Submission date: 2006-07-06 - Date of Stay: August 2005
Submitted by: Andrew Wilson - From: United States
Type of Traveller: Business Traveller - Age Group: 31 - 40
Terrible
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 signed ...Read more
Submission date: 2006-04-03 - Date of Stay: January 2006
Submitted by: Steve - From: United Kingdom
Type of Traveller: Culture Vulture - Age Group: 41 - 50
Avoid like the plague
After reading several positive reviews of the Hotel Amstelzicht, I was looking forward to the stay in Amsterdam. Unfortunately how wrong!!!!!
I had booked an apartment.....it was cold and dirty and backed onto a dark alleyway. When I approached the manager/owner he suggested that My partner and I wore warmer cloths even though at the time (because it was clold) we were wearing our jackets.We also ended up sleeping in them as well.The club next door kept us awake through to the very early hours of the morning. The Manager/owner was extremely rude and unhelpful.Thank goodness we were there only three days.
