Rozanne de Jong

Review of Hotel Arena Amsterdam

Me and my boyfriend stayed here less than a month ...

Me and my boyfriend stayed here less than a month ago when we could still eat in the hotels restaurant. We live in Amsterdam and decided to do a staycation in our own city. We were doubting to write a review but after a month of consideration we feel we are obliged to share our story. The overall stay was okay. The room was nice but there was nothing special about the restaurant and the food. I would recommend other nicer restaurants in the neighborhood.
The reason why we give a one star review has nothing to do about the product or service. When we had our dinner, we heard some staff members talking about a Covid-19 case in the hotel. We are Dutch so we understood everything as we also had a seat close to the bar. We heard that the owner of the hotel had an illegal party with 40 people inside the hotel and probably spread the virus to a lot of people. The complete management team and more staff members were infected by him and all had to stay home after being infected.
It is imaginable and unacceptable that you think you are about the law and that you risk the safety of your staff members AND guests. I recommend people to stay far away from this place. We will NEVER visit this place again.