Back in Stavanger for business for the first time in years, first stay in the Scandic in the city…read morecentre. Great location, clean big rooms with a nice big sitting area and great bathroom. Good breakfast and, although not a bar/restaurant, the ability to get something in the evening. Only drawback for me was the wifi. Free, but unsecured and my iPad refused to interact with it.

SIMPLY THE BEST HOTEL IN STAVANGER, NORWAY!…read more I have had the great pleasure of staying at the St. Svithun Hotel for the past three consecutive years (2010, 2011 and 2012), and there are many reasons why I keep coming back. Whenever I visit Norway, I have to visit Stavanger--and I have to stay at St. Svithun. I must admit that when I first booked a room at St. Svithun back in 2010, I was a little apprehensive when I heard that the hotel was "connected" to a hospital. I have never heard of such a thing. However, as soon as I arrived, I realized the advantages of having both a hotel and a hospital located adjacent to one another. In fact, when I had a minor medical emergency during my first visit, I was so thankful that the emergency room was only around the corner of the building (I was also thankful for the smart and practical Norwegian healthcare system because I ended up paying less than $20 (US) for complete treatment of my ailment). What do I like best about this hotel? Let me count the ways: 1. The hotel staff go out of their way to help in every way possible, whether it's more towels in the room to preparing a packed lunch for a day of hiking, to providing public transportation suggestions in the downtown area. 2. The hotel has a fantastic restaurant called, Cafe Morgenrød with very interesting "theme nights" that showcase international cuisines. Compliments to the chef! 3. The 24-hour gift shop and snack bar located in the lobby has everything one would need, from a delicious midnight snack (pølse sausages, hot sandwiches, and Norwegian ice cream, "Soft-Is") to late night reading from the latest best-selling novels. There's also a great selection of men and women's toiletries, over-the-counter medication, and other travel essentials. 4. The hotel is impeccably clean. Since it's tied to a hospital, St. Svithun is one of the cleanest hotels I have ever experienced. They have an incredible housekeeping staff! 5. The room rates are the most reasonable I have seen throughout Europe, and an especially excellent deal in the super-expensive country of Norway. 6. The hotel has buses at the corner stop that head straight to Stavanger's city center and beautiful Vagen Harbor. 7. Lastly, the newborns that one sees every once in a while are both heart-warming and lovely. There's nothing like seeing happy couples with their cute babies in tiny see-through movable basins. That's probably my most lasting image of this truly unique and magnificent hotel. When I visit Stavanger again, I definitely plan to make my hotel reservations at St. Svithun. Tusen takk (many thanks) St. Svithun. You are SIMPLY THE BEST!

A different hostel! This is not at all where you would expect to find a hostel…read more It is connected in par with the hospital, which at first I was a bit uncomfortable. The reception is in the main entrance of the hospital as well. There is apparently a hotel and hostel; However, I stayed in the hostel. The price is decent for hostel so I booked a bed anyways. At first expected my room to be in the same location as the other hostel rooms but I was not told they were overbooked. The receptionist showed me to the room and told my to go through the dining room (which was closed) and go right where you will find the room. The room was a office meeting room (large table and all) with a cot in the corner. I was not mad, I just thought it was funny and quite odd. I finally was told there was a whole hostel area on the bottom floor with a kitchen and everything, I had no idea! The best part of the hostel was the breakfast. It was fantastic and delicious!! All you can eat fresh food, coffee, everything. That made up the whole experience. I recommend this hostel if you are not picky about places to sleep and don't mind dining with new-born babies, because trust me, the breakfast is worth it!

Wow, what an awesome hotel! I stayed in 2 rooms during my trip, one with a view, one without. I had…read moretwo hotel rooms only because of my delayed flight. I had everything I needed. Room was serviced daily. I could change the temperature to my liking. The highlight was the breakfast! Coming from the US, this breakfast is nothing like we get in the states, aside from staying in bougie, expensive hotels, you won't find this. Breads galore, 5 types of eggs, vegetables, fruits, you name it, they've got it. I wanted to take allllll the pictures of food, but I also didn't want to ruin the breakfast mood. The most important thing is that they have 2 coffee machines in the breakfast area alone. There is a lobby space with a nespresso machine so you could enjoy coffee all day round. I am glad I picked this hotel and would absolutely come back!

