Ciao Papa Hotel Amsterdam Central Station

Location is excellent. Walking distance to everywhere. Unfortunately, it does not have an elevator n to carry the luggage up the narrow stairway can be challenges.

Easy to arrive from Amsterdam Centraal station. A very small entrance which u may miss it. After open the entrance door, we found a long stairs to check in floor and hotel rooms. It was a bit difficult for us to move 2 big luggages to 2/F without the help of friendly and helpful reception staff. The staff was too nice to upgrade our room with balcony. However, the balcony wasn’t really a workable balcony.🤣 There were considerate iPhone chargers near the bed. The room was Tidy, clean with modern n new decoration. The toilet bowl lid seemed not fit on toilet bowl in our room though it didn’t affect its function. There were 2 times alarm sounds in the midnight of our 2nd night stay which we didn’t know why but forgot to check with the staff. To conclude, it is a convenient and nice hotel.

The hotel location must be what makes this place rank so high because the other features are poor to average. It's near the central train station and ports of call for many cruise lines. We walked from Emerald's port to this hotel in about 10 minutes carrying packs. The place is run by two very sweet young men...helpful, polite...and check in was easy. The stairs are steep and spiraled, and carrying luggage or packs is not fun. The rooms are very small. Ours did not have a closet. The very small sink is located inside the very small shower. You have to duck your head under the very small shelf to spit into the sink. When you exit the sink, you brush against the shower door, and if it's wet, then you get wet. There was no toilet in our room. Instead it was located in the hallway, shared with 2 other rooms. The toilet space is very small, too. The bed was not a mattress, but rather a 2-inch pad. It was MEH as far as comfort goes, and it kept sliding off. The pillow was large but lumpy. The room was quiet at night (we faced a courtyard) but my friends faced the street and said it was a little loud. The room has an AC unit which worked very well. We paid about $300 for this room. I would look towards the Museum district and pay a little more to get a LOT more. The city tram carries you there easily, so even if you're on a train or boat, it's a very easy commute to a better hotel. If you're young and partying downtown, and don't care about niceties, then this place is good to crash in. But my hubby and I are in our 50s and we did not love our stay here.

I stayed at Ciao Papa for two nights the first week of October. The hotel is very small (and cute) and other reviews are correct that the stairways are very narrow and steep. If you have mobility issues or cannot manage your luggage up and down steep narrow stairs, this is not a good hotel for you. I do not have mobility issues and really enjoyed the location of the hotel. It is quite near Amsterdam Centraal and right in the middle of the shopping district. The front door is a single door off the street and you must ring a bell to enter. Once you have entered the lobby is up a flight of stairs. I arrived in the mid morning and was able to check my bags until my room was ready. The room was very small but perfectly comfortable for a single person. If you are traveling with someone you do not mind being close to, it would have also been good for a couple. The bed was comfortable. I chose an en suite room and the bathroom facilities were very modern and clean. For the price, locations, and friendliness of the staff, I would choose to stay here again if I were in Amsterdam.

Excellent location. Clean friendly comfortable for the budget traveller. Incredible location near Central Train Station. All the staff was lovely. Abepe was a great night guard. I got a great night's sleep. You can store your bags until check in.

We came with a friend on a whim and we were able to choose this hotel easily at the last moment. More than perfect for our improvised night on Amsterdam. In the city center, and the staff at the reception was more than pleasant. Nickel room. I recommend.