Municipality of Barendrecht Vacations & Trips from $1,140

I had stayed in a Social Hub in Madrid and found it to be an excellent alternative to main stream hotels. The one in Amsterdam was not the case. The location for this hotel is not very good. We were assigned a handicap accessible room without requiring nor requesting one. They did change our room but unfortunately the air conditioning in that room did not work. When I enquired at the desk I was told that none of the rooms had air conditioning because it was illegal in Europe to have AC. This is of course false. The rooms were climate controlled except our room was about 25-28 degrees even though the thermostat was set to 18. They said they would send someone but never did. We survived by opening the window and luckily the fall weather kept the room comfortable for sleeping. We did not spend any daytime hours in the room. Overall, for the money we paid, we could have had a much better hotel room, closer to the city centre and in a safer, more friendlier area. I do not recommend staying at this location.

The whole experience was lovely and relaxing. The staff were all friendly, welcoming, and eager to help. I wrote in my earlier review that I did not get my VIP bottle of wine. My error. When I look at my reservation, the perk was one free drink during my stay, which they gave me. Improvements would be: The refrigerator was not nearly cool enough, and it was installed in such a way that the outside vent throws off so much heat, it heats up the safe! I couldn't lock my medications in the safe because it was so warm. Add a mini bar, please. A hotel of this caliber should offer one. Late in evening, even the hotel bar doesn't have anything to snack on. Everything else was wonderful. I will definitely back.