With a stay at Sphinx Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Amsterdam, just a 4-minute walk from Heineken Experience and 13 minutes by foot from Van Gogh Museum. .This hotel is 0.4 mi (0.7 km) from Rijksmuseum and 0.6 mi (0.9 km) from Rembrandt Square.
What's nearby
Heineken Experience - 3 min walk - 0.2 miles
Rijksmuseum - 7 min walk - 0.4 miles
Rembrandt Square - 11 min walk - 0.6 miles
Leidseplein - 13 min walk - 0.7 miles
Flower Market - 13 min walk - 0.7 miles
Getting around
Weteringcircuit Stop - 2 min walk
Amsterdam Amstel Station - 5 min drive
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) - 21 min drive
Restaurants
Heineken Experience - 5 min walk
The School of Life - 4 min walk
Café Mulder - 2 min walk
Café Brecht - 3 min walk
Café Kale - 3 min walk
About this property
Sphinx Hotel
Sphinx Hotel offers 22 accommodations. Televisions come with cable channels.
Bathrooms include showers. This Amsterdam hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access.
Make yourself at home in one of the 22 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms with showers are provided.
Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access, tour/ticket assistance, and a vending machine.
Featured amenities include luggage storage, a safe deposit box at the front desk, and a vending machine.
Property amenities
Internet
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Conveniences
Limited-hour front desk
Luggage storage
Safe at front desk
Vending machine
Guest services
No housekeeping service
Tour and ticket assistance
Accessibility
No elevator
Smooth flooring in room
More
5 floors
Smoking not allowed
Room amenities
Bedroom
Bedsheets provided
Bathroom
Private bathroom
Shower
Towels provided
Entertainment
TV with cable channels
More
Heating
Phone
Policies
Check-in
Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18
Check-out
Check-out before 11 AM
Special check-in instructions
The front desk is open daily from 8:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
If you are planning to arrive after midnight please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
Renovations and closures
The property will be renovating from November 2 2026 to January 15 2027 (completion date subject to change). The following areas are affected:
Front desk
Lobby
During renovations, the hotel will make every effort to minimize noise and disturbance.
Access methods
Front desk (limited hours)
Pets
Pets not allowed
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available
Property payment types
Important information
Fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:
An effective city/local tax rate of 12.50 percent will be charged
We have included all charges provided to us by the property.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Special cancellation policies or charges may apply for group reservations (more than 8 rooms for the same property / stay dates)
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
We should mention
This property does not have elevators
This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly)
Property is also known as
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Sphinx Hotel Reviews
Reviews
6.0
All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travelers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.
We stayed here with a friend for two nights. The area in overall was very quiet with couple of restaurants and grocery store nearby. The hotel staff were really nice and helpful. The room we had was quite small, but that was expected, with shower and toilet. The hotel and the room were clean too.
Petri
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2026
Verified review
6/10 Okay
Josh
May 11, 2026
Liked: Staff & service
Nice Hotel, no lift though, and being on the 4th floor, the stairs are very steep and tight.
Gets the job done if just looking for a place to sleep, but even then, the stairs are ridiculously steep and this hotel may have the thinnest walls of any hotel I've stayed in
Fun areas around it, close to the metro, clean, cool views from out the window. A fan in the room would have been helpful and some barrier around the shower so the entire bathroom didn't get completely soaked with each use. People complained about the steep stairs, but we saw them as a fun challenge.
This hotel was not very clean. Room had mold on the ceiling. The shower didn’t drain and it over flowed onto the bathroom floor. Hotel was one of the cheaper ones in Amsterdam, but I would still consider very poor quality for the price. As it was still over $300 a night. The staff was very lovely and helpful.
Not a hotel we would recommend. The room Was located in the basement, a pretty dark and humid room With only one Window which Was Right out to the pavement, so you couldnt actually open it unless you wanted to see People’s feet walking by and it also felt a bit unsafe, people standing drinking and stuff Right outside where you slept.
A lot of nosse during the Night from both hotel guests and people outside. Not the cleanest place and the staff seemed to be very little interested in service to the guests. I dont understand why this hotel has three stars.
Overall, I recommend this hotel. Like many others, I picked this hotel based on reviews so I want to provide one. It’s located in a safe and relatively quiet area of Amsterdam very close to the Heineken brewery and Rijktmuseum. It’s about a 35-40 minute walk from the train station so we took an Uber since it was raining when we arrived. I liked the location because Amsterdam is a small city and we could easily walk or tram to places. The staff is very friendly and helped us with our luggage (see why below) and allowed us to leave our bags after checkout as we went out for brunch and to the Rijkt.
I gave this hotel 4/5 stars in a few areas. First, while my kids and I found this charming you should know the stairs to the levels with rooms are very steep and there’s no elevator. We had a small suitcase which they brought up for us but if you’re traveling with large and heavy suitcases this could be a problem. Also, our room was small They tend to be smaller in Europe and that’s fine but we were 3 so if we had large suitcases it would have been tight. Finally the room was clean and had fresh linens and towels but I gave a 4/5 for cleanliness given its age and overall condition
So I do recommend this hotel but you should know about the stairs and room size.
Das Hotel ist sehr zentral. Man ist schnell an der Metro Vijzelgracht und das Rijksmuseum ist auch in der Nähe.
Cindy
Stayed 3 nights in May 2026
Verified review
6/10 Okay
Robert
May 5, 2026
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Enkelt boende i för budgetresenärer
Robert
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2026
Verified review
6/10 Okay
Jakob
Jan 6, 2026
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Hotellet minder mest om et vandrehjem.
Personalet er meget imødekommende.
Lobbyen er slidt og hipsteragtig. Ingen elevator, meget stejl trappe op. Værelserne rene og med udmærkede senge. Der er lydt!
Vi savnede morgenmad og køleskab på værelset. Men man kan hente kaffe fra en maskine i receptionen.
Det er langt fra luksus. Men det fungerer.
Okay hotel - tæt på byen og alligevel så langt væk, at vi undgik støjen fra byen.
Man skal være obs på, der ikke er elevator og trappen op er meget stejl. Pak let, så går det.
Ikke velegnet til gangbesværet.
Kaffe og te i receptionsområdet.
Mijn kamer was niet beschikbaar vanwege waterschade, het hotel had proactief een kamer voor me geboekt in een ander hotel en me daar keurig over gebeld. Goede service!