Hotel Alexander - Amsterdam

Average rating:  5.6

Guest type: Single traveller

stayed in Apr 2008

The Alexander is an adequate hotel in a great location. The room had areas where the cleaning was superficial (one cobweb strand remained above the bed for all three days of my stay). The external photo was accurate but the internal photos did not correspond especially well. I do not think the hotel was completely renovated recently (as represented). One other annoying item: Nowhere on venere.com or on the hotel website did it say there would be a surcharge for use of a credit card. That was a surprise sprung on guests by a little sign at the reception desk when checking in. No one likes unexpected extra charges. On the plus side, the hotel's breakfast had a wide variety of foods and was very good -- and the staff was pleasant. Also, the location near Vondal Park and right in the center of Amsterdam would be hard to beat for ease of walking to the places of interest in the city. It is on a quiet street in an historic district of the city.

Guest name: JM, USA

Average rating:  8.8

Guest type: Single traveller

stayed in May 2008

Very nice location, a quiet street nearby Leidsplein with walking distance to the city centre. The breakfast was OK, but don't expect the extravaganca offered at some other hotels. The staff was very helpfull to get my lost luggage back when all I got on the airport was a voice mail.

Guest name: BF, Norway

Average rating:  5.1

Guest type: Family with young children

stayed in May 2008

nice staff,but narrow family room,no coffee facility in the room,only cold buffet for breakfast

Guest name: SS, United Kingdom

Average rating:  7.7

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Dec 2007

the only things not correct is the 4 % asked to pay if you use credit card, but they told me is normal in holland all other.. ok.. great position.. and quiet area.. but close to best places, i will go yet there if i decide another trip to amsterdam

Guest name: AC, Italy

Average rating:  9.3

Guest type: Single traveller

stayed in Nov 2007

Staff were friendly and helpful, breakfast was fine and everything was 'as advertised'. The location is good too. The hotel is in a quiet street on the edge of the city centre, but within walking distance of all the things people to to Amsterdam to see and do. As someone who spends a lot of time travelling on business and doesn't require all the frills offered by larger hotel chains, I thought the Alexader represented excellent value for money and is one of the better sub-€100 hotels I've stayed in.

Guest name: PD, United Kingdom

Average rating:  4.4

Guest type: Single traveller

stayed in Nov 2007

I feel it is overpriced - the room was tiny and the bed was the smallest bed I have ever had in a hotel in my life! The funny thing was that when I checked in on day 1 I was told that I would be "upgraded" to another room for the second night. During the first night I had a standard double bed but I was given a pathetic single bed for my second night, pathetic because it was little more than 50cm wide... I would have had more space on a park bench!

Guest name: Gordon Buhagiar, Belgium

Average rating:  6.6

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Oct 2007

Posizione ottima.Bene collegato al centro, che può essere raggiunto con una breve e piacevole passeggiata, e ai maggiori musei raggiungibili a piedi in 5 minuti. Buona prima colazione. Unico neo: la nostra doppia era esageratamente piccola, lo sarebbe stata anche se fosse stata una singola. Le foto non rendono le proporzioni reali ma vi assicuro che tra la sponda del letto, che da un lato era addossato completamente ad una parete, e la parete opposta non ci saranno stati più di 40 centimetri! Bagno essenziale, spartano e totalmente mancante da qualsivoglia prodotto di toeletta fatta eccezione per una dispenser a parete di sapone liquido e ...la carta igenica. Amsterdam è gradevolissima e ci voglio tornare cercherò comunque un albergo nella stessa zona ma con stanze di dimensioni "normali"

Guest name: Marina Bettini, Italy

Average rating:  7.1

Guest type: Group

stayed in Sep 2007

We had a quad room with a nice view on the garden. Unfortunately, this room was located just under the reception and breakfast area and it was noisy sometimes. Also, the staff entered into our room 2 times without knocking at the door ... However, we had a nice stay at this hotel. It was very well located near the museums and the heart of the city, and the street was very quiet. Note that this hotel applies a 4 percent tax if you pay with a credit card.

Guest name: FD, France

Average rating:  8.4

Guest type: Group

stayed in Aug 2007

Consigliato per tutti centralissimo vicino zona musei e locali. ritornerò sicuramente in questo hotel. come specificato in prenotazione vi fanno pagare la tassa di soggiorno e una tassa per pagamento con carta di credito. colazione abbondante. molto pulito le camere nuove e bagno in camera nuovo con doccia. consigliato soprattutto per gli italiani, da considerare che spesso gli hotel di amsterdam non hanno tutti il bagno in camera....quindi questo è punto in suo favore. personale cordiale e parlava inglese/italiano. buone vacanze a tutti!!!

Guest name: SG, Italy

Average rating:  7.2

Guest type: Family with young children

stayed in Jul 2006

Nice hotel, but narrow halls. Use a map to find the street as the directions are terrible. The A10 is super convenient but the A6 is all that's described & much harder to use. Located right near all the goings on of the main square.

Guest name: John Ivanov, Canada

Average rating:  3.6

Guest type: Gay Couple

stayed in Aug 2007

I messaged the hotel with the reservation and told them that I was 2 meters tall and needed a bed big enough. For some reason they put us in a room on the last floor where the roof line made the shower ceiling so low that many poeple could not stand up to take a shower. They would not make any accomodations and made excuses about Amsterdam and space issues. They also said that the hotel was a 3 minute walk from the tram line. 10 minutes is more accurate.

