ACD Page: Hill Street Blues
As this was the 1st of the 4 new coffeeshops I visited on my last visit to Ver Dam, I thought it high time there was an opinion poll. HSB is a bit of a mixed bag for me. On the plus side, it's a lot more spacious than you'd think, it was never busy in the mornings, & of course, it's situated on the best street in Amsterdam bar none! The menu is decent aswell, they had some good -priced hash & a pretty good range of ready rolled joints.
Not wanting to dwell on the negatives, but there's the obvious one: the fact that the decor in HSB looks like a gents toilet in the inner-cities! All the graffiti just doesn't scream out to me "Comfortable clean coffeeshop", & to be honest I think the whole place needs completely redecorating. The staff were pleasant enough, but didn't seem particularly happy to be at work that day for whatever reason. I must say the dealer was very helpful though, when I wanted some Afghan hash he said he didn't have any, but to come back in 15 minutes as they would have had a delivery by then. It was more like an hour when I returned, but true to his word, the HSB dealer had the Afghan for me.
So all-in-all, Hill Street Blues was a good place to go & I'm glad I finally went. Seems strange that for a guy who loves Warmoesstraat as much as I do, it took 4 visits to actually go into HSB (& the Coin). Staying at the Greenhouse Effect hotel the past 2 trips to Amsterdam means you'd think HSB would be an obvious stop, given that it's slap bang across from the GHE coffeeshop & bar (& next door to some of the GHE Hotel's rooms, inc. the one we stayed in, Dutch Touch).
Anyway, don't wanna go on too much about this as I'm attempting to save all the good stuff for the upcoming travelogue! What do other ACD forum members think of Hill Street Blues?...
Hill Street Blues (on Warmoesstraat)
I agree, HSB is a cracking shop.
Cider on draught as well, very cheap, excellent. Also loved the Hill street special
Only problem we had was when we visited in November it was bloody freezing and we were sat on the comfy couch at the back of the shop, the barmaid kept insisting on keeping the back windows open to let the smoke out
I was trying my best not to breathe out but eventually had to give in 
Looking forward to the Travelogue JSB
John
Cider on draught as well, very cheap, excellent. Also loved the Hill street special
Only problem we had was when we visited in November it was bloody freezing and we were sat on the comfy couch at the back of the shop, the barmaid kept insisting on keeping the back windows open to let the smoke out
I was trying my best not to breathe out but eventually had to give in Looking forward to the Travelogue JSB
John
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smoker_moby
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Weed or Beer?
Does any1 know if hill street are going to stop selling smoke or beer? I would of thought that they would still sell beer and then be a smoker friendly bar due to the size of the place??
Does any1 else agree?
Cheers
Counting down the days 40 to go!
Does any1 else agree?
Cheers
Counting down the days 40 to go!
Re: Weed or Beer?
I wouldnt be suprised if they did ditch the weed...you get the impression its more of bar. Lots of CS's round that area too!smoker_moby wrote:Does any1 know if hill street are going to stop selling smoke or beer? I would of thought that they would still sell beer and then be a smoker friendly bar due to the size of the place??
Does any1 else agree?
Cheers
Counting down the days 40 to go!
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We were in there quite a bit recently and never found it to be too noisy, but then we weren't there over a weekend so it was probably a bit a quieter... i like the placebluenote wrote:I guess I'm in the minority here. I really didn't care for the place. POUNDING technoise at ear shattering volume. Maybe I'm just too old, but I'll pass on HSB.
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hill street blues
this was a really strange cafe but in a gud way, when u first go in it looks really small but with a large bar n weed counter but once u get downstairs its a large smokin area( coverd in graffiti ) it looks really gud and has sum large tables with cool chairs n at the back of the room there is a door that opens out onto one of the canals which looks really gud after a few biftas. they make a really nice hot chocolate, a nice big glass with cream n choc flakes for only 2.10 euros, the staff dont always seem happy 2make them but at that price u can afford 2giv a little tip. apart from that the staff wer really friendly. we only visited durin the day so not sure what the nites r like
Probably my faverate coffeeshop of the lot, and I've been in about 30-35 of them over the years. Sure, we all have different ideas of what you would like and or expect your ideal coffeeshop to be like. Meaning 1 persons perfect is another persons ok or $hite etc.
But for me it has everything, decor you are free to add to, cheap drinks, toilets that seem scary when stoned, good view from the front window, perfect view from the rear window over the Damrak.
The music is not always my cup of tea, but for the best part ok. Staff have always been friendly and willing to talk to you unless busy of cause. Find it difficult to find many faults with the place. Except it can get to busy on some nights.
But for me it has everything, decor you are free to add to, cheap drinks, toilets that seem scary when stoned, good view from the front window, perfect view from the rear window over the Damrak.
The music is not always my cup of tea, but for the best part ok. Staff have always been friendly and willing to talk to you unless busy of cause. Find it difficult to find many faults with the place. Except it can get to busy on some nights.
