Rosewood Amsterdam · Netherlands

The Rosewood Experience

This is where you stay when you want to feel like you have arrived. Not in a flashy or look at me way, but in that calm and elevated way that feels like someone just upgraded you without asking. Rosewood Amsterdam is brand new and already feels like it has been part of the city forever.

Set inside a former palace of justice, the building has been reimagined as a sanctuary of marble, velvet, and soft lighting. It is sophisticated without being cold and luxurious without needing to say so. It is the kind of place where you speak in a slightly lower voice because the energy is just that good.

The rooms are elegant and warm with tall windows, plush textures, and bathrooms that make you rethink your lighting at home. There is a spa you will want to move into and an indoor pool that feels more like a private bathhouse than a hotel amenity.

The Highlight Reel

• The Atmosphere: Come for the Rosewood magic and stay because leaving feels disruptive to your peace.

• Personalized Service: The staff is expertly trained to remember your name and exactly how you take your coffee.

• The Dining: The restaurant is intimate and glowy, making it perfect for long dinners and even longer excuses to stay seated.

• Family Travel: If you are traveling with kids, they will be spoiled while you continue living your best life.

Why We Love It

• Location: Ideally perched on the Prinsengracht with cinematic canal views and a peaceful interior courtyard.

• Style: A seamless blend of historic grandeur and modern European elegance.

• Mood: Indulgent, stylish, and perfectly paced for a stay in the city.

Ideal For

Couples who truly appreciate the art of turn down service, families who travel well, and anyone looking for the essence of Amsterdam without the chaos.

Sebastian Luxe Perks

When we book your stay at Rosewood Amsterdam through our Rosewood Elite partnership, you receive these exclusive benefits at no extra cost to you:

• Complimentary daily a la carte breakfast.

• A €100 hotel credit per room, or an enhanced €200 credit when booking a Suite or Signature House, to be used for dining or spa treatments.

• A priority room upgrade upon arrival, subject to availability.

• Complimentary roundtrip private airport transfers when booking a suite.

Rosewood Amsterdam: Frequently Asked Questions

What was Rosewood Amsterdam before it became a hotel?

Rosewood Amsterdam occupies Amsterdam’s former Palace of Justice, a monumental building on the Prinsengracht that originally dates to 1665 and later served as the city’s main courthouse for more than 175 years.

The transformation into Rosewood took roughly a decade, with the historic architecture preserved rather than flattened into something suspiciously new and shiny.

You still feel the building’s former life throughout the hotel, from old courtrooms and architectural details to a cocktail bar whose entire personality is built around law, justice and a little rebellion.

What is special about the Rosewood Amsterdam building?

The building is part of the UNESCO-listed Amsterdam Canal District and is one of the more historically significant hotel conversions in the city.

Rather than creating a new luxury hotel behind a historic facade, Rosewood worked within the original Palace of Justice, incorporating former courtrooms, cellblocks and other architectural elements into the hotel.

It gives Rosewood a sense of scale that is unusual in Amsterdam, where many luxury hotels are stitched together from much narrower canal houses.

Does Rosewood Amsterdam have a private canal boat?

Yes, and this is one of the hotel's experiences I would actually make time for.

Rosewood has its own historic Salon Boat, Liberty, with interiors designed by Studio Piet Boon. Guests can cruise Amsterdam's canals while having drinks and Dutch snacks aboard.

Amsterdam is one of those cities that makes considerably more sense from the water, and doing it on a beautiful private boat is preferable to joining 63 strangers behind a fogged-up window.

What are the Houses at Rosewood Amsterdam?

The Houses are Rosewood Amsterdam's largest and most residential accommodations.

There are five signature Houses, each designed with its own character and a much stronger sense of staying in a private Amsterdam residence than in a conventional hotel suite. They also come with elevated services such as dedicated butler service.

These are the categories I would look at for a major celebration, a longer stay or travelers who want genuine living space rather than simply a larger bedroom.

What is Huis 020 at Rosewood Amsterdam?

Huis 020 is one of the hotel's signature Houses and one of its most distinctive accommodations.

The 177-square-meter residence sits at canal level overlooking the Prinsengracht and feels much more like a private city home than a hotel suite. It includes dedicated butler service, in-room check-in and particularly elevated arrival and departure benefits.

The name comes from Amsterdam's 020 telephone area code, which is a very Dutch way of naming an extremely expensive hotel suite.

What are the restaurants at Rosewood Amsterdam?

