Terrible, rip off, bad breakfast tiny room, steep stairs, no lift.......

Having now stayed at the Bicycle Hotel twice, two years apart, for a total of almost three weeks, I can provide a pretty reliable review!

The Bicycle Hotel's strengths are: convenient location, free wifi and internet access (I hate being nickel and dimed for that), and most important, value for money. Amsterdam is an expensive city; you can get a stylish room with crisp linens and fluffy towels, but it will cost you. (Though the Bicycle Hotel's linens and towels are certainly worn, I'm confident that they are clean, as I have personally observed them fresh from the dryer.)

The breakfast is adequate (juice, milk, coffee, tea, yogurt, muesli, cereal, bread, honey & jam etc, cheese and salami) and not a bad deal considering that it is included in the price (my hotel in Paris charged 9 euros for an inferior breakfast, to give you an idea).

So, I'd stay at the Bicycle Hotel a third time. It's comfortable, and the price is fair for what is delivered.

I went there for a weekend in February, though the stairs were very steep the rooms were good for the price and the staff were very helpful. They gave us a map on arrival of the local area and bikes are rented (far cheaper then hire places in the town) which were of a good condition. I highly recommend staying here for a budget holiday.

My wife and I stayed at the Bicycle Hotel on Van Ostadestraat in De Pijp on our budget honeymoon tour of Europe last September. We were warmly greeted by Gerald and given "the romantic room." I'm not sure if this is specifically the romantic room but our room was cute, comfortable enough, and very purple. We sprang for our own bathroom which, while small, was immaculately clean. The most worrysome characteristic of the hotel (and also one of the most charming) was the stairs. My wife and I were grateful that we had backpacks as the stairs were shallow, near vertical, and turn as you go up. This staircase is not for the faint of heart nor those with bad knees.

Breakfast in the morning was continental plus meaning it had cereals, pastries, milk juice, coffee machine and toast but we were also given ham and a nice gouda to go on our toast along with a wide selection of spreads/jellies/jams. We ate well enough and headed out into the city to explore. We liked that bicycles are available for rent (though we did not partake).

This is a fantastic base hotel to stay in if you are looking for a clean, friendly hotel to stay in and don't need (or want to pay for) all the frills. The location while not in the middle of everything, is very close to the Albert Cuypmarkt and only a block or two from several tram/bus stops which will get you back to the city center and Amsterdam Centraal within 5-10 mins depending on where you are looking to go.

We will stay here again next time we're in Amsterdam.