This is a large Albert Heijn supermarket, located in the De Pijp area of Amsterdam, on Cornelis Troostplein. It is in a good location, close to residential quarters as well as other smaller cafes, businesses and a metro station.
The store was mostly clean and was reasonably well stocked, I only came in looking for a bottled drink, I did originally struggle to find where they were located within the store, but was able to find one without requiring assistance.
Unlike most Albert Heijn locations, this store does not appear to accept Apple Pay and the staff members seemed unaware of this. I later found this out at another Albert Heijn store after having a similar payment issue. It would have been so much easier if the staff members here were aware of the issue, or if it was explained to me at the point of the payment being declined, to avoid my time waiting in multiple queues to unsuccessfully purchase a drink.
I tried to pay for my shopping at the self-service checkout with Apple Pay and was told the payment didn't go through with no further explanation, after unsuccessfully trying to pay on two occasions, I asked the clerk working the self-service area who seemed unsure, she came over to me, before leaving me waiting and going to another customer, she eventually told me to go to a manned checkout, where I faced the same problem. The clerk at the manned checkout simply asked if I had any other payment methods, to which I replied "No"
The selection may be good but the service is inadequate and I notice through other reviews the issue with the staff being unfriendly and unhelpful has been going on for a while unfortunately. 2* read more