Avalon Hotel

Toin mieheni tänne pitkäksi viikonlopuksi ja täällä oli upeaa. Meillä oli perushuone, joka oli kauniisti sisustettu boutique-tyyliin. Huoneessa oli lisämukavuuksia, kuten kylpytakit, tohvelit, Bulgarin saippua sekä mineraalivettä ja suklaata talon puolesta. Hotellista ei puutu mitään, hintaan kuuluu myös langaton internetyhteys. Aamiainen kuului meillä huoneen hintaan ja se oli upea: kaikkea mahdollista ruotsalaisista lihapullista makkaraan, leivonnaisiin ja tuoreisiin hedelmiin. Söimme runsaan aamiaisen, sillä Göteborg on suhteellisen kallis kaupunki syödä ulkona. Hotellin keskeinen sijainti on ihanteellinen, kävelymatkan päässä ostosmahdollisuuksista ja ruoka- ja juomapaikoista. Myös bussi- tai junalipun voi ostaa, niillä pääsee kauemmaksikin, noin kymmenellä eurolla per päivä.

The hotel is very well located. It's fit out is very strange. We were in room 69 which had bright orange furnishing and a circular bed. The hallway is extremely long, not very bright, has pictures of naked women on the wall and a very strange wooly skirting board detail. All adds up to a very unsettling introduction to your room. General cleanliness and service is OK.

The hotel is located right in the center of town which is perfect, it's close to everything. The room we had was quite small but very nice with a bathtub in the bedroom! This turned out to be a hit! We could take long hot baths AND watch TV, have a cold drink, look out the window and have a conversation. The bed was super comfy, the breakfast was delishious and offered a lot of opptions, the bar and restaurant are a hit in the evening and the staff is super nice. The only minus was that the rooftop pool was only open between 12 and 6 pm. The pool could have more generous opening hours atleast during summer.

I have now enjoyed Avalon Hotel and restaurant several times and always left it with pleasure and longing to get back. It is really a great experience - from design, restaurant, location and service. Nothing at all to complain about - no - that's wrong. I miss "big" tea cups, and if that's the only remark guess how satisfied I am with the rest. Longing to come back!

We stayed at the hotel over a weekend for 3 nights. We were in a standard room that faced towards the main street (above the bar/restaurant). On the Friday and Saturday evening, the noise was very loud from outside with thumping music that didn't stop until about 0200. On the Sunday it was extremely peaceful. The room was a reasonable size although it was disappointing not to have any moisturiser included in the bathroom. The breakfast included a good choice of food, I was particularly fond of the shrimp salad. The times for breakfast were great and meant we didn't have to be up too early. The hotel was in a great location, we walked to all the places we wanted to visit. I did attempt a run with the jogging map that was included in the room, but I took a wrong turn. I used the pool once, which was nice and warm and a great feature hanging off the edge of the building! All the staff were helpful and friendly. As we found with most places, the hotel didn't take cash upon check out. It was a great stay for a short break though and I would definitely come back.