Crossroads Hostel Amsterdam

You'll need to bring some things yourself, like towels and locks, as is common in hostels. The rooms are very small and it's awkward to get past another person. The top bunk is especially inconvenient to climb into, and the ladder hurt my feet. Since it's so central, outside noise is to be expected, and the windows don't do much to keep it out.

Worst stay I've ever had. They took €10 for a rented key, which felt like a scam, and there were bugs in the sheets. Each floor has only two toilets for at least 24 people, and sometimes there was puke in them in the morning. The staff member was a liar. Everything is cramped, the rooms, beds and toilets. The atmosphere could've come from a horror movie.

The location was so suffocating and degrading that I left after one day, despite having several more nights booked, and immediately paid for a much more expensive hotel to get out. I understand hostels aren't five-star hotels, and I've stayed in others without anything remotely like this. I can't recommend this place to anyone. The beds were painfully small, arranged in three-tier bunks that made sleeping feel like being in a coffin. My friend and I got the top bunks and couldn't sit up without hitting our heads on the wall. There was barely room to move, and the room felt claustrophobic. The washrooms were tiny, filthy and inadequate for the 18 people sharing them on the floor. One toilet had no seat, the mirrors were broken, and the blankets smelled filthy. The building itself felt unsafe, with tiny, rickety stairs and a structure that looked as if it could collapse at any moment. The conditions were disgusting and unacceptable. It was a horrifying, miserable experience, and I hope nobody else has to go through it.

You couldn't ask for a better location. There were three of us in a shoebox-sized room with a bunk bed. The covers had marks that looked like blood or rust, and the mattress and its support didn't feel securely fixed. Somehow we still slept alright. The outlets were behind the bunk, and it looked like someone had tried hard to block them with the bed, but we managed to plug our chargers in. It felt like they wanted you to buy power banks. If all you need is a place to sleep, the room is sufficient.