Conscious Hotel Vondelpark

Conscious hotel is exactly that, conscious. The entire hotel is clean and sleek with a modern and earthy tone. The rooms are welcoming and cheery and we enjoyed finding the flirty quotes throughout the room that explained the efficiency of the room.
It is located near transportation so you can get around the city easily. We will definitely stay here when we visit Amsterdam next.

Conscious Hotel Vondepark
We had a great stay at CHV for three nights. The location of the hotel is a little bit farther from City Centre, but it was nice to stay away from the crowded areas of Amsterdam. We took Tram 1 from Amsterdam Central train station to the Overtoom stop using the 2.90 Euro 1-​hour tram pass purchased at the GVB Tourist office near the station, but it only took about 15 – 20 minutes. When we arrived at the hotel, we were able to check in about an hour earlier than the designated time which was wonderful. The hotel was modern and welcoming with a lounge area at reception that had many options for food and drink albeit a little overpriced. The room was very clean and on the smaller size, but plenty of room for two with a king size bed which was very comfortable. The bathroom was also pretty modern and very clean.
The wi-​fi available at the hotel was a good signal at all times of the day which was a great tool making plans for our trip. The hotel staff was also very accommodating and even printed some train tickets for us at 12:30am at night.
Some points of interest nearby… the location of the hotel was just off of Vondelpark, a 15 – 20 walk from the Jordaan area (where the Anne Frank Haus is) and the City Centre (near the Red Light District). Within a 5 – 10 minute walk off of Overtoom, there were also some grocery stores (Albert Heijn) which were great alternatives for meals and snacks if you’re on a budget. Otherwise, there were great cafes and restaurants to try nearby. We would recommend taking at 15 – 20 minute walk to FoodHallen which had a bunch of local food stands & a bar with a beer hall atmosphere. We also tried Brouwerij’t ij in the Plantage/​Eastern Islands area for an afternoon snack of local cheese, fried sausage and a flight of beer which had great outdoor seating underneath a windmill.
One day we rented some bikes from MacBike to go to Waterland which was also located on Overtoom. We would recommend splurging for the handbrake bikes instead of the footbrake ones. We also got the insurance for a couple extra euro, but it wasn’t necessary (thankfully). Just a note of caution… riding bikes in Amsterdam city centre on the way to the Ferry was pretty intimidating with cars, pedestrians, motorcycles and other bikes to be on the lookout for at all times. The experience was definitely worth it, but it is not as easy as it looks.
Overall, we had a great trip and we would definitely stay at Conscious Hotel Vondelpark again if we come back to Amsterdam.

As a «conscious» consumer, I couldn’t wait to try out this hotel during my next visit to Amsterdam, a city where I stay frequently for both work and pleasure. The hotel however was a little disappointing on some levels, but good on others.
Area: outside the city center, which can be perceived both positive or negative. Positive as it’s quiet and the street has lots of little bars, lunchrooms and shops to explore and not so many (loud) tourists around, the area is mainly residential. Negative because you are dependent on tram 1 (which does stop in front of the hotel) to get to Central Station and the city center. It’s about a 30 min walk to the city center from the hotel. ⁴⁄₅
Entrance/​reception: the hotel is easy to find and has a nice open reception area + a space to have a drink and snack. Check in took 10 minutes as there was only 1 girl working both the bar and reception. Some items available for purchase such as snacks, toiletries and books but fairly expensive. ³⁄₅.
The room: spacious and clean. Very minimal — as this hotel is «conscious» you won’t find any folders or «stuff» laying around. Good curtains that wouldn’t let any light in. Very small TV. Free wifi. ⁴⁄₅
The bed: large and clean, but overall very poor in my opinion. Of course, this is personal. The bed was way too soft and you would immediately sink into the mattress. The pillows were very thin, I ended up sleeping with two pillows stacked upon each other but even that wasn’t comfortable. I slept very poorly because of the mattress and pillows and was glad to spend the next night in my own bed again. ²⁄₅
Bathroom: big and clean, but horrible lightening. Wasn’t able to apply my make-​up as the lightening was really bad. There was only 1 small light straight above you when standing in front of the mirror which highlighted the nose and cast shadows elsewhere. I think women understand what I mean — lightening is everything and this light was so unflattering I had to do my make-​up in the bedroom with my little compact mirror. The bathroom was also extremely cold as there was no heating, while it was 2 degrees outside. ²⁄₅
Overall: I wouldn’t stay here again, but then again I think as a woman who is used to a good bed and good lightening in the room, maybe I’m biased and other people would’t have any problems staying at this hotel. I think there are some improvements to be made, but I do like the concept of an eco-​friendly hotel and would maybe come back for a drink or dinner, but not to spend another night. ³⁄₅

