TV in my room did not work..i`ve asked the reception to fix it but no one came to see what was wrong with it..When i checked out the hotel they charged me for the TV anyway ,and there was NO way they admitted there own fault in this..very disappointing i will never go back here..

We stayed here for two nights and it served our needs perfectly well. It is in a quieter location, and it is a bit out of the centre, but there are direct frequent trams to the centre. The staff were courteous and even though they could not find out booking they honoured it nonetheless as we had a print out from the company.
There is a quiet bar and breakfast area and the rooms were nice.
Overall, a nice place to stay, suitable more for a quiet stay rather than a mad one!

I've stayed in the Apollofirst hotel for three nights during Oktober 2006.

Appolofirst is located in the best part of Amsterdam; Oud-Zuid.
Not in the center but in a nice residence with wealthy locals and some tourists.
The Appolofirst is housed in an authentic building which is typical for Amsterdam.

The reception is small but cosy ,the staff is polite and do the best they can. The rooms are mediumsized and are decorated in a sort of authentic style. The rooms offer a average bed and a little place to sit. A workdesk is provided. The lightening was below average, not very special. The bathroom is large and clean and gives you a wealthy feeling. Unfortunately the rooms aren't very soundproof.

In my opinion this hotel is very suitable for traveller's who like to stay in a quiet and very lovely area not far from Amsterdam's main hotspots where they can blend with the locals.

Overall; a pretty nice place to stay, not very special but worth the money.

I chose this hotel because in the previous reviews it got fairly good reports, my view of the hotel is not as good as the others but then again i only stayed for one night and i never had breakfast at the hotel.

The receptionist on arrival was okay but not necessarily polite, i requested a no smoking room but the room i got had ash trays in it (so a smoking room i presume, although i couldn't smell any stale smoke),

The hotel tries to give off a grand feel to the place but on closer inspection some of the decor looks a bit cheap, my room had a light that was only just attached to the ceiling with one screw, the radiators and piping in the bathroom had rust around the pipes an looked untidy and in one of the wardrobes on the floor was a clothes hook and screws that was missing from the back of the bathroom door.

The bed in the room had sheets over it but the duvet was very thin and folded at the bottom of the bed so had to make the bed myself, okay these might be trivial matter's but it's the little things that let down this hotel when it looks promising in their website.

On checking out, my bill was more than my booking confirmation, i questioned this and and showed the paperwork, i was told this was due to 5% tax, i worked out the 5% tax and it was still more than it should have been, when this was pointed out the receptionist did alter the bill to what it should have been.

The location of the hotel is a good, good walk from the main tourist area near the station and main square but you are in a very quiet and nice looking area, the tram stop back to Amsterdam central station is literally a two minute walk away and the journey takes about 20 minutes.

I would stay at this hotel again but only if i couldn't get into some of the more established (better) hotel's nearer the centre.