This is NOT a 5 star hotel as advertised on most booking sites.
several problems:
-staff: entered room repeatedly when "do not disturb sign was posted"
-management: the hot water was not working for an entire day. The management offered us a $5 dollar bottle of wine as compensation. They could have instead arranged for a local gym or another hotel to let us take showers! and offered to compensate us by a discount on the room.
-bar service: I went to bar to ask for matches. the bar tender was actually fairly rude, almost like he was insulted I had asked for matches. He stated they had no matches and made no offer to go get some more out of storage.
-hotel in general: STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION and they don't tell you that when booking NOR upon check in! you only find out when you hear the very loud sounds of construction when sleeping.
-in the finished rooms: level of trim and finish: poor job of painting evident, poorly made edges around carpets meeting walls and base board trim...
-bath room: mounted the toilet too high on the wall! I am tall and I was very uncomfortable using the toile. I know my shorter wife would have found a big issue with this.
-poor location of toilet, placed too close to the adjacent wall.. there was room to center the toilet and not jam it so close to the wall, especially as this was a new installation after extensive remodeling of the building, turning an older office building into a hotel.
-bar staff: they are supposed to serve food until 11pm. I tried at 10:40 to order a simple hamburger... impossible I was told... it is too late they said with a shrug and a raised palms...this after I was made to wait for 15 minutes trying to find out if I could order.
-room cleanliness: dirty rings around coffee cups.,
-no hand wash clothes to wash face until I asked.
-old hotel slippers (used) still under the bed from previous resident.
-decor: not really all that elegant or nice for a 5 star. Cheap carpets in a really garish red/gold/black stripped pattern that does not go well with the other decor. The walls were heavily patterned with a completely conflicting color and patter of wall paper... and the furniture in the room reminds one of the furniture in a modern danish style or german style hotel room.. all crisp lines and square edges. The looks do not at all go well together.
OK, lots of other issues with this hotel. NOISY is biggest one.. far from damn square, but still noisy. Noisy construction, noisy staff in hall ways...
finally, noisy in the room: how they did the heating and airconditioning system it was not well thought out in terms of damping the noise from the machinery. Could hear it kind of loudly running all day and night. even a cheep hotel does a better job than this.

I can put some down to the "newness" of the hotel. But really, this is not even close to a 5 star. Barely a high 3 star from my book. Sad thing is that the actual working staff seem to know something is not right. They all say things are not good (I talked with several). It is clear management / training / quality control are the issues.

Also late night food.. a must at a 5 star hotel in my estimation: sadly lacking in variety and quality. the lasagne bolognese i ordered was loaded with MonoSodium glutamate (I am very allergic and know it clearly the next day) and it was barely a lasagne. stacks of pasta with almost no sauce, thin layer of meat or becamel.. but mostly just a stack of white boiled noodles.

As in my previous reports of Amsterdam's hotels I haven't stayed there myself but booked for other people. The positive of hotel are really nice rooms with high ceilings, nespresso in every room. If you take care in advance you can get a nice view on channel otherwise you risk having no view at all. It was just 2 weeks of hotel's operation and service was not good as for 5 star hotel. When we arrived there was no one who could take our luggage to the reception and to the room. So we had to carry it for quite a long time as hotel is quite huge. I cannot give 5 now but if service is better, all repairs will finish in time (currently only a part of the hotel is available) and prices will be on the same level (we had 230 Euro per night per double superior room) it'll be a really nice place to stay in Amsterdam, just 5 minutes from Central station and main attractions.

We have just returned from a weekend stay at the Amrath. We booked through the hotel website and enjoyed three nights including full breakfast and one three course dinner for a very competitive rate (better than other internet sites). On arrival we were upgraded to a superior room with city view.

The building has been recently restored and is fascinating. Many original features have been kept including some beautiful stained glass. Our bedroom had an extremely high ceiling and full length electrically operated curtains. The bathroom was what you would expect from a new 5 star hotel. The mini bar is complimentary up to a daily quota i.e not bottomless! The bed was probably the most comfortable ever experienced with crisp white linen and marshmallow-like pillows! The decor will not be to everyone's taste (including mine) rather sobre and heavy but I imagine it has historic integrity. The artwork however, is truly awful (jellyfish on speed) and is the stuff of nightmares! Please comment I would love to know if I'm alone in that view.

All the staff ,without exception, were charming and very friendly. Obviously proud of their hotel and well briefed on the building's historic importance.

The dinner we had was from a set daily menu and was excellent. A la carte is also available. Breakfast was also without fault and served until 11am on Saturday and 12 mid day on Sunday. A real treat for a lazy weekend break.

The location is good for most things but especially the station and the canal bus which are both minutes away. The new concert hall is also close by.

There are many local restaurants and one night we went to a restaurant called 'Hemelse Modder' on Oud Waal which we thoroughly recommend for local interesting food in a crisp, clean unpretentious setting. Excellent service.

The hotel has only been open a few weeks and is obviously still having teething problems but these did not in any affect our stay which was really very enjoyable. Go soon while the rates are so good!

OK this hotel really is 5 star, the overall hotel is stunning and quirky. On our stay we never saw another person other than the fantastic hotel staff. Any problems sorted in seconds (tv wouldn,t work).
A great location, very close to central station and other areas of interest. The bed couldn't have been anymore comfy and the bath, well all i can say is you get lost in it.
the free mini bar consists of: barcade, vodka, gin, brandy, coke, diet coke, orange juice, 7up water (both still and fizzy) tonic, white and red wine, nuts and chocolate. Two of each and a very nice coffee tea facilities.
Would recomend to any couple who want a real haven.

Only downside our room 115 was a little small due to the postion of the room.