Skien hotellia

Plussat: The room was clean and big.The buffet dinner was simply but very good.the breakfast has a lot of choices (salmon, eggs,cheese,yogurt, cereal,juices,caffe, etc).everything was perfect and exceed my expectetion.

Plussat: Central location. Everything you need for a comfortable stay.

Miinukset: Shower lead was not long enough for wall mout, had to hold by hand to wash my hair.

Plussat: Iltabuffet kuului huoneen hintaan. Ruoka oli hyvää ja sitä sai syödä niin paljon kuin halusi. Lisäksi olisi kuulunut klo 15-18 kahvi/tee ja hedelmät ja pikkuleivät hintaan. Parkkipaikkoja oli ja viikonloppuna myös julkiset paikat olisivat olleet ilmaisia.

Plussat: A decent diner in the evening is in your room-price. Nice breakfast! Central in Porsgrunn.

Miinukset: A taxi from Porsgrunn to Sandefjord-Torp costed me 100€, what was a little exaggerated. I was't able to make the internet-taxi-reservation for 35€ via my phone otherwise ...

Miinukset: Breakfast was poor. Cold food that should be hot and some bread was frozen. I did not like the laminate flooring in the bedroom.

Plussat: Stayed there two years ago. Good location for us

Miinukset: The parking in the back and having to bring a ticket out to our car after checking in

Plussat: Hintaan kuului illallinen ja aamiainen, molemmat oikein hyviä. Ystävällinen vastaanotto.

Plussat: Very nice dinner and communal area. Friendly and helpful staff. Good location

Miinukset: I asked for a quiet room, but unfortunately I you could hear a lot from the room above. I was in the basement and had a family above me. I could unfortunately hear them walking, running around, TV etc. I would recommend not to have a room in the basement in the old part of building.

Plussat: Staff was friendly and helpful for any request

Miinukset: Old building and needs refurbisment for sure. Shower cabin!? That is way too small which you can barely fit in.

Plussat: Attention of staff

Miinukset: No muffins or pastries at breakfast

Plussat: Afternoon coffee and dinner included. Makes life easier when traveling with family. Good facilities for kids with play room.

Miinukset: They forgot to tidy up the room

Plussat: Close to harbour, restaurants and shops.

Plussat: Excellent breakfast, comfy bed,)

Plussat: Very comfy bed and friendly staff.

Miinukset: The shower was installed in the bath, with a dividing glass screen that didn't shield the water enough. The result was a wet bathroom floor.

Plussat: Our room was fine, nice and comphy bed. The breakfast and the ambience downstairs was impeccable...loved it! Lovely staff.

Miinukset: The bathroom could use some updates, a single sink installed off the wall did not leave counter space nor the feeling one wants in a hotel. The sink was also really crooked, and should be looked at. The door to the bathroom was noisy.

Plussat: Very good position, People there were very friendly Good breakfast.

Miinukset: A dirty chair, Very small WC and bathroom, and the carpet wan not looking good, the foto at booking was not looking the same ...

Plussat: Great location downtown. Excellent staff! Good hotel

Miinukset: Room 228 is not the room you want

Plussat: Hotel centrally located with very friendly and welcoming Reception staff (especially Anette). Our room was a corner room on 4th floor with lovely views. Breakfast was good and we liked how they had a sign indicating how many kgs of food were thrown away the day before, making you conscious of how much you put on your plate, ie waste as little as possible! We also loved the beetroot and ginger shots at breakfast!

Miinukset: Weather was very hot, and whilst a pedestal fan was provided, it didn’t do a great job at cooling down the room. Fixed shower screen was too big, it would’ve been difficult for a larger person to get in. And could’ve had better amenities.

Plussat: Great breakfast buffet

Miinukset: Traffic noise in room at street side

Plussat: Location, we could have two connected rooms. Friendly front desk staff.

Miinukset: Street noice, interior a little tired

Plussat: Very good breakfast! Central location.

Miinukset: Checking in and out took very long time.

Plussat: The breakfast choice was pretty good, the evening meal was also included which was quite unexpected. They were also serving Norwegian waffles from 3pm, so our little one enjoyed herself with a great

Miinukset: Nothing really other than there were no fridge nor electric kettle, so my daughter's medications needed to be chilled, but they offer bucket of ice that we used to chill the medicine.

