Sphinx Hotel

2.0 star property

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Lobby
Basic Single Room, 1 Single Bed | Free WiFi, bed sheets
Interior
Basic Quadruple Room, Private Bathroom | Bathroom | Shower, towels
Exterior

Reviews

6.0 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

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Weteringschans 82, Amsterdam, 1017 XR
  • Place, Heineken Experience
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Rijksmuseum
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Place, Leidseplein
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Airport, Amsterdam (AMS-Schiphol)
    ‪19 min drive‬

Room options

Basic Single Room, 1 Single Bed

  • 71 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed
  • Free WiFi

Basic Double or Twin Room, 1 Double or 2 Twin Beds

  • 97 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds
  • Free WiFi

Basic Triple Room, 1 Bedroom, Non Smoking

  • 183 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed
  • Free WiFi

Basic Quadruple Room, Private Bathroom

  • 215 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds
  • Free WiFi

Standard Room (5 persons)

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 5
  • 5 Twin Beds OR 1 Large Twin Bed and 3 Twin Beds
  • Free WiFi

Standard Double Room, 1 Double or 2 Twin Beds, Private Bathroom

  • 129 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds
  • Free WiFi

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About the neighborhood

Amsterdam

Located in Amsterdam City Centre, Sphinx Hotel is within a 5-minute walk of Heineken Experience and within 15 minutes of other popular attractions like Rijksmuseum. This 22-room hotel welcomes guests with conveniences like free in-room WiFi.

What's nearby

  • Heineken Experience - 3 min walk - 0.2 miles
  • Rijksmuseum - 7 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Rembrandt Square - 11 min walk - 0.6 miles
  • Leidseplein - 13 min walk - 0.7 miles
  • Flower Market - 13 min walk - 0.7 miles

Getting around

  • Weteringcircuit Stop - 2 min walk
  • Rokin Station - 17 min walk
  • Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) - 21 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Heineken Experience - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Café Mulder - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Café Kale - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪The School of Life - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Café Brecht - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Sphinx Hotel

Sphinx Hotel features free WiFi in public areas and a vending machine. Front-desk staff can assist with tours or tickets, luggage storage, and securing valuables.
Guests can expect free WiFi and TVs with cable channels. Phones are also included. Housekeeping is not available.

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • No housekeeping service
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Accessibility

  • No elevator
  • Smooth flooring in room

More

  • 5 floors
  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with cable channels

More

  • Heating
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
If you are planning to arrive after midnight please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • This property doesn't allow pets

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay these charges at the property:

  • An effective city/local tax rate of 12.50 percent will be charged

These are all of the charges provided to us by the property.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Special cancellation policies or charges may apply for group reservations (more than 8 rooms for the same property / stay dates)
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
  • Check-in: 3:00 PM—-11:00 PM
  • Check-out: 11 AM
  • Minimum check-in age: 18
The front desk is available during limited hours.

We should mention

Details about charges, deposits, or other important information:

  • This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
  • Charges for extra guests may apply and vary depending on the property's policy.
  • A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges, as well as a government-issued photo ID, may be required at check-in.
  • Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in and can't be guaranteed. Certain requests may come with additional charges.
  • Charges or special cancellation policies for group reservations may apply (more than 8 rooms for the same property/stay dates).
  • This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash.
  • Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.

Additional information about polices, regulations, and more:

  • There are no elevators.
  • No cribs or infant beds are available.
  • No rollaway or extra beds are available.
  • This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly).

National rating

This property does not have a Netherlands Tourist Board rating. For the benefit of our customers, we have provided a rating based on our rating system.

Property is also known as

Hotel Sphinx
Sphinx Amsterdam
Sphinx Hotel
Sphinx Hotel Amsterdam
Sphinx Hotel Hotel
Sphinx Hotel Amsterdam
Sphinx Hotel Hotel Amsterdam

Frequently asked questions

Is a free cancellation option available at Sphinx Hotel?

Sphinx Hotel provides free cancellation on select room rates. For additional details, look at the cancellation policy on our site.

