Sunday, February 5, 2012

Conservatorium Hotel

Conservatorium Brasserie & Lounge
Nowadays, hotel lobbies and restaurants are the place to be. It took a while to implement this trend in Amsterdam, but now we are most certainly getting there. For a few years we were confined to the College Hotel with its stylish bar, restaurant and fire place. Then last Summer the Sky Lounge (in the DoubleTree Hilton) opened and we all trotted to the 11th floor to enjoy cocktails with a view. And now the College Hotel and Sky Lounge are getting some competition: very recently (2 weeks ago), a boutique hotel with stylish lobby and restaurant opened in the beautiful and stately building on the Van Baerlestraat, near the P.C. Hooftstraat.
Originally built to house a bank (the Rijkspotspaarbank), but for us youngsters better known as the building that housed the Sweelinck Conservatorium, it now has been transformed into a grand hotel with 129 rooms, a wellbeing center, meeting rooms and two restaurants: the Conservatorium Brasserie & Lounge (for afternoon tea and sandwiches) and the Tunes Restaurant & Bar by chef Schilo van Coevorden. You can also do some shopping at the Conservatorium Hotel, for instance at jewellery shop Bonebakker,  which after 2 centuries sadly had to close its shop at the Rokin in 2010.
One of the suites with view on the Stedelijk Museum

If you want to have lunch or dinner at the Conservatorium Hotel, be aware that you already have to book two or three weeks in advance. But, seeing this is a hotel, walking in is easy and free, and so is flaunting amongst the hipsters in the lobby!

Conservatorium Hotel
Van Baerlestraat 27
www.conservatoriumhotel.com

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