Holiday Inn Express Hotels in Amsterdam

Hotel very convenient as is nearby the train station and metro which can access to every where. There is a supermarket and also a stall nearby selling good herring and fried cod. Enjoyed our stay.

I went to the wrong hotel at the City Hall, realised the north river branch one not so convenient. Not advise to stay here is you don’t mind have to take metros every time you head out to the central. The morning breakfast was by far uninspiring, really quite limited choice of food 🤦🏻♂️ And when I arrived there on a Friday evening, the reception told me that there is no room service on Saturday, what a crap 🤦🏻♂️

10 minutes walk from the train station. The breakfast is okay. The neighborhood is quiet. Construction are undertaking nearby but it won’t disturb during the night. Very good choice considering the price.

The booking with Trip paid EUR 135.00. At the hotel I had to pay Euro 225, of which Euro 50 was a deposit. So that is not correct. There is a difference of 40 euros. I would never have paid Euro 175 for this room. Hopefully I can get the difference back from Trip. About 10:30 p.m. the fire alarm went off. A few giggling ladies could be heard over the intercom. After standing outside for 5 minutes, everyone went back inside. No explanation was given. Someone was already pouring a beer at the bar. I thought that was very special. Fortunately, there was no burning smell and the fire brigade was not alerted. Anyway, it still scares you.

We have very good stays in Holiday Inn Bijlmer of Arena. The quality manager, Mr.Alexandre Valente  helped us to change our room with better ventilation since we complained about the first room given without air conditioner working. The breakfast is quite standard but it is enough for our needs. The coffee and beers bar located at 1st floor is very nice for chilled out in the evening and environment is happy.

This time, because I remembered the wrong flight time, I booked a room (non-refundable hotel) for an extra night. After communicating with Ctrip customer service and the hotel front desk, they helped to solve the problem.