Soho House Amsterdam earns a Michelin Key

Congratulations are in order for Soho House Amsterdam, which has just received a Michelin Key in the Michelin Guide’s 2025 hotel awards. Just as Michelin Stars recognise brilliance in restaurants, Keys are awarded to exceptional hotel experiences, highlighting remarkable design, excellent service and unique personality.

In this year’s list, inspectors were impressed by Soho House Amsterdam’s ability to distinguish itself among thousands of hotels, and praised its rich history and architecture. Taking residence in the landmark Bungehuis building, which was originally built in 1934 as the offices for a prominent trading company, the Art Deco landmark stands as a rijksmonument (a Netherlands national heritage site). With its functionalist design, stone facade, and intricate 1930s detailing, it embodies the Dutch capital’s interwar period spirit of commerce and modernism. By the 1970s, it had become part of the University of Amsterdam, housing the Faculty of Humanities and later becoming a symbol of academic life in the city.

In 2015, students famously occupied the building to protest education cuts and the planned sale of the site. That protest marked the close of its university era before the space was reborn as Soho House Amsterdam in 2018, preserving much of the building’s original features such as restored timber panelling and stained-glass windows.

Our historic Dutch club joins eight other Soho House locations to be awarded the Michelin Key – Soho House Paris, Soho House Barcelona, Little Beach House Barcelona, Soho House Holloway, Soho House Austin, Soho House Nashville, Soho House Mumbai, and east London’s Redchurch Townhouse.
 
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