Quickly becoming my hotel of choice in Amsterdam. Good value for money, decent location, cool clientele, great staff, and comfy rooms.

EDIT Feb 2, 2015
I stayed here with 3 girls for a Girls Weekend and it was great for all of us! This time we ordered the breakfast which was amazing. Though they didn’t make the quiche I loved on the second day, which was a bummer.
We all felt the beds were amazing and we were able to get the connecting rooms — which added to the fun. Funny enough, one of them was the same room I had on my first stay so that was nice!
We loved being so close to the convenient tram. We only wished that there was a mini fridge in the room, that would’ve made it perfect.
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This was my first trip to Amsterdam and I wasn’t really sure where to stay. Well, I booked the Conscious Hotel Vondelpark by mistake — and I’m glad I did! Initially I tried to book with the sister hotel in Museum Park because I thought it would be good to stay in the middle of the action. But this location was great.
About the hotel itself: clean, minimal yet functionally furnished. The hubs and I were SO EXCITED about the bed. It was a CA King size and extremely comfortable. Living in London with a smaller bed than what we had in the US makes us long for these luxuries… Bathroom was quite a good size and neatly arranged. Free wifi with a good strength and smallish-​medium sized TV with soft porn on at night, lol. Gotta love Dutch tv.
But what makes this place great is that it is NOT in the tourist center. I realized that I would’ve hated to have been in a tourist trap all day. But the only tram line we had to take to go anywhere was the Line 1 that was immediately in front of the hotel, very very convenient. To/​from get from the airport and to the best coffeeshops, Anne Frank House, museums and the Red Light District, you can take the 1. Sure, you may have to walk another 10 – 15 min from there, but as long as mobility isn’t a huge concern, a little walk never hurt anybody from there. We stayed in Building A but facing the back, so the street noise was never an issue.
Service was good at the hotel and the bar has drinks and snacks open til 1 AM, which was good because we didn’t see any mini markets near by to buy water and were able to get it from the hotel.
After superior sleep, comfy stay, this made our trip to Amsterdam so wonderful! Yay!

The bed is very comfortable, breakfast is good, the interior of the hotel is well styled. There are several nice restaurants and cafes nearby, lovely park and a supermarket. Tram stop is in front of the hotel.
They claim that they are very eco-​friendly and environment friendly, my question is: how many whales in the Antarctic they saved while not having a shower curtain or shower door, to prevent flooding the bathroom with water, and thus making guests using extra towels to remove the water… The eco-​friendly-​water-​saving shower is not able to keep the temperature, you might enjoy several water burns while taking a shower even in the cold water. It is cold in the rooms as the temperature there also adjusts in the friendly way — made me freeze all the time. It is quite far away from everywhere, and if you are not into taking public transportation, rather enjoy the city by foot — it is annoying distance to walk. The most ungraspable for me was the fact that there is no kettle in the room and staff refuses to lend you one (with the price you pay for room, it is very douche behaviour from the hotel side), instead they offer you to buy it overpriced from the bar — no, thank you.

