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Reviews of Amsterdam Hostel Sarphati

2 out of 5
Amsterdam Hostel Sarphati
Sarphatipark 58, Amsterdam

Reviews

5.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 12 out of 155 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 26 out of 155 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 34 out of 155 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 30 out of 155 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 53 out of 155 reviews" "

5.0/10

Cleanliness

5.6/10

Staff & service

4.0/10

Amenities

4.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Luke

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Brendon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Manouchehr

Business traveller, Travelled with pets
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
In terms of facilities and hygiene, it was very bad. I was on the fourth floor, there was no elevator, and the water in the bathroom was problematic and it was not possible to take a shower
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Hossam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very good
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Value for money
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

alejandro

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good place to explore Amsterdam.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Samuel

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
bad staff very unhelpful ended not staying and they charged me anyway
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

mohamed

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

Flor

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The guy in the front desk charge extra money because he said we book in this app, and is cheaper directly from his site, so this is not a good idea to book in the future
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Lawrence

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
You get what you pay for.
Bunks stacked 3 high. Sleeping like sardines. Property is far from city center. Id probably pay a little extra to stay somewhere else
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

2/10 Terrible

jayant

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No break fast facility . dirty place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

2/10 Terrible

Nanette

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was absolutely filthy. No soap in the bathroom. A terrible place to stay and I have bites on my body since I left.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
O my god.. never ever.. I had to run away from this hotel
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

2/10 Terrible

Jessica

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay away
First off the guy refused to take my credit card cash only but I showed him on website where it said they accepted credit cards but he said no! Then I went on a run because I didn't exchange my money and there was no atm in the area at all an hour later I paid. Went upstairs and I was applauded....it was dirty the staircase was dangerous I was in a room with 10 guys I left. I booked another hotel and left the man at front desk yelled no refund. He could care less that I was unsatisfied....100 euros I wasted...stay away
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Weekend in Amsterdam
I had to check in late in the evening and run to the ATM to withdrawal enough cash to pay for the room up front, but once I got settled, everything was fine. I've had a more community experience at other hostels and this one felt more like a hotel - which is fine. The only other thing I would note is that the after using the shower, it was necessary to use the squeegee on the entire bathroom floor due to the way it was setup.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
awesome
cool
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff quite good, but the amenity very poor, i will not recommed to anyone
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

2/10 Terrible

Sarah

The stay was as expected for a hostel at this price range and would have gained a decent rating, apart from one fairly major point. Bedbug bites. Angry, red bedbug bites after staying two nights in a twin room with ensuite. Hostel Sarphati, you absolutely need to sort this out. There is no excuse. Guests don't expect luxury at this price point however we do expect a parasite-free, clean bed. The staff were otherwise friendly and it's in a quiet location however I would not go back due to the serious bedbug issue.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Mahendra

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Different experience in The Netherlands.
Not so bad but not so comfort as thought before departure
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

HABEEB A

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

2/10 Terrible

adam, earth

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
be careful
buyer beware

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bugs bite! Skin destroyed!
I got many bug bites on my face and hands. I have been to many hotels and this is the first time I experience this. The bites on face and hands became seriously red and swelling, so that I have to take medicine and apply ointment. After more than one week, the red swelling have not disappeared and some become scars. This hotel is terrible; it destroy your skin! Stay away! I will also report this to the Administration responsible for hotels in Holland. I suggest hotels.com report this and remove this hotel from hotels.com.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cheapest hotel in an expensive city for a reason.
If you're like me, all you need is clean sheets, a somewhat clean room, and hot water that doesn't quit. In that respect, this place is absolutely fine. Past that it's a squarely and very two star place. Read the other reviews. It's like that.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
You can do better than this
this place is not recommended. If you can book further in advance, get a better hostle, or get a one bedroom hotel. I rented a bike from this hostle to ride around the city. I left a €50 deposit for it. The bike was super cheap and was falling apart over the 24 hours I had it. At one point I couldn't remember where I locked the bike up, and I walked back to the hostle and they said it would be a €600 charge! This is an unethical business. Do not stay here! I ended up finding my bike and I got my deposit back, but I will never stay here again. I don't trust them.

