Hotel Paganini - Amsterdam

Its a shame this is not an hostel very expensive , very small room for 4 people , noisy and dirty.

This hotel is a shame and for many reasons : - a disgusting room with vomit and not cleaned - no toilet paper and no shower gel - the walls are so thin that you hear everything in the hotel (drunk people at 3 am, couples and steps in the stairs) - no space in the room (when you open the door it hit the bed) and lights were broken DON'T GO IN THIS HOTEL! THIS IS THE WORST I EVER STAYED IN

Worst hotel I have ever been. Window to the staircase, very loud. not worth the money

There is no forniture, only a small bed, which nobody do.

The hotel is not bad, but it depends on the room you've got. But they try to help you for a pleasant stay.

Bad place, completely disappointed. We spent 340 EUR for 3 nights. No own reception, at other hotel, dirty stairway, dirty room, cheap old beds (lying in a hole), breakfast poor, coffee from vending machine, toastbred, milk, ham and cheese, students that clean, serve and sit in the office. Would never go there again - sorry. Rating 4,8 of 6 not true.

Price and Guality is en balance!Garden rooms are quiet. Location is good.

I have never seen anything like before in my life.so dirty, dusty,noisy with a so called breakfast limited to cornflakes and ham&cheese. the steps to the reception covered in pigeon sheet especially in the mornings.staff were very helpful and have good knowledge of the city.

Lo primero que hicieron cuando llegamos es cobrarnos y si no le pedimos un justificante ni nos da la factura. Las fotografías no corresponden para nada con el hotel, no tenía sala de desayunos ni ascensor y tuvimos que ir a un hotel cercano a una sala algo cochambrosa y minúscula para desayunar. Nuestra habitación tenía el aspecto de un albergue (literas) con el pasillo justo para pasar. No nos hicieron la habitación y aunque se lo dijimos no vinieron. Lo único bueno la situación, no muy alejado del centro y al lado de la zona de museos. Para no volver.

The room was used when we arrived then they give us another one but it was very small. the breakfast was ok and the internet was free. it was a kind of bad room for a not cheap price.

Do not stay there

Not enough chairs and tables in breakfast room. People had to eat standing up. Rooms extremely small, ca. 60 cm around bed, double bed only 1.40 m wide. Window to staircase. Could not be opened. Fresh air came through a 10 cm wide hole in the wall.

PLEASE!!!! IF YOU WANT TO BELIEVE THAT AMSTERDAM IS A NIGHTMARE, STAY IN PAGANINI'S. NOISY, SMALL, DIRTY, WE STAYED ONLY ONE NIGHT. THE ROOM WAS SMALL, YOU CANNOT WALK AROUND; IT IS A DIRTY AND NASTY HOTEL, THE SHOWER DIDN´T WORK. HORRIBLE........

When we arrived they seemes surprized and said that they have actually one room instead of two.... a really horrible experience: noisy, not very clean, no place for breakfast.... DOn't go there, really don't!

Winzige Zimmer, teils Fenster zum Schacht und ohne jede Ablage, ekeliges Frühstück und Kaffe zusätzlich 1 Euro aus Automaten - man verzichtet freiwillig darauf. Feste Venere-Reservierung über Ostern wurde vor Ort nur durch telef. Intervention von Venere akzeptiert, dafür mussten andere Gäste raus.War früher absolut OK, jetzt offensichtlich neue chinesische Besitzer. Vor diesem "Hotel" kan ich nur abraten.

I never stay in an hotel worst than paganini in amsterdam, no hot water, no room cleaness in any type, they charges us 3% more cause we pay with credit cards, what is that?, the hotel leave 9 houses apart from desktop so you have to walk on the street if you want something, i do not recommend this hotel never.

The receptionist couldn't even put the phone down to acknowledge our arrival. The public hotel enterance didn't have a door lock. Our double room was very tiny and stank of sewers. The bed was broken, the carpet and walls filthy. Do yourself a favour and spend a little bit more money on your trip and stay away from this nasty place. I wish we had.

The room was dirty and the photographs on the internet site was not realy.

