City Hotel Rembrandt Square

Best budget friendly option at the classiest city square in Amsterdam. Polite staff, spartan but spacious room, decent amenities, very conveniently located, would totally recommend this for solo travellers as well as couples. They also have a reasonably priced late check-out option, and taxi service on demand.

I was hesitating between giving the hotel 2 or 3 stars. Location is great, right next to the Rembrandtplein. The hotel is an older house, not suited for disabled people as you have to like stairs (my room was on the fifth floor). Rooms are small and furniture is quite run-down, but ok I can live with that. However, the tiny bathroom really needs a make-over: the bathroom window was rotten and window sill as well as the shower curtain had a lot of mold (see picture), which is not acceptable for a hotel. Also, the shampoo bottle in the shower was empty (shouldn't be that hard to check and refill when needed), and the TV remote did not work (and has a missing back cover). Fortunately, I was able to sleep with open windows as my room was overlooking the back side of the building, i.e. the quiet side. Breakfast is quite minimal (just some bread, muffins, yoghurt, hard boiled eggs, juice, coffee, tea and some cheese and jam) but enough to get the day started. Staff is available 24 hours per day. It's ok to spend 1 night as a business traveler but based on my room, I wouldn't take my wife and kids there for a city trip. If the bathroom had been taken care of, I would have given it more stars but cleanliness is important to me and the bathroom did not invite to take a shower there.