Fabulous stay in this comfortable, friendly hotel
The Manor Hotel, Amsterdam
We stayed in a superior king room with balcony. It had a walk in shower which we preferred, not knowing if their regular double room had showers over their stated baths. The bed was very comfortable and supportive - we are not light people, We both slept very well there.
We didn't know how to work the air con and did not ask as we had the door to the balcony open for fresh air. The small balcony comfortably had space for two chairs and overlooked the street. We worked out how to use the safe. There was a Nespresso machine and its pods were restocked every day - I was delighted that decaf coffee pods were offered too. There is also a fridge. The TV has BBC1 and BBC2, Dutch channels as I would expect (which show many an English language film or program) French and German channels.
The staff on reception and in the restaurant at breakfast are lovely, they're very friendly and helpful. The coffee machine at breakfast did not have a decaf option, but they kindly made me some. On my last day, the lovely Spanish speaking lady there brought me one without asking. She had remembered, bless her.
On exiting the hotel, if you go left and walk for about 5 mins, you'll find the Jumbo supermarket. I love a mooch around a foreign-to-me supermarket to find linguistic, if not culinary delights. Also, there's the excellent Pizzeria Beppe about a minute's walk after the supermarket. I ate the best pizza there out of the Campania region of Italy - definitely worth a visit.
Travelling to the hotel from Amsterdam Centraal Railway Station, you can take a 22 bus to Dapperstraat. Then it's a 5 min walk up Wijttenbachstraat, then a left turn onto Linnaeusstraat - you'll soon see the Manor's red and white awnings.
You can also get the number 14 tram (direction Muiderpoortstation) to Alexanderplein, get off there, then wait for the 19 tram at the same stop (direction Diemen Sniep) and alight two stops away at the Wijttenbachstraat stop for the hotel. You could also walk the 10 mins from Alexanderplein.
We often went into the centre catching the 19 tram (direction Station Sloterdijk) and changed at Alexanderplein, catching the 14 tram (direction Centraal Station) and alighting at Dam stop. We did this for the Anne Frank House and to walk around the centre in general.
We were able to catch the 19 to go to a canal trip opposite the Heineken experience, alighting at Vijzelgracht.
The hotel is very well placed, comfortable and the staff are helpful and friendly. I'd love to go back there.
