Hotel Doria

Being a solo traveler on a budget I really liked the Hotel Doria. For this price in the middle of everything ( restaurants, nightlife, attractions) it’s perfect. The rooms are small but clean. With this location you should not be spending much time in the room anyway except to sleep and get ready for your next adventure. The staff is AWESOME. I arrived several hours early and my room was ready. Yes, it’s not a fancy hotel but the location and price makes up for it. I will definitely be staying here again.

Dingy, decrepit, smaller than a tin of sardines. Worst hotel I have ever stayed in, 1.5* hotel at best. Falsely advertising as a 3* and the pictures are very misleading. Breakfast was laughable. Scrambled eggs sourced from cardboard.

I should know better than to transit through Amsterdam on a weekend. It was adequate property, lovely staff, good location. Convenient to everything. Tram stop a block away. Clean. Expensive for what it is. Single bed (not a twin) tight quarters.

Excellent location between DAM square and ******************…professional staff that assisted us getting room early to allow us quick recovery from time change/travel. Breakfast was great continental with fresh croissants…wow! We will stay again if return to Amsterdam. Thanks

I have never seen walls so dirty before. The bathroom door was do narrow, I had to go sideways. Bathroom was so small, I could not even sit on the toilet. Almost cut my head open on the loose screws in the broken doorframe. Avoid.

First, the good! I stayed at Hotel Doria in early September for my first trip to the 'Dam. I booked it due to a few factors: its price (reasonable for the location), convenience to Amsterdam's main attractions plus Centraal train station (you're on Damstraat), and the restaurant underneath. I thought that'd be a good option for an evening meal before my early flight home if I wanted something simple and faff-free. It delivers on all of these fronts. The room was clean (a lick of paint perhaps needed in places, but clean). The bed was comfortable, and someone'd be in to make it up and replace your towels and binbag daily. The staff bumped this rating from a three to a four, as the receptionists were lovely and helpful - reception is manned 24/7, good for those who have flights at unsociable hours like I did. The bathroom was bright and well-kept with a powerful shower: cubicle was nice and roomy too! If you like a quiet room, it's pretty good around the back of the hotel (and higher up) so it's not so close to Damstraat, but you will have the air-con unit whirring. Doria are in the middle of installing it in all of their rooms, so if that kind of thing bothers you perhaps ask for a room that doesn't have a unit yet. I don't mind the whirring myself, especially as it wasn't competing with any other noise and it kept the room at a good temperature, but there weren't any controls to switch it off. The breakfast relies mainly on cold food - this was ideal for me, my time is better spent sightseeing and exploring than a leisurely full English, but worth noting if a cooked breakfast is one of your must-haves. (I did eat at the restaurant - I'll review that separately - but you get a 10% discount if you're also staying at the hotel.) The downsides didn't hugely affect my stay, the pros outweighed the cons, but are still worth fellow travellers bearing in mind if they're considering the Doria. The single room I had was small and narrow, so is better suited for able-bodied visitors travelling light who use the hotel purely to sleep and shower. In terms of accessibility there is a lift that excludes the fifth floor, but in the room I had there really wasn't a lot of room to manoeuvre. If you removed the tea station, you'd be able to set up a small laptop on the desk if you need a workspace, but there wouldn't be much room to move. You can't shift the desk closer to the powerpoint either, so when it came to plugging the kettle in, I needed to prop it on my suitcase or the chair as the cable was too short. The tea station and mineral water isn't restocked (something we take for granted in the UK admittedly) which may be worth the Doria putting on their information leaflet even if it's a service offered at an extra cost. If fellow Brits are at risk of shrivelling up without their fix of leaf-water, bring some Tetley in your suitcase, or alternatively you can pay for a cuppa at the restaurant and bring it to your room (2.70 euros). All in all, Doria m

Great location close to the Central Station and only 30 meters from the Dam Square. Rooms seem basic but you get a comfortable nights sleep. It is located on a busy street so it can be noisy until quite late if you are a light sleeper. Rooms are small but have everything that you need - tv, toiletries, tea/coffee making facilities, room safe. The cost of a taxi from the airport is approximately 70 euros. You need to leave a deposit of 100 euros at check in by either cash or credit card. The hotel is located above their Italian restaurant which you get a 10% discount. Breakfast is served in the restaurant each morning. Tea/coffee, juices, cereals, yoghurts, pastries, toast, eggs (boiled /scrambled). Gluten free bread available on request. A selection of different types of milk. Plenty of restaurants on the street that the hotel is located. Helpful, friendly staff.

The Doria Hotel is perfect for those who want to sleep and explore. PROS: •It’s located 2mins from Dam Square & The Royal Palace but approximately 1hr drive or 30mins-45mins by train from the airport. •There are numerous restaurants situated along the streets on both sides • The staff at the check-in desk are friendly and helpful • Good wifi connections CONS: • The rooms appear bigger in the photos online than in person. It was a bit cramp for two individuals • The toilet in the bathroom is position badly, that is, you can’t sit properly on the seat • The breakfast provided is very limited • The rooms are not air-conditioned but a fan is provided. This was not a problem for me as the weather was very cool and been assigned a top floor, we were able to leave the window open for the cool breeze to enter