Bicycle Hotel Amsterdam One star hotel

Reviews

The following independent reviews were entered by guests after their stay at the hotel.

Anonymous Good proce for decent bed and breakfest stay

15 December 2011

6.4

+ Good price comparing to other hostels and hotels in Amsterdam. Good placde for a short stay. Staff friendly.

- Toilets in the halls not very convenient.

Anonymous The great location, friendly staff and management, great hotel.

13 August 2011

8.0

+ Extreemly friendly staff and management; top marks ! Great neighborhood and walking distance to all services; lots of cafes and a very short walk to the best coffee shop that I have had the privillage to frequent while in town( Coffeeshop Club Media)

- None.

Finn Morsing Just what we needed

6 June 2011

8.2

+ Very fine and helpfull service from the young staff.

Sally HAAS Friendly and helpful staff

14 May 2011

8.8

+ Quiet neighborhood. Rental bikes very good. Friendly and helpful staff. Adequate breakfast.

- Single room bunk bed needed better mattress. Some guests were smoking (allowed on balcony) which drifted into neighboring balcony/room.

Mariah Nice hotel for young people

10 May 2011

7.8

+ Breakfast included, quiet neighbourhood, nice staff, free internet access, environmental sustainability considered

- breakfast served only until 10 o'clock, stinky toilet

Shafiq Hawash

5 January 2011

9.0

+ everything was great!!! great service great people great staff we really enjoyed ourselves in the bicycle hotel! THANK YOU JERALD :)

Anne-marie Dullaghan Great for a short stay

7 October 2010

7.2

+ Close to city center, Heel veel plezier gehad van de bakfiets, dank je.

Mustafa Turgay Alptekin Not worth for your money

10 September 2010

4.4

+ Nice Breakfast

- Small rooms, very steep stairs(requires mountain climbing skill), a bit out of center

Mary Great place to stay in Amsterdam - I would stay here again!

4 September 2010

7.6

+ Very close to the Amsterdam market and other key areas of interest. The hotel rents bicycles to guests for a great deal, and I highly recommend biking around! The staff was very friendly and helpful!

- Lugging our bags up four flights of curvy stairs was entertaining, but not ideal.

Gustavo Gonzalez Excellent price/quality hostel

17 May 2010

8.4

+ -Breakfast good in quantity and quality -Bycicle rental is cheap, comfortable and always available -Good location -Staff friendly and give you a lot of information

- -Toilet located in floor 4 doesn't work very well, especially in the morning when it's used the most. Since the last time I visited this Hostel back in 2006 this problem hasn't been fixed. -The stairs are too steep, so it makes it hard for elder and people with limited mobility.

Willem Simply okay but not as expected...

10 March 2010

7.0

+ Good and simple breakfast, friendly hosting, newspaper, clean and very well located.

- In the picures you see a single bed but they have none, it's all "bunk" beds (on top of each other). I Wouldn't have booked if I had known. WIFI does not work in the rooms (Do not advertise if it's not working, please).

Anonymous It\'s nice to feel that the employees care

3 February 2010

7.4

+ I was so happy with the girls at the reception. Friendly and smiling, willing to help when asked. Immediate service (I only remember the name Jeanine, but the other girl was also quite nice). Quiet place, comfortable stay. I appreciate that I was allowed to stay at a 1st floor room instead of a 3rd floor, because I hap a heavy luggage, without extra charge. The best part was the already-marked map, which showed the sights and the bus number that would take you there. Cool!

- I know you hear this all the time, but isn't it possible to install an elevator? It was almost impossible to bring my luggage down - and quite dangerous. I kept thinking 'what if something happens now, who will be paying for the hospital?' And I also think that there were some stains on my bed cover.

HAIROL OTHMAN Warmth Hospitality

28 December 2009

9.2

+ free internet access clean room great hospitality

- steep windy stairs cannot get internet connection in the room

MARC Good

15 December 2009

8.6

+ web connection

Anonymous

17 November 2009

7.0

+ Super amables

- No limpian las toallas ni las sabanas

Arnold Peter Wilson Great friendly relaxing hotel!

12 November 2009

8.8

+ The atmosphere is very relaxed and relaxing. Bike hire is a real plus as all bikes are well serviced and comfortable.

anon Simple and sweet

1 November 2009

8.0

+ Lovely staff and can rent bicycles from the hotel. Quirky and sweet place to stay.

- Very simple/basic, but has a charm.

Bethan. A lovely,clean little hotel with friendly staff and great breakfasts!

31 August 2009

10

+ The staff were very friendly and helpful, the rooms were clean, the beds were comfortable, the bathrooms were excellent (the shower and toilet were shared between 4 rooms but I never had to wait to use them). The breakfast (included) was great and consisted of a range of cereals, cheeses, salami, toast and jam, tea, coffee etc. The bicycle rental was amazing - the hotel is a little out of the centre (but not far) and having a bike to get into town and then get around the whole city for the rest of the day was amazing. The staff have maps of the wider area in case you want to leave the city on bike for a day trip. You can also use the secure garage if you arrive with your own bikes. The hotel is on a quiet street and is calm at night. There is wireless internet available for free, and if you don't have a computer with you then there are two computers downstairs you can use (again, free). Overall, a lovely little establishment! Highly recommended.

