The Bar/Lounge at The College Hotel Amsterdam

"Chic and fashionable lounge bar and rooms in the same style"

"Features are few -- there's no fitness center or spa on-site -- but there is a popular Bar & Lounge with a fireplace where afternoon tea is served, as well as a fine dining restaurant"

"There's also a bar and ambitious modern Dutch restaurant"

"It's also dangerously close to the shockingly expensive designer stores on PC Hoofstraat, so you'll get to spy on plenty of self-consciously glam 30-something European professionals among the vaguely Art Nouveau surroundings of the hotel's luscious, shady courtyard and bar"

"Amsterdam’s beautiful and artsy flock to its trendy bar, a warmly lit affair with open fireplaces and overstuffed sofas, and its modern Dutch restaurant is one of the coolest in the city"

"Cocktails can be sipped in the hip, sensually colored lounge or on the terrace"

"The entire ground floor is public space: To the left of the entrance is the chic reception desk, made of leather and mother-of-pearl, and to the right high-ceilinged hallways lead to a colorful bar with patterned-velvet chairs and couches and, beyond, an airy white-brick-and-glass dining room that was once the gymnasium"

"The restaurant–housed in the former gymnasium–has a lovely garden terrace shaded by olive trees, while the lounge sports a fireplace for cozy chats over cocktails"

"The atmosphere here is relaxed and convivial, and the bar and lounge are often abuzz with locals as well as guests"

"Suites and larger rooms feature free (!) minibars generously stocked with beer, wine, and snacks"