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Reviews of The Flying Pig Uptown

Vossiusstraat 46, Oud Zuid, 1071 AJ Amsterdam, Netherlands

#261 of 462 hotels in Amsterdam

Guests' Choice

Review Score

Based on 1475 hostel reviews

7.9

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    7.9

  • Comfort

    7.8

  • Location

    8.8

  • Facilities

    7.8

  • Staff

    9.0

  • Value for money

    7.9

  • Free WiFi

    7.5

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  • Reviewed: April 20, 2024

    9.0
    Excellent!
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 12-Person Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 4 nights

    There are so many stairs for the reach the rooms :)

    Hostel has a bar and there are so many activities in that place.You can meet with the tourist and find a fun so easily. Staff is so lovely and friendly! You can get cheapest bar in the Ams.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: April 14, 2024

    9.0
    Amazing
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    None

    Excellent location

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: April 10, 2024

    7.0
    Pleasant happy place with helpful staff.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The steps were difficult for me but male staff were very eager to help.

    The gentlemen staff were helpful, cheerful and exceptionally hard workers. Quiet and fun roommates.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: April 6, 2024

    8.0
    Overall great!
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Underbed lockers were a bit unpractical.

    Staff was very helpful & nice! Had a great experience overall!

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: April 4, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 14-Person Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Best location overcome every inconvenience

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: April 1, 2024

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queensize Bed in 8-Person Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    The kitchen is rather small. So I wouldn't recommend the place if you want to cook something "bigger" everyday.

    The staff was really nice. Everything was clean and the location in the middle of the Museums Quarter is very convenient. I can totally recommend staying at the Flying Pig Uptown if you are looking for a fun place to stay.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: March 28, 2024

    9.0
    So fun!
    • Leisure trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Bunk Bed in Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Great location and such comfy beds great hostel environment

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: March 26, 2024

    7.0
    good cheap value - cozy bar and nice happy hour
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room Ensuite
    • Stayed 1 night

    steep stairs- small bed - not really clean -

    bar - staff- happy hour -

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: March 23, 2024

    8.0
    Fun, convenient location with a great staff!
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    There is no elevator, so walking up five steep flights of stairs with all the luggage was difficult, definitely do not recommend booking if you don't like stairs.

    I was able to book last minute, which was very convenient, and the staff was very kind when I arrived late at night and left early in the morning. The bed was comfortable and there was a metal box under the bed that you could easily put your stuff in. There was also a sink in the room so you could brush your teeth in the room instead of having to leave.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: March 22, 2024

    8.0
    Amazing for a youthful hostel experience
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Queensize Bed in 8-Person Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 4 nights

    The kitchen is very small and i would not leave my groceries there since anyone (most likely) could take your food. A little bit noisy if you want to rest after a long day of touristing. The rooms are not also very well ventilated.

    Overall it was a very enjoyable experience. The partying vibes are on point, the hostel is full of young people from all over the world. The breakfast is alright, although there could be more variety of food!

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: March 14, 2024

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queensize bed in 12-Person Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Everything was good but I recommend choose the smallest room than the big one

    Good location, a lot of bathrooms and shower, clean and organized

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: March 8, 2024

    9.0
    Great place, comfy and clean, good vibe and location.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queensize Bed in 8-Person Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Be prepared for the stairs. But that's just Amsterdam.

    Very cool, the kitchen was a bit small but alright. Enough bathrooms and showers everywhere (and clean). The location is great if you want to see the museums and the city center is walking distance and quite nice. You've also got the park next to the Hostel with a very nice and fancy neighbourhood surrounding it.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: March 5, 2024

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Breakfast was okay, but it said it was supposed to be 7 euros. Charged 8 euros for each person in the end. When we started eating there wasn't much food left and it took some time for the refill.

    The bar and huge room was a plus for me. Staff is really friendly and helpful and everything was really clean. My aunt celebrated her 72nd birthday there in the bar with a cocktail and liked the whole establishment a lot as well.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: February 29, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 6-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    1) it's really a lot of stairs 2) no lift .. 3) capsule bathroom in corridors need a little reconstruction or move, switch 4) my bed was (in back part) hit by main room door during every opening and frontal part of my bed was hit during every opening door of WC located inside my room, really not very sofisticated Feng shui or interior architecture of bed ... 5) sometimes are receptionist cool and sometimes looks like overworked 6) offer of food is modest but if u want something they told you "use automat" with Snickers..hmm 7) breakfast is modest and simply, coffee and juice and toast, but later is only coffee, if u want one, u must pay whole breakfast ..8 euro for coffee is a little too much, I think, but around hostel is many opportunities to be happy Hard to say, concept of hipster Amsterdam hostel .. should be a little nostalgic .. chain flying pig is also in USA and popular top...probably good for hipster or somebkdy who love be close that era... A little noisy and really full ... in "World Championship of stairs in hostel"... Should be in classification or minimal barrage, but existed bigger challenge like Amigo hostel in Amsterdam...

    I was there 2-3 times. But exists also another one in Amsterdam 1) good location in Vondelpark, close to Melkweg, Bourbon street, Rijksmuseum and center of Amsterdam 2) hipster decoration 3) receptionist in cool mood 4) helpfully staff f e girl from India, Irish guy, afro-american with pink hair 5) good programme downstairs in bar ..f.e. karaoke party, reproduce music also ok 6) many toilets and bathroom in corridors, in every floor and in some rooms 7) nice view to the park

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: February 28, 2024

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Tge place was so small

    THE LOCATION AND THE STAFF

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: February 27, 2024

    9.0
    it was a great stay at all.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 12-Person Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    nothing

    Everything

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: February 25, 2024

    9.0
    Great place for solo travelers
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 8-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 5 nights

    The sinks where quite small. It was difficult for me to do my morning skincare/shaving routine. There really isnt much to complain about. Yes it can be loud at night sometimes but I think every hostel is like that.

    Great place for solo travelers. Its easy to make friends here if you take seat in the bar/smoking area for a few hours and relax. The shower water pressure is great, and so hot. The beds are soft, the sheets are nice. On the first night I was here I got a bad stomach pain and the staff helped me and accommodated me until all night, they even offered me stomach indigestion pills because the pharmacy was closed and I couldnt get them.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: February 25, 2024

    9.0
    Still great after all these years
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 8-Person Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Breakfast is a bit ho hum, and the kitchen is very small. Oh, and you'll probably want ear plugs! That's it!

    Lovely staff. Great atmosphere. Staying more than a single night, it's definitely worth being a little way from the centre.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: February 19, 2024

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 14-Person Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There's always a good feeling about this place.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: February 17, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Queensize bed in 12-Person Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    The lack of a cabin to change clothes was a big problem, we had to change in the shower. The common areas were clean, but they could be cleaned a little more frequently because so many people stay here and use the common areas. Other than that, everything was fine, especially the location of the hostel was very good, you can walk everywhere.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: February 16, 2024

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queensize Bed in 14-Person Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Room was a little bit cold

    I really liked the vibe and friendliness in the hostel. Good selection of drinks and good Pizza at the bar. And cool smoking area.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: February 10, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 12-Person Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The staff talks too much and the smoking room is very unhygienic.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: February 8, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Not enough legroom in the toilets. The room was very smelly, but there was no possibility to open a window

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: February 7, 2024

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queensize Bed in 8-Person Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There is no enough space for the big amount of guests, not enough sits to eat. Toilets are small

    Staff was amazing, good environment, everything was tidy

    Stayed in February 2024

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