Tulip Inn

We had 1 night in The Netherlands and needed a place to stay so I booked this place on Hotwire, where you don’t know the actual place you’re getting until after you pay. It was $ 100 USD for 1 night (a Wednesday night). The location was the best part, a short walk from the Amsterdam Central train station, which was very convenient for getting to/​from the airport. The hotel is basically in/​next to the red light district which can get a little sketchy. The guy at the front desk was nice, but that didn’t make up for our room. The carpets were old, dingy and stained, and were in dire need of being replaced. Even the lamp shade had stains on it. The bathroom was decent, but I still got the overall feel that it was dirty and I was glad we were only there for one night.

Este hotel esta muy bien situado en pleno centro de Amsterdam justo al lado de la estación de trenes. Desde aquí se puede llegar fácil y rápidamente andando a la gran mayoría de los sitios turísticos como el museo de Ana Frank, el barrio rojo (que esta justo al lado), etc.
Las habitaciones son pequeñas pero están limpias y no esperes mucho mas, es un sitio para dormir por las noches solamente. A veces es un poco ruidoso porque la verdad se oye bastante a la gente si hablan alto.
El edificio es un poco extraño con una distribución rara, por eso las habitaciones tienen a veces formas un tanto extrañas (yo pude ver 3 y cada una era diferente). Se ve que son varios edificios unidos ya que las construcciones en Amsterdam son muy estrechas. Tiene ascensor, calefacción y aire acondicionado.
En recepción nos trataron muy bien e incluso hablan español.

This hotel’s only redeemable characteristic is its excellent location. However, my money should not buy location alone. Let me break down this review by category.
Cleanliness: This hotel was not clean. It smelled like urine and vomit and, from the looks of it, it was stained with these, as well! The walls and carpets were stained, as were out sheets. The bathroom, though recently remodeled (by the looks of it) had black mold. Also, our shower drained so slowly that we could not shower for more than a minute or so.
Staff: To put it plainly, the staff were rude. They seem uninterested in the quality of their guest’s stay, and it was quite obvious that their only concern was milking guests for as much money as possible. When my partner and I checked in, the staff member was very short with me and acted as though I was inconveniencing him. Everything I said or asked received a quick, rude, «Yes, one moment. Ok? Hold on. I’m working on it.» Also, I only ever saw one employee apathetically cleaning. One cleaner is hardly adequate for a hotel of the Tulip Inn’s size, obviously.
Costs: Almost everything was «extra,» even though the website did not indicate this. Breakfast? It was ten euros per person (and, by the way, not worth it). There were not irons in the rooms, Wi-​Fi was not free (there was a free option, but it did not work in the room and it hardly worked in the lobby), and there were a number of other expenses that, at any reasonable hotel, would be included in the cost of the room.
Honesty: Above all else, I felt cheated. The website shows very modern, large, clean rooms. Do not trust the website. Our two-​bed room was, maybe, six feet wide. Essentially, our room was a hallway. It was so narrow and small that we had to climb over or around our luggage to leave or make it to the bathroom. The picture of our room on the website showed a typically-​shaped and, fairly large, square room. We were very disappointed.
Noise: The walls were thin. We could hear everything happening around us. Also, men screamed and sang loudly in the bars outside the window until around 4:00 a.m. I did not sleep at all one night.
My recommendation is that you should stay anywhere else, even if you have to spend a bit more money. I felt dirty, claustrophobic, and homesick.

We don’t need much from a hotel room. Just the basics: 2 beds and a clean, quiet room. But really, of all the perfectly cheap but adequate hotel rooms we stayed in during our trip to Europe, I feel compelled to write a review about this one as a warning to others.
Cleanliness: definitely NOT clean. Something of mine rolled under the bed at some point and my husband went to get it and the floor was littered with candy wrappers and other items.
Critters: Don’t like stuff biting you? Don’t stay here. My husband woke up one morning with two large bites on his arm and I had two on my hand. What were they? Who knows? Bed bugs? Mites?
Quiet: There are a series of bells that ring (and play music on the hour) EVERY 15 MINUTES from 6am to 11pm, daily. I timed it. At some point I went downstairs to talk to the front desk clerk about it, and he was perfectly nice and apologetic, but explained that the bells could be heard from every room in the hotel so it was pointless to switch rooms, and also, the bells didn’t belong to a church but to a stock exchange across the street, which I now find amusing, but didn’t at the time.
The advantage to staying in this hotel is that it’s cheap and conveniently located, especially to central station. But really, the fact that we were bitten by something here was unforgivable and the stock exchange bells will drive you mad.

Hotels im Centrum von Amsterdam sind recht «teuer» daher wurde ich dort einquartiert. Nur 5 Minuten Fußweg vom Hauptbahnhof entfernt, zwischen zwei Coffeeshops eingezwängt habe ich dann auch mein Hotel gefunden.
Die Empfangsdame war freundlich.
In meinem Zimmer angekommen betätigte den Lichtschalter und nichts passierte, also blickte ich zur Decke und musste feststellen das die zwei «Lichtlein» doch an sind aber kein Licht bringen, also erst einmal quer durch das Zimmer was mit 5 Schritten getan war und die Leselampe angeschaltet.
Nun ging das Inspizieren des Zimmers los, mein Zimmer ging hinten raus also hatte ich Aussicht auf Hauswand, Hauswand und ach Hauswand.
einen halben Meter neben dem Bett ging auch schon der Schreibtisch los über dem ein Flatscreen an der Wand hing, am Fußende war der Kleiderschrank mit kostenlosen Zimmersafe. Die Einrichtung ist spartanisch aber vollkommen ausreichend.
Auf dem Schreibtisch befindet sich neben Fernbedinung, Block, Kugelschreiber und Telefon ein Wasserkocher um sich ein Tee zu kochen (1 Beutel grüner Tee) oder Instant Kaffee.
Das Bad ist saniert worden und schön hell mit Eckdusche und ein Fön der sich sogar Fön schimpfen darf.
Das Hotel hat Gott sei Dank einen Lift, den die Treppen sind so steil und die Stufen höher als normal, das ich mich immer fühlte wie nach einem Marathon lauf.
Gegessen habe ich hier nicht und kann daher nichts zu dem Essen sagen.
Nun fragt ihr euch sicher warum nur 3 Sterne hört sich doch bisher gut an.
Nun zu ein paar negativen Sachen. Ich ging zu meinem Fenster und versuchte es zu schließen. Ich hab mich fast mit meinem ganzen Gewicht draufgehängt um es nach unten zu schieben um dann festzustellen das es durch eine Shampooflasche nach oben gehalten wird, also Shampooflasche raus und zack Fenster zu.
Am Kopfende ist der Putz von der Wand abgebröckelt und immer wieder aufs Bett gefallen.
Das WLan kostet 10 € am Tag. Für 20 € gibt es ein All-​Inkls-​Paket für 24h um Internet zu nutzen und die komplette Filmauswahl zu nutzen.
Die Heizung nimmt die Komplette Fensterwand ein und ist am Kopfende des Betts mit Holzumkleidet, das hat leider zur Folge dass man den Zimmerhohen Vorhang nicht komplett «Licht» dicht zu schließen