Kropswolde Holidays

I am used to small European hotels and I generally like them for being “unique”, as opposed to the big chain hotels. I didn’t mind the lack of elevator or the steep, narrow staircases. However, certain things could and should be better. For example there was not a single electrical outlet in the room. After looking around for half hour, I found behind the curtain a short extension cord connected to an outlet in the ceiling. The bathroom was incredibly small with the toilet bowl almost touching the sink. There was minimal lighting and the main light fixture was hanging from the ceiling. The reception was open only a few hours in the morning and in the afternoon. Closed from Friday afternoon to Monday morning. It would have been useful if some of these details were included in the description of the hotel. Nevertheless, I did enjoy my stay. I hope the other rooms are better than the one I had.

Definitely a nice place to stay. They are not big on checking in early. I visited in mid-July. Even when I returned to check in after, I had to wait and was given a room next to the elevator which is not ideal since it gets loud. Room was very clean and comfortable with black out curtains. No view. Same for my friend who stayed on a different floor - same room, different side, no view but nice room. Staff were on and off. Some friendly, some awkward. I really liked the location. I don’t like to stay in central areas. I prefer off center in clean and less touristy but nice more local neighborhoods. Lovely neighborhood. Ubers and taxis did take a while the 3x I tried during the weekend.

This is not a true B&B. They have very limited facilities on site and do not keep their desk open for extended hours. It is a converted house, each floor is like a private suite. There are limited amenities in the suite too. Bring your own soaps/shampoos and be sure to ask for extra towels! It's in a very convenient location and is clean enough.

Very nice stay around AMS.

Was pleased with the hotel. Room was clean apart from a piece of chewing gum stuck to a lamp shade. Breakfast variety was good. We didn't use the gym there was only a few pieces of equipment. Convenient for metro station 5 minutes walk away to get to Amsterdam Central. Used bar for evening meal once. Food was good, average prices for a hotel. Limited menu. A couple of meals we asked for on the menu weren't available. We had an early checkout at 7am and put a request in the previous day to get an early breakfast which they said they would arrange but when we were checking out they had nothing prepared for us. We were very disappointed at the lack of staff communication.