How much does it cost to stay at Sphinx Hotel?

As of Jun 14, 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Sphinx Hotel on Jun 15, 2026 start from $102, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

What is there to do near Sphinx Hotel?

This hotel is situated in Amsterdam City Centre within a 10-minute walk of Rijksmuseum and Heineken Experience. You'll also find Van Gogh Museum and Leidseplein less than a mile away.

Is there parking available at Sphinx Hotel?

No, there isn't parking at this hotel.

Does Sphinx Hotel have a casino?

No, Sphinx Hotel doesn't have a casino.

Is there an indoor pool at Sphinx Hotel?

No, there is no indoor pool at this hotel.

Are there hot tubs at Sphinx Hotel?

No, this hotel doesn't have a spa tub.

Does Sphinx Hotel have a restaurant with a breakfast menu?

No, Sphinx Hotel doesn't have a restaurant that serves breakfast.

Does Sphinx Hotel allow pets to stay for free?

No, pets aren't allowed at Sphinx Hotel.

Are there connecting rooms at Sphinx Hotel?

No, this hotel doesn't feature connecting guestrooms.

How far is the airport from Sphinx Hotel?

The closest major airport to Sphinx Hotel is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), which is 10.2 mi away (21 minutes by car).

Are there rooms with balconies at Sphinx Hotel?

No, there aren't any guestrooms with balconies at Sphinx Hotel.

Sphinx Hotel Reviews

Reviews

6.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 21 out of 195 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 54 out of 195 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 46 out of 195 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 37 out of 195 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 37 out of 195 reviews

5.8/10

Cleanliness

6.4/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Amenities

5.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified

6/10 Okay

PIERRE

Disliked: Cleanliness
Price is high, location fair
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really clean and tidy very polite and helpful.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Near everything. A good value. Like a lot of Dutch properties, be prepared for narrow stairs!
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025
Verified

6/10 Okay

Samuel

Liked: Cleanliness
Gets the job done if just looking for a place to sleep, but even then, the stairs are ridiculously steep and this hotel may have the thinnest walls of any hotel I've stayed in
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Lindsay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location and price, pretty clean, those stairs are the devi tho!!! Very steep.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025
Verified

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good location, I was given a 5-bed to myself

I was slightly worried that there'd been a mix up and I'd have to share but no, I had a large basement room to myself.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Charlene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fun areas around it, close to the metro, clean, cool views from out the window. A fan in the room would have been helpful and some barrier around the shower so the entire bathroom didn't get completely soaked with each use. People complained about the steep stairs, but we saw them as a fun challenge.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Verified

6/10 Okay

Hanna

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Dirty Rooms

This hotel was not very clean. Room had mold on the ceiling. The shower didn’t drain and it over flowed onto the bathroom floor. Hotel was one of the cheaper ones in Amsterdam, but I would still consider very poor quality for the price. As it was still over $300 a night. The staff was very lovely and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025
Verified

4/10 Poor

Maj

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not a hotel we would recommend. The room Was located in the basement, a pretty dark and humid room With only one Window which Was Right out to the pavement, so you couldnt actually open it unless you wanted to see People’s feet walking by and it also felt a bit unsafe, people standing drinking and stuff Right outside where you slept. A lot of nosse during the Night from both hotel guests and people outside. Not the cleanest place and the staff seemed to be very little interested in service to the guests. I dont understand why this hotel has three stars.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall, I recommend this hotel. Like many others, I picked this hotel based on reviews so I want to provide one. It’s located in a safe and relatively quiet area of Amsterdam very close to the Heineken brewery and Rijktmuseum. It’s about a 35-40 minute walk from the train station so we took an Uber since it was raining when we arrived. I liked the location because Amsterdam is a small city and we could easily walk or tram to places. The staff is very friendly and helped us with our luggage (see why below) and allowed us to leave our bags after checkout as we went out for brunch and to the Rijkt. I gave this hotel 4/5 stars in a few areas. First, while my kids and I found this charming you should know the stairs to the levels with rooms are very steep and there’s no elevator. We had a small suitcase which they brought up for us but if you’re traveling with large and heavy suitcases this could be a problem. Also, our room was small They tend to be smaller in Europe and that’s fine but we were 3 so if we had large suitcases it would have been tight. Finally the room was clean and had fresh linens and towels but I gave a 4/5 for cleanliness given its age and overall condition So I do recommend this hotel but you should know about the stairs and room size.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

