Allure Garden Apartments

Nice, good value apartment with just enough space for our family of four. Appreciated the kitchen facilities, especially the coffee pad machine and two bedrooms was a bonus. The steps up to them are steep though and would be a challenge to the mobility impaired, and as someone mentioned, the ‘exit’ light is ridiculously bright - we thought it was time to get up at 2am! Everything else is a positive though including the appealing location which is close to transport, eateries etc. Recommended!

Didn't enjoy staying at this apartment, bedroom very tight, bed stuck to wall, tiny bathroom, no air condition, rudimentary kitchenware, uncomfortable sofa.

apartment was nice air condition made a regular loud noise and the nieghbors could be loud all in a good stay

Have you ever wanted a permanent night light if your room, the size and color of an emergency exit sign? Well, this is your place. In case you forget where the door is in the small, studio apartment, the management (or likely local building code organization) wanted to ensure you were completely safe. We taped a pizza box and a scarf over the sign to make it dark enough to sleep, but definitely an annoying part of the apartment. The shower also had a bad smell. We had a maintenance guy throw some chemicals at the bathroom after day one. After another 36 hours or so, the smell came back. The place is not the finest establishment, with water marks on the walls, patched holes not painted, broken TV, insufficient utensils (we were given only one spoon), and old furniture...but the price was one of the more affordable places in the area. You get what you pay for.

It is not bad considering the locations but it could be better on cleaniness and the amenities part.

Location was great in a beautiful neighborhood. The apartment was very quiet being within a courtyard. The apartments really lack air circulation and light as the only way to get either in the apartment was to leave the front door open which in the summer isn't ideal with the bugs but was way too hot. Windows in bedroom are hard to open as the beds block them.

The garden apartments were as advertised. Very clean with some supplies provided. The staff communicated well and were very responsive.

Really don’t recommend!!! I stayed there with 3 of my friends, On our first night there we got robbed! We were sleeping and some one got in to our apartment, opened the safe, stole all our money and phones. The owner didn’t even care and nothing was Done from his side to assist us. We come every year to Amsterdam but something like that never happened. They opened the door and the safe while we were sleeping. Very terrifying experience.

The apartment is very cozy and quirky. The bathroom had a slight smell (they came to fix it, but it came back), and the entrance could use some remodeling. However, I would recommend it for a family traveling together.

Private and quiet during 3 day stay. Good facilities especially shower.

Layout of the apartments were very unique and private for each party

The hotel is in a great location, walking distance from many restaurants, coffee shops and public transportation. The check in location and the apartment were a few blocks a part which made checking in with luggage a bit of a hassle. Check out is easier since you can just leave the keys on the table. Our biggest complaint is the smell from the bathroom, our bathroom smelled like a porta potty on a hot summer day. When we walked all the way back to the main hotel the woman stated that they were sold out the next day so we could not change our room. Someone came to assess the issue and just dumped some chemicals in our bathroom, it masked the smell for the first night but the smell returned. Also the room was dusty with some spider webs. Our TV didn't work and they were able to fix it the next day. Over all we were satisfied with the location of the apartment but nothing else. I would not recommend staying here.

Very clean and comfortable location. The location is very close to everything.

Really nice tidy apartment Had everything we needed Check in and check out was very easy

The apartment is not big and there where a lot of noisy neighbors, and picking up the keys at a different location was a pain when you have luggage

Just right in size for a family of four, well designed and comfortable within walking distance of main tourist areas of Amsterdam. Perhaps more cooking items (varied pans, oil, sugar, salt, cleaning surface cloth, etc) would be ideal

The apartment was in Avery good location-approximately 10 minutes walk from the centre of town. The keys have to be picked up at a different address (3 min walk away) as advertised within the booking confirmation. The apartment was spotless and had just about enough room for 2 x adults and 2 x teenage children. The stairs up to each bedroom were extremely steep and would be a serious worry for any parent with young children. In addition the shower drained very slowly so the wet room/bathroom easily flooded. The best advice though is to not book these apartments in the summer-as others have said, they are unbearably hot and no windows open. Our apartment was very very warm in late October with the air temp about 10C.

The area is very safe. The tram is only a few blocks away. The space is a bit tight but its modern and clean at check in. The only con is that it does not get cleaned on a daily basis.

Cosy apartment but l bit noisy on first night and would benefit from instructions in the apartment, TV which is properly tuned in and air con.

First the good bits: ok location, fairly quiet area and only a few mins walk to the zoo. Easy enough to get trams to all the main parts of Amsterdam. It's clean and modern with modern appliances in the kitchen area. Now the not so good bits: I know it sates the apartment is compact but it really is very small. The very steep steps make it difficult to get bags or suitcases upstairs and when we stayed the weather was very warm which meant the apartment was boiling hot. There is no aircon in the one we stayed in. We opened the windows (as much as was possible, which wasn't much as the bed is in the way) at night but the apartments across the courtyard have aircon and the expelled air blows out directly across and is very noisy, which means you then have to close the windows and get even hotter. The caretaker guy said he would ask the residents to turn it off at night but don't think he did. We stayed here with children and they struggled to get to sleep at night as there is a fair bit of noise from people sitting outside drinking and smoking. It is a mixture of people that stay here and one night the apartment next to us appeared to have invited about half a dozen people round for drinks/smokes. The entrance from the road is easy to miss but if you look for the building site nextdoor, you will find it. This didn't cause too much disturbance by the way. Wouldn't stay here again, mainly due to noise levels at night and no ability to cool the place down.