Orange Tulip Hotel Amsterdam - Hostel

My room was not in the main hotel but i was asked to exit the building and go down the street to a 2nd building, the entry way was dirty, there were nails all over the floor and everywhere was splatted in paint. The main door to the building did not lock as it was broken. My room had no wall but a giant window looking into a storage room with old matresses propped up against the wall. I had a member of staff knock and tell me my fire alarm was going off and accusing me off smoking in my room - i had not been smoking nor was the fire alarm going off - very strange. All of this combined as a lone female traveller i did not feel safe. I returned my Key within an hour of entering the property , when speaking to the manager and asking if a part refund would be possible he became quite angry.

The room and the room is clean. However, it is too small to stay. It is supposed to be a twin room, but the bed is just a two-level bed, which is different from the figure shown in the web. I would rather stay at the street until it is too late. It is designed for no other purposes but sleep.

They do not accept credit card, unless you agree to pay for additional 4% cost. They do not accept traveler's cheques either. This is inconvenient for traveler. They also ask the tenants to pay 10 euro deposit for the room key, which sometimes hurt their feeling.

Very difficult to find any positives. Even it is in the very centre, it is located next ti the tram stop and church which is ringing its bells virtually all day.

Many negatives. Its noisy. Website states breakfast is included in price, but it is not. The shop below hotel is under reconstruction and workers start in early morning. We booked twin rooms but the receptionist tried to give us rooms with double deck beds and said "we call this twin rooms also".

Good location in the centre, double room ok

Mess up with rooms and stuck in a single room for the first night- unclean and tiny no room for anything, probably not even big enough if just 1 person staying there. The sheets were dirty so we asked 4 clean 1s and the man couldnt speak english so we had to sleep without a cover. Next day went in our double room was ok clean but the wardbrobe was broke and there wasnt much room.

I think the most important value of this particular hotel is its magnificient location - just in the centre of everything. Otherwise the hotel is miserable.

Well there are various things that I didn't like. First, the check-in time on the confirmation letter was earlier than the time they said me on the spot. So I had to wait for 2 h. Then there was a misunderstanding about the breakfast - first info was that the price incl. brealkfast but later it changed. Then there was a total mess concerning the facilities ...

The painted walls/ceilings.

location

The fact it was the nearest thing to a doss house.

Rate & Location

Noise from the street

Location is good

Stairs to steep and narrow, no lift. Toilet/washroom too small. View to back yard with rubbish.