2/10 Terrible

Daniel, Philadelphia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don't Stay Here
I have never met a ruder staff in my life. I came back around 1 AM, the night after checking in, to have the hostel receptionist tell me that they could no longer keep me for the number of nights that I booked and that they accidentally overbooked my room and I had to change rooms. After complaining that they could not just kick me out after I paid for two nights, the receptionist got aggressive and started screaming in my face. Not only this, but if you over sleep checkout by 10 minutes, they come in and shake you and scream at you until you wake up. By far the worst hospitality I have ever experience and by far the worst hostel experience I have EVER had. DO NOT STAY HERE.

6/10 Okay

SoloBackpacker, Australia

Liked: Staff & service
A solid dorm
It is a dorm, nothing more, nothing less. Location is excellent, a beautiful park on the doorstep. 10 minutes via tram from the city centre and mueseums. WiFi is also excellent, didn't have any problems at all. Bathrooms are clean but small. Beds are comfortable but very close together: I was in a 10 bed dorm that actually squished in 12 beds. A decent dorm at a decent price. You could do better, but you could also do worse. Would recommend.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
STAY AWAY - ALL SORTS OF HORRIBLE
First off - do not book this place online! I had to pay over $90 per night booking this place through hotels.com (it was a busy tourist weekend). When I got there, everybody was paying less than 40 Euro per night. My room had no air conditioning (it was broken) and it smelt bad. I complained about this. Their solution was to keep the door propped open so that cooler air from the hall way could come in. Next day they tried to fix it and said it was fixed. All it did was blow warm air. After two nights, I told them I was moving out to a better hotel and wanted a refund. They gave me a card and told me to contact the owner. I emailed him and called him several times. He does not even respond! They also told me I could go there and see him in person some mornings. He was never there - I wasted so much time just trying to talk to him! There are waaayyyy better hostels allover Amsterdam that aren't run by some crook who could care less about customer service.

2/10 Terrible

ABIOLA, london

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
poor service
not satisfactory

4/10 Poor

William, Eagle mountain

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
no breakfast
Great area ok hostel, need more power outlets there was only one by the door for 10 people. Also booked a 10 person room and was put in a 12 not a big deal. Breakfast is a joke just bread and peanut butter.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don't Stay Here!
This is a terrible place. The entire hotel is dirty and dusty. There is no elevator and the stairs are narrow. The rooms do no have "hotel" beds, but rather "dorm room" type metal spring beds and bunk beds. The place was so bad that my girlfriend and I went to our room and used the wifi to find another hotel, then left. The price is exorbitant. Rooms should go for $20 each, nothing more. Don't stay here!

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice staff and clean hostel.
The hostel its clean,the receptionists are very nice and helpfull,I had a room close to the reception and was a bit noisy sometimes during the night, the very bad thing it was that the room and the bathroom were with an excesive humidity, so...you can imagine how you wake up in the morning...they need a fan extractor in the room on during the day or something...and they dont take cards to pay, only cash,

6/10 Okay

Noura, SG

Liked: Staff & service
Hostel staff very helpful and friendly
The boys at the reception were very friendly and offered to help me with my bags plus if I had any other questions. For the price, it was completely worth it. And there was free breakfast! Even if it was just toast, coffee/tea. Free WiFi too. Bicycle rental, good restaurants and a coffeeshop nearby

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
good value for money hostel
A basic but decent hostel - I stayed in a room for single occupancy. There was bunk beds but they were comfortable (not too soft), the bathroom was clean and functionable (if a little smelly), it was good value for money and a very convenient location. Staff was friendly and helpful. They did not accept cards however, we had to get cash to pay the room. The breakfast was also very basic, weak coffee and toast bread without a toaster facilities.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
Any port in a strorm
We stayed there because we needed somewhere for an extra night in Amsterdam last minute, and everywhere else was full. As a result we paid a fortune for a private bunkbed room, but that's supply and demand for you. For what it was it was fine, staff were friendly, no problem with checking out late and the shower was fine.

