Xo Hotels Couture

Recommended Hotel in Amsterdam, very good price-ratio, compared with the tiny and old hotels near center. Very friendly staff. They helped me with a special request promptly! Hotel is new, very well decorated. Clean, efficient. The rooms are very nice, not small, and the bathroom shower was super! In fact the room looked better in real life than on the pictures (usual is the reverse...). One may argue that this hotel is a little far from Amsterdam downtown and all attractions, and this is true, but public transport is so convenient, that the location is totally compensated! Tram No 2 stops right in front of the hotel every 5 minutes. You can even buy tickets inside this Tram as it is a favorite for outsiders because it goes directly to all city attractions: museus, restaurants, channels, Centraal Train station. It may take 25 minutes to reach the Central station (last stop), and may be crowded at times, but this was not an issue. In fact Amsterdam is so beautiful that every trip was kind of a sightseeing. We arrived by train, got our luggage on Tram 2 right to the hotel, no problem at all.

If I have to say something, I personally would prefer a soft pillow. The ones available are hard to my taste.

It is nice and clean hotel.

City centre is a bit far away from the hotel.

Bed was very comfortable and room was lovely and spacious with good views.

Coffee machine in the room didn't work. Also had issues with draining the bath.