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Lloyd Hotel Review
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Lloyd Hotel 
- Address: Oostelijke Handelskade 34, Eastern Docklands, Amsterdam, 1019 BN
- Phone: 020/561-3636
- www.lloydhotel.com
- Price range: $-$$$$
- Location: Old City Center
Fodor's Review:
From the outside, the Art Deco-style Lloyd Hotel looks slightly severe, but its appearance fits with its history. Built in 1921 as a hotel for Eastern European immigrants, it then became a prison, then a detention center, before finally emerging as accommodations for artists. The vast café-cum-lobby is effortlessly stylish, with colossal white walls and plenty of natural light streaming in through windows. Its rooms are quirkily and almost all uniquely designed, with unusual furniture that has been featured in many fashion magazine spreads. One of the funkiest lodging choices is the "rough music room," with its log cabin-style walls, bed big enough for eight, and lime-green bathroom. Most rooms have extra-large tables, grand pianos, and kitchens. The hotel includes a cultural embassy, which, according to hotel literature, "offers a total service package, giving personal advice, obtaining tickets for theatrical performances, or arranging an informal encounter with a kindred spirit." Clearly, the Lloyd is unconventional. Pros: Historic building, quirky interior, rooms priced for all budgets. Cons: Out-of-the-way location, some of the more popular rooms are difficult to reserve.
- Hotel Details: 117 rooms, 16 with shared bath, 14 suites
- In-room: no a/c, kitchen (some), no TV.
- In-hotel: restaurant, room service, bar, laundry service, Internet terminal, public Wi-Fi, parking (paid), no-smoking rooms.
- Credit Cards: AE, MC, V
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