I stayed with Samy for part of my business trip so I actually lived in the room off of the kitchen for 3 weeks. From my perspective, it had everything I needed to comfortably live and focus on work while there. Samy hasn't had many people stay there that long on business so we enjoyed many laughs about how much I used the kitchen instead of going out and doing tourist things this trip. He is a tour guide as well so I did end up following his suggestion to ride around the windmills of Zaanse Schans, which was fun. I didn't eat out too much nearby but there were tons of spots within a 5-10 minute walk. There's even more places to eat/drink as you walk further along Kinkerstraat toward the city centre. Amsterdam is really walkable anyways so getting to or from Samy's place at any time of day was easy.
Highlights from my perspective were:
- 2 tram stops within a few minutes' walk (there were also buses that came nearby too)
- A wardrobe available to hang all my business clothing on
- The iron Samy was nice enough to bring in from elsewhere
- Space in the fridge groceries
- A stocked kitchen with pots, pans, and cutlery so that I could cook breakfast, lunch, or dinner (didn't use the oven while there though but Samy did)
- 3+ grocery stores within a 10 minute walk