Cet hôtel est 100% eco-​friendly et design, mais il né sacrifie pas le confort.
Nous avons eu une chambre tout en haut de l’hôtel avec une grande terrasse et un jolie vue sur les toits d’Amsterdam. L’endroit était très calme et la chambre confortable. A noter que les lits sont vraiment très mous (on s’enfonce littéralement dedans), ce qui peut né pas convenir à tout le monde.
Dans les chambres, on trouve un peu partout de petites explications sur le parti pris écolo de l’hôtel tournées de façon assez amusantes. J’ai vraiment apprécié le côté ecolo mais pas prise de tête de cet endroit.
Le petit déjeuner sous forme d’un buffet bien garni 100% bio se prend dans une salle très agréable au rez-​de-​chaussée.
Pour ce qui est de la situation de l’hôtel, il n’est pas dans le centre-​ville à proprement parler mais c’est sûrement pour ça qu’il est aussi calme. Il est situé au bord du Vondelpark et à 20 minutes en tram de la gare. On peut très facilement aller au centre-​ville à pied en traversant le parc, ce qui fait aussi un ballade très agréable.

Wir haben uns mal den Luxus gegönnt und sind ohne Kinder auf Städtetour gegangen. Dabei sind wir auf dieses Designerhotel, upps, ich betone BIO Designerhotel gestoßen. Bio? Ja, Bio! Hier gibt es ausschließlich Bioprodukte und die sind super!
Wenn man nun denkt, dass einen auch ein typisches Bioerscheinungsbild erwartet, der irrt. Das Hotel ist super stylisch und trendy eingerichtet. Das Personal ist ausgesprochen höflich und spricht nicht nur englisch sondern auch sehr gut deutsch.
Die Zimmer sind allerdings sehr klein, dafür allerdings klasse designed. Unseres hatte eine lila Wand mit einem großen Blumenbild, farblich abgestimmt.
Das Badeszimmer ist super. Allerings fehlt eine Duschwand, daher steht nach dem Duschen alles unter Wasser. Schade!
Der Preis für die Tiefgarage fällt wirklich negativ auf!!! 25 EUR pro Nacht!!! Aber wo soll das Auto denn in einer Fahrradstadt wie Amsterdam sonst hin?
Apropos Fahrrad: Die kann man hier sehr günstig mieten! Die Räder sind top in Schuß und man hat es wirklich nicht weit bis in die Innenstadt! Auf Wunsch bekommt man eine Karte in die Hand mit einem eingezeichnetem Rundkurs. Immerhin ist dieser kostenlos!
In der Nähe des Hotels ist der Vondelpark, den man dann gleich auf dem Rad erkunden kann.
Das Frühstück muss man extra buchen. Aber es ist sehr lecker und zu empfehlen!
Es sehr schickes Designhotel, zentrumsnah mit zu hohen Parkgebühren! Dennoch absolut empfehlenswert!

Nice Hotel, near the city center 5 – 10 minutes with the tram, great breakfast but could be in the price included…

A good basic place to stay. Minimal but really had everything we needed. I thought the location was very convenient and we appreciated being just a little bit away from the busier streets. I didn’t notice the «green» aspect making anything less comfortable. It’s not a plush or romantic place to stay, but then I wouldn’t have expected that from the website. Breakfast looked and smelled delicious, but we decided not to splurge for it. Staff friendly and helpful. Free wifi worked very well for us (a big plus).
The one downside for us was that our room was right around the corner from the reception desk and a public bathroom so there was quite a bit of noise during the day and in the evening as people were coming and going. And, as can happen, we had some noisy neighbors who kept late hours. So just specify a room on an upper floor and hopefully you should be fine.

What a tremendous find! We booked a last minute trip to Amsterdam and with just a week to go, we hadn’t booked a hotel. We found this gem via
. I have to admit, I was a bit nervous because we paid so little for the hotel but we were so pleasantly surprised that we booked a third night when we got there.
This is a ‘green’ hotel and they go out of the way to use as much recycled, environment friendly material as possible. everything from the tabletops (made out of recycled coffee cups, but just a strong and sturdy as formica. in fact, I thought it was formica) even the shirts the staff wear are from eco-​friendly materials. The lights, water, etc all use the most environmentally friendly methods but you don’t notice any difference in the quality. Seriously, the Dutch are so far ahead of Americans when it comes to being eco friendly, and this hotel is a perfect example.
The lobby of the hotel is so comfy that you might be tempted to stay there all day.
We did have a few hiccups along the way. First the drain to our sink wouldn’t unplug and we had to wait until the next day for them to fix it. That sucked. Also, the organic breakfast, while delicious, was shockingly expensive. about $ 44 for two people. Our fault, we didn’t ask beforehand, but. ouch!
The staff is very friendly and helpful here as well. They really seem to enjoy working here, which is always a bonus. With the super comfy beda and the tram stop literally just outside the door, I will not hesitate to stay here again.

