Even though it's not in the middle of everything, rhis hotel has convenient access to central Amsterdam via tram, and convenient access to Schiphol Airport by bus (369). The hotel is right next to the Plein '40-'45 bus/tram stop. There are a good number of restaurants and shops nearby. The room was small, but sufficient amd clean, and modern in decor. Would have liked having more than one pillow per person. The showers were AWESOME (those rain-type showers). We were on the first (European) floor on the odd/back side of the hotel, and heard very little (if any) noise during our stay. Staffing quality varied WIDELY between the day and night crews. We talked to the night crew to let them know our flight had been delayed and to hold our room, as we would be arriving 18-ish hours late, however, they instead shifted our whole reservation by a day. Day crew cleaned up the mess. We discovered around 8pm after being out for the day that our TV was not working. I called the front desk, and the man I spoke to did not apologize for the inconvenience, or offer to send someone up in the morning, just rudely said, "I don't know anything about the TVs, housekeeping is gone for the day." When I called back in the morning as we left for the day, the desk offered to come right up and take a look, and it was fixed when we arrived back. All in all, a mixed bag, but I think we would probably stay again.