Wow Amsterdam

Une auberge de jeunesse ultra moderne à la décoration design. Chaque étage a sa couleur (devinez qui est tombée sur le jaune). Les chambres sont propres, grandes et lumineuses et la plupart ont des sanitaires directement dans la pièce. Les autres doivent traverser un couloir, mais leur salle de bain reste privée (pour les 5 personnes de la chambre).
Le Wi-​Fi fonctionne plutôt bien dans les chambres mais beaucoup mieux au RDC.
Le personnel est sympa et à l’écoute.
Au petit-​déjeuner, le choix n’est pas fou mais les produits sont bons (petit pain, pain de mie complet, café, thé, chocolat, jambon, fromage, jus de fruits…)
Les seuls petits bémols de cette auberge sont la localisation, un peu éloignée du centre-​ville d’Amsterdam et l’isolation phonique qui pourrait être meilleure, surtout dans les chambres près des escaliers.
Enjoy your trip!

Un parfait hostel, un peu excentré mais qui fût parfait pour notre première étape aux Pays bas.
On en a eu pour 20 bonnes minutes de marche pour arriver au centre-​ville, mais il y a aussi des vélos à louer pour la journée, pour 15 €.
Compter environ 10 € pour un lit dans un dortoir mixte. Aucune crainte à voir, les dorms sont très grands et les lits y sont placés de manière à ce qu’on né puisse pas trop voir les autres roupiller. Matelas et linge de lit impeccable. Salle de bain propre et spacieuse.
Le buffet du petit déjeuner est rudimentaire mais bien servi.
Bonne ambiance générale dans cet hostel, presque studieuse, pas trop agitée.

Located about 20 min bike ride from Amsterdam Centraal Station. Also accessible by bus/​metro + walking within 30 – 45 min.
Rooms: Key card provided just like hotels. Towel/​soap provided. My room included a private shower (great water temperature/​pressure) and toilet. Both were clean. No alcohol/​food/​drugs allowed in room. Nice view of city. Staff were friendly and helpful on check-​in; also helped with bike lock.
Atmosphere: Super chill. Quiet at night and people are cool. Plenty of common areas to meet people.
Food: Basic breakfast included — bread/​spread, meat/​cheese, juice/​coffee/​milk. Self-​serve and bus tables. Quite decent.
Bottom Line: 5 star hostel (not to be confused with 5 star hotel). Highly recommended if willing to stay slightly away from city center.

This hostel is very large, 350 beds. I was there over a month and the place was mostly empty the whole time, yet they insisted on charging me a much higher rate than reasonable. The manager yells at paying customers for not knowing to put their dishes, utensils away after eating, even though all they have to do is post a sign to cleanup after breakfast.
I paid for a bed in a six bed room with a bathroom and was then ripped off by them having 2 other rooms full of people share the one bathroom.
When I told the manager I had an agreement with his associate to get the monthly rate and was overcharged he yelled at me, implied I was lying and refused to refund money telling me to leave earlier than what was paid for there.
The manager also was upset I addressed him as sir (first time I hever heard that type of complaint and Ive done customer service for large hotel chains) instead of his name which he would not tell me and they dont give out there last names or you use name tags like in a professional hotel, so they feel no accountability to paying customers.
They have a rule not to eat in the rooms but have a closet size room with a small refrig that they expect anyone with food to store there instead of a kitchen.
They offer dinner in the evening for 7.50 euros but hardly anyone shows up, the staff are extremely rude so hardly anyone pays for that as well.
They also have people there staying free on govt programs with issues and the paying guests are made to deal with that as well not to mention no discounts while they get govt subsidies.
This business is very dishonest mismanaged getting govt subsidies while refusing to offer reasonable prices (as I wrote, the place was at least 80% empty almost everyday I was there and I suggested the manager lower prices and the place would fill up but common business sense was lacking).
The manager was extremely rude and I told him being so rude to customers paying much more than most of the guests paying for few nights was unprofessional.
Another business manager cheated me on our agreement for the monthly rate as well and then denied she made the agreement even though I showed the printout of what she agreed on for the rate, that she raised on me afterwards.
I also had to get the card re magnetized several times, no thankyous from staff to paying customers or decent manners.
I suggest this business be boycottted until they get decent management and staff.
The building is nice and there’s some art in it which is unfortunate because there’s potential but the staff/​management is so bad it ruins the place.
They also allow people doing drugs in front of the building harassing guests.
Strongly advise do not stay at this place due to poor management/​staff and dangerous neighborhood.