Sandton Hotel de Filosoof  

It was a nice district of Amsterdam, close to the centre, but clean and calm at the same time.

Our room was located just in front of the garden of the hotel, therefore all the convertations and voices were literally in the room.. And the room itself was like a basement.. Staff was really deficient. We were ill- informed in so many situations.

Located too far away from some main attractions

overpriced food and drinks. Bottle of water was 7 euro !!!!

Location near Vondelpark and tram line 1

We asked for quiet room already when booking. Our room #2 was under corridor from reception to breakfast room, so all steps were clearly heard day and night and hotel was fully booked. We were given another room #20 for rest of stay which was supposed to be with bath, but was not. Room was also very small and the bed was collapsed.

Pleasant staff who made you feel very welcome which has not been our experience at other hotels in this district

The beds are uncomfortable and need to be upgraded

The staff was incredibly friendly and helpful! The hotel is also very charming, comfortable and well located.

The staff was very helpful specially Ms. Berber Schoomain who was extremely warm & helped me with everything that i needed. The location was good & central which was convenient.

Room & bathroom were too small & tiny.

It is a very inferior hotel. The shower had no curtain but had a partition about 18 inches wide-- the whole bathroom (which was miniscule anyway) was soaked for every shower, and there was no bath. The mattress was all huge lumps. Some of the staff was unbelievably rude. There were so many things wrong it was unbelievable. Fodor's gives a good rating, but I assure you, it was a lousy hotel.

Very well placed for visiting the excellent museums in Amsterdam. An interesting building with an excellent garden combined with a pleasant easy atmosphere.

Our room was in a poor decorative state and rather small but the bathroom was fine. Breakfast was expernsive for what you got.

We liked the location near to Vondelpark and ease of access to the city without being in the busy centre.Staff were very pleasant on checking in and out.

We had booked a deluxe/superior room and we were disappointed at the size and also the dark decor - room 18 - which was not at all what we had expected from the website pictures.

Friendly staff, good location next to the park.

Tiny bathroom with no dedicated shower. Wifi not available in rooms, only in lobby. Thin walls, so lots of noise from the lobby and outside.

The room was named "nature" and it was pretty good! The bed was very comfortable and the sight from the window great! As far as our experience is concerned everything was very nice, so I doubtless suggest this hotel to everyone.

Nothing

The room is large and close to trams and park. Bathroom of the suite is big.

Internet does not work. The suites are on the other side of the road and there is no elevator. Tiny syeps and huge inclination, almost impossible to take the suitcase. Staff is not very friendly and not helpfull.

When I had breakfast I saw a philosophical test. I mentally answered to the questions, and I checked. The questions were relatively easy for me, although I don't pretend to be an expert. But sometimes the texts were misleading. They mentioned the negative answer of Darwin about the request of Marx of a dedication to him for his book Das Kapital. The next question was about Darwin. They asked "What did Darwin study in 1831?". The answer is theology. But after Darwin got a degree in medicine; and the evidence for natural evolution is compelling, according to Richard Dawkins and many Nobel prizes for medicine. As a peaceful man and humble writer in the fields of philosophy and psychology, I couldn't ask the same to Italo Calvino, author of the American lessons, and to Friedrich Nietzsche, who was charmed by natural evolutionism in Die frohliche wissenschaft. I hope that their scholars will forgive me. I don't know anything of German language. But with Dutch language I have some hope. Conversations in the hotel were wonderful.