The hotel was excellent based on the very reasonable price. One can not expect more from a budget hotel. This has been one of the better budget hotels I have stayed at. Particularly the washroom/shower was very clean. Room service was somewhat problematic as twice I had to empty my own garbage and the was no real room service for my 5 day stay.

The reception and breakfast room of the Paganini are located in the hotel Vivaldi half a block away. The Paganini is a narrow Amsterdam building with a well worn, dirty, smelly staircase leading to about three rooms per floor. Our room was clean, very quiet (facing the garden) and very small. Shower soap dispenser was empty and staff were not able to fix this in three days. Remote for TV did not work, but I managed to get the batteries swapped when a hotel employee came by. Breakfast was OK, but hardly more. One morning there was only white spongy bread. We asked for a toaster. There was none. Paganini felt ultra-budget and we paid too much. Location is excellent though!

The Paganini Hotel is a two stars hotel. Therefore You cant expect top quality facilities. But You can expect the rooms to be clean, and they were not. The room was dirty, and so small, that it was very diffycult to place even one suitcase. (The bathroom was allmost clean).

First and last time in Hotel Paganini. I was in hollydays.

Noisy and small, could hear the people above urinating. But still OK if all you want is somewhere to get your head down.

Non ci sono parole per esprimere giudizi sulla qualita'e pulizia di questa lurida stamberga a prezzo da rapina.complimenti a voi per avere queste strutture. non so se in futuro mi serviro' ancora del vostro sito. attendo risposta !

Close to 2 major museums, easy access to downtown, just use the tram (1/2 minute walk).

The room were OK, but nobody came to clean it in seven days. The problem is that the hotel has no elevator... The breakfast was good. And the best thing is that the hotel is in the center of Amsterdam, five minutes walking to Van Gogh and Rembrandt Museum.

I don't know why,but as soon as i got there,they redirected me to another facility,which is in some way belonging to the same property,but at 76,Stadhouderskade.Well,i don't care about being treated as a king or else,but i must say that our room seemed to be a coffin..don't bring your luggage along with you!There's no space at all..just to put your feet on the ground in front of the bed..no wardrobe,and sleeping was quite impossible,it's facing a higly messed road.Just an advice then:smoke a lot before falling asleep..;-P

Great breakfast, but small dirty room:(

Price/quality = perfect! Much more than what I expected. The location is easy to find, mainly by train. Most important thing to me: room was clean. The bedsheets and the towels were clean but reeeeealy old! The matress was too soft/old (after a busy day it makes a lot of difference).If you know Amsterdam, you know that its almost impossible to find places without huge stairs. The problem was that the girl gave the wrong card: so I had to go up there 2x! and the entrance of Paganini is about 50m of the reception. She was not friendly at all, but ok. I will indicate to my friends and I'll go back.

Paganini hotel is nicely situated and the price is ok compared to what you get. The public areas in the hotel could be fresher, the breakfast room a bit larger. The room was small but nice and clean.

Good location, but very small rooms, and breakfast room area was tiny, but breakfast was good, you could have as much as you want

Hello, I do not much have to say, without we were disappointed. The hotel is so simple for the price. The reception is limited. The shuttle for the airport is in fact a taxi in 40 euros... And at the indicated price is added taxes them, what is not clarified. We found this correct hotel to sleep passes in transit and to have breakfast but certainly not to cross/spend one good night. We did not want to stay there second night... Good day. Friendly

Room was very small, just enough space for one double bed (140cm) with only one bedsheet/duvet! (We had asked for a twin room with to seperate beds when booking!) Hotel quite old, very small staircase and no lift! (so don't travel with big luggage, you could end up carrying it all up to the fifth floor...) Breakfast served in other hotel on the same road, distance about 200m. Quality of breaktfast okay.

Hotel paganini belongs to hotel vivaldi, witch is situated in the close neighbourhood. here you find the reception and the breakfast room for both hotels. we got our double room in the vivaldi hotel. it was on the ground floor with a view on the very noisy street. (there was no difference if the window was open or closed, always pretty loud). ear-plugs recommended! beds ok, small wardrobe, small table, curtain dirty, bathroom nice and new, but small and smelly - ventilation did not work. sometimes the shower-tube came down... employees were nice and cooperative. breakfast was ok. at arrival we had to pay 5% taxes additional on the price. on the reservation page this was not denounced. the situation of the hotel is quite good. near by the city and museums. tram station next to the hotel.

