Bastion Deluxe Hotel Amsterdam / Centrum - Noord - Amsterdam, Netherlands     

Having listened to friends comments about more central hotels and the noise, especially from the trams in the wee small hours, we opted to stay slightly out of the centre and this was a good choice. It's only about 10mins on the bus from Centraal Station and the buses are very frequent with an hourly night service after midnight. Check in was hassle free, just the usual forms etc and we received a warm welcome. Our room was clean and bright, very comfy beds, an easy to use safe, stocked mini bar and English channels on tv to catch up on the news. Apart from one or two fellow guests being obnoxiously noisy from 5am onwards (this can happen in any hotel) it was really peaceful and we slept well. The shower was a bit tiny and the room was extremely warm, those were our only niggles and both very minor ones at that. We didn't bother with breakfast, opting to take things at a slower pace and have pancakes etc in town instead so can't comment on the food. We came back before midnight a couple of times and had a few drinks at the bar before going to bed. The drinks were very reasonably priced and the staff very efficient and friendly, especially the assistant manager Roiger, who helped us with our drunken Dutch. All in all we felt we had got value for money with this hotel and would go back there again. We had no problems whatsoever with the staff, they do seem to adopt a no nonsense attitude to people speaking rudely to them though, and quite right too. Having paid far more for much less in both the UK and USA this hotel was overall good value and excellent for those who don't want noise all night.

Das Hotel bietet ein gutes Preis- Leistungsverhältnis an, wenn man die Alternativen bedenkt. Allerdings sollten Sie nicht unter der Woche hier übernachten, wenn Sie ausschlafen möchten. Es ist nicht angenehm, wenn man gegen 08:00 Uhr mit dem Presslufthammer geweckt wird. Es hat den Anschein, als wären dem Management die Gäste egal, denn sonst würde man nicht während der Hochsaison im Sommer renovieren. Die Angestellten haben gesagt, dass die Arbeiter eigentlich nicht vor 09:00 Uhr beginnen sollten. Wir erhielten eine Preisermäßigung auf Grund der Lärmbelästigung! Wenn wir dies vorher gewusst hätten, dann hätten wir uns anders einteilen können. Abgesehen davon war das Hotel für den Preis in Ordnung. Das Frühstück sollten Sie vergessen und gehen am Besten zur Kebab Bude oder in eine Imbissstube, wo das Preis- Leistungsverhältnis wesentlich besser ist.