Rosewood Amsterdam has three primary dining and drinking spaces: Eeuwen, Advocatuur and The Court.

Eeuwen is the main restaurant, with a seasonal menu centered around ingredients from the Netherlands and surrounding region.

The Court is the more relaxed all-day space for breakfast, coffee, pastries, afternoon tea and aperitivo.

And Advocatuur is the hotel bar, which leans fully into the building's former life as a courthouse with cocktails, live music and its own house-distilled jenever.

You could stay several nights without eating the same kind of meal twice, although Amsterdam has far too many good restaurants for me to recommend never leaving the building.

What is Advocatuur at Rosewood Amsterdam?

Advocatuur is Rosewood Amsterdam's cocktail bar and probably the hotel's most playful interpretation of its courthouse history.

The bar has an in-house distillery producing its own jenever, along with cocktails inspired by the building's legal past.

Small parties are currently welcomed on a walk-in basis rather than by reservation, and guests under 18 are not permitted.

It is worth knowing about even if you are not staying at the hotel.

Can you visit Rosewood Amsterdam if you are not staying there?

Yes.

Non-hotel guests can dine at the restaurants and bars, book spa treatments and, subject to availability, purchase access to Asaya Spa.

That makes Rosewood worth knowing even if you are staying elsewhere in Amsterdam, particularly if you want afternoon tea at The Court, cocktails at Advocatuur or a spa afternoon.

Can you use Asaya Spa at Rosewood Amsterdam without staying at the hotel?

Yes. Rosewood currently offers an Asaya Day Pass for non-resident guests, subject to availability.

The spa is much more substantial than you might expect from a central Amsterdam hotel, so this is one of the rare city hotels where I would consider deliberately setting aside part of a sightseeing day for doing absolutely no sightseeing whatsoever.

Does Rosewood Amsterdam have a garden?

Yes. De Tuin is the hotel's interior courtyard garden, designed by celebrated Dutch landscape designer Piet Oudolf.

Rather than a formal hotel courtyard filled with identical boxwoods, it is designed as an evolving landscape using native plants, perennials and seasonal changes.

It is a small detail, but a very good example of why Rosewood Amsterdam feels more connected to contemporary Dutch design than a hotel that simply puts tulips in the lobby and calls it a day.

Can you rent bicycles at Rosewood Amsterdam?

Yes. Bicycle rental is available through the hotel, and certain higher room and suite categories include access to Veloretti bicycles.

For confident city cyclists, Amsterdam is obviously one of the best places in Europe to explore on two wheels.

For anyone who has not ridden a bicycle since middle school, I might suggest reacquainting yourself with the concept somewhere other than central Amsterdam during rush hour.

Is Rosewood Amsterdam pet-friendly?

Yes. Rosewood Amsterdam welcomes pets and has a dedicated pet program with beds, bowls and toys available.

Pets are permitted in certain restaurant areas, although restrictions apply in the spa and fitness facilities, and an additional fee is charged.

Amsterdam itself is also remarkably dog-friendly, so this is one European city where bringing one along does not necessarily turn the itinerary into an elaborate logistical exercise.

How many nights should you stay at Rosewood Amsterdam?

For most first-time Amsterdam trips, I like three or four nights.

Three nights gives you enough time for the major museums, canals, neighborhoods and several very good meals without turning every day into a sightseeing marathon.

Four nights gives you more room for things like a private canal cruise, spa time, wandering the Nine Streets and actually sitting somewhere for lunch without checking your watch.

If Amsterdam is part of a longer Netherlands itinerary, three nights can work beautifully. If it is the primary destination, I would happily stay four.

Is Rosewood Amsterdam good for a romantic trip?

Yes, especially if you want something contemporary rather than traditionally romantic.

This is not all chandeliers, velvet and old-world ceremony. The appeal is great design, canal views, beautiful public spaces, a serious spa, cocktails at Advocatuur and the ability to disappear onto a private salon boat for the afternoon.

For an anniversary or couples' trip, I would put more of the budget into the right accommodation and experiences rather than simply booking the highest room category because it has the word "suite" attached to it.

What is the best thing to do at Rosewood Amsterdam that you might otherwise miss?

Take the hotel's Salon Boat.

The spa is beautiful and the restaurants are worth using, but the private canal experience feels particularly specific to Amsterdam and to this hotel.

A good luxury hotel should occasionally give you something you could not just as easily have done somewhere else. Floating down the canals on Rosewood's own Piet Boon-designed boat qualifies.