Hotel Estheréa  

Gyönyörű, elegáns, pazar berendezések a legkisebb szobáktól a közösségi helyiségekig. Kiváló elhelyezkedés. Biztonságos. Nekem az is fontos volt, hogy a hűtést igénylő élelmiszerek (sajtok, csokoládé) hűtését is biztosította a szálloda az ott tartózkodásom alatt, ill. A jégakkuk lefagyasztását a hazaindulásom előtti nap.

Megérthető, hogy sokak számára fontos a mobilitás, és Amszterdamon kívül mást is meg szeretnének tekinteni, bejárni a vidéki Hollandiát, vagy épp sok a csomag, ezért az autót kell választaniuk odajutási eszközként. Az utcán történő parkolás 2 fő gondja, hogy már reggel 09.00-től kezdődik a fizetéses időszak, tehát ha netán délig aludnánk gondjaink könnyen támadhatnak. A másik fő gondja, hogy 45 Euro/nap, ami 5 nappal kalkulálva már 225 Eurot tesz ki elkerülhetetlen plusz költségként. Lett volna lehetőség a hotel saját parkolóját is igénybe vennem napi 55 Euroért (!). Amszterdamot megelőzően Brugge-ben voltam, aholis csak 15 Euro volt az ugyancsak belvárosi hotelhez tartozó parkoló napi használati díja. Ezt alapul véve talán nem irreális javaslat, hogy a szálloda vendégei számára - egyfajta barátságos, a vendégszeretetet kifejező gesztusként - 20 Euronál nem magasabb összegért tegye lehetővé a szálloda a saját parkolójában történő parkolást. Számomra kicsit megmosolyogtató, már-már szinte egészségtelen bizalmatlanságnak tűnt a még el sem fogyasztott reggeliiket előre kifizettetni. Ugyancsak összehasonlítási alap a néhány nappal korábbi Brugge-i tartózkodásom, ahol még a szálloda napi díjait (a parkolást is beleértve) csak a ki-check- oláskor kellett kifizetnem. Bizalmatlanság mellett miként várható el bizalom? Meglehetősen sok élettapasztalattal bírok már, a nato orvostisztjeként veszélyes, harci műveleti területeken is becsülettel, tisztességgel helyt álltam, így ha én szánom rá magam, hogy valamiben kritikus észrevételt tegyek, azt bízvást tekinthetik megfelelő súlyúnak.

A hotel szép volt, egy kicsit túl csicsás.

Az ablak nem a kanálisra nézett!

Kiváló lokalizáció Amsterdam centrumában.

Végig a foglalóval és az előre fizetéssel voltak elfoglalva a recepciósok.A szobák kicsi méretéhez képest az ár rendkívül drága!!!Az alacsony belmagassághoz túlméretezett csillár rendkívül zavaró volt.

gyönyörű belső enteriőr

The people were nice and the location was good.

The room was very small and it was an interior room so there was no window with any view. It was noisy and often felt like people from other rooms were too close. We stayed at another similar type of hotel in Amsterdam (similar high price) and it was better on all accounts.

The comfort and size of the bed was the best thing about our stay at the Estherea.We stayed in room 110 which is located at the front on the building on the first floor. It had big windows providing a lovely view of the canal from both the seating area and the bed. The bedrooms are very comfortably furnished. The lobby/lounge area was comfortable and an excellent coffee machine was available providing free coffee etc throughout the day and night. Location wise the hotel is very well situated for sightseeing around the main centre of Amsterdam with only 5-7 mins walk to Dam Square and the main shopping area, 15 mins walk from the train station and again no more than 10-15 minutes walk to the infamous red light district.

The only real issue I had with this hotel was the door separating the bedroom from the bathroom; there is no proper door. Instead there are louvre doors which do not close as a door would. Privacy was therefore not as great as I would have liked/expected from a hotel of this standard. Be sure you are comfortable with whomever you intend to share your room with! The doorway is small...is this perhaps why a proper lockable door is not fitted? One small issue also was the smell of cigarrette smoke which floated up into our bedroom from outside where people sat to smoke, we had to keep the windows closed when people were smoking. Breakfast was very expensive but there was enough choice and plenty of it provided you didn't leave it until the last 30 mins to go down.

The cat was lovely. Some of staff were friendly.

I ordered deluxe room, but only got classic room instead which was small and differrent as seen on picture.but hotel told me nothing different between delux room and classic room. Shampoo and conditioner has been used but the cleaners couldn't be bother to change it.

A central hotel, nice warm decor, discreet, in the heart of old city. Newly refurbished, excellent bathrooms good beds

Staff are professiinal but rough in their approach. My rom was more expensive due to the view on the canal but it was the noisiest at night as noise insulation is far from perfect. You can hear loudly people talking in the street at night so I would recomend save your money and dont select room with aview foe a better night sleep at the end you dont need aview to sleep! Water runing in the morning is a bit loud I booked for 2 nights originally at obe price but had to cancell the 2nd night and although I did it in time my room night was then more expensive than originally stated, so better check as it is very unpleasant and not reliable information!

Liked only its location, expected much more...

Poor room - awful wall decoration, for mushroom eaters, window - right to another wall and lift. Fan in toilet, not in bathroom (they are separated).

The hotel had tremendous admosphere and was very well decorated. The service was very good as well as the location. The personnel were very atentive to any request for help.

The hotel is in a great location and the layout of the building is quite unique in getting so many rooms in a well layed out plan. The only complaint I would have is the hotel is both quite noisy inside and outside for lack of insultation and double pane windows.

great location and very friendly/efficient staff

room very small for us with large cases as we were overseas for 3weeks. crowded dinning facilities

location and friendly staff

bathtub doesn't have a rubber mat and it was very slippery.so slippery in fact that I slipped and fell out of the tub and hit my head on the tile floor.for a moment i blacked out.all the hotel had to say was sorry that it happened. the room was not the one we ordered and it was very small.we had to put a chair in the bathroom at night so we could move around the room.you would think that when you book 4-5 months ahead that they would have plenty of time to make sure the customer gets what they requested,

Very professional staff, lovely rooms, great ambiance.