Stayed at the "Tulip Art Hotel" for one week from 19 to 26th of May 2008.
I was in Amsterdam for work, alone, so I had made reservations for a single room.
I was given room 601 on the 6th floor which was really tiny, similar to hotel rooms in Paris.
However, it was very clean, had a mini-bar, a safe-box, nice, modern bathroom and air conditioning.
The best thing about this hotel, especially if you are on a work trip, is that it has FREE WIRELESS INTERNET. This way you can stay connected all the time without going back home with a huge 3G internet bill.
However, my room had one problem. It was placed right next to the entry door to the 6th floor. This meant that I could only sleep until the first guest on the 6th floor woke up.
Why?
Because when someone opened the door in the morning to head for the elevator, it would close with a big slam that shook the walls of my room! A few minutes later, I could hear the cleaning maids knocking on each door and saying: "Room service"!
All this would start from 7:30, 8:00am!
In my case, it wasn't really a big problem because I intented to wake up at around 8:30 - 9:00am anyways, but if you like to sleep til late, then you will have a nightmare, at least in the rooms which are placed next to the entry doors of each floor!
The hot buffet breakfast was served in a nice saloon near the reception. It was decent and I had nothing to complain about.
The "Tulip Art Hotel" is not located in the center of Amsterdam, but getting there is absolutely no problem.
From Amsterdam's "Centraal Station" you can take two different busses that would get you to the hotel after a 12-15 minutes ride.
I'd recommend bus number 48. You have to get off at the station "Hempoint" which is exactly in front of the hotel.
Another option would be bus number 22. If you take this one, you have to get off at the station "Koogstraat", walk back to where the bus turned left and go in the opposite direction of the gas station for 3 minutes.
One interesting detail is that if you want to simply open the mini-bar in your room you have to leave a 100 euros deposit at the reception. I did this since I wanted to keep the water I bought from the city cool and fresh. Of course, I was given my 100 euros back when I checked out.
In conclusion, "Tulip Art" is a decent hotel, especially if you are travelling alone on a work trip.
However, if I went back to Amsterdam for fun, I'd probably stay in another hotel, closer to the city center and the action.














