WestCord City Centre Hotel Amsterdam - Amsterdam, Netherlands 

Will not return
Posted: Sat, Jul 05 2008
We did not opt to up-grade to one of the "star" rooms, which was 20 Euro's extra per night. The standard rooms were smoking only, which was difficult for us during our 4-night stay as we are non-smokers. We needed to keep the windows open with a fan in the window to get some fresh air into the room. This was difficult at night because of the noise. The room was also dark, and very small. My husband and I, who are average sized people, were not able to enter the bathroom or sink area at once because it was so small. On the positive side, there was a hot water pot, coffee, and tea in the room which none of our other European hotels offered. We also appreciated the "ironing room" containing an ironing board and iron.

Perfect for what we used it for.
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 2008
Stayed here for two nights on a short break with 10 other male friends. Make what you will of the other reviews here. Nowhere to unpack your suitcase? I always go for the bed, most are even bigger than my suitcase, thus making them useful for unpacking. Perfect! Dodgy part of town? This is central Amsterdam. I never felt unsafe anywhere around the hotel, even with just one or two friends in the small hours. It's fine. Check in was swift, despite usual form filing, with free tea and coffee available. Staff were great. Friendly and helpful. When I pressed the 5 button in the lift, it took me to the fifth floor, which was just sweet! The rooms are indeed pretty small, but have all the room you need. The wardrobe was small too, but again has all the room you need, as long as you left the ball gowns at home. I thought the glass bathrooms were amusing, and we partly booked the hotel due to these, just for a giggle. Air conditioning was a pretty powerful split unit and more than adequate. Its fan speeds and louvre (if requested) were effective and I found the whole experience to be thermostatically accurate. It made a slight hum, but they do though don't they, air conditioning units. The twin rooms (or at least six of them) are split matress doubles, but are pretty large, have a very good matress and two single douvets. It was no problem. No one ate breakfast in the hotel. There are a myriad of early morning eateries outside, from traditional Dutch to somewhere to get a bacon roll. For this reason all I can say is you can have breakfast at the hotel if you want. SImilarly, dinner. If you need somewhere to rest your head when on a trip with a group of friends, this place is perfect. If you won't be spending anytime other than sleep, showering and changing it, its value for money, clean, tidy and wholely pleasent.

Never Again!!
Posted: Thu, Jun 05 2008
I have just returned from a long weekend break at the above hotel with a group of 9 friends and family. We didn't mind that it was not in the center of Amsterstam or that it was a 15 minute walk to the Metro or that the rooms were not really up to the mark but what I do feel the need to share with others is the disappointing lack of service within the hotel. We booked in at the restaurant and had to wait one hour for our drinks to arrive and 2 hours for our food!!! To top it off one of the guests has today found that over ?1,000 has been charged unauthorised to his credit card. I love Amsterdam but will chose another hotel for my next trip.

Awful!
Posted: Tue, May 27 2008
This hotel should have a 1-2 star rating. My cousin and I stayed there March 15-March 18, 2008. We booked a star/twin room. It was so small we could not unpack our belongings. It offered zero drawer(s) space. The "closet" was a narrow, open space in the wall, as you come in the room about 3 feet tall and 1-1/2 foot wide. We expected small, but not tiny! The bathroom is in the bedroom, with frosted glass walls around it. Very tacky, cheesy and motel like. If the configuration of the bed(s) had been different(the footboard is against the wall, instead of the headboard)it could have at least given us some walking room. The "twin" beds are actually one bed with split matresses. The matresses were confortable at least. The hallways are dark and dirty. The concierge on duty was very rude and unhelpful. For the price we paid, 298.00 Eur total($534USD)it was very mis-leading. Just imagine a motel on a road trip and you will have the Tulip Inn. The hotel is located in a rough area and I will never stay there again. We checked out and found another hotel for the same price, better area, real 3 star.

Worth a stay!
Posted: Mon, May 19 2008
Perfect location as it was only a 5 minute stroll from Central Station and the same into Dam Square. Rooms were excellent with a nice modern contemporary feel and very clean. However, our room was slightly on the small size. Will be staying here on my next trip to the dam.