 feet apart) vents right outside the window. So, good for a free high but not so good if you actually want to be able to remember your trip!

The bed sheets were torn, the linen was decidedly greyish, the whole place gave an air of 'grubby'. Sound insulation between rooms was non existant and the wall had a huge crack running down it.

'Housekeeping' seemed to think it necessary to rouse the whole hotel at 8:30am each morning, regardless of whether you were checking out that day or not. Personally I go on holiday to be a lazy person and NOT get up at the normal time, especially after a late night. Not that there was much evidence of any actual 'housekeeping'....all that was done to our room in the 3 days that we were there was that 'housekeeping' opened the window....after we had purposely closed it to keep our posessions safe (see next paragraph).

Smoking in the room was allowed as long as you opened the window. Well that's all very well but when you can almost touch the window of the building that is back to back with the hotel it's not so good. I don't want to be staring into other people's windows and I'm sure they don't want to be looking at me first thing in the morning! To me it was also a bit of a security risk to leave the window open when we were out of the room given that the buildings were so close.

The 'safe' in the wardrobe lost it's code over and over...not that the code was much good anyway as you could clearly see the screwdriver hole for the code override.

Would I go there again.....NO....90 euros a night is WAY too much for this type of accomodation, even in the city centre. Call it a hostel and advertise as such and it'd be more accurate.

Would I go back to Amsterdam? YES YES YES....over and over again, I absolutely love the place.

I stayed at the Frisco Inn Early July 2008 with my friend- two girls, in the the beginning of our 20's and we loved our stay! Although very basic as all other reviews state but as best as it basically gets. Clean and newly renovated. A TV, two comfy beds, a mirror with a table, a closet and a safe. The staff is very friendly and helpful, especially when they helped us drag our luggage up those crazy steep stairs (which are the only downside). The hotel even gives you a lighter that says 'Stolen from the Frisco Inn' :c). The location is ideal as a central point to the highlights of the city and a 5 minute walk from the central station, the Red light District and the coffee shops (one min away from the infamous Grasshopper). It's not a hotel for a romantic vacation but is great for all other purposes. We'll gladly come back!

This was my 5th trip to Dam with the lads and the Frisco has been by far the cleanest hotel I have stayed in and even though the room I shared was basic (Like an oven at night - room 6), the bed was comfortable and the toilet and shower served their purpose!

The stairs are a slight challenge, especially at the end of the night/early hours of the morning, but being from Yorkshire we were up for the climb!

The bar staff were friendly and helpful and the bar itself was good with a pool table and decent drinks.

Dam seems to have become very expensive with beer ranging from 5-6.5 euros and shorts even more and the prices at the Frisco were in line with most places and the breaky was ok, but like other places was 10 euro without a drink.

In general the Frisco is a good place to stay if you are wanting a clean tidy basic room as a base for whatever else you want to do in Dam, we would stay again.