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Ok, now the serious stuff. Was here for The Hive 2014 conference for 2 days of meetings and a 1 night stay. When you enter, there's a great open layout, a well-lit lobby, and a definite Nordic interior design vibe. It's an excellent option for a conference hotel in Copenhagen, but not the "sexiest" hotel here.
CHECK-IN/CHECK-OUT
Staff super friendly and helpful, if you could get to them. I noticed at certain peak times in the morning/night that there were HUGE lines, and I think they need to staff better at those times.
CONFERENCE CAPABILITIES
The conference rooms, both the large ones and the smaller meeting ones are great and well set up. I would say that it felt a little warm/needed more ventilation but maybe that was just something that could still be controlled! The chairs weren't the most comfortable for long sitting, but I guess you don't want to fall asleep at the conference most times. We had about 200 people there and I think everyone was decently happy with the layout. They had great self-service coffee machines, a nice courtyard to hang out in during breaks, and free interent/WiFi. All super key...
FACILITIES
I didn't check out the exercise room (or pool? Not even sure that was one), but the lounge/restaurant/bar area was all well-designed and well lit, very Nordic modern hipster. The bar is not going to get crazy and wild, like the W or something; the night we came back on Saturday night around 2 am, the entire lobby was dead. But everything looked real nice and happening and bustling in the daytime. Good layout, great to get work and stuff done in the large lobby, lounge, etc.
FOOD
Pleasantly surprised by the food/lunch buffet we had (still gonna eat one more breakfast and lunch, but if it's anything like the first lunch I'm happy). We prepaid as part of the conference cost so I can't tell you how much it costs/if it's a good value, but the overall food quality was like a 3.5 or so and plenty of options. We had one fish fillet option, steak, a large salad bar, and quality bread/cheese
ROOMS
This is the only place I think the hotel kind falls short. It's well designed for sure and looks nice when you get in, but there are weird things, like a "MINIBAR" labeled area with no minibar inside, a shower stall that looks a little ghetto and makes it very hard to wash in if you are just using the sink because of shower stall layout. But AC, TV, WiFi was all good. Walls and Ceilings and Floors a bit thing. It's an acceptable business hotel room, with lots of wood inside, but nothing totally special. Decent beds, I completely passed out.
LOCATION
Great convenience right next to the Syndhaven Metro stop, but it's not in a very sexy neighborhood. There are some eating options around but the neighborhood is not the nicest outside/not great clubbing/bar/etc options. It's meant for a quick taxi ride (about 10 minutes to MeatPacking District by cab) or to hop on/off metro.
Honestly, I'd overall give it more like a 3.5 ranking than a 4, but for the value for the money (I paid about $160 for the room, I think that's a decent deal in the central Copenhagen area) and conference experience I'm feeling charitable! Copenhagen rocks btw! Definitely come...