Some extra observations during this stay:
- The barman can make special cocktails and drinks upon request, he knows some nifty drinks!
- The presidential suite is actually a combination of an executive room river view, a junior suite river view and an executive suite river view, forming together a 3 bedroom suite with each private ensuite
- The Dom Perignon Champagne suite comprises of a bedroom, diningroom and livingroom/office space. It has two full bathrooms and two seperate entrances
- The signature scent of the hotel is called " Fig Lavender Mimosa "
- The hotel can be reached by trams 1 4 7 19 24 from stop " halte Frederiksplein" then a 5 minute walk over the bridge (see below for the network map with hotel location marked by a cross) or by metro at stop Weesperplein
Special mention of the following persons which make a stay at this hotel great and make me loyal and keep this my preffered choice when in Amsterdam
- Miss Esmée, assisted in lastminute adjusting the afternoon tea offering into a sugarless version for my guest, she also a knack for knowing hotel specific product knowledge
- Miss Lisa, friendly every morning at breakfast and always seems to remember guest preferences with a capacity even to remember the very complex orders
- Miss Femke, miss Martina, miss Ayla, delightful at breakfast by providing watchful topups of coffees and waters AND remembering large party customized breakfast orders
- Mr. Dennis, assisted in providing an inside link as where and how to purchase a specialty tea as he noticed we were entranced by a specific blend of the Damann Frères tea
- Miss Katie and Mr. Mark providing pleasant, with accurate attention a very patient checkin (silly me: due to covid19 travel restrictions i had lowered my credit because of nontravel which caused me to max funds, fortunately they assisted in going from credit to debit)
- Mr. Floris from reception, explaining to great length to new guest arrivals about the hotel's facilities and corona proticols
- Mr Tim, for helping us get additional timeslots for use at the welness centre and swimmingpool
- Mr. Jason, for inquiring how our stay went and how they could improve it whilest we were still staying there
- Miss Nazha, friendly and always full of interest concerning RA-matters
- Miss Pascale, bright and cheery and onhands with helping with additional requests
- Mr Frank of reservations, with every emailcontact manages our expectations for our preferences for specific room requirements
- Miss Marieke from afternoon tea service, very engaging but also smart in managing contigency, she had set up double tables outside of the terrace and inside the conservatory. We enjoyed afternoon tea outside when suddenly torrential rain, hail, thunder caught us by surprise, she managed to continue afternoon service inside without a snag
- Mr Ronald, enthusiastic gérant of the restaurant
- Mr Marcos, experienced house photograper who can provide courtesy HD quality momento photos
- Miss Elisabeth, for offering the posibility of customizing future long stay adaptations
- Housekeeping lady of turndown from the Philipinnes, friendly and proactively helping out with extra towels
- The entire staff of congierges and doorstaff, everytime a friendly familiair warm welcome, helpful in assisting with luggage, providing inside knowledge, adhering to covid-19 hygiene contact protocol by assisting those entering the hotel and ushering them first to the desinfecting handgel and then onwards
The new extended menu for lunch:
- Dinner menu features the same dishes
- Dinner features also the option of the "menu du jour" at 3-course €49 and 4-course €65
Lunch menu
Tram network map with IC AMS location (cross) - it is served by trams 1 4 7 19 24 at stop " halte Frederiksplein" - a 5 minute walk over the bridge * you can use the metro at Weesperplein
Location of tramstops at Frederiksplein (to the hotel - walk right on Weteringschans over the bridge to Sarphatistraat