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International Budget Hostel Reviews

Leidsegracht 76, Amsterdam 1016 CR, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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83%

Great location, the hostel is cleaned everyday, sheets are already on the bed at the arrival, lockers available, a lot of advantages. The only drawbacks would be the lack of decoration, the hostel gets old.. and there is not enough showers. Free tour is great for those who want to have informations about the city !

  • Novice Nomad
  • 06 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • France
  • All Female Group 18-24
  • (2 reviews)


70%

The room (6 beds), such as bed linen and the bathrooms were clean. They also had lockers. There is no kitchen in the hostel for guests, so you can not prepare anything on your own. It has a paid menu for breakfast. The hostel is nice, has a good structure, but it is relatively ill-treated. In addition it is also charged 5% for a administration fee. I could recommend.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 27 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Brazil
  • Couple 18-24
  • (6 reviews)


70%

The hostel was OK, nothing really special. The only bad thing is that the showers were full of hairs and the soap didn´t go down. Besides, this was a calm hostel, and people weren´t noisy. This is not a really party hostel like the Flying Pig, but if you are looking for something more calm, this is the one. The stairs were completely vertical and it didn´t include breakfast. Be careful because they add a 5 per cent of taxes besides the final price and if you pay by card they charge you more.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 25 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Spain
  • Female 25-30
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Dear Sonia Thank you for staying with us. If you take a shower in the morning at the check out time the shower is use by 5 person total. It is the hair from them. We clean everything every day after check out. Like the first day you find it. The 5% city tax we added on you can find with the hostel conditions and also the that you can pay with the creditcard but we have a surcharge fee of 5%. This are things that we dont tell customers after. Regards Ibh Staff

100%

Very nice hostel with friendly staff. There's almost everything you want and the location is really close to everywhere.


100%

Kadir you are great man thank you for everything

  • Novice Nomad
  • 21 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Iceland
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)


90%

Great Hostel for the money we paid. Not too far from the attractions in the city about 15-20 minute walk from red light district. There are restaurants and bars around the corner. The staff was amazing, they are very helpful with any questions you have.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 20 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)


83%

Friendly and accommodating staff. Nice and relaxed common room area. Had a great few days here. Already recommended this hostel to a number of friends for their next visit to Amsterdam!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 18 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • All Female Group 18-24
  • (1 review)


60%

Very bare bones. Did not want to come back to the hostel each night.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 18 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Mixed Group 18-24
  • (2 reviews)


90%

The hostel was really good. The location was fine for the weekend and 1 km from the real Downtown. The staff was very friendly and Khaled was great at the check in and helped me with lot of tips. The steep stairs are a weakness of the place. The rooms and the bathrooms were clean.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 17 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Brazil
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)


53%

It´s a cheap hostel among very expensive ones in Amstedam, but if you have the money to pay another, go ahead!! The staff isn´t nice (sometimes very rude) and the charge you for everything you do! There is no kitchen and the bathrooms are kind of bad! The location is good!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 16 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Brazil
  • Male 25-30
  • (5 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Dear guest, thank you for your review. We have kitchen facilities for people who want to make their own food through the reception desk. Maybe you missed this. There is no extra charge to the guest. Every information is mentioned on the website. You should have asked about this when you were here then we could have solved the problem. We are always willing to help our guests as you can see the rating of staff is quite high. Enjoy your other travels! Greeting, Reception

80%

The staff were very nice, but that's one of the only good things I can say about it. The bathrooms are tiny and there's no kitchen, so the money you'll save renting a bed you're going to spend going out to eat. If you have any amount of luggage, forget about it, the stairs are incredibly steep. The location is fairly good, pretty close to things, and in a beautiful neighborhood. The rooms are freezing cold with cement floors and possess the ambience of a public toilet in a warehouse.


70%

the beds are defetively too small for people not to high like me (1,80m)

  • Novice Nomad
  • 12 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Italy
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)


83%

free wifi and it works really good in the room. we got a room in front of the bathroom, it wasn't smelling that good. the room is also not that big (room for 5). the staff is great and really helped us! when in amsterdam, i think we back there.


36%

It will be very interesting to have a bit more of cleaning in the private bedroom. The humidity in the room was very strong and it resulted difficult to sleep correctly.


53%

Except for a relatively central location, the hostel has nothing good to offer. There is no breakfast, no kitchen and a small reception lounge area shuts in the evening and doesn't open till 9am. The rooms are quite dirty, showers don't work properly. With a few exceptions, staff are unfriendly and the atmosphere is far from being fun. Left the place as soon as I could (regret pre-booking it for a week!)

  • Novice Nomad
  • 09 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Latvia
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Dear geusts, thank you for your review. We have a breakfast menu from 9.00 till 12.00 everyday. There are kitchen facilities as you have used;). Our lounge is well known as a tidy and comfortable place with a beautiful view of canals as you have sat always with your laptop. Every information about the hostel such as reception hours from 9.00 till 23.00, breakfast, kitchen are all mentioned on the website. Enjoy your trip! Regards, Reception

50%

we didn´t like it . I don´t recomended for nobody

  • Novice Nomad
  • 07 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Spain
  • Male 18-24
  • (2 reviews)


73%

In general very well. The staff was really helpful. But there's a lack of showers and the cleanliness was sometimes poor.


76%

not bad generally, but price of breakfast is not acceptable

  • Novice Nomad
  • 05 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • China
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)


80%

The hostel is well located just a few blocks of everything, the staffs are very nice and helpfull, we loved them... The only thing that they could offer a free breakfast.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 04 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Brazil
  • Mixed Group 31-40
  • (2 reviews)


66%

Great Staff, really helpfull! The only problem is the shower, there is no water on it. Definitely I would stay there again.

  • Avid Traveller
  • 02 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Portugal
  • Male 25-30
  • (10 reviews)


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