INK Hotel Amsterdam review

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Room 418 , Deluxe Room
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Room 418

Deluxe Room

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Location

Stayed for a few nights in February half term.

 

Hotel is in a great localtion, 10 minuite walk from Amsterdam Centraal and with the Nieuwezijds Kolk tram / bus stop right out front which has a number of services means you can get to anywhere in the city really easily.

You can buy GVB day / multi day tickets from the tram stop.

Check In

Check in was a very odd, there's a large desk at reception and a smaller desk (looks like a victorian school desk) for 'Priority Welcome', when we arrived there was a group of 4 people checking in and 2 other couples.

There isn't much seating and when someone at the main desk was free I gave my name then was told to take a seat again as someone else would check us in.  She then started to serve someone else.

It wasn't a long wait until this other 'special' person came over to check us in but that was a strange experience, presumably it was done because of ALL status, but the check in experience didn't seem any different to what we would have recieved from anyone else.

Then (you can probably guess), we were asked to take a seat again as another person would take us up to the room.

I can be appreciative of such a service but in this situation it really wasn't efficient or warranted.

Room

Booked a Deluxe room on a 3 for 2 breakfast included rate, also used 4000 reward points.  No upgrade as ALL Gold status but got some nice amenities, stroopwaffles always go down well. 

We were given Room 418 which as you can see is quite a different shape to the other rooms with a bit of an entrace hall. 

 

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I'm not sure what the other rooms were like, but having this entrance hall allowed for multiple cupboards so there was plenty of storage for clothing.

Some photos of the room in general.

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The room was very spacious, great sized desk and a comfy sofa.

Now then the bathroom area, I call it an 'area' as there is no door that cuts it off from the rest of the room.  It's clean and simple, plenty of storage and surface area.

 

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I have never understood these weird glass bathroom setups that make it part of the bedroom / living space.  It's similar to what I've experienced at The Level in Barcelona, but at least in the room I stayed in there the toilet was seperated by an actual wall so couldn't be seen from the bedroom area.

It's not a very large space, so my partner usually has a shower first then does her makeup etc, so everytime I had a shower I had to ask her to watch out as I was opening the shower door, because it opens out, so I don't hit her with it while she's sitting on the stool at the mirror.

The frosted glass doors which have gaps and don't actually properly close, WHY?!?!  We've been together a long time so you know, but still everyone likes some privacy.  Enough of this please.
 

Dining

Breakfast was included in the rate, located in the Pressroom restaurant it's an okay buffet affair with the usual eggs on request service.  

It wasn't the largest of buffets but you won't go hungry. 

Service was really good, alawys got seated prompty and very attentive to asking for drink refils, asking if we had any requests and if we were satisfactory with everything.  It's an open kitchen so you can see everything being prepared and how the staff handle things which is nice.

We didn't eat in the restaurant itself, but made use of the free drinks voucher at the bar which included their signature 'INKredible', that went down well for my partner.

 

 

Overall

If you want someone comfy and in a great location you can't go wrong here.  Apart from the strange check in experience everyone was very friendly and the service was good.


I'd definitely reccomend Palmyra restaurant which is a couple of doors down - https://g.page/palmyra-syrian-restaurant if you want some great food.

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