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Both hotels are rated highly by experts. On balance, Hotel Brouwer scores marginally better than Cocomama. Hotel Brouwer has a TripExpert Score of 79 with accolades from 7 sources including The Telegraph, Insight Guides and DK Eyewitness.
Cocomama
Lonely Planet
Rough Guide
Oyster
The Telegraph
Westeinde 18, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
From $15/night
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Kitchenette
- Baggage storage
- Board games / puzzles
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"Amsterdam’s first self-proclaimed ‘boutique hostel’ plays up its salacious past (the building was once home to a high-end brothel) in some themed bunk rooms." Full review
Rough Guide "This relatively new hotel-hostel is excellently located, footsteps from the main museums and also from the De Pijp neighbourhood."
OysterBudget
"Cocomama bills itself as Amsterdam’s first boutique hostel, and this ultra-affordable budget property features individually decorated rooms and a stylish atmosphere that the average hostel can't match." Full review
The Telegraph8.0
"A former bordello is given new life as a hostel specifically directed at first-time travellers." Full review
Hotel The Craftsmen
Insight Guides Lonely Planet
DK Eyewitness
Time Out Oyster
Gayot The Telegraph The Telegraph
Singel 83, Amsterdam 1012 VE, The Netherlands
From $114/night
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Air Conditioning
- Breakfast included
- Breakfast in the room
- Baggage storage
Insight Guides "At this bargain price there are no frills, but you do get breakfast included and a warm welcome."
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"Our favourite hotel in this price range, it has just eight rooms in a house dating back to 1652. Its rooms, named for Dutch painters, are furnished with simplicity, but all have canal views." Full review
DK Eyewitness "All rooms are en suite and no-smoking, and there is even a lift, making the Brouwer all-round great value."
Time Out "The eight neat, en-suite rooms here are named after Dutch painters and all of them look onto the Singel canal." Full review
OysterMid-Range
"Its pretty canal-front setting is tough to beat, and the location is great for exploring the city on foot." Full review
Gayot "Seventeenth-century history is the highlight at this charming Amsterdam hotel."
The Telegraph7.0
"A 17th-century canal-house with elegantly simple rooms and canal views, the Brouwer is run by the same family since 1917." Full review
The Telegraph9.0
"A beautiful 17th-century building in a prime canal-side location is now a boutique hotel, done up with the historical tools and trappings of artisans." Full review
