Dutch Design Hotel Vondelpark

Recent Reviews: 620

• User:Kaz288888

  Trip type: Couples

  Romantic wedding anniversary weekend..

  16 Jan 2025

  Very good experience..we celebrated a wedding anniversary and when we arrived to chocolates and champagne in the room we thought it a very welcoming gesture..We stayed for the whole weekend and had a fantastic stay.Breakfast was continental and quite a selective choice..

• User:Rustic16

  Trip type: Couples

  Wonderful hotel experience due to outstanding staff.

  16 Oct 2023

  The hotel itself was excellent except for the room itsel. By that I mean the staff at reception, in the bar, and in the restaurant were outstanding. Breakfast as fantastic with tons of options, including a Buffett and order off the menu. The only drawback was the size of our room. Not much space. Well furnished, though. The shower was very very tight to maneuver in, and the soap, shampoo, and conditioner dispensers were awkward to use.

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• User:johnurban2018

  Trip type: Couples

  Thank you Rossana for making ours a nice stay!

  29 Apr 2023

  Nice reasonable cost hotel. Perfectly located to visit the Museums. We had a problem with our room and Rossana at the front dest was fantastic. She showed concern and commitment to make it all right. She is the kind of employee that make you want to return to that hotel the next time! Thank you Rossana!

• User:rayoflight1814

  Trip type: Business

  Absolutely terrible. Do not stay here

  09 Jan 2023

  I arrived quite late having spent 11 hours travelling and check in was a bit odd. I was not made to feel especially welcome, and it took a while for him to sort out identity and payment. For much of this time I wondered if I was in the correct hotel. After being allocated a room, I made my way up to floor 3. The carpet was thin and old, and I did not feel all that safe walking up the staircase. I could have used the lift. The floor, incidentally, did not look like it had seen a hoover for a long while.The room was small and barely had room for my case. There was a set of patio doors on the far side which were seemingly impossible to close - although I did manage it on the last day. These doors posed a security risk as there is a balcony connected to a room next door with only a small barrier in between. I should now mention that in addition to it being quite cold, there was a low flying aeroplane going directly overhead every five minutes. Admittedly there is not a lot they can do about that, but a decent door might help with reducing noise and keeping it warm.The ceiling in the bathroom was peeling off and it all felt a little bit tired and certainly smelled damp. The towels were very thin and left me covered in white fluff after having a shower. The shower was nice, and the bed was reasonably comfortable.I could deal with all the above. I have stayed in some basic hotels before, and this was definitely at the lowest end. Had I been staying with another person; or required the room for more than two nights then I would have probably done something about it.In the morning I woke up and asked about breakfast. This was not included in my room fee and the same guy on reception said I would be charged 10 euros. I was far from impressed with the 'buffet' breakfast. The bread was in a basket and was covered with a tea towel. It had gone hard and was clearly stale. I have no idea how long it had been there. The cheese and ham did not look too good either. I returned to reception to ask for some fresh bread. The guy came into the breakfast room and found an opened loaf of bread - so I took two slices from the bottom and put them in the toaster. Then came the butter. The little pack was out of date by around a week - so I looked in their fridge for some 'newer' ones and found a tub of butter that was over a month out of date. I was told later that this was not for my consumption - but in all fairness I am not sure what someone is expected to do if the butter is out of date, and no one is there to supervise. I took one sip of the orange juice and a bite of the 'toast' and concluded that this was not good enough. I went back to reception and announced that the butter was out of date; for which he apologised. I didn't get charged for any breakfast.I was booked into another hotel for my third night (which was lovely and cheaper) and after finishing my day of work, I went see if they had any spare rooms for night 2. Had this been possible, I would have checked out of the terrible hotel. Maybe I am lucky, but I don't recall staying in many places as bad as this. The food was awful and gave an indication of how much these people really care about the premises.Ignore my review if you like. I have gained nothing from writing it. Having looked at some of the other authors’ comments they think this is a really nice hotel. I would never come back here.

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• User:AUTISMSMITH

  Trip type: Couples

  Avoid

  14 Sept 2022

  Stayed 1 night, room was so tiny, walls and curtains stained, bathroom door would not open fully as bed was in the way. In the bathroom the ceiling paint was peeling off, shower was extremely weak and the holder for it was broken off and gone. Bathroom bin not emptied from previous guests.