- None.

christine bouchut Pleasant stay

31 August 2009

8.8

+ very helpfull staff; nice area not too far from leidesplein( 15 min walking) very quiet. a really pleasant stay. wish to come back soon

- none

Christoph Hennig Good beds and propper rooms!

3 May 2009

5.2

+ backside rooms with balcony are great!

- no roomservice! too expensive for what you get for it...

Jodie Laysan A pleasent stay at a friendly budget hotel.

18 February 2009

7.8

+ Friendly, helpful and welcoming staff made our stay a pleasure. Would definately come and stay again next time in Amsterdam!

Jan Bris Simple but nice hotel for unpretending people

8 February 2009

7.2

+ Pleasant and cosy hotel suitable for spending a night in Amsterdam. The staff is very friendly and helpful. Wireless connection works quickly and steady. Great breakfast.. Simply, we recommend it to young pairs or unpretentious businessmen.

- small rooms and other spaces, the parking is difficult.

joshua orzel

28 January 2009

5.2

+ tv, pretty good price, bikes onsite

- same breakfast, far from center, only cleaned once in 12 days

JAVIER

14 December 2008

6.6

+ Value for price. Clean and comfortable.

- Step stairs. Internet service doesn't work properly (besides, there's no msn)

Anonymous Good value for money but don't expect too much

13 November 2008

7.4

+ Very nice people, friendly and helpful. Good location on a nice, quiet street, away from the hustle and bustle of the centre. Bicycle hire on site. Free use of internet.

- Rooms quite small, especially on the 3rd floor. Try to get a room on the first or second floor if possible! Shared toilet and shower were not great.

Eric Bornand Nice staff

20 October 2008

7.0

+ staff very nice breakfest

- stairs hard to climb up toilets+shower door out of order

Julien GARCIA Hotel review

19 October 2008

8.2

+ not far from museum place, can rent bicycle and put car on garage

- we ased for a bed double and we had to single bed

Catherine I loved the Bicyle Hotel

7 September 2008

8.8

+ marjolen (?)was wonderful. having the computer wasnice. loved the bikes.

isvictoria Clean and Safe with Helpful Friendly Staff

3 September 2008

9.0

+ The staff people were incredibly helpful with maps and directions,recommendations and advice. The many steps to the higher level rooms are rather taxing for ordinary folks, but probably a breeze for cyclists. We chose the hostel for the bike rental feature, didn't have time to use bikes, but liked the hostal and would definitely stay there again. It was a little more expensive than I would expect for what it is,but it does have an OK free breakfast and wi-fi and a connected computer in the lounge area and felt very secure and was also clean and very friendly. Recommended.

Jonathan & Suellen Hose Happy campers!

25 August 2008

9.0

+ thank you! I will tell others about your hotel!

Anonymous Not for demanding tourists

11 August 2008

4.2

+ Friendly atmosphere, quiet, nice hall/dining area, close to market street and park

- room, bathrooms, staircase

Rebecca Roberts

9 July 2008

8.6

+ Not too far from town that it's hard to come and go but far enough for no noise pollution. Very friendly and very helpful staff -they even give you a map:) The shared toilet was always clean and the shower was really good (especially seeing as we were on the 4th floor) You get loads of TV channels in the rooms!

- The stairs were a big strain on the legs. The double bed was a little disappointing as it was just two single beds but still surprisingly comfy.

Sébastien Binette

22 June 2008

7.4

+ breakfast was great and shower& toilets was clean.

- we ear evrything around us

London, UK

20 May 2008

6.2

+ Once you new where to walk, the centre of Amsterdam wasn't that far at all. Nice and quite surroundings depending on whether your looking for night life or not.

Sergio Francesco Rota

19 May 2008

6.8

+ Staff which work in the hotel are very nice and know many turist information. Breakfast is good and large.

- The bycicle hotel have few bykes to rent and the stairs are too steep!

Kalman Nagy-Kollar

19 February 2008

8.6

+ 1.) Situated not far from the city center at a resonable price. 2.) Breakfast time is excellent. 3.) The staff speaks good English und auf Deutsch konnte ich auch Reden.

- 1.) In the bathroom I faced with a pluggage regarding the shower. 2.) The staff missed to inform the guest, there is a painter working and going for room to room with own key. 3.) During the night was unbearable noise due to some group of drunked youngs. (group of guests) 4.) Without coins quite heavy to solve the parking problem for a day (for example 22x1Euro from where?) The stuff did not have coins for the guest coming from other country and have no info about need to have at least 20x1 Euro in coin (!) per day. 5.) The breakfast table was full of jam around my plate. 6.) Please indicate with capital letters at your homepage that the guest must pay in advance with cash. I must have phoned my bank to make sure whether the money transfer happened or not. 6.1) In case I use my VISA card I want to make sure about the transferred money is on Your bank account. Not just a chekcking happened by You. It was very very incomfortable to phone the bank, because I thought the money transfer already happened!

