INK Hotel Amsterdam

We stayed here for New Year’s; few days prior, few after. The overall stay was a fun one… Buuut the hotel was not exactly as advertised or envisioned.
Start off the murals in the room. They were the absolute best part of the hotel experience! They are personalized detailed maps of the city and personal locations that the artist has visited, lived, and such. The rooms had olden type phones and pens and paper, tying into the history and theme.
Location was prime… Well I guess the majority of the city would be a prime spot since walking everywhere is the best route it and does not take too much time to travel anywhere… But still, a good location.
Some of the not so good.
The hotel offered free power converters for our stay. I asked for three to use two cycle and power was the plethora of devices. The front staff person told us not to steal them! Like wtf! I was shocked. We were on our honeymoon and spent a good deal on the hotel and the entire trip here and other countries. Just to be talked to like that was strange. The restaurant inside was good, but the room service and bar was grossly overpriced. Other than the murals in the room there was minimal ‘ink’ in the hallways. The majority of the rest of the hotel had no theme to it, although it did look nicely decorated.
So I would suggest somehow being able to get a picture of all the murals in the rooms get a copy of the book that’s in the room and able to be purchased at the hotel and skip out the ink. More of an identity crisis hotel…

A friend of mine stayed here while he was in the city for business. So while he now has other lodgings one night he and I were prowling the later hours of the evening when all the bars were closing down he remembered the bar in this hotel because they treated him well. Since we were nearby we checked to see if they were still open. Finding the bar still open we sauntered in and ordered a last round to cap the evening since they were open an hour or so longer than the surrounding bars in the area.
The staff remembered my friend and treated the both of us as if he were still a guest of the hotel offering up a bit of a chat while they made our drinks. The bar was still well populated with late night inhabitants. It’s a comfortable space to hang out with lots of soft couches to sink into along with plenty of places to sit and have a conversation with someone.
The drinks were good. Gin and tonics are a lot more complicated these days consisting of a few more ingredients than ice cubes, gin and tonic water in a tumbler glass. They’re almost foofy but a manly man can still get away with one sitting in front of him much less drinking one of them.
The service was great. I’ll always remember how well they treated us. I’ll be back some time in the future for another round or two. By the way they’re also dog friendly.

Very classy recently redecorated hotel in the center of Amsterdam. Rooms have a luxurious feel, nice quality materials are used giving them a really nice atmosphere. Staff is very helpful and most friendly. We enjoyed a couple of snacks and cocktails in their restaurant: all was delicious. My wife and I ourselves are from Amsterdam and we were surprised by the quality of the Dutch cheese platter, can you imagine? All in all most reccomanded.

I really wanted to give 5 stars as I like such character hotels and I am super loyal to the Accor group anyway. The INK is perfectly located in Amsterdam, has a really nice theme which can be found in all areas of the hotel and whole ambience and design is nice.
The restaurant PRESSROOM offers good dinner and also good offers for lunch. Hotel guests have breakfst here as well. I detailed review of the restaurant can be found on the specific Unilocal entry of the PRESSROOM.
The gym is small but does the job for a quick session on a weekend or business trip. Open ²⁴⁄₇.
Event though, I really «want» to like the hotel there were a few things that were not perfect. Ok, this is not a 5 star hotel but it is 4 star superior. And when you consider the normal rate of 200 – 260 Euro per night, I expect almost perfection. The points that disturbed and that I raised with management were:
–Upon checkin nobody knew about my correspondence by email before. Initially I asked for an upgrade to the think amsterdam package which I then cancelled by email due to bad weather forecast. This lead to confusion.
–The air condition was not working correctly. No matter what I do, the room temperature stays high even though it is freezing outside.
–The noise from outside as well as from the neighbouring room and floors was really loud and can be heard clearly in our room. Hard to sleep well in a warm, noisy room.
–The Nespresso cups were not re-​filled after our first night, therefore I had no coffee on Saturday morning which is really bad way to start a day for me.
–The breakfast is ok coffee is good, service is friendly. However, there is no choice of eggs to order which I would have expected for a hotel like Ink. The boiled eggs that are available were completely cold, unfortunately. In general the breakfast selection was a little disappointing for me.
–Upon arrival nobody told me clearly where I find the garage for my car. There I ended up searching for the entrance for 30 minutes.
All in all, I would give it another chance but I think they have to improve on the details to be competitive. Especially after the very nice W hotel just opened.