Guest name: William Dick, Turkey

Average rating:  9.6

Guest type: Not Specified

stayed in Apr 2007

We got a spacious triple room with balcony! Nice area, friendly staff and a good breakfast. We could definitely stay here again.

Guest name: Tua Ek, Finland

Average rating:  7.4

Guest type: Single traveller

stayed in Mar 2007

Hotel is in quiet area but only a few minutes walk from transport links and the lively Leidsenplein with it's many restaurants and peaceful Vondelpark just a block away.

Guest name: TS, United Kingdom

Average rating:  6.0

Guest type: Young couple

stayed in Jan 2007

whe i arrive in hotel, Put me in a small small small room and the director tell me tomorrow we do you another room. good breakfast.

Guest name: Marco Mazzola, Italy

Average rating:  8.4

Guest type: Group

stayed in Oct 2006

Great location at a good price. Our six person group stayed in a double and a quad. The double wasn't very spacious, but the quad had two double beds and opened up into the property's very nice courtyard garden. Very clean bathrooms. The hotel's a 10 minute walk from the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh museum. The fact that chain hotels like the Marriot and the NH City Center are nearby attests to the good location between Vondelpark and Leidesplein - a busy area with many choices for eating, carousing and shopping - and easily reachable by trams 1, 2 or 5 from Central Station. Pretty fair selection at breakfast, and even if they say it starts at 8am, once they see you in the lobby they'll lay it out, which is a good enough indication of the quality of their service. My only minor service issue is that housekeeping, intent on returning the bathroom shower curtain they had removed, knocked then entered without waiting for me to get dressed! Guess the Dutch don't mind.

Guest name: Rafael Khan, Philippines

Average rating:  7.9

Guest type: Single traveller

stayed in Nov 2006

Quiet location, but close to transport links and museums

Guest name: TS, United Kingdom

Average rating:  7.9

Guest type: Single traveller

stayed in Nov 2006

only two issues: 1) room doors are heavy and bang noisily when closed. Annoying when late/early. 2) No glass/drinking vessel supplied in the room/bathroom (not even a thin plastic cup). Otherwise a very good hotel. However, I prefer to stay elsewhere, due to the noise problem. I have returned once, but only because my preferred hotel was full.

Guest name: RC, United Kingdom

Average rating:  9.2

Guest type: Gay Couple

stayed in Aug 2006

Excellent location and very reasonable prices. I would stay here again.

Guest name: , Norway

Average rating:  8.9

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Jun 2006

Good breakfast, great location for touring. They charged a 4% surcharge for using a credit card. The room was small, but we didn't spend much time in it.

Guest name: William Kalmbach, USA

Average rating:  2.3

Guest type: Family with young children

stayed in Apr 2006

It was not mentioned that the price will be higher when paid by credit card. It should be noted on the site so that I could prepare cash. The shower did not drain and the water spread all over the bathroom. This problem was solved immediately, but was surprising. First night, I had a backache cleaning up the bathroom! Some at the reception was very friendly and helpful, but the man at the check out did not speak English well and was not helpful.

Guest name: TT, Switzerland

Average rating:  7.9

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Jun 2006

Convenient, quietish location close to art museums and restaurants. Short walk to public transport. Nice hotel, though we had an attic room and the last stairs would not have suited everyone.

Guest name: Janet Marshall, United Kingdom

Average rating:  7.5

Guest type: Couple with children

stayed in May 2006

credit cards only accepted with aditional charge.

Guest name: HW, Switzerland

Average rating:  6.9

Guest type: Group of friends

stayed in Apr 2006

We were allocated a room 4 flights of stairs up on arrival but elevator WAS NOT working.Complained to management and eventually on 3rd day elevator was comissioned.We were accompanied by 2 friends who booked 3 weeks after us and they were allocated much larger room on ground floor. Toilet very narrow and badly positioned.However Hotel was friendly and well positioned for sight seeing and we enjoyed our stay.

Guest name: Maureen McIlwaine, United Kingdom

Average rating:  6.4

Guest type: Couple with children

stayed in Apr 2006

the hotel is new and the arrangements for breakfast were a bit disorganised 9they had run out of a lot of stuff). I didn't like being in a basement room - no views at all (apart from legs)

Guest name: JL, United Kingdom

Average rating:  9.6

Guest type: Family Group

stayed in Apr 2006

On the first night we were very cold in the room because of a draught, the staff offered to change our room, gave us thick blankets and let us move the beds. Everyone was friendly and helpful and the location was perfect. Would stay there again.

Guest name: Rachel Bewley, United Kingdom

Average rating:  6.9

Guest type: Not Specified

stayed in Apr 2006

Teniendo en cuenta que la mayoría de hoteles de esta categoría en Amsterdam son bastante malos, hemos quedado bastante complacidos por la habitación y la calidad del hotel. Habitación amplia, cómoda y limpia. La única pega es que, siendo una pareja, nos dieron 2 camas y al querer cambiar a una cama de matrimonio, nos aseguraron que todas las habitaciones eran de 2 camas, cosa que evidentemente no es creible.

Guest name: David Calafat Rodriguez, Spain

Average rating:  7.9

Guest type: Heterosexual Couple

stayed in Mar 2006

On a quiet part of Vondelstraat, excellent location, easy walk to museums and Leidseplein, friendly and helpful people. Small room. Nice breakfast. WiFi (free). Lift was not working all 4 days of our stay, so had to huff and puff up and down. Not so great when hauling bags and luggage. Overall, a pretty good place to stay.

Guest name: KD, India