“Not what I expected”

We booked this place thinking it was a traditional hotel, but it operates out of an antique shop and the owners have 13 rooms in the close surrounding area to the shop. You turn up at the antique shop at the time you specified when you confirm your booking with the guest house (it took about 1 hour from arriving at Schipol airport and going straight there). You then pay for your stay and they take you out of the shop and off to the room. In our case we were about 2 streets away in a basement room with our own private entrance and also had a reasonable bathroom. There was plenty of space and it was very cosy in the cold weather. The broadband worked most of the time, but could be a bit intermittant. Otherwise, we were in a lovely area close to the Jordaan, and with lots of lovely shops, bars and restaurants there. Also we were very close to the city centre. It was about 30 min to walk to the museums and 15 to Anne Frank's house. Overall, we were pleased. There aren't many luxuries like shampoo, big fluffy towels etc. but we didn't mind.

“Excellent location”

Very worm and cosy apt. Ask for BBW6 apt!

“Antique bed!”

The guesthouse is in an ideal location for getting to all areas of Amsterdam. For me though the Truelove Antiek will not be having a second visit. The guesthouse is run down with no reinvestment into the property - the towels were thin and scratchy, the bed was lumpy as a camel's back and the bedding mismatched. The stairs up to the room are steep, narrow and winding (as you would expect in an Amsterdam house) however no directions were provided for the fire escape and getting bags up and down the stairs was a pain. Thank goodness we only had hand luggage - the couples who arrived with HUGE cases would be stuck! The location though is the one redeeming element; handy for trams, boats and a twenty minute walk from the Central Station. I would not recommend this accommodation to older people who would definitely struggle with the narrow stairway.