Sphinx Hotel Europe B.V - Amsterdam    Share

Staff likes to help, do not come before check in, they just won't let you in.

We had a room for 4 people, and for its price it was absolutely acceptable, it was clean and you could sleep and shower there without a problem. For a Low budget its a very nice hotel.

The hotel was ok, room was very small, walls dirty, squeaking beds, thin walls and very narrow, rising stairs. Breakfast was very poor, staff was ok too.

Stairs are steep and vertical _ Narrow space

So I arrived for 4 nights in Amsterdam with my friends. We wanted a hostle in a good location because we knew we'd be out all days and just need a place to stay. To be honest, my friend booked the hostle and when I checked it out my expectations were pretty low because it seemed to me the rooms were very very small. Overall, it was pretty OK there. CREW: At first we booked a room for 5 people and at the last minute we had another person with us, they gave us another bed it didn't change the price dramatically.... We arrived at about 3AM and the guy at the receptioin accepted us at that hour very kindly and offered us coffee and other drinks from the machine... The crew were very nice especially the exchange student from Latvia who let me use the kitchen! They helped us with whatever we needed (towels, sheets, toilet paper, recommendations etc) . ROOMS & CLEANING: So the room was a little bigger than I expected but I think that's because we had the underground floor. Walls are thin so you can hear anything that's going on in the other room but in our luck there wasn't much noise. NO LIFT! JUST STEEP STAIRS. I didn't have much problem with that because i only had one floor to go. But it could get dangerous with lugagge or if you're drunk I guess... Room was a little dusty (air fan was dirty so we put it away ) under the bed there was also a lot of dust like they don't wash the floors... We got new towels every day and beds were neat. Comfortable enough for a good sleep! Bathroom was clean and there was shampoo and handwash, and air fresher with good smell. Only problem with the shower the wasn't anything to prevent the water from coming out, it was an open shower with no door.... it dried very fast tho. FREE WIFI :D Breakfast for 5 euros BUT at the end of our staying we were left with 6 cans of coca cola so we gave it at the reception for other people to enjoy. The receptionist who was there offered breakfast for free There was a lot of good choices! Eggs, bread, toasts, cheese, ham, veggies... drinks...cereal... a lot of yummy choices! LOCATION: GREAT LOCATION!! It was 20 minutes WALK from Dam Squre! There's plenty of shops and cafes around. There's "The Avocado Show" near by A supermarket with low prices An amazing indian resturant (and many more) a good coffee shop with great staff... its near public transport. very easy to get by.... My morning always started at the same resturant because we loved the breakfasts there and the crew! It's called "De Carrousel" they serve great pancakes, waffels, english breakfast!