It was horrible, never again!

Camere piccolissime

Esta relativamente cerca de las atracciones de la ciudad, pero en general se puede encontrar un hotel mas espacioso eso y el servicio humano se pueden mejorar

Very tiny room. Not enough space for two young girls to change and be comfortable. Was clean, we had to climb 4 floors of very slanted stairs because the elevator was out of service. The hostess wasn't friendly or nice. Didn't have the best welcoming ever. Good breakfast.

The first room we where given had two single beds with about half a metre between them.No place to put clothing,no wardrobe.After complaing we were put in a better room the next day this room was more what we expexted for the price.This place maybe ok for a backpacker staying overnight but not for any longer no.

One day when we came back (late afternoon) to our room, the door was open. We could`n see that an items were stolen

Room : Large window to the South, and no Air Conditionning, you can imagine by sunny days... Poor breakfast service (i.e. 2 days with lack of butter - in NL !- lack of coffee on second day...)

AVOID THIS HOTEL!!!! This was the worst hotel experience I have ever had. My room was extremely small and had no ventilation. There were cigarette papers left on the nightstand. There was maybe one foot of room between my bed and the wall. The TV did not work. It was extremely noisy. And, to top it off, my bed was MISSING two of its legs, so that I tilted downwards when I lay down. When I told the night receptionist, he said he couldn't change me to another room because I had already used the bathroom (!). Turns out there was another room available that night. They gave me another room the next night, but did not want to do anything to compensate me for my night in the broken room. It took me 5 hours out of my day to haggle the 85 euros price down to 45. The staff seemed genuinely uninterested in my problem.

I had an excellent stay at this hotel. No doubt that the room was very, very small. However, the location of this hotel could not be better. It is close to anything of interest in Amsterdam: the van Gogh Museum, Rijks Museum, the flower market, Vondel Park, etc. Also it is very easy to get there by tram (tram # 16) from the train central station. If you don't mind the size of the room, but you do mind the cleanliness of your room, an excellent location, good price and a good breakfast this is the place to be in Amsterdam.

The hotel was conviently situated near to the museum area. The room was modern and clean with a nice bathroom.However the room was tiny and therefore seemed to be not very good value for money.

While it is well known that even moderate accommodation in Amsterdam is expensive, this was extremely poor quality for 99 euros each for two single rooms. There were no wardrobes, the drawers were dirty, my friend's room was so small she had to be moved, neither room was cleaned at all during a four-day stay (and the rooms were grubby to begin with), the TVs were not tuned in and one remote did not work, there was no drinking glass provided, the overhead light did not work in one room, there was no natural light in two of the three rooms we had, the staff were sometimes reluctant to help with luggage and there was nowhere to store baggage for a late check-out.

I was disappointed there really was NO free airport shuttle as advertised on your web page. I'm not walking down the streets of Amsterdam at 5am in the morning dragging a heavy suitcase walking to another hotel that does have free shuttle service. Also we were charged for a full breakfast, even tho we left the hotel at 5:30 am to catch our flight back to Canada that was leaving at 7:30am. The night fellow was very nice to make us coffee and give us some snacks at 5am.

Never seen such a noisy place!!!

We were given an inside room - no ventilation, except for a small blower (very poor); no closet; no chair; bed was on top of a radiator, fortunately we did not need heat.

Morning and evening staff were very pleasant and helpful, a definite plus. However, our double room was fairly cramped (smaller than that pictured on the Venere website.) Our room was situated next to the stairwell and the first two nights of our stay was extremely noisy, especially closing doors separating the stairwell from corridors. My wife guessed a tour group occupied the hotel. The latter three nights were quiet. Consequently, one's stay is the "luck of the draw" in this regard. We chose the hotel because it was conveniently located near the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum. We discovered, too, that it is just off a main tram line to the Dam and Central Station (only a short tram ride.) A bonus of this area is that we were told it is the "student" area. Consequently, there are several very reasonably priced, and quite good, restaurants nearby.

