The hotel is good and the beds are very comfortable. Breakfast is quite good and offers a nice variety. However, the hotel would be absolutely perfect if they provided room slippers, a laundry bag,... See more
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I recently stayed at XO Hotel City Center and unfortunately found that the overall experience didn’t meet expectations, despite a couple of positives.
The best part of the hotel is its excellent location — just a few blocks from the central train station and within easy walking distance to everything in central Amsterdam. The bed was also comfortable, which made the nights restful.
However, nearly every other aspect of the stay was disappointing:
Check-in was poorly coordinated. I arrived early and was told the staff would notify me once my room was ready, but no one ever followed up. Throughout my stay, customer service felt inattentive and unhelpful.
The room was not properly cleaned upon arrival. There was mold in the shower, the shower hose was rusty, and contact lenses were stuck to the bathroom wall. Bedding was stained — sheets, duvet, and pillowcases — and housekeeping repeatedly rehung dirty towels instead of replacing them. I had to ask multiple times for fresh bedding, and even then only the sheets were changed. Basic supplies like toilet paper and soap also had to be requested multiple times at the front desk.
The room itself was extremely small. The hallway floors creaked loudly, and the carpets throughout the hotel were stained and had an unpleasant smell. The bathroom mirror light didn’t work, and staff couldn’t locate anyone to replace the bulb before I checked out several days later.
The hotel WiFi was very weak, frequently dropped, and often showed error messages about channel conflicts. This made it unreliable for even simple use. Breakfast was also very basic, with powdered eggs, breakfast meats, cold cuts, and fruit — not particularly appealing for the price.
The hotel’s website lists American Express as an accepted payment method, but their payment system would not accept my Amex card, which was frustrating and misleading.
Overall, while the location and bed were definite positives, the combination of cleanliness issues, poor maintenance, weak WiFi, subpar breakfast, and lackluster customer service made this stay far below expectations. I hope the hotel addresses these issues for future guests.

Reply from XO HOTELS AMSTERDAM
We stayed there and everything was fine.
The location is a high point: very close to museumplein (nice green area) and also walkable untill the city center, and at the same time quiet, beautiful residential neighborhood, not inside the noisy crowded center.
There are some restaurants nearby, so u have it all there.
Room and bathroom very clean, helpful staff and the price was decent.
I do recommend!!

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The staff was great. While the room appeared clean, it had an extremely weird smell. The shower was moldy, and dirty. I ended up checking out a couple of days early and booked a room somewhere else.

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If you ask me for a review I always very honest 😇
The hotel is for me basic. Some remarks: parking is appr. 60% more expensive compared with other hotels in the neighborhood, only have the staff made me feel to have a conversation with, the breakfast is a nice variety but the scrambled eggs and the coffee are simply bad-tasting, the door of my shower was not closing with a wet bathroom as consequence (I assume the one next door as well as the carpet under the desk was completely wet 😱. But the bed was comfortable and I had a clean room close to where I needed to be.

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Very clean rooms. Comfortable beds. Good amenities like Wifi, coffee machine in the room. Good service and friendly staff. Close busses and trams.

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Really nice hotel close to the train station. The room was everything we needed and the shower was great but we stayed 3 nights and never had our dirty towels taken away I had to go down to reception to ask for clean towels, also little things like the coffee pods not being replaced it appears housekeeping just come into the room to make the bed.

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Not perfect.
The level of cleanliness is "enough" but not flawless. Room ammenities (furniture, apllicances, overall state etc) were weak and outdated.
Hotel staff is kind'a unfriendly/careless. Room cleaning service did not happen for 2 days in a row although we have requested for it.
Poor experience for a 4 star hotel.

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The room was very dirty, especially, the inside window still; there were chocolate wrappers under the beds. The shower floor became very slippery when wet. The TV remote control didn’t work; the problem was only solved on the second day-and after a second complain. It was necessary to replace two bateries. There was a cigarette burn on the bedsheet. Breakfast was poor, with significant restocking (juice and fruit). An asian member was unfriendly and unhelful. On a very positive note, the reception staff were friendly and helpful

Reply from XO HOTELS AMSTERDAM
We had great stay at this hotel. The rooms were big, clean and we had great sleep. Great breakfast and perfect location. The tram 2 stop in front of the hotel takes us straight to Amsterdam Central. Really happy with our stay and will definitely come back. Thank you

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We stayed all family 4 person. Everything was just perfect. Specialy securty because we left our children in the room for evenings and they locked the main door at nights you cant enter without card.elevators dosent work without card. Room was clean internet connection work so good. Thank you

Reply from XO HOTELS AMSTERDAM
We loved the room size and overall planning of the room. It was functional, effective and spacious.
Location was prime as well - Delflandlaan tram station was nearby which was a big plus.
The night staff was rude - we complained about our bad room cleaning experience and they did not respond. Any queries were answered rudely. The cleaning staff took out our room key and nobody told us. When we escalated there was just silent treatment.

Reply from XO HOTELS AMSTERDAM
Excellent service. Staff were helpful.
Location was excellent too in a quiet area.

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Customer service and reception was nice but the beds were very uncomfortable and kept sliding off what they were put on top of and they were very high up. A/C barely worked and cleaners barely cleaned the room when it was time for room service.

Reply from XO HOTELS AMSTERDAM
Great hotel. Well situated and 24/7 service.
Clean rooms with private bathroom and vending machines in lobby for a quick snack one drink. Highly recommend.

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Chased by house keepers to check out 2 times at 09:20 and 09:25 respectively, Disappointed!!

Reply from XO HOTELS AMSTERDAM
Another visit to Amsterdam and again same hotel as first time, of course 🙂
Everything was as expected 👏🏻 top notch
Friendly and kind all staff members makes you feel honestly welcomed.

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The room was nice with a great shower, nice view, lots of storage, and a mini fridge. The beds were a bit hard and the pillows were too thick with no alternatives. The front desk staff were not very friendly.

Reply from XO HOTELS AMSTERDAM
They dont speak spanish and dont treat us as we expected, at the room some parts were broken ande they dont clean so much

Reply from XO HOTELS AMSTERDAM
Very nice city hotel with spacious and comfortable rooms.
Convenient car park at the hotel. Tram into the city center stops directly in front of the hotel.
XO Hotel Couture is a good choice for a city trip to Amsterdam.

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