For our last night in Amsterdam (and the last night of our trip, in fact), a visit to a swanky rooftop bar for a drink seemed like the only appropriate thing to do. A quick Google Maps search led me to find 'W Lounge', which happened to be just down the road from where we were and we certainly weren't let down. Visiting A Rooftop Bar In Amsterdam - W Lounge Review
The W Lounge is part of the W Hotel owned by Marriott, and oh my, is it nice. Also, handy tip, the hotel is actually spread across two buildings. The bar is in the one with the glittery 'W' outside of it. (We learned this the hard way after we tried to take the lift up to the bar in the wrong building and had a quick tour of the pretty luxurious hotel lobby and lift). We didn't reserve a table but were still able to sit inside without any sort of wait. The outside area was full (unsurprisingly on a sunny evening) but the indoor area was just as nice and the views were still great. There was a DJ playing music inside and I can only imagine how great the atmosphere gets as the night goes on. As for prices, Elliot and I both had a beer, I had a Heineken and he had an IPA and we paid a grand total of €16.50 for the two. Now, I know that sounds a lot out of context, but for a prime view of Amsterdam and in one of the swankiest bars, I don't think that's too bad at all. The cocktails were about €22 each, so certainly a little pricier than the majority of the other bars in the area.The only thing to note is that tracking someone down to pay the bill was a bit of a faff. If I'd spent €100 on cocktails that evening, I'd definitely have been expecting better. But, as we were only in there for a quick beer, it really wasn't the end of the world.So, if you're looking for a rooftop bar in Amsterdam then I highly recommend checking out W Lounge. You don't need to be staying at the hotel to visit and it's right behind Dam, so couldn't be any more central. I think you can also pay to use their small rooftop pool as a guest too. (Granted, it's very small and more somewhere to sit in the water rather than hit your weekly lengths target).
Cheers to holidays, sunny evenings and rooftop bars, hey!
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