Plussat: good

Miinukset: I booked the hotel 5 months prior and asked for a scenic room. We got a room that faced a rock wall with loud alley traffic and also a busy road above that! The room was very hot and we opened a window and the noise was terrible. It said free parking available on the listing. What a joke! There were probably 15 spots only. We had to pay another $20 for overnight parking in a private lot a block away. When I complained I was told that was the way it was.

Miinukset: Probably the TVs in the rooms may need to be upgraded as they don't support casting from Mobile/Laptop using wi-fi.

Plussat: Good location and clean rooms! Staff were kind and helpful.

Miinukset: Stayed for couple of weeks due to work. Dinner menu was pretty much the same every week. Hard to find vegetarian menu except chill salads. The view was not exciting from first floor and single occupancy room.

Plussat: Good view from the room, overlooking the harbour. The rate I paid included an evening meal, which saved me from paying eye-watering Norwegian restaurant prices. It was a help-yourself buffet, so the choices were limited, but it catered for my needs.

Miinukset: The first room I was allocated hadn't been made up after the previous occupant, so I had to return to reception. This was dealt with efficiently and I was given a different room.

Plussat: Excellent breakfast with great take out coffee.

Miinukset: Poor customer service after having to amend booking due to a work emergency. Very disappointed with hotel compared to others in Choice group. Will not return.

Plussat: location is very good, evening dinner included.

Miinukset: nothing

Plussat: The place

Miinukset: Bacon

Plussat: Hyvä sijainti, hyvä ruoka.

Miinukset: Mainostavat hotellia näköalalla silti meidän ensimmäisen kerroksen ikkunasta näkyi vain vastapäinen kerrostalo joten oli pakko pitää paksut (ainoat) pimennysverhot kokoajan kiinni ja valot päällä päivälläkin, jos olisi ollut valoverhot lisäksi niin olisi tullut edes vähän päivänvaloa huoneeseen?!? Huoneessa kokolattiamatto (olisiko jo aika päivittää laminaattiin?) ja vähän vanhahtava sisustus design joka myös kaipaisi päivitystä. Todella vähän pysäköinti tilaa, onneksi kaksi moottoripyörää mahtui betoniporsaiden väliin suojaan ja näin ollen ei viety autoilta paikkoja.

Plussat: The hotel, its great location and the city of Skien itself exceeded our expectations. We`ve only stayed there for 1 night but we definitely wish we could stay longer. Everything was perfect about this hotel: beautiful location, highly qualified and friendly staff, a delightful breakfast buffet, our spacious comfortable room and the whole place is a brilliant idea. In conclusion we would like to thank a wonderful lady at reception for her gracious hospitality and helpfulness. It was such an amazing ending of our 10 days trip to Norway!

Plussat: Location, facilities, breakfast and dinner was good enough. Good internet and internet room. Quiet and calm. Everything in walking distance.

Miinukset: Was not sure about cleaning. In 4 days nobody cleaned room.

Plussat: I think that the hotel was nice, clean with a helpful staff, comfortable bed and an excellent wireless connection in the room. It was a good value for the price in a very expensive country. Would definitely use this hotel again if I am back in Skien

Plussat: OK location and parking. Breakfast was good. It was whar i expected for a business trip stop over.

Plussat: It is very conveneient, close to the town centre and bus station. Also, it is cheap considering that Norway is an expensive country.

Miinukset: It is better to have panel TVs.

Plussat: fabulous feel like home: there is tove who makes your breakfast most mornings, others who make noon lunch; coffee is hot, chocolate is hot, waffles divine with lots of jam, meatballs done A+! all dining done in this cozy,homelike site with the local men discussing world affairs and solving themas well---sitting in back room with coffee.upstairs has a TV and sitting room on 3rd fl. with lots of old or donated books---we read a lot of them; we stayed 4 nights here and used this place as a jump off for our trains to Bo and Porsgrunn. It is a hike to the train station from the Dag Bondeheim but good for the legs!! Use their back enterance door facing the city library and the Greig concert place after hours as coffeestova door is locked.

Miinukset: Only thing is that we found no reason to not need to stay another night or we would have. Desk clerks were so nice and promised to fix info for late comers who want to come in and find front door locked.

Plussat: The reception lady was really helpfull

Miinukset: The rest of the stay