It’s a very clean, modern, and decent hotel. Friendly staff who were very helpful. The free Wi-​Fi is, as others have noted, a really nice feature. It’s in a safe location, if anyone is concerned.
The hotel is right at the Overtoom stop on tram #1, and during the day a tram comes by every ten minutes to take you downtown to the center of Amsterdam, which takes only 5 to 15 minutes depending on where you want to go.
Unlike other reviews, we did have the breakfast. At 13.50 Euros, it’s not cheap. But they had a good selection of food and it was all very good.

As Grisel L. noted, this hotel is not in the center of the action, but it is just off the Vondelpark, which is a lovely (and gigantic) green space with walking/​running/​biking trails, artwork, cafes, and an open-​air theater, which happened to have live music the day I arrived.
My room was no-​frills but lovely: queen-​size bed, table and chair, end tables, a television, and a telephone. The bathroom was much larger than I expected, and the fixtures were nice and new. The hotel’s quirk is that it’s «green» and «eco-​friendly,» so there are little word balloons all around telling you about the hotel. For example, the table is made out of recycled coffee cups, and the countertop in the bathroom is made out of pressed paper. The bed has a medium-​firm foam mattress that’s quite comfortable. There’s no artwork, just a large mural of a flower on the wall above the bed and a neat throw pillow depicting an old map of Amsterdam. There is also an elevator that goes to the first 5 of the hotel’s 6 floors (the rooms on that floor are reachable by stairs). They don’t give you little bottles of shampoo and conditioner (as that wouldn’t be eco-​friendly), so there is hand soap and a sort of shampoo/​shower gel combo in the bathroom.
I did not try the breakfast (which is all organic) since it is quite pricey at 13.50 euro. Instead, I popped into the Albert Heijn supermarket just up the street and bought a loaf of raisin bread, jar of jam, and fruit salad — enough for my entire stay — for 4 euro.
Wifi is free throughout the hotel. There is a nice bar (both beer and coffee) on the ground floor near reception, with a wall full of plants, couches and chairs upholstered in funky fabric, and always buzzing with people.
The best part of this hotel? I booked online (a non-​refundable room) for 65 euro. Far and away the best deal on a hotel room in Amsterdam I could find in early summer.

It’s my first time traveling to Amsterdam and wasn’t sure how the city’s layout, nor the distances between the «must see» attractions and a reasonably priced and safe hotel. Although this hotel is not in the middle of the «Centrum» (Center), it is set in a safe neighborhood, has a great staff, and is clean and modern.
Although it isn’t in the middle of the action, there is a the tram stop in front of the hotel (Ligne 1) which takes you to several popular areas around town, as well as, Central Station. So, if you are arriving via Central Station, get on the Tram 1 and enjoy the ride until you reach the hotel.
Side note: The tram also connects you to Ligne 3 and 12 which will take visitors straight to the Van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum. I would also recommend purchasing a 24 hrs. tram pass for 7 euros. You can use it as many times as needed for 24 consecutive hours. It worked out great for me as I am directionally challenged!
The rooms are decent in size and very modern. The only drawback was that the TV stopped working from one day to the next. The desk switched out the remote thinking it was the problem but the TV was just not working. I did not try their breakfast (extra) but it consisted of eggs, juices, sausage, and breads. Modern bathroom, modern room, and a decent size closet. Inside the closet guests can find a blow dryer, extra pillow and comforter, and a safe to use for FREE! Though the wall connecting my room to the next room may have seemed a little thin, I felt I got a decent deal considering factors such as safety, neighborhood, transportation, and vicinity to a landmark park and landmark museums. With regards to the staff, they were all friendly and provided me with information on the ongoing night life and even offered to print my train ticket to Paris at no extra charge even though I had already checked out.
How can I forget! Wifi is FREE throughout the building (room and lounging area). Some budget hotels tend to charge extra for this service so this is definitely a plus!