Hotel Beach di Rogaland, Norway

出差住的，挺不錯。就是早餐比 quality hotel 差一點，不過景色是真的好，門口就是港口。總的來説很推薦，周圍離中餐館和酒吧很近。

I had to have meetings before my teaching assignments. Staff vacated a room for me at no extra charge. Next morning, a great breakfast was ready just in time before an early taxi for the 6.40-plane. A unique experience of putting the customer first.

I had some issues with the lack of available plugs near the bed for charging my phone. Eventually, I had to use a plug meant for a lamp, which meant that it would turn off if I turned off the light switch. To charge my phone, I had to sleep with the roof lights on, which was a bit inconvenient. Overall, my stay was decent, but a bit pricey. However, I had a negative experience with the taxi service at the airport. They charged me 300kr for a 3-minute drive, which felt like a pure scam. One more issue I had was that the room had a strong smell of aeroplane fuel gas at first, but luckily, as the night went on, it stopped lingering.

Nice hotel. Walking distance from shopping stores and it is in front of the port. Many restaurants nearby as well as the pay parking is just beside the hotel.

Sign says Best Western, but I would call this Old Western or maybe Wild West. First of all, this hotel is a fire hazard as it doesn't have a single grounded power outlet in the room. Not even the mini bar fridge (which didn't even work, even if it was powered) had a grounded power connection. All the power outlets were old, and some even with cracks in it. Also no power outlets near the nightstands on each side of the bed. I had to unplug one of the lamps to charge my phone on the nightstand. In the hallway, cables were laid up that ran from equipment cabinets into another room, with power cables squeezed between the door and the door frame. This is against security regulations for electrical installations in Norway. Also in the hallway an equipment cabinet unlocked with door wide open giving anyone physical access to both the fuse box for the entire floor and the data network switches and routers. Did I mention the mini bar fridge didn't work? The light was lit inside it but no cooling. Tried to turn it off and back on, adjusting cooling to max but it still did not work. My bathroom had no shower gel or shampoo. Instead there was hand soap in the shower. I don't need five different hair products to shower in the morning, but I sure won't be washing my hair in hand soap either. Breakfast was included, but what they served could not be considered a typical ”hotel breakfast”. The breakfast hall was tiny, with similar tiny selections. They had some small portions of scrambled eggs but NO BACON at all. On top of it all the reception is not open 24h, so after closing hours guest will need a PIN code to open the front door. Normally at hotels without a 24h reception, you open the front door with your key card or at least a PIN that is easy to remember (like 1234 or the year we're in). In this case the PIN code was a completely random code consisting of four digits, as if it was handed out to you by your bank when you get a new credit card. Two positive remarks: Comfortable bed and great location. Won't be staying here again.

出差住的，挺不錯。就是早餐比 quality hotel 差一點，不過景色是真的好，門口就是港口。總的來説很推薦，周圍離中餐館和酒吧很近。

I had to have meetings before my teaching assignments. Staff vacated a room for me at no extra charge. Next morning, a great breakfast was ready just in time before an early taxi for the 6.40-plane. A unique experience of putting the customer first.

I had some issues with the lack of available plugs near the bed for charging my phone. Eventually, I had to use a plug meant for a lamp, which meant that it would turn off if I turned off the light switch. To charge my phone, I had to sleep with the roof lights on, which was a bit inconvenient. Overall, my stay was decent, but a bit pricey. However, I had a negative experience with the taxi service at the airport. They charged me 300kr for a 3-minute drive, which felt like a pure scam. One more issue I had was that the room had a strong smell of aeroplane fuel gas at first, but luckily, as the night went on, it stopped lingering.

Nice hotel. Walking distance from shopping stores and it is in front of the port. Many restaurants nearby as well as the pay parking is just beside the hotel.

Sign says Best Western, but I would call this Old Western or maybe Wild West. First of all, this hotel is a fire hazard as it doesn't have a single grounded power outlet in the room. Not even the mini bar fridge (which didn't even work, even if it was powered) had a grounded power connection. All the power outlets were old, and some even with cracks in it. Also no power outlets near the nightstands on each side of the bed. I had to unplug one of the lamps to charge my phone on the nightstand. In the hallway, cables were laid up that ran from equipment cabinets into another room, with power cables squeezed between the door and the door frame. This is against security regulations for electrical installations in Norway. Also in the hallway an equipment cabinet unlocked with door wide open giving anyone physical access to both the fuse box for the entire floor and the data network switches and routers. Did I mention the mini bar fridge didn't work? The light was lit inside it but no cooling. Tried to turn it off and back on, adjusting cooling to max but it still did not work. My bathroom had no shower gel or shampoo. Instead there was hand soap in the shower. I don't need five different hair products to shower in the morning, but I sure won't be washing my hair in hand soap either. Breakfast was included, but what they served could not be considered a typical ”hotel breakfast”. The breakfast hall was tiny, with similar tiny selections. They had some small portions of scrambled eggs but NO BACON at all. On top of it all the reception is not open 24h, so after closing hours guest will need a PIN code to open the front door. Normally at hotels without a 24h reception, you open the front door with your key card or at least a PIN that is easy to remember (like 1234 or the year we're in). In this case the PIN code was a completely random code consisting of four digits, as if it was handed out to you by your bank when you get a new credit card. Two positive remarks: Comfortable bed and great location. Won't be staying here again.