My girlfriend and I stayed in the Amstelzicht last August. We had a bare room overlooking a trash-strewn courtyard. The music from a club across the courtyard (fronting the Rembrantplein) kept us awake half the night. The room was not kept clean. There were unfriendly signs on the door threatening to charge an extra 250 Euro ("to disinfect") if we smoked marijuana. A half bottle of wine on the side table, which I at first thought to be a gift but didn't touch, had a price tag on it of 10 Euro. The desk clerks were rude, but the two owners even more so. When we checked in, one of the owners encouraged my girlfriend to pay for an entire possible two week stay in advance on her Amex, though we had actually booked only a week. Our understanding was that if we left after the first week, we would get a refund. Unfortunately, we left after three nights, driven out by the dirt and noise, and the owner (gloating over this) kept our entire payment. Amex was unable to help because she had......
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