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Reviews of King's Inn City Hostel - Hotel Alkmaar

3 out of 5
King's Inn City Hostel - Hotel Alkmaar
Koningsstraat 6, Alkmaar

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 115 out of 322 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 133 out of 322 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 44 out of 322 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 14 out of 322 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 16 out of 322 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Margaret

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We could not stand up in the space to small
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Tom, King's Inn on 30 Apr 2024
Hello, because all the rooms are in a historic building we can not change the rooms, maybe for next time try to come to the reception so we can help u with for example a change in rooms.

10/10 Excellent

Theo

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Milan on 2 Feb 2024
Beste Theo,Bedankt voor de positieve review en zien u graag weer terug

10/10 Excellent

Rob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay in a great city. The tourist tax should be mentioned before booking, but everything else was great.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Diego David

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Milan on 2 Feb 2024
Hello,Many thanks for the positive review and hopefully we see you the next time again

2/10 Terrible

Dulian, Naples

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
They let me check in early but was impossible to checkout after I saw what I had gotten myself into. The Upside was that I had a 9 bunk bed unit all to myself, no windows and just very creepy dark place right by the staff entrance, laundry, and late night guest access which meant no chance of sleep, expect to get the door knocked on late at nights by somebody who has had one too many and doesn't know where to go (in one instance a staff member just barging in assuming room was empty and perhaps going to crash there). Surrounding area was beautiful to walk to. My reservation was for more than two weeks but I could only bare one night, at this stage I don't even know if I got refunded for anything but it was more confrontable sleeping in the train station the following night until I found something else. Maybe the more expensive units are better but I was not prepared to find out, very terrible costumer service after they had taken my money, spent weeks trying to get some sort of refund back after front desk had promised to refund my credit card in accordance to their policy of 48 hrs notice which meant I would only pay for two nights. after checking out and getting in contact to access the funds the only option they gave me was a gift card to go back to the same place, just a waste, might as well slapped me too. Just terrible, spend a little more and have a nice time in the lovely area or just sleep in the train station as I promise it will be more comfortable.
Stayed 17 nights in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Impossible to fall asleep.
Tiny uncomfortable beds. Tiny room. Glass door lets annoying hall light inside room all night long. Noisy. Impossible to fall asleep.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Jessica, King's-Inn on 23 Nov 2023
Goedemorgen, bedankt voor uw review. Bent u langs onze receptie geweest? Daar kunnen wij u altijd verder helpen.Hopelijk mogen wij u nog eens verwelkomen in ons hotel.Met vriendelijke groet,

8/10 Good

Dean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Noisy room
Booked a suit for one night in order to visit this beautiful city. Desk staff were delightful although they did initially give us the key to someone else’s room! Our suit was large, ornate and spacious but at the end of the building next to the busy main road, there was no A/C so one must choose between noise with windows open or a hot stuffy room. Furthermore, there was no wardrobe, only a curtain between the room and toilet, very dim lighting in the bathroom, faulty lighting above the mirror and thick hard pillows, they also charge for the use of an iron!!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Jessica, King's-Inn on 23 Nov 2023
Goedemorgen, hartelijk dank voor uw review!Bent u hiervoor langs onze receptie geweest? Daar kunnen wij u altijd verder helpen.Wij hopen u nogmaals te mogen verwelkomen.Met vriendelijke groet,

4/10 Poor

yosef

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
We were not advised that we had to go up 3 floors without elevator
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Charles

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The refrigerator need to be cleaning every week maximum. It is full of old food that people have left there. A lot of food is in the frig with moisture. You have to find a system to make sure that the food will stay save. Your refrigerator was really bad. But the rest of the hostel was clean. The problem is really the refrigerator.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

John

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Claustrophobic, dark, dorm room with little air
The property itself is a nice building, centrally located and staff helpful. However, the shared, 4 bed dorm room I was in, was pretty depression. There was no window or any real natural light or ventilation (apart from a grate in the door). The room was very stuffy & dark as a result. The beds were very basic too, with a hard plastic mattress. The shower was also a bit of a dribble at most, which made showering properly tricky & the lack ventilation meant the whole bedroom became humid if someone showered. The rooms smelled on human odours and sweat as a result of the stuffiness. It’s pretty claustrophobic room set-up. Not a fan of this place, but there are very few other places to go in the city for affordable prices.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Milan on 20 Aug 2023
Sorry to hear that your experience of our hostel has not been up to your standards. Thank you for the feedback, the problem with ventilation is something I'm starting to hear more and more, so this is something we are going to work on in the low season. If you in the future would choose for us again, I hope by that time we took care of this issue.

8/10 Good

stephen

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ruben

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Bonito hotel y comodo buena cama bonito lugar eso si piensas ir a Alkmaart pero si quieres visitar Ámsterdam es algo lejos
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from BG on 26 Jun 2023
Muchas gracias por su comentario, de hecho estamos a 30 minutos de Amsterdam. Un viaje de un día a Ámsterdam es ciertamente posible. por supuesto, la costa y otros lugares hermosos también están cerca.

10/10 Excellent

Mohammed Ezzaddin Ghilan

Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from K on 22 May 2023
Thanks for the kind review. We hope to see you again some day!

10/10 Excellent

Francois

Stayed 5 nights in May 2023
Response from K on 22 May 2023
Thanks for the kind review. We hope to see you again some day!

