Boutique Hotel Albus Amsterdam Centre

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8.3 (3314 reviews)
Vijzelstraat 49 , Amsterdam , NL
+31 20 530 6200

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Paid
Children allowed

Facilities

WiFi available
Free WiFi
Parking
Non-smoking rooms
Air conditioning
24-hour front desk
Restaurant
Room service
Business center
Heating
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Review Highlights

Pros:
Excellent central location
Friendly, helpful staff
Good/generous breakfast buffet
Clean rooms and comfortable beds
Boutique atmosphere / complimentary arrival touches
Cons:
Perceived poor value for money / overpriced
Small rooms and limited storage
Thin walls / noise between rooms/floors
Some maintenance and check-in issues (door handle, wrong entrance, missing receipt)
Missing small in-room amenities (bottled water, luggage rack)

Categories

Cleanliness
8.3
Rooms repeatedly described as clean in multiple reviews, though some guests reported sloppy maintenance (balcony door, occasional housekeeping misses). Overall generally clean but with occasional maintenance issues.
Service
9.5
Service repeatedly praised: helpful, welcoming and professional staff, complimentary arrival drinks, escorted to room; a few isolated check-in staff errors noted but overall staff quality is excellent.
Location
9.5
Multiple reviewers emphasised an excellent, very central location (Rembrandt Square, walking distance to attractions and station). Location is a clear strength.
Room Quality
7.6
Rooms are generally clean and well presented but often small (typical for Amsterdam), bathrooms sometimes under-equipped, thin walls/noise and limited storage/luggage solutions reduce the score.
Amenities
7.5
Property has good amenities and a noted restaurant, but several guests mentioned missing in-room items (no bottled water/infusions), no luggage rack, small side tables and some maintenance shortcomings.
Value for Money
6.7
Several guests explicitly said the stay felt overpriced (headline: 'Not Worth The Money', comment about €600/night). Value is the weakest area compared with expectations for the price.
Food and Beverage
9
Breakfast buffet repeatedly praised as 'good'/'great'; complimentary arrival cocktails and restaurant recognition add positive points, with only occasional service slip-ups (eggs maker forgetting an order).
Overall Experience
8.3
Generally very positive overall: excellent location and staff, clean rooms and good breakfast. Negative points (value for money, small/noisy rooms, some maintenance and check-in issues) temper the experience to an above-average but not exceptional stay.
* This sentiment is summarized by AI based on user reviews.
Updated at: 2026-11-05 14:15

Property Description

Luxurious Rooms with Modern Amenities

The 4-star Albus Hotel Amsterdam City Centre offers 75 rooms equipped with a flat-screen TV with a special guest communication portal, Illy coffee machine, and luxurious soap amenities. The renovated bathrooms feature a rain shower and a heated mirror.

Environmentally Friendly and Convenient

The hotel, with Green Key Gold certification, boasts an air conditioning system without CO2 emissions and free Wi-Fi. Guests receive discount vouchers for parking nearby.

Delightful Dining and Transportation Services

Enjoy a top-quality breakfast buffet at Senses Restaurant and avail of the bicycle rental service. The hotel's proximity to the Rokin tram stop provides easy access to Amsterdam Central Station and the Museum Square.

Book now for a luxurious and eco-friendly stay at Albus Hotel Amsterdam City Centre!

Important information:

Please note that payment is upon check-in.

For advance purchase rates the card you booked with must be presented on arrival, along with the corresponding ID.

At the time of check-in the hotel will charge all eventual extra's (city tax, upgrade and any service charge).

Please note that a deposit is required. This hotel accepts both credit card and cash as a deposit.

Valet parking is offered at a cheaper rate than local parking costs. Guests can email their name, phone number, license plate and check-in date & time to arrange the valet parking.

Please note that connecting rooms are available on request.Guests are required to show a photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
A deposit may be required at the property.

Check-in and check-out hours:
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Airport code: AMS

Location

Guest Reviews

8.3
Based on 3314 reviews
Cleanliness: 8.3
Service: 9.5
Location: 9.5
Room Quality: 7.6
Amenities: 7.5
Value for Money: 6.7
Food and Beverage: 9
Overall Experience: 8.3
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Luana • couple • it
8
2026-10-31 • via Nuitee
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Bo • couple • se
9
2026-10-30 • via Nuitee
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SheriTheUnicorn • family_with_children • at
5
Nice But Not Worth The Money
Pros:

Lovarion is great. We have stayed here before and the apartment we had first time was much better than this one.

Cons:

Did check in prior to arrival but guy at reception couldn't figure out how it works, he thought the link came from booking.com but it was from hotel. Took 20 mins. Then he took us to the wrong apartment entrance till he realized when key didn't work. Never got a receipt on check in had to go back to ask. Guy making eggs at breakfast chatting with a group of women eating for 20 mins, forgot to make my food. Balcony door of apartment has no handle on outside so the door doesnt close. All round sloppy at over €600 per night. Everything I loved about our 3 night stay had nothing to do with this hotel.

2026-10-30 • via Nuitee
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Olga • couple • us
9
We had a great stay and the staff was excellent. Good breakfast buffet!
Pros:

The room was nice but very small as was the bathroom.

2026-10-27 • via Nuitee
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Johanna • couple • nl
9
Great stay in city center
Pros:

Perfect spot in the city center. Room was not too small for Amsterdam and clean. Nice bathroom.
Great communication, nice staff.