The room was nice and had plenty of space to move around. The bathroom was also spacious. Centrally…read morelocated in town and around a lot of shops and places to eat. The breakfast space is large and hard tons of options. Staff were nice and helpful.

Spent one evening at this Apartment hotel before heading back to Bergen, Norway. It is unlike any…read moreother hotel that I have ever stayed at before. For one thing, there was no one to greet us when we arrived that evening. Did not see any staff members at all. All the instructions are given through email it seems. Not sure of all the details because our friends took care of everything. Got to book ahead of time that's for sure. Anyways, we spent a comfortable evening at the place. Free Wi-Fi. Room was fine. Bed was comfortable. Served its purpose well. If ever in the area again, I would stay here.

Extremely convenient when traveling for business. The restaurant is inspired by Marcus Samuelsson…read more Per the website..."Kitchen & Table by Marcus Samuelsson is a restaurant concept at Clarion Hotels, and now we're opening Clarion Hotel Air as well! Here we offer what we call Fun Dining rather than fine dining, in an inviting, warm and relaxed atmosphere." I wish it had a few more options but presentation and executions are spectacular. The service at the Clarion Air is absolutely phenomenal throughout. This hotel makes it easy to return and want to...

The hotel shares some of the parking lot with a private company. One has to leave within 8.00 a.m…read more There was queue at the reception in order to check out. I was at the parking lot at 08.08 and got a 600kr ( =60€) fine. I wrote an email to the hotel. No answer. I wrote via messenger and they answer that they were sorry but they can not assist a guest of the hotel on this matter. Really bad service. They lost a guest. Room was tiny. Good breakfast.

I stayed 3 nights here and highly recommend. Location is perfect easy to get to bus stops. Easy…read morewalk to town. The staff is AMAZING. The rooms are clean, bathroom had a heated floor, bed was comfortable, breakfast was great. Definitely recommend if you come to Stavanger.

I stayed at this hotel for 4 nights during a business trip and really enjoyed the amenities and…read morelocation. The hotel is within walking distance of most major city-center activities and is outside the bus terminal area, so there are plenty of bus routes/taxis available, too. I had a room facing the lake, so a nice view, but it did get a bit noisy on Friday/Saturday night with nightlife noise. The rooms seem recently updated; the bed was comfy with a nice table and seating area. The bathroom is bigger than your typical "European" style bathroom, which was a welcome change! Front desk employees were professional and friendly. Room service is available from the nice restaurant downstairs, Fire Lake. Breakfast is additional cost, but it is a huge spread and worth it in my opinion. All in all, certainly would stay here again if I am ever back in the area!

Now this is a hotel. Right next to the Stavingers main bus station. Easy to drag a suitcase to…read more It has air-con which was needed this 80F feeling day. The rooms are notably larger than the general hotel room size. It has lots of liquid amenities that have a refreshing scent that I enjoyed. The in house coffee machine was convenient. The fridge was helpful. There is breakfast, though I slept through it, as usual. The VIEW! It has a commanding pond view with a water feature. Love the swans. The city and mountains are a beautiful backdrop. Location. Steps from a supermarket above the bus/train station. To the left is the city centre.

I keep it simple if you like it a bit dirty and risky living this hotel is for you if you like it…read moreclean and not gamble when it comes to food safety then keep as far away from this hotel as you can. 3 out of 5 days the eggs and sausages and all other hot food were cold as can be and slowly heated on a heating plate where it stood all breakfast but not to any higher temperature so we ended up buying and eating breakfast in another hotel just to be on the safe side not to get food poisoning. A friend had to change room as her first room smelled like a garbage dump since the ​hotel openly says they only clean every 4 days. The hotel was generally dirty and filthy and service was poor. The bar fridge was broken for a few days and when it was fixed later during the week we asked for a coke zero they had no cold ones and the very next day there was still no one in the fridge even if asked the night before so the personally are lazy and far from service minded and even if you complain about the cold breakfast they don't know how to fix it or what to do except one blond highly energetic girl working during breakfast who was the most service minded person at the hotel that also spoke clearly Norwegian and English.

Modern, trendy and centric. A perfect place to stay if you are young, cool or hipster (...or just…read morewant to stay within walking distanc to the town center) . Foodstory is in the same building and decorations of local artist Anette Moi on the outside. What's not to love?