Renaissance Amsterdam HotelvsHotel Arena
Both hotels are highly recommended by professionals. On balance, Hotel Arena is the choice of most professionals compared to Renaissance Amsterdam Hotel. Hotel Arena comes in at 83 with positive reviews from 14 sources including Concierge, Frommer's and Time Out.
Renaissance Amsterdam Hotel
Kattengat 1, Amsterdam 1012 SZ, The Netherlands
From $136/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Laundy Room
Michelin Guide
"Modern comfort and numerous services on offer."
DK Eyewitness
"A large hotel excellent for exploring the Jordaan. Rooms are a touch flowery, but they deliver chain-hotel luxuries like movies, interactive video and PlayStation."
Star Service
"In a convenient location on the Singel canal, luggage-dragging distance from Centraal Station, in the heart of Amsterdam, this American tour-de-force is one of the best of the big boys." Full review
Time Out
"An smart option for exploring the Bohemian charms of nearby Harlemmerstraat and Jordaan areas, this 400-roomed place compensates for its flowery décor with top-end hotel luxuries." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
""It’s a breeze to explore the city" from this "wonderful hotel" with a brown-brick facade near the central station and on the UNESCO-listed Singel Canal." Full review
Fodor's
"This centrally located hotel has big, bare public areas and bustling lounges and restaurants." Full review
Frommer's
"Built around an open central courtyard in an area of old warehouses, the six-story Renaissance blends with the gabled facades nearby." Full review
Hotel Arena Show All Reviews
's-Gravesandestraat 51, Amsterdam 1092 AA, The Netherlands
From $105/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Michelin Guide
"Formerly an orphanage (1890), now an ultra-trendy hotel."
Concierge
"The St. Elizabeth building (circa 1890) was a Catholic orphanage turned youth hostel until 1999, when it was upgraded into this happy, still-youth-centric hotel."
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Standard rooms look like the orphans never moved out and are to be avoided.
Lonely Planet
"A modern, four-star, 116-room hotel with a trendy restaurant, cafe and nightclub." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Built as the St. Elisabeth Orphanage in 1890, the brick building now houses the Hotel Arena, with its trendy restaurant, café, and nightclub." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"The restaurant, bar and nightclub are the stars of this former orphanage in a slightly out-of-the-way residential district, so the Arena is ideal for young trendies intent on socialising in situ."
Rough Guide
"This place has been thoroughly revamped, transforming a popular hostel into a hip three-star hotel complete with split-level rooms and minimalist decor."
Oyster
Upscale
"The 116-room Hotel Arena is an historic landmark, built in 1889 as the Sint Elisabeth orphanage." Full review
Jetsetter
"Holy trinity of hotel, restaurant and club in a former Catholic orphanage near Amsterdam's Oosterpark." Full review
Fodor's
"It’s an open, accessible space, which seamlessly merges the building’s historic character with contemporary glass, greenery, and gentle earthy hues to suit its surroundings." Full review
Wallpaper
"The property fully embraces its secluded location at the edge of the city’s Oosterpark with double-height glass walls that give the new rooms a calming outlook. " Full review