2026-10-26 • via Nuitee
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sylvain • family_with_children • fr
8
Hôtel bien situé pour découvrir Amsterdam
Pros:

L'emplacement, le petit déjeuner, le confort

Cons:

Pas d'eau minérale ni d'infusion en chambre. Salle de bain de bonne qualité mais un peu sous équipée.

2026-10-26 • via Nuitee
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Kaye • family_with_children • us
8
2026-10-24 • via Nuitee
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Elianne • extended_group • nl
9
Super fijn!
Pros:

Personeel

Cons:

Niks

2026-10-23 • via Nuitee
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Karen • couple • ca
10
I’d book this again.
Pros:

Central to everything. Walking distance to everywhere. Fantastic staff! So welcoming, helpful + kind.

2026-10-21 • via Nuitee
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Luana • couple • ca
10
Intimate, upscale, elevated, boutique hotel in the liveliest neighbourhood.
Pros:

The Albus is a boutique hotel with artwork displayed throughout the property. It has a Michelin nod restaurant and the staff - excellent! We received complementary cocktails upon arrival and we were escorted to our room. The Albus is an elevated boutique hotel located in the liveliest neighbourhood, "Rembrandt Square"!! We were a short walk away from every major attraction and neighbourhood. It is clean, welcoming, professional with excellent amenities.

2026-10-20 • via Nuitee
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Claudia • couple • us
10
Wonderful location to explore Amsterdam.
Pros:

The location was great. Centrally located.
Breakfast was great, house keeping was awesome with our request. Staff was very helpful and nice. Clean rooms and comfy beds.

Cons:

The lack of storage. No luggage rack.
The lighting could be improve. Small side tables.

2026-10-20 • via Nuitee
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Claire • couple • au
9
Within walking distance to central station (approx 20 min) also walked to both museums and Anne Frank house (both about
Pros:

It was clean and location excellent for a solo female.

2026-10-18 • via Nuitee
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michelle • family_with_children • gb
6
Pros:

Excellent location, friendly staff, nice rooms

Cons:

A little lacking when it comes to meeting special requests. The room was a great size but no dressing table / mirror only in bathroom. Walls are paper thin and I barely slept due to the sound of slamming doors and children screaming in the hallway.

2026-10-17 • via Nuitee
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Karen • couple • gb
7
A pleasant stay, location was great for us. Staff were friendly
Pros:

Location

Cons:

Noisy rooms could hear people walking about on the next floor. You could hear showers, toilets flushing and water running in next door rooms.

2026-10-17 • via Nuitee
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Andrea • family_with_children • hr
5
Great location but inconsistent service and unresolved issues made our stay stressful.
Pros:

We liked the hotel’s location, the newly renovated bathroom, and some members of staff who were kind and helpful.

Cons:

We arrived on Sunday with a Booking.com reservation for a triple room for two adults and two children. The reservation included the children’s ages, but we were told that hotel policy required us to book a family room. The receptionist said that if no family room was available, he could not help us. I was left worried that I might be stranded with my two children because of a discrepancy between the hotel and Booking.com. Fortunately, a room was available, but we had to pay an additional charge.

I also received conflicting information about using a meeting room. One receptionist told me it was unavailable because of a private event, but another staff member later said I could use it because the event would take place in the restaurant.

Communication about late checkout was confusing as well. I asked about it by WhatsApp and was told it had been arranged. However, when my husband checked at reception the next day, he was initially told it had not been arranged. The receptionist then said we could stay until 2:00 p.m., although we had initially been told 3:00 p.m. When I pointed out that our WhatsApp messages showed as read, he said he could not see or receive them. This left us unsure who was handling the hotel’s WhatsApp messages and whether our request had been passed on.

There was also a problem in the bathroom: the bathtub was leaking, and we could not close the bathroom door properly.

Overall, we had to keep checking and repeating information that should have been clear between the hotel staff. The inconsistent communication and practical issues made our stay stressful and left us feeling that we had to ask repeatedly for basic assistance

2026-10-15 • via Nuitee
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Victor-Xavier • family_with_children • fr
6
2026-10-12 • via Nuitee
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Picanço • extended_group • br
10
Maravilhosa!
Pros:

As instalações são incríveis. Tudo limpo, organizado e de qualidade. A localização é excelente. Fizemos várias coisas andando. Há cafeteira nos quartos e na recepção com cápsulas à vontade. Sem contar na recepção, em que recebemos um espumante como cortesia. Chegamos algumas horas antes do nosso check-in e ficamos na recepção aguardando até o quarto ficar pronto, que durou cerca de 40 minutos.
Apenas uma ressalva com o recepcionista que fez o nosso check-out. Meu tio não fala inglês e o recepcionista foi rude e impaciente, diferente dos demais recepcionistas que nos trataram muito bem. De todo forma, com certeza voltaria a me hospedar.

2026-10-11 • via Nuitee
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Mark • extended_group • us
10
2026-10-10 • via Nuitee
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Dustin • couple • us
10
Over all we recommend staying.
Pros:

The friendly and professional staff plus the location.

Cons:

The shower. Where we are from, our shower is sealed… but in Europe, we find that the showers are open faced which allows the water to go everywhere.

2026-10-09 • via Nuitee
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OLCAY • couple • tr
8
2026-10-09 • via Nuitee