Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Bergen

The hotel room was very nice. My wife and I enjoyed ourselves and were able to walk to anywhere we wanted to go around the waterfront area of Bergen. It was very convenient to catch the airport bus which stopped right outside of the hotel lobby. We would stay again.

Very nice hotel though as a couple traveling solo by car felt overwhelmed by large tour bus groups and multiple cruise ships docking a short distance from hotel. Hotel staffed was far more concerned with processing large groups than responding to needs of solo travelers. The morning breakfast was extremely crowded and was occasionally filled to overflowing capacity. Plus, no parking available for guests with cars requiring the use of very expensive parking garages. As for rooms, heating system was not controllable requiring window to be opened at night to cool room down. The hotel overall was fine however I would not recommend for solo couples - you can’t compete with the bus tours and cruise ships. You become quickly lost in the noise.

I booked a king bed room. Having already been in Norway for more than 3 days, I realised not all hotels have air conditioning (you wonder why, it gets impossibly hot during day and uncomfortably hot to sleep in night). I was given 2 choices: either have king bed or have a twin bed with air conditioning. As it turns out, the twin bed with air conditioning hardly got any cooler than outside temperature. I believe it’s some sort of ventilating system. The check-in lady was very cold. She wasn’t rude, she was just too mechanical. There wasn’t any genuine warmness experienced by my during my stay. In fact the restaurant and bar, 26 North was my worst experience. I was there for more than 15 minutes when I decided to walk over to the bar from my table, where I was seated, to ask the bartender to be served. It’s on the periphery of the city centre. Nowhere near the hub of activities. It’s a trek to get to the city centre, mind you.

The hotel is in the ideal location, right in the port area. The breakfast buffet is one of the best I’ve ever had. The front desk staff is truly professional. The room was nice and the hallways were mainly clean.

Hotel was lovely, PERFECT location right in Bryggen!!! Only con was the hotel restaurant. Food in the area is expensive in general, but the hotel food was expensive and marginal quality at best. Wouldn’t recommend eating here when there are so many other good options near by, especially the fish market!