NH Barbizon Palace

Review by: US mother and daught, Greensboro, United States

Stayed: Aug 2008

My daughter and I spent 5 nights at the NH Barbizon Palace while touring Amsterdam and nearby places. It was a short walk from the train station, which was convenient for our nearby travels (The Hague/Delft, Haarlem), taking the tram to the museums and other sights as well as the canal tour and services such as a cash machine. The room was high quality but what we liked most was the excellent breakfast (the best I've had in or outside the US) served as late as 10:30 with free International Herald Tribune and EU Wall Street Journal. The concierege helped us with our reservation for the Peace Palace tour at The Hague and other tourist questions. While we were there the main guests were Europeans from a variety of countries.

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Review by: timothy, palm springs, United States

Stayed: Mar 2008

room 007 1st floor next to church. Big double doors open onto canal behind hotel. Cold room requires additional portable heater which was quickly supplied. Very comfortable bed. fri night quiet but sat night live music directly across canal at molly browns was loud until 2:30 am. Breakfast buffet best i have ever had. no smoking room.
the palace is one of the best places to stay in amsterdam.

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Review by: Richard, Woking, United Kingdom

Stayed: Jan 2008

good hotel and location. have used before.

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Review by: brian, maumee, United States

Stayed: Jan 2008

I would recommend this property, just a five minute walk from the central train station. The location is great, you can walk to most sites in town and there are many good restaurants in the nearby area. My room faced the street that has several bars located on it but I did not hear any noise, I was on the forth floor in a non-smoking room. The bed was extremely comfortable, I am glad I set my alarm because I could have slept another 4 hours without waking up. My breakfast was included and was good however I was told it didn’t start until 8am so maybe not good if you have an early flight. I finished breakfast at 8:30, checked out, hopped on a train back to the airport. I had a 10:40 flight so everything worked out well, check this place out if you want to do a long layover like I did.

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Review by: Stewart, lancs, United Kingdom

Stayed: Nov 2007

We requested a quiet room after reading other reviews.We were given a room on 4th floor facing inwards and it was so peaceful - no noise whatsoever. We had also requested a cot which they had forgotten to put in room but after a call to reception one arrived within 10 minutes together with an extra towel and complimentary bath pack for the baby containing a sponge and bath lotions etc. The room was clean and a good size. The bed was 6' wide with a choice of pillows.
Complimentary toiletries including toothbrush, hairbrush, comb and razor were available if needed. Bathrobe and slippers also provided.
Staff were very polite and helpful. We asked what time we had to vacate the room and they said we could have it as long as we wanted as long as we let them know what time we would be leaving.( at no extra charge )
We found it was very good value especially as the price included a breakfast which was self service but there was a good choice of cooked or continental breakfast.
It is conveniently situated a few minutes walk from Central station and we would stay there again next time we go to Amsterdam .

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