By almost all measures this property meets the requirements of someone wanting a longer comfortable stay in Amsterdam. It is situated on a quiet street but within easy walking distance to most anywhere you’d want to go in Amsterdam - minutes from Centraal Station and the Dam Square and also well located to trams taking you to slightly further afield like the Vondelpark or Museumplein. The apartment was clean, simply decorated, warm and cozy; the kitchen was equipped well enough to cook most meals in if you like. This was pretty much like staying in an apart-hotel for a business traveller if this is the experience you are looking for. The hosts handled everything efficiently and in a business-like manner, but not in a way I would describe as “warm” as I’ve had in many other AirBnB experiences.

I tend to choose AirBnB over hotels or apart-hotels because they are more personal and you feel like you are embedded in a city by being in a real “lived in” space. If this is the experience you are looking for, it’s not what you’ll get at this property. While all of our needs were met, we didn’t feel embedded in a “real” place. Further, though all communications were responded to in a timely manner, we ended up in communication with three different people instead of one, and amongst this confusion, we were greeted 1/2 hour late - so were left standing around in the cold after a long journey waiting to get in (I had alerted the host a couple days before our arrival about the time we expected to arrive). The gentleman who met us, though very polite, obviously did not know much about the property and the booklet left on site was rather slim and not particularly welcoming. So rather than having the AirBnB experience we were looking for, it really just felt like a hotel suite by another name.

Depending on your tastes, that may be exactly what you are looking for, in which case, there’s very little to complain about. However, if, like me, you prefer to stay in a lived-in sort of place with a host who has a personal interest in your stay, this probably isn’t the place for you.