Clarion Hotel® Stavanger

High quality hotel. Central position, top service. The furniture of the room is consistent with the rate. Breakfast service is the top. The extremely wide range of choice between sweet and salt foods makes your start very positive

Friendly staff who go out of their way with a smile. Fantastic location for the town center. I was on the 12th floor looking east and an amazing view all day but especially at sun rise. Restaurant has a limited menu and the bar lacks some atmosphere but there are so many great places close this is not a worry.

This is a functional, charmless kind of place. Glad I was here for business and not pleasure. Pros: Location is good, staff are nice Cons: First impression was a scuffed door to my room and a very dirty, ugly 1980's carpet along the 4th floor corridor. Really should get rid of this and have clean wooden floors or something. Room was unappealing. Not dirty but not clean enough (eyelash in the mini fridge, dust under bed) Breakfast was ok but by Scandinavian hotel buffet breakfast standards, was below average. Nothing open on a Sunday (bar nor restaurant). Exterior fairly hideous. Overall, meh.

I was here on business for 2 nights so naturally I have shirts to iron. There is no irons in the room. I was told to go to floor 11 and use the communal room. Not ideal when you have flown hours that day and just want to do your ironing in the comfort of your own room ready for a big meeting that evening and the next day. My bed was a double like I requested. Strangely I was given 2 single blankets so I didn’t even have a big double blanket. Finally, I had completed all my meetings early on my last day and I wanted to work at the bar or in the lounge. I soon realised that there is nowhere to get a drink or food in the hotel between breakfast and about 5 in the evening. Crazy really because I know I wasn’t the only one who thinks this. I won’t be staying here again because for the price I paid (by far not the cheapest or most expensive) it just didn’t justify the level of service and quality I expected. The service just isn’t up to scratch and value for money is awful. Only good point for me is that the breakfast is very good.

I've rated the Clarion "very good" as I understand it's appeal - it just doesn't suit my tastes. I visit Stavanger often and usually stay at the Radisson Blu (Royale and Atlantic). I thought I'd try Clarion as have other visits with Clarion hotels over coming months. It just did absolutely nothing for me. Some points to mention: Check-in was okay. I tried to get my Clarion card assigned to stay but they said as it was booked via travel booking site (my company's travel company) I didn't qualify. That never happens when I travel - I would imagine yes if some super-cheap budget site but not a corporate travel company (and we paid on par/above odds for room). The room we paid for was supposed to be a "family room" as I prefer the extra space - what I got was a standard small room and when I queried i was told that room can be extended by adding a rollaway bed (only space was under the "open plan" closet!!) Not impressed. Finally, the biggest bug bear for me as a frequent business traveller is being asked to go several floors away to another room to do my ironing! It requires getting dressed and organising a time that's convenient to leave room to get any clothes you may need ironed. Time I never seem to have. And if you happen to notice that when you're leaving at 6.30am and looking desperately for the iron, it has the ability to put a very bad start to the day! How difficult is it to leave an iron for guests? On the positive side, room was very comfortable, location was very handy and they had umbrellas to borrow if you provided your room number. I was back to Stavanger last week and back to the Radisson Blu... very happy with that decision. Won't be going back to this Clarion ever.