Nina Christiansen

3 February 2008

7.6

+ Nicest staff, possibility of renting bikes, internet, rooms were nice, good atmosphere. I can only recommend it to others! The staff was really good to give advises and were sooo friendly and nice.

- the toilet on 1st floor smells a bit bad, a little slow service at breakfast (not crucial but it would be nice to get tea ecc. quick)

Anonymous

27 January 2008

5.4

+ Nice and helpful employees. Cheap price. The lobby was not exactly stylish but cosy.

- Mattresses that slide down from the beds. Noisy doors, thin walls.

Anonymous

17 December 2007

5.0

+ the staff were helpful

- The rooms were dark, cold and noise reached us from other parts of the hotel

Toyah Gibbs

30 September 2007

9.8

+ This is a really friendly hotel and is comfortable and was a pleasure to stay in. I had a fantastic holiday.

Susan Braovac

24 September 2007

7.6

+ Your staff is very friendly! the common room was also lovely to use, and the fact that you have internet is a great thing. Otherwise i didnt find it inconvenient to use the toilet and shower even if they are located outside of the rooms. it was just around the corner...maybe you can stress that in your announcements, since i didnt know whether i would be walking very far to get to a toilet or not... I will definitely recommend your hotel to others travelling to amsterdam. I also loved the area - it was so vibrant...a little off the beaten track, yet central, and convenient with public transport.

- would have wished that the toilets were a little cleaner. The sink in my room also had not been washed in ages i think...should be done when a new person moves in.

Ed Jackson

2 September 2007

7.8

+ An excellent budget hotel free internet access & wifi warm friendly atmosphere comfortable & clean beds and bedding TV and world sat [bbc world and bbc 1 & 2] quiet

- slow draining sink & shower wifi intermittent connection on floor 3

Steven S

19 August 2007

7.8

+ Very easy to find, just a 3 minute walk from the nearest tram stop. Free internet access, very nice breakfast (bread with jam, cheese and salami) and very comfortable beds. Nice view from the balcony over a quiet park.

- The door on the bathroom didn't shut properly so we all had to wait outside the room on the balcony when someone was using the shower.

Ho Choon Hiong

25 July 2007

8.4

+ I think what I like about this place is its cozyiness not some "loud" budget hotel where backpackers mingle and drink I like it for its FREE wireless internet, also the professionalism of the staff and also for my gratitude to the staff for finding back the bicycle (that i thought was stolen) but Bicycle Hotel managed to find it back and not charging me :) THANKS ALOT... :)!!! basically to sum it up, if i have a chance to go back to amsterdam, I will like to stay this place again and also if I have friends going there, will recommend this place.

- the staircase is steep (however i heard that this is the case for dutch buildings), perhaps another thing is that they might want to install a vending machine to sell drinks or snacks cause at night some people might go hungry or thirsty

Adrian Walsh

9 July 2007

6.4

+ Friendly, helpful staff

- At ¤145 per room per night, this was over priced. Less than ¤100 per night would have been more appropriate.

Vera

4 June 2007

6.6

+ Good sized room excellent service and staff my boyfriend got sick and they were really good about the fact we had to use about 4 towels to clean his spew! great breakfast good quiet location and not to far from the city centre let us use their fridge for our things. Would recommend if you are not planning to self cater

- we were charged 80 Euros for our room although it was booked at 40 pounds (about 60 euros). were supposed to get clean towels every day but only got them on the first night. no self catering available

Attila

17 May 2007

4.2

+ - kind and perfect bicycle rent, maintenance at the own garage of hotel, correct price

- - poor, 'economy' breakfast. We needed to ask salami and cheese, it wasn't automatic. Bad taste of coffee. - the room painting on 4th floor is ugly. very simple, weak furniture. - high price for this quality

mafalda ramalho

26 March 2007

9.2

+ The Staff is very helpfull and friendly. We loved it. Very Good

- The stairs are really small and tiny..but we already new, therefore we were ready to Climb the stairs : )

Julie K. (NOR)

4 March 2007

7.6

+ Quiet location. Many nice restaurants (found 4 Japanese which was great for me) just 10-15min walk away. Helpful staff

- Bad air from previous guests smoking (not strong smell, but as Im not used to it I could tell) Trashcan was not emptyed, and previous guests towell was still in the room when I arrived. Uncomfortable pillow...

Colin Hill

14 February 2007

8.8

+ The staff were very freindly and helpful. Breakfast was nice and I liked the area very much, and that It was abit outside the central tourist area. Staff helpful with neccesary info about the trams. I felt very relaxed and at home there, just what I needed after very stressful journey to get there from Paris.

- The stairs were abit scary when desending. Not everyone is fit and agile.Needs to be info on website, that the hotel has no disabled access which I don't think there was.