The Bar/Lounge at Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam

"The hotel is home to several restaurants, including the Raw Bar, which serves oysters and lobster sandwiches; the Bridges, with a seafood-centric menu; and the De Vliegende Hollander, for Dutch beers and snacks"

" For a traditional Dutch brown café experience, guests can grab a beer at Bar de Vliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman)"

"Enjoy afternoon tea in the lounge amid Art Deco and stained-glass windows; Oriental rugs grace black-and-white marble floors"

"When at last you reach your old-world-style room (one of 182), you can lounge in your bathrobe, call on the 24hr room service, or luxuriate in your black-and-white Art Deco bathroom"

"Stylish, refurbished guestrooms, lounges and a beautiful courtyard"

"A few hundred yards to the north, the Red Light District offers exactly what you’d expect, plus the welcome, latter-day addition of chic bars and dining destinations such as Restaurant Anna"

"A vintage photograph of Michael Jackson is tastefully tucked into a corner of the dim, coffee-brown lounge"

"There are bountiful ways to imbibe at The Grand, from a cigar lounge to a vinothèque and cocktail bar, and there’s even a traditional Dutch brown café, The Flying Dutchman with its own outside terrace"