Quality Hotel™ Grand, Kongsberg

Mukava perushotelli, kaupungin keskustassa. Sijainti todella hyvä aseman läheisyydessä. Huoneet perustasoa. Ravintolan antimet todella hyvät, lounasbuffet ja aamupala tuli testattua. Suomeen verrattuna hintataso korkeakoulu, mutta se taitaa olla yleinen ongelma Norjassa.

We stayed for 5 nights at the Quality Grand, partly to explore Norway, partly to attend the Blues Festival nearby. The location is lovely, a park across the road, leading down to the river. The reception area is also pleasant and welcoming. Our main concern was value for money. We paid half the amount for a room of a similar standard at the Thon Europa hotel in Oslo for the final two nights of our holiday. The rooms were of similar quality, in some ways the Oslo hotel room offering more (a safe, a bathmat, face cloths, clean pillows etc.). The Quality Grand room furniture was very cheap and basic, no drawers etc., poor selection of complimentary hot drink preparations, no safe, no face cloths, no bath mat (and because of the type of shower, it was difficult to keep the floor dry). There was one pillow per person on the beds (twin, pushed together), so I took another from the two extra in the wardrobe, to find that neither of the spares had pillow cases and both were very stained - it did not seem that they had been laundered after use by several previous occupants! There were no complimentary toiletries other than soap dispensers on the washbasin and shower, and the dispenser in the shower was a cheap design that proved awkward to use - it was almost impossible to pump enough soap to wash with, even though it was half full. The breakfasts were good, but not nearly as good as the ones we had at the Thon Europa, where our stay cost half as much. I guess there is less competition in Kongsberg, but this does not justify the extra cost and the poor quality of bedroom fittings and accessories. I expect more than this when I pay £200+ per night for a hotel room.

Was there during the jaz-festival when it was full and people moved in and out all the time. All this was well-handled. Our room was clean and spacious, but a little boring. Absolutely no decorations (apart from a TV!) Check-in and -out was efficient. Most impressed with the clean reception and breakfast room on Sunday morning after the night before, when it seemed to be the centre of all partying on the last day of the Jazz-festival. Breakfast was good and replenished regurlarly

I arrived a little before check-in time but they were able to give me a room. This was during the Kongsberg Jazz Festival. My room was on the front side and the music from the street was incredibly loud. The back side would be better. In the bathroom I wished there were a bathtub, bar soap, and conditioner. Otherwise the room was fine. The breakfast was the highlight of my stay; I enjoyed the smoked salmon, cucumber, whole grain bread, walnuts, cantaloupe, and a bowl of oatmeal that the chef made at my request. There wasn't really a shower door, either.

I have been in this hotel several times as customer in different ways. And it’s just ok. The lunch is quite good and the hotel rooms are fine. But today I have a treatment at the spa. First small trip into the bathrooms... the shower are the worse. All type where u need to press every two seconds and water is cold. Time to renovate it! I will suggest! The swimming pool was ok, the sauna didn’t work at all (the door was totally open but even close didn’t got warm). The Jacuzzi takes forever to start up again. More or less 20 minutes. The spa treatment was excellent!! All thanks that woman! Super good 2 hours of full take care! I love it but room looks old, like they have not been painting in years! Too bad they don’t care more about the Spa and the installations. I believe more local customers will use it and the no locals will leave the town with a properly spa experience.