Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy
The Lloyd Hotel is situated on the water front in the heart of Amsterdam’s Oostelijk Havengebied (Eastern Docklands Area). This listed national monument from 1921, which was built as a hotel for migrants, has been converted by MVRDV architects and reopened in 2004. All 117 rooms differ in size and interior. Over 50 Dutch designers contributed to the interior. The Cultural Embassy, which is an intrinsic part of the hotel, makes guests from abroad acquainted with Dutch culture and takes care that a visit to Lloyd Hotel is never twice the same.
Concept
The initiators are Suzanne Oxenaar (Artistic Director) and Otto Nan (General Director). In realising Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy they let themselves be guided by the thought that it had to be a hotel they themselves would love to stay in. An easily accessible place for everyone, from residents of the area to artists and businessmen. A place where you feel you are in Amsterdam, where you can meet local people, eat local food of the season and get in touch with activities and expositions based on what is going on in the city.
Architect and Designers
In order to enable the building to be used once again for its original purpose as a hotel, the building needed major renovation. The architectural agency MVRDV was commissioned to realise the design. One to five star rooms are connected to the main hall at the centre of the building, where there is an exciting interplay between communal and private spaces. The interior design is a collaborative effort of, among others, Claudy Jongstra, Atelier van Lieshout, Christoph Seyferth, Ineke Hans, and Richard Hutten (see Restaurant).
Cultural Embassy
In our fast-changing world, actual physical meetings are becoming ever rarer and shorter, while we have an increasing desire for personal contact. Lloyd Hotel offers through its Cultural Embassy a helping hand in making guests use their limited time as effectively as possible. Personal advise, theatre tickets or an informal meeting with a kindred spirit: the Cultural Embassy has a complete package of services available.
In the public spaces at the heart of the building, the Cultural Embassy organises exhibitions, presentations, lectures, screenings and concerts. Each Monday evening an informal programme takes place in the restaurant: Lloyd Time on Mondays.
The Lloyd Hotel for everyone’s budget
The room rates range from € 110 - € 500. The difference in price is linked to the difference in surface area. Needless to say our service policy is the same regardless of the room type. All our rooms are equipped with an internet connection and room service is available 24 hours. We also offer, free of charge satellite television. The 1 star rooms have a bathroom facility located in the hall with bathrobes for our guests.
For more information and reservations for rooms: www.lloydhotel.com
Lloyd Hotel Restaurant: classical European cuisine and good ingredients
Eating and drinking at the Lloyd Hotel is all about good ingredients and straightforward methods of preparation. The basic idea is that a quality tomato is so delicious that it needs nothing extra to do justice to the taste and smell of it. We work with local suppliers who are sincere about the content of their products. We know them and their businesses well. After all, it starts with the love and care with which someone raises pigs or grows lettuce. We work with upmarket suppliers and make our own cakes, jams and mayonnaise. Everything is made after traditional recepies.
The menu mainly consists of French and Italian cuisine, with other European dishes also available. From 5pm an extensive range of pinchos are on offer directly from the bar.
Shop and bar by Richard Hutten
Next to architects MVRDV, a number of designers have played an important role in the development of Lloyd Hotel. One of them is Richard Hutten. His design for the new bar in the public space fits well in the architectural space created by MVRDV. Hutten created a miraculous combination of bar/ shop and food display, in which the bar with Lloyd Lamp serves as lighting for the restaurant. This is a helicopter-like lamp which can vary in height, length and intensity. The meters high wall cabinet serves as shop. This shop is a mix of night shop and a design shop, with preserves, chutneys and muesli for sale. All products are homemade by Lloyd Hotel, using the best ingredients, of the season and without artificial additions. Also for sale are products we developed together with Dutch designers, a selection of special design- and travel books and socks from Hungary.
Reservations
Please call for a reservation on 020-561 36 77.
Restaurant Snel is open every day, from 7am until 1am, and has a large south-facing terrace for eating outside.
For more information and reservations for the restaurant: www.lloydhotel.com
Note to editors: for further information, EPKs, requests for interviews and/or guided tours, please contact Renate Schepen, tel: (+31) (0)20- 561 36 08, mail: r.schepen@lloydhotel.com