8/10 Good

Da, China

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfy bed
They provided simple breakfast and free sheet and blanket.

6/10 Okay

Bicyclist, North

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Cheap and quite simple
No soap in bathroom of a 12-bed dorm, but after complaining, we got some. No ladder or other possibility to step onto my bed, but after complaining, I was promised one. This didn't appear, and so I complained about it the next morning. Then, I was offered one night's stay in a 4-bed room – for free! The air condition didn't seem to work, and so I – yes, complained about it, and it was fixed. So, after all: Lots of things to complain about, but do it! The receptionists are friendly and willing to help. If you really don't expect luxurious facilities, it is okay as a place to keep your stuff while you're checking out Amsterdam's daylife and nightlife.

6/10 Okay

Merlyn80, Norway

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The location is fantastic, it's right next to Sarphati Park which is a beautiful place. Also, the Albert Cyup market is less than a kilometer away. The Hostel accommodation is ok, the service is great, the breakfast very basic, the internet connection is reliable and the resident cats adorable. The only real complaint I have is with the bathroom as there is no ventilation inside and mold is beginning to show up in spots.

2/10 Terrible

Conor, Dublin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Surreal experience
Poor....

8/10 Good

Victor, Frankfurt

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Good Enough for What I Paid
The staff there are very friendly and helpful. The cleanliness and comfort of the room/bed are better than expected. But of course don't expect too much. You got what you paid for. All I needed was clean room/bed to sleep for 2 nights. I love the surrounding neighbourhood. It's close to Sarphati market. And there is a street market nearby.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice part of town, awful hostel
You walk in and it's tiny. Then I got put downstairs with no lift to take all my luggage down. The room seemed fine except the bedding on inspection seemed dirty and is really old. There were only a few plugs for the 8 person room. The bathroom was tiny and covered in mold. It smelled awful. The kitchen area was available but not when needed. The bed was uncomfortable. I went in expecting nothing from this hostel because of other reviews, and left wishing I had paid the almost 100 euros to stay somewhere else.

4/10 Poor

Dan, london

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
so so
average

4/10 Poor

Dan, london

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
So So below average
not very good, below average, the room was very stinky and smelly and one of the girl staying in the room was most of the time semi naked.

6/10 Okay

Meagan, USA

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
You get what you pay for...or not?
Personally, for the service I received, I think I paid too much. I paid for a 6-person dorm. The rooms are small and cramped, which is okay (except when you have a top bunk and two beds are pushed together end-to-end; there are no ladders), and there is absolutely no soundproofing - you'll hear your fellow hostelers in the halls, on the balconies, and in the bathrooms. As a 6-person room, we had our own bathroom, which was kept mostly clean, though its wear definitely showed and it's very basic.... (Bring shower shoes.) "Breakfast" was a choice: toast or a PB&J and coffee or tea. That was it. I've seen waaaay better in less expensive hostels. The location is actually pretty good. It's in a neighborhood where I had no problems - it just takes about 20 minutes to get to from Centraal Station (Tram #25 directly). Otherwise, you can hop the tram to anywhere you need to go. I stayed for 3 nights, and that's about all I could handle anyway. It was okay, but I wouldn't stay there again.

4/10 Poor

elizkeith, UK

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bit cramped
Friendly Staff, well located by tram lines, nice park opposite.Room very small not that clean , breakfast is bread & jam

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sarphati Hotel - next to Sarphati Parl
Good, clean hotel with friendly and helpful staff. Location next to a tram stop is ideal and there are other tram stops nearby if the 25 or 3 are not the routes you need. Easy and quick to get in to town and to the main attractions such as the museums. You won't be hungry after the buffet breakfast, and you can help yourself to tea/coffee and fruit any time, which is a bonus. Not as centrally located as some but we didn't find that a problem. There are bars/restaurants in the vicinity, so you don't necessarily have to venture in to town in the evening

2/10 Terrible

John BCD

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024