Als wir Amsterdam für drei Tage besuchten entschieden wir uns aufgrund der zentralen Lage und originellen Optik für das INK Hotel — und wir wurden nicht enttäuscht.
Wir verbrachten zwei Nächte im INK Hotel und waren vollends Begeistert!
Das Personal war sehr freundlich, diskret und zuvorkommend. Das Check-​In und Out verlief professionell und reibungslos, die Bedienung war sehr aufmerksam.
Die Zimmer sind sehr stilvoll eingerichtet — viele Details und originelle Einrichtungen sind ein Augenmerk. Besonders die kunstvolle und witzige Karte von Amsterdam die eigens für das Hotel an die Zimmerwand gezeichnet wurde.
Alles war sehr sauber und aufgeräumt, das Bad direkt ins Zimmer integriert und schön ausgestattet.
Ebenso steht ein Fitnessraum mit sehr vielen Geräten und ein kleiner Garten für die Gäste zur Verfügung.
Das Frühstücksbuffet war zwar nicht so gross wie erwartet, aber vollständig ausgestattet und sehr lecker, schloss jedoch etwas früh (11 Uhr), was uns ein wenig gestresst hat. Man musste schon einigermassen früh da sein um in Ruhe essen zu können. Business-​Gästen und Frühaufstehern mag das egal sein — wer den Aufenthalt jedoch entspannt angehen möchte, kommt leicht unter Druck.
Das hoteleigene Restaurant mit regionaler Küche war eine Freude für Augen und Gaumen! Die Speisen waren ein Genuss und die Bedienung war sehr aufmerksam — und das zu einem wirklich günstigen Preis!
Alles in allem hat uns unser Aufenthalt sehr gefallen, wir waren sehr zufrieden mit dem Preis-​Leistungs Verhältnis und können dieses Hotel uneingeschränkt weiterempfehlen.
Somit hat uns die Crew des INK Hotel unsere Ferien jeden Tag versüsst und unser Erlebnis rundum zufrieden gestellt. Wir kommen gerne wieder!

We stayed here as a couple for 3 nights and although the hotel is very well located and has a modern and stylish ambience we were rather underwhelmed by the overall experience.
The luxury (!) room that we booked was really small and at reception they already suggested an upgrade straight away. We did so and found ourselves in a room with a very smelly shower. They came up and tried to fix but even the cleaning ladies suggested we should switch the room. In total this meant a check-​in of more than one hour. The room then was very nice and we slept well.
We had further problems at breakfast (waiting more than 15 minutes for a coffee) and check-​out (could not give us a simple list of all times that were not prepaid with the room) so this means 3 stars.

A good way to read the hotel is by counting the amount of things that you want to steal! They had some nice stuff… but the only thing I wanted were the bathroom lights.
Now I don’t live in Amsterdam anymore, I’m really looking for a new home away from home, for the moment that I’m in Amsterdam just for one or two days on business. I’ve tried so many hotels in Amsterdam and this one is just below par.
The most important problem I have with this Junior executive suite, is the synthetic duvet. Just uncomfortable no sense of luxury and way too hot. When you pay 500+ for one night? I need more. I need one full-​length mirror, I need a little trashcan in the bathroom, I need windows, nota small one… but two big ones. I need the lights to be able to dim. I need fluffy (not hard) bathrobes, and I need… he would comes here comes the horrible side of wanting service: When I ask the desk for a taxi I want a taxi, I don’t want to waitoutside for 16 minutes (yes, in the centre, for 16 minutes). When the desk said they were going to get me one I expected them to actually get me one but they ordered one with a taxi app. That is something I could’ve done myself. …should have hailed one.
Okay let me stop complaining for just a while and some of the good things about this really cool looking hotel.
1. It’s a really cool looking hotel!
2. The jackets and dresses that the staff where are very very cool.
3. I didn’t have time for breakfast, wanted just a banana and an apple, and I was allowed to take them from s very nice looking breakfast spread.
4. City centre, location is perfect and close to Central Station.
5. Amsterdam is one of my 3 favourite cities!
6. The weather was great (hey! The hotel might have had a shaman organise it?!)
7. It was very clean, so we left a good tip for housekeeping.
No, not coming back. You! You can another suggestion? Would love to hear.

I had the pleasure of meeting a friend here from the states. Ink is a wonderful hotel to stay when visiting Amsterdam. It’s in an ideal location for lunch, dinner, cocktails or large groups. The hotel is French owned, so it has a lot of quality to it. Customer service was more than excellent. I definitely plan on returning back here with Dutchman for lunch or dinner. I also will be suggesting Ink to friends and family when they are visiting the Netherlands. Overall, it’s a wonderful hotel, which provides excellent food, staff and service.