TravisMT81

Amsterdam is a very walkable city. However the public transport is great, so make sure to get a OV-chipcard. You can either load it with funds or multi day tickets.

Of course a canal tour is a must, I recommend https://flagshipamsterdam.com

If you want to go to the Anne Frank museum buy tickets online early.

Go at opening and buy https://vanstapele.com cookies.

jameswes

Thanks for the tip on Anne Frank. I got tickets the very last day before heading home more than a week from now.

Aventine

Try to eat at Moeders restaurant. Traditional (bur delicious) Dutch food in a cozy, familial style.

SkyTeam777

interesting! The app is selling club access rooms. Has the club since opened? Or if not, how does this house wine offer work? Just one glass or unlimited in the bar for an hour or two?

TravisMT81

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unlimited.

IggySD

Stayed here earlier this month. Lounge is now “open” but only coffee / cokes / water available, no attendants. Replacement for Globs is now 20€ per night credit for bar / restaurant. Essentially worth an appetizer and a beer. The lumpia was quite tasty!

TravisMT81

well that is a downgrade!

futuramadramallama

Is the max occupancy of a "normal" room (1 King, or 2 Twin), two people? It looks like if you change it to three, the "minimum" size/type room the website asks you to book is "1 King Bed with Club Access Deluxe," rather than say, a "1 King Bed."

It doesn't seem like "with Club Access Deluxe" and "without," differ in their number of sleeping surfaces, but I don't blame the property for asking/requiring this. Though it would be more defensible if the larger/higher-end room had some sort of a sleeping sofa thing.

The Hyatt site's booking flow also offers a rollaway bed option, but I would therefore assume it's just a default option for any property, and not necessarily one that HR Amsterdam typically offers?

For anyone that's stayed here, does it seem like the room would even fit a rollaway bed? (Or rather, how do they prefer to handle >2 guests? Besides asking you to book a suite, of course.)

bsdstone

I can tell you when wife and I stayed there, there literally wasn't room for a suitcase on the floor, let alone a roll away...think they size of a cruise ship room.

TravisMT81

Never been in a room that size. The rooms run 248-323 sq ft, but we tend to get a corner or irregular shaped room.

futuramadramallama

Ah I see. Thank you. I suppose a cruise ship sized room makes sense given its rather central location in Amsterdam.

bsdstone

Yup, worked perfectly for us...was just the two of us, and didn't do much other than sleep and shower at the hotel...for a long weekend in Amsterdam the location is great. Hotel lacks a sense of place, but again, if you're looking for location, this place is great!

futuramadramallama

It also looks quite nice[ly furnished and appointed] for an HR? (Or maybe their photographer is just very good.) What did you guys think?

caliform

It’s nice looking but the furniture is not terribly comfortable. Definitely ‘nice for an HR’, not ‘very nice’. I think this hotel definitely punches above its weight but someone above stated it makes sense the rooms are so small due to its central location and that’s… not entirely accurate. It’s not like it’s in the canal belt. You’re between student housing and larger apartment hotels. They just decided to squeeze value by making tiny rooms.

I have only stayed in the suites and those were roomy. Very nice bathrooms.

bsdstone

Well, this is embarrasing...I was thinking this was the Hilton thread that I'm also on and my responses were based on the Doubletree Amsterdam...ugh. Completely ignore my comments upthread.
We were upgraded to a suite here and the room was very large, even by American standards. I haven't been in a regular room, but doubt the rooms are anywhere near as small as I described above...my sincere (and humble and embarrassing) apolgies.