Bastion hotel deluxe - Amsterdam airport 4*

This 4* hotel is located in Hoofddorp which is the business center close to Schiphol airport.

Hint: you can book this hotel if you're looking for a cheap hotel to enjoy the city centre of Amsterdam. It is only a 15 min drive and you have a free car park during your stay.

Room:

The twin beds are both 'boxspring' with a good matress. Unfortunately the pillows are of a very poor quality (filled with foam), which caused me neck pain.

There's is a big flat screen in front of the bed at the wool.

Also a mini fridge is provided (empty), 2 small bottles of water are provided free of charge and a water cooker with some tea and coffee facilities.

A small safe is free of charge in the wardrobe (no laptops can be inserted)

The windows are twice double glass windows which isolates the room from the frequent passing by airplanes (it depends the airplane and wind direction).

Unfortunately the curtains do not make the room dark during the night, which is a pitty for a hotelroom.

Bathroom:

The bathroom is not that spacious, but there is a large walk-in shower with a very good water pressure!

There are 2 sinks, which takes to much space for this small space. As the toilet is in the bathroom, you really need to stand next to the toilet to reach the 2nd sink.

There is 1 small bottle showergel per person and a small soap bar, 2 small and 2 large towels.

Hint: there is a Mc Donald next door who is opened 7am till 3 am and 24h on friday & saturday.

Advantages:

- high pressure and large shower

- several plugs next to the beds

- modern bathroom 

- free parking space around the hotel + free airport shuttle (sometimes its cheaper to book a room than paying the airport parking fee)

Disadvantages:

- front desk not very friendly - no hospitality

- 2 twin beds only  (2 * 200 * 90)

- WiFi not strong enough to charge movies

- curtains don't block the daylight, which is a pitty.

- pillows are of a very poor quality (foam) and no spare once foreseen.

- the double windows do not entirely stop the noise of the airplanes going up (but is pretty normal when you sleep right next to the airport :-))

Into my opinion this hotel should not use 'deluxe' in it's name. Because this is a standard 4* airport hotel. 

Therefor I would rate this hotel 6/10. It is correct for the price we've paid (big discounts - only 61eur for the room on a Sunday night). 

We did not take the breakfast (which cost 14eur pppn), as we wanted to have a long sleep and late check-out (which is free off charge till 1 PM).

But when we checked out the receptionist told us 'well, that's right on time (check out is normally at noon)' which gave me a very bad mood just been awake.... So I would advice her to check the system before she starts her conversation this negative.