The Owl Hotel is a small, family run, boutique-ish hotel in a very convenient, upscale neighborhood near Vondelpark, the Museumplein, and the Leidseplein. A quick walk to the tram puts you 10-15 minutes away from everything. Our room, a triple, was very comfortable and was a great home base for our stay in Amsterdam. Others have noted their interesting policy of requiring that you leave your room's key card at the front desk when you leave the hotel for the day, but I didn't find that inconvenient or felt it was unsafe. For someone to walk in off the street, guess your room number, and gain access seems far fetched especially since the front desk staff makes a point to get to know the guests. It's not that big of a place. As a person who loses things all the time, it was kind of nice, actually. There is always a person there at the front desk to give you your card when you return. One thing to note, I was under the impression that breakfast was included in the room price, so I was a bit surprised when we were charged 14 Euros for each breakfast per person when we checked out. That mistake is on me and not a ding against the establishment. I just wanted to point it out for others like me who may assume breakfast is included. The wifi was also not very good which made working at the hotel a challenge, but not undoable. I would come back to the Owl for sure.