6/10 Okay

Jakob

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Hotellet minder mest om et vandrehjem. Personalet er meget imødekommende. Lobbyen er slidt og hipsteragtig. Ingen elevator, meget stejl trappe op. Værelserne rene og med udmærkede senge. Der er lydt! Vi savnede morgenmad og køleskab på værelset. Men man kan hente kaffe fra en maskine i receptionen. Det er langt fra luksus. Men det fungerer.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fornøyd kunde

Veldig ålreit rom, med helt greit bad. Litt seig og bratt trapp for de som ikke er så gode til beins
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

8/10 Good

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Bra men branta trappor utan hiss
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025
Verified

8/10 Good

Martin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Tæt på byen

Okay hotel - tæt på byen og alligevel så langt væk, at vi undgik støjen fra byen. Man skal være obs på, der ikke er elevator og trappen op er meget stejl. Pak let, så går det. Ikke velegnet til gangbesværet. Kaffe og te i receptionsområdet.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotellet hade väldigt små rum och var
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

J.

Liked: Staff & service

Geweldige service!

Mijn kamer was niet beschikbaar vanwege waterschade, het hotel had proactief een kamer voor me geboekt in een ander hotel en me daar keurig over gebeld. Goede service!
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Johan

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Ulækkert

Slidt og beskidt Meget stejle og smalle trapper Stoppede afløb Manglende sæbe
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Verified

4/10 Poor

Baris

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Değişik
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Klein aber fein.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Samantha

Liked: Staff & service
Very nice location, sometimes loud.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Verified

4/10 Poor

Henrik

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ganska risigt hotellrum. Slitet och lyhört. Badrummet dock ganska fräscht
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Verified

4/10 Poor

Nicole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Die Gegend ist ruhig & das Zentrum ist zu Fuss vom Hotel her gut erreichbar. Dafür haben wir nur wenig bezahlt. Allerdings war das Zimmer unglaublich klein. Wir konnten nicht mal ums Bett laufen & es hatte nicht mal ein Schrank. Mehr als zwei Tage hätten wir nicht ausgehalten. Die Treppe ist sehr steil & schmal, einen Lift gibt es nicht. Das sollte man wissen, viele Leute (ältere Personen, sehr grosse Personen, Personen mit einer körperlichen Einschränkung,…) hätten keine Chance zum Zimmer zu gelangen. Soso - lala, würde es nicht wieder buchen.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Waldemar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Tolle Lage, günstiger Preis und nettes Personal

Für einen günstigen Preis bekommt man ein großes, sauberes und komfortables Zimmer. Das Bad weist ebenfalls keine Mängel auf. Das beste aber ist der Frühstück, der im Preis inbegriffen ist. Durch Corona-Maßnahmen wird es gut getimed, wer wann am besten in den Essraum kommen sollte und dann gibt es genug Vielfalt für jeden, sodass man gut satt wird. Würde auf jeden Fall wieder buchen, da es bis zum Zentrum kein weiter weg ist und man in der Gegend nicht von lauten Geräuschen gestört wird.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020
Verified

6/10 Okay

Mikhail

Нормальный вариант для дружной компании

Хорошее расположение рядом с остановками трамваев и метро. Относительно неплохое состояние для центра. Традиционный лёгкий завтрак - тослы, джем, ветчина, сыр. Мне достался 5 местный номер на одного! Вот если бы путешествовать компанией - оптимально.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Verified

8/10 Good

Signe Criztine Aarøe Sø

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

ok

Oppholdet var veldig bra, men jeg tror de må bytte trapper, de er veldig bratte👌
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020