dusty and dirty, in most of the rooms no wardrobes, toilets in the middle of the room with no doors(!), scratches on the walls - and that for only eur 225,-- plus breakfast extra? this is two-star-accomodation at five-star rates, definitely not a recommendation. you'd better stay away from this place!

This is a great hotel to stay in if you expect to be out and about most of the day. The rooms are comfortable, we stayed in a 3* room which had a super comfy double bed, armchair, table and chairs and TV. The bathroom was fine with dcent shower, but like most european hotels there are no tea / coffee making facilities and the room does feel a bit sparse (like Ikea!).

The hotel has a relaxed, cafe feel about the place and a very good restaurant. I can recomend the poached pear with chocolate!

Staff are very helpful and can reccommend you to a lot of good places of interest - excellent English.

The only downsode to this hotel is the fact that the walls are very thin and you can hear people quite clearly in the room / corridoor next to you!

I would stay here again.

I recently stayed in a 3* room with my husband on our Honeymoon. From reading other reviews we knew the hotel was going to be a bit different and on the arty side.

We enjoyed staying at the hotel and liked the room, it was very clean and practical for a short stay. I was glad that the room we got had a separate bathroom, rather than one of the 'fold out' feature bathrooms which I had read about. The bathroom was a 'wet room' (had a shower with no curtain so the water went where it fell) but was designed in a practical way so not everything got wet.

The room had shutters rather than curtains and overlooked the water, so on a sunny morning the room was lovely and bright (once the shutters were fully open) and the view was appealing.

The location of the hotel is a short tram ride from the centre and the trams are frequent. If you liked walking, you could easily walk into the centre. We choose not too, as we toured Amsterdam by foot when we reached the centre. The area around the hotel is fairly quiet, it looked like it was a business area which went quiet at weekend and in the evenings.

The staff at the hotel were very friendly and helpful and the whole place had a young and modern feel to it. My husband thought the interior of the hotel was designed in the same style as some of the stuff you see in IKEA, several areas where very open plan.

I read all the previous reviews on this website and although it felt like a gamble I decided to book a three star room for three nights.

As soon as we arrived at the hotel I knew I'd made the right decision as my "classy" girlfriend was delighted with my choice of hotel!

The hotel has a tram stop right outside and the number 26 trams run every few minutes and take about 5 minutes to get to the central station (top of the town centre). We also rented bikes and it was a safe, 10 minute ride back from town.

The building itself was very impressive and the room was great. I'de never stayed in a room which incorporated a shower in the middle before! The bed and bedding were very high quality and comfortable. Our room was thoroughly cleaned daily.

I spent a long time researching the best hotel within my price range before making my choice. I also had a look at a few others in the city centre when I was there. They were generally more expensive than the Lloyd and nowhere near as nice.

The staff were always there and happy to help if I needed anything.

When reading these reviews remember it's hard to determine which grade of accomodation people stayed in. The hotel offers rooms from one to five stars.

I've attached a couple of photos.