Our room was on the ground floor by the front door. The bathroom was supposed to be ensuite, but was actually out of our room and extremely difficult to access due to the lack of space in that area. (We couldn't open our door at the same time as the bathroom door.) The breakfast was good, the staff friendly and the location excellent. Our room left a little to be desired. There was nowhere to hang your clothes (We were there for 4 nights) and very little surfaces to put things on, so there was only the floor. The carpet was very stained and the bedding was very basic. All in all though we would probably stay there again, because for the price its fine.

La camera è piccolissima, così come il prezzo! Ottimo personale e colazione abbondante. Camera veramente pulita

La camera è piccolissima, così come il prezzo! Ottimo personale e colazione abbondante. Camera veramente pulita

Hotel plutot bien situé, plusieurs lignes de tram sont toutes proches.Les chambres donnant sur l'arriere du batiment sont calmes mais les cloisons entre les chambres sont plutot minces.Accueil agréable, personnel disponible.Petit déjeuner très correct.

Very nice hotel, but don't trust the map. It's about 20min walk from the casino - not right opposite. It got us used to using the trams anyway! Rooms were very clean and bathrooms very good - although could hear everything in every other room through the walls. Would consider staying again, can't fault the price.

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This was my first solo trip after a marriage breakdown. I needed a safe hotel where I could feel relaxed. My choice was excellent. The hotel was ideally situated for me near the museums and the social areas of Leidesplein and Rembrandtsplein without being in the "thick of it" as we say. I will certainly return to Amsterdam and the 'Paganini' may well be my choice next time. However when I booked it was not made clear that I had booked room only. I assumed it was bed and breakfast. That was not a problem- the breakfast was fine.

Good location. Restaurants nearby. Also close to Rijksmuseum. Some traffic noise from street. Friendly staff.

The room on the first flore had no ventilation at all, I could hear all the guests going in/out with horrible loud bell going off throughout the night. The room was tiny, although the bath was ok. The hotel has a nice yard for breakfast though. Probably, the rooms on other flores are not so bad. The stay seemed to be too expensive for this quality.

Good place. May return.

My room was tiny, the bed barely fitted. The TV was up high on the ceiling where I loomed large over the room. Bathroom was clean and the shower was fine, not so worried about that, but really annoyed at tiny-ness of the room.

Our experience with this hotel was very poor. we required 2 double rooms for 2 nites; one was small but okay; the other was an "inside" room with no window or fan. the temperature reached well above 90 in the enclosed room;so our two adult sons had to come into our room and sleep on the floor. the second nite, they accomodated us with a new room; but acted so surprised with our situation. we decided to book a nite for our return to the States, on the full assurance that we were booking two specific rooms. on our arrival, they had moved our booking to two inside rooms. and claimed no documentation and utter surprise that we did not want the two inside rooms. we could not recommend this hotel to anyone.

This was the absolute worst hotel I have stayed in for the price. The room was the size of a closet and smelled. Claustrophics beware! What a rip-off!

Very well located as far as trams and major museums but far for walking to downtown. No elevator which could be a problem but staff very accomodating. Bathroom definitly needs a shelf and hooks. Everything very clean. Staff helpful with information.

The Hotel is new and very nice, even if the rooms are quite small. The staff is kind and polite. The Hotel is situated in a good area, near centre and near museums.

The staff was very professional and helpful. the rooms were clean and the location couldn't be better,just minutes away from museum square , leidse squarea and dam. I have only ones breakast ( because of amsterdam's nightlife )and was ok . visit the jordaan ,( beautiful area ) and the Van gogh museum .

Very small room, without window! Very friendly staff. Well located. Good relationship between price/quality.

Very small room, rather noisy, cleanlines could have been better. For the other aspects it was good. Up to now they did not have the possibility to accept a credit card. Since the price was high, it was not the best solution to pay cash. Very good reception.

The relationship between pice and quality is very very good...the only thing that i didn't like it was the breakfast(it was a bit poor)...but the hotel was very nice and confortable...