Located 3 minutes from a tram/bus station, across from a lovely pond and a yummy Thai restaurant and coffee shop. There's a rainbow plaza in front with lots of families milling around that provides a nice atmosphere. There's an albert heijn grocery store 2 min in the other direction if you want groceries, however the small rooms don't have refrigerators. The staff was incredibly friendly, and did refrigerate or heat my leftovers for me and were quite accommodating. It was a lovely little place I'd recommend if you want to stay in Amsterdam in reach of the center, but not immediately in the hubub.