Mercure Hotel Amsterdam Sloterdijk Station

Weekend in Amsterdam with the family - great location right by the station. Hotel really comfortable.

The hotel is fine, but if you are traveling here on a European vacation this is barely Amsterdam. We chose it because all the reviews said "it's one easy train stop away from Amsterdam Central Station," which is true... but then it's a 30-40 minute walk from there to anything you want to see. If you only have two days and want to spend one visiting the windmills and another visiting Amsterdam then this is a convenient location between the two. But if you want to be able to walk easily around the Amsterdam that you imagined this is not where you want to stay. It's a 30 minute trip every time you want to go anywhere in town. We also booked a family room for 4 and it was not as pictured on the site. There was barely space to walk or put anything. Otherwise the hotel was fine, just not what we were hoping for. But on the bright side it did have nice staff, a decent gym, a few good cafes nearby and air conditioning!