This was my 11th trip to Aruba and first to the AM. All we wanted was a quiet, relaxing get away. The Amsterdam was perfect, service is great. If you like high rises, lots of people, lots of noise and being packed on to the beach then skip this place.

We didn't even need to get up at 5am to get a hut on the beach like our last trip here, there were enough to go around!

If you want a truly nice stay with a nice staff, this is your place. We have already made our reservations for 2009!

I've stayed at this hotel from 10-16 April for a short and much deserved (I hope!) break while traveling from NYC to London in between jobs. I wanted a smaller and quiter hotel (as opposed to the massive complexes in the high rise area) with a distinctive european/colonial feel and Amsterdam manor has proved to be the perfect choice! It's a privately owned relatively small hotel with only 70 rooms and has a mix of both european and american guests. The location of the hotel is perfect - right in front of a quiter beach with an easy access to Oranjestaad and high rise area. The rooms are very clean, nice and modern with shiny clean bathrooms! The staff go out of their ways to assist guests with anything that may be required and overall I would rate my experience here as excellent! I would recommend this hotel for singles, couples and families alike.

We went to Aruba for the first time over the spring break.
Me,my wife and kids 12 and 6 years old loved the hotel and Aruba.We have been to Grand Cayman and Turks before and we
loved Aruba as much as Grand Cayman.
We had 1 bedroom suite and a rollaway and had plenty of room.We generally love small hotels and condos rather then huge chain hotels.We rented a car and I strongly recommend that since driving is on the right and island is easy to get around.
We did have huge waves at Eagle beach beacuse of big low pressure system all over Caribeans.The beach was quite crowded compare to north part of Seven mile beach at Grand Cayman but weather was great all the time.
We used hotel pool quite a bit and went to Baby beach which was great for kids.
We loved our first floor patio with the view of the ocean across the street.
I want to address few issues which were raised in the previous reviews:
1.Front desk was quite nice but if you expect a smile from ear to ear, it is hit or miss.It never bothered us and all issues were resolved professionally.We found front desk to be about average for Caribean destination exept for Sasha who was outstanding.
2.The rooms are nice with full kitchen but somewhat dark during the day due to small windows.It never bothered us much since we were never in the room during the day.Patios and balconies are great.
3.Hotel has a very European feel to it and we actually felt that we were abroad.It would be different if we stayed on Palm beach.
4.Hotel grounds are beautiful.
5.Hotel pool is small but has a waterfall and a cozy feel to it.
6.Eagle beach is beautiful and the road was never an issue.
7.There is no smell.
8.Mango restaraunt is very average.Since we had a car we tried one restaraunt each evening.The best places to eat in our opinion:1.Amazonia.2.Aqua grill.3.Tulip.
Overall,we loved our vacation and will return to Aruba and Amsterdam manor.

Amsterdam Manor is located in Eagle Beach between the downtown and the High Rise Hotel area.

The location is perfect because you're far away from the crowds. Eagle Beach is one of the best beaches in Aruba and deservingly so!

To get to Eagle Beach you'll need to cross a road (not very busy), but once you do - it's heaven. There is plenty of shade (palappas) at ANY time of the day, which is a the best part, no crowds, no loud noise. No matter when we strolled into the beach, we ALWAYS found palappas available.

Great things about Amsterdam Manor:

1. Eagle Beach - Palappas
2. Rooms - nice, clean, roomy, modern (big flat panel TV, working jacuzzi tab, etc)
3. Full Kitchen in the suite with everything you need to cook.
3. Free Internet in the lobby area with PC Cameras, perfect for communication through Skype.
4. Front desk service people - extremely helpful and friendly.

Not-so-great things:

1. Since Amsterdam Manor has a very distinct European feel to it (many Europeans come there) - there might be more smoking on the beach or around the resort that we'd like.
2. Restaurants are simply ok, nothing special. We usually traveled to downtown for much better restaurants (Cuba's cooking, Matilde).
3. Free Wi-Fi Internet in the room wouldn't work for us very well, it was extremely slow.

Overall - a great experience, would come back again!