10/10 Excellent

AMR

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from BG on 11 May 2023
Thank you for the lovely review!

10/10 Excellent

Karl Jan

Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023
Response from BG on 11 May 2023
Thank you for your review, i like it!

8/10 Good

Oussama

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from BG on 11 May 2023
Thank you for your review!

10/10 Excellent

Maddie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really cute setup!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from BG on 11 May 2023
Thank you very much

10/10 Excellent

Musa

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023
Response from BG on 7 Apr 2023
Thank you very much for your big compliment

8/10 Good

Helia

Response from Jessica, King's-Inn on 23 Nov 2023
Goedemorgen, hartelijk dank voor uw goede review!Hopelijk mogen wij u nog eens verwelkomen in ons hotel.Met vriendelijke groet,

2/10 Terrible

Tuncay

Disliked: Amenities
Too far from Amsterdam city centre, too much noise...
Response from BG on 23 Jan 2023
Good morning, thank you for your review. It's correct we are located in Alkmaar not in Amsterdam, with the train it's 45 min.

10/10 Excellent

Sören

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022
Response from BG on 23 Jan 2023
Thank you very much for your review, we hope to welcome you again in Alkmaar

8/10 Good

L.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022
Response from BG on 23 Jan 2023
Thank you for your review.

6/10 Okay

Linda

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from ferry on 25 Aug 2022
hoi linda mag ik vragen wat je waarom je het ok vond wat kunnen wij beter doen

10/10 Excellent

YU

Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Antony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very well organised facility,clean, close to everything you need, 13 mins walk from the central train station. There is kitchenette(fridge , microwave and sink) No boiler , no cutlery. Sheets are provided, towels are not. Staff are really friendly and helpful . There is a bar and restaurant attached the hostel, The internet speed is good for remote workers .
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Antony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very well organised facility,clean, close to everything you need, 13 mins walk from the central train station. There is kitchenette(fridge , microwave and sink) No boiler , no cutlery. Sheets are provided, towels are not. Staff are really friendly and helpful . There is a bar and restaurant attached the hostel, The internet speed is good for remote workers
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Antony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hostel is just amazing in all ways. Clean, neat, well designed, close to the centre, helpful staff, good internet shows which can help in working ( up to 14 mbs)
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
After check-in property assigned a room and bed . The reception was open until 9pm and I was in after dinner and discover that the bed was taken by someone else . Tried to contact the emergency number they just didn’t answer call and msg . Was a robbery done by unprofessional people . To avoid
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jeelani

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Response from ferry on 9 Aug 2022
dankjewel!!

8/10 Good

Glenda

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jean-Baptiste

Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from Shavin on 11 May 2022
Hi there! We are more than delighted that you have gave us a TEN!!!! We have the utmost appreciation for you and hope that we can accommodate you in the near future!

10/10 Excellent

Eileen

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Romeo

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021
Response from BG on 10 Jan 2022
thank you for your review!

10/10 Excellent

Sebastian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

2/10 Terrible

Shahram

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

henrik

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021
Response from BG on 5 Oct 2021
thank you!

8/10 Good

MPC

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Receptie on 23 Jul 2021
Thank you for your review and stay with us.

8/10 Good

MPC

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Vincent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from BG on 7 Sep 2020
Thank you!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2020
Response from BG on 6 Jul 2020
thank you for your review!

10/10 Excellent

Lorraine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous original hostel/hotel
Awesome... staff could not have been more helpful. Carried my bag to my room as I have an issue with my femur. Thank you! I’ll be back and will be recommending... fabulous city & top rate accommodation...
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from Lotte on 8 Nov 2019
Thank you for staying with us and we are happy you had a great time! We hope to see you again!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019
Response from BG on 28 Sep 2019
thank you for your review, Kind regards, Bo

10/10 Excellent

Darrel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
First solo trip.
The service and the staff were great. I would recommend King's Inn City Hostel to any of my friends that are traveling. It might be a little distance from Amsterdam but it's well worth the trip. And you get the chance to visit the beautiful city of Alkmaar.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019
Response from King's Inn on 20 Aug 2019
Dear Darrel, thank you for you comment ! We are happy that you liked Alkmaar, kind regards

4/10 Poor

Patrick

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Kings Inn City Hostel
I booked on Hotels.com and it said it was 2 x single rooms and when I arrived it was 2 x rooms in an 8 bed dorm!! However the staff, location, cleanliness and everything else was excellent. If you want a good nights rest this is not for you. If you want to party this is for you.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019
Response from King's Inn on 20 Aug 2019
Sorry to hear that you have made the wrong booking, We hoped you likes Alkmaar. kind regards

10/10 Excellent

Firdaus, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were friendly and nice environment with warm hosts
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Response from BG on 24 Jul 2019
thank you very much!

8/10 Good

søren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
problems to park the car and very expensie
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from bg on 30 Jul 2019
parking the car is € 7,50 you can buy a ticket at our reception.

10/10 Excellent

rodrigo, edmonton, ab

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was cool, I've no real complaints or anything negative to say. I personally felt that it was very authentically european, Their were a few drunks and college kids causing a ruckus around the neighborhood at night, probably because they're close to the red light district, but you can't fault for that. Other then that I still had a pleasant time.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019
Response from BG on 17 Jul 2019
thank you for the review!