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Reviews of Strand Fjordhotel

3 out of 5
Strand Fjordhotel
Tyssevikvegen 31, Ulvik, Vestland

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 54 out of 274 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 102 out of 274 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 68 out of 274 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 32 out of 274 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 18 out of 274 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

SUJIT

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Average hotel with poor facilities and service
The location of the hotel was great as was the view from the room. The dinner menu was limited but quality was good, however breakfast was very bad and the coffee was burnt. We were in the junior suit, it was a large room, but the furniture was dated, the room and the bathroom were not clean. There was no soap in the dispensers and no paper napkins/tissue. The hotel was understaffed and that did affect the service, since there was no housekeeping or room service. Overall an average hotel over priced for the quality being offered.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Strand Fjordhotel on 21 Aug 2023
Dear guest,Thank you for your feedback on your recent stay. We appreciate your positive comments about the location and view.We apologize for the issues experienced. We regret the breakfast, burnt coffee, room condition, and lack of cleanliness. We will address these concerns promptly.We apologize for the absence of soap and paper napkins. We will rectify this promptly.We regret any inconvenience caused by understaffing. We will review staffing levels for better service.We value your feedback as we strive to improve. Thank you and we hope to welcome you back.Best regards,Strand Fjordhotel

10/10 Excellent

Louise

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location for getting around the area. Wonderful fjord view from room. Lovely little veranda for sitting and watching life. Loved the view!!! Everyone in the hotel was very friendly and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Strand Fjordhotel on 17 Jun 2023
Dear Louise,We appreciate your kind words about views and our friendly staff. We hope to welcoming you back in the future.Kind regards

10/10 Excellent

Michal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Strand Fjordhotel on 18 Apr 2023
We are honoured to receive your glowing rating. Thank you for taking your time to share this with us.

6/10 Okay

Reidar

Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from Angelo on 21 May 2022
Hei Reidar, Tusen takk for din positive og hyggelige tilbakemelding! Vi gleder oss til å velkomne deg igjen ei neste gang!

4/10 Poor

Siavash

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ole Morten

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Refurbished and fresh
We were at the same hotel 3 years ago, and had the impression that it needed some love. This time there was a new fresh dining and bar area, and with the very nice location with a view of the fjord we would come here again.
Stayed 1 night in May 2020
Response from Angelo on 3 Jun 2020
Hei Ole Morten, Tusen takk for din positive anmeldelse! Kjekt å høre at du har kommet igjen etter 3 år, og ser fremgangen. Vi jobber kontinuerlig med å pusse opp hotellet, og har enda mer store planer. Vi håper å kunne velkomne deg igjen ei neste gang!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Old and dated property. Food in the restaurant was basic. Staff were helpful but would stay somewhere else next time.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Evelyn on 11 Mar 2020
Dear, your rating on the date March 10th must refer to an other hotel than our Strand Fjordhotel since we have been closed for renovations up till now from October last year. Please respond appropriately by removing your review from our hotel and rate the hotel you have actually been in. Thank you and welcome at Strand Fjordhotel, Evelyn Mestdagh Hotel director

8/10 Good

gian, sao paulo

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Nice view from all hotel. Good breakfast. Restaurant was closed for dinner
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Angelo on 3 Jun 2020
Hei Gian, Thank you very much for your kind review. We hope to welcome you again a next time!

10/10 Excellent

Mah

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent property, Everything in this property is great I suggest you go there once
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Mary K. - Front Office Manager on 7 Sept 2019
Dear Mah, Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback! It really warms our hearts to receive positive feedback from our guests, and to know that we are doing the right thing. We hope to welcome you back in future.

2/10 Terrible

Mattes/Naghib, Naples, Fl

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
As I have communicated already, this Property is outdated. The buffet food offering is a joke. Two nights in a row, the buffet had exactly the same food and desert. I believe, the Owners know the guests have no option, no restaurants in the vicinity to deliberately offer the food they offer; tasteless and repetitive. The staff on the other hand were all hard working and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from General Manager on 3 Oct 2019
Dear Guest, thank you for your kind words regarding our staff, we will pass on your remarks. Regarding our buffet, we cannot see how that is "a joke". During the high season, we mostly have more than 100 guests in the house. Often the restaurant is full to the last seat and there are 80 seats. For this many people we provide a buffet with more than 30 different warm and cold dishes . About 7-8 dishes with fish, 6-7 meat, vegetarian dishes, always 2-3 different potatoes, rice, pasta, vegetables, sauces,then choice between ca 7 different desserts. It is simply impossible to have eaten from all these dishes, even if the same offer is presented the day after. You simply have to choose, and even if we would present the same varieties 3 days in a row, it would allow the have a totally different meals every day! Most of our guests-when asked if all is fine-ask the waiter to praise the kitchen chef for the good taste and quality. As often said, taste is very personal. But the fact that you rate our entire hotel (facilities, free activities, friendly staff, view, clean rooms with balcony just 5 meters away from the waterline, and so on) with just 1 star makes us wonder what this 1 star stands for in your opinion. Anyway, we sincerely thank you for having taken the time to inform us about your thoughts. We will definitively work with the given remarks.

8/10 Good

Alexander

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Michael

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Vivian

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

2/10 Terrible

byung moon

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I was cheated.
I think I was cheated viewing photos when I booked. There are two buildings one at waterfront and the others behid of front building which has no view at all and worst facility with no phone and no TV in room.It is not a hotel and it was very cheap and uncomfortable motor inn. I will never stay this kind of hotel again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from General Manager. on 4 Jul 2019
Dear mr Moon. You are using strong words, accusing us for "Cheating". Perhaps the problem can be found in the fact that some guests neglect to carefully read the info we provide. The buildings you referred to are at the waterfront Strand Fjordhotel, which has all the rooms with Fjordview, and the building opposite the street is the Strand Fjord MOTEL. Further more, the webpage from Hotels.com shows all our amenities and a TV or phone is not listed as an amenity in our property. If having a phone or TV in the room is important to you, it would have been easy for you to find out whether we offer this amenity BEFORE booking the cheapest room we have to offer. Simply assuming that every hotel in Norway offers TV or phone is a mistake, and it is not fair to have these expectations WITHOUT checking before booking, and afterwards accuse us of cheating , write a bad review and rate us with the lowest possible rates. We suggest that our guests, even at arrival, check whether the room they have booked meets their expectation. This gives us a chance to offer a solution and have a happy guest. Indeed, you are correct saying that the room you occupied is not a hotelroom, but stating that it was "very cheap" (prices are listed as well) and uncomfortable is simply not correct. These rooms have been totally renovated last year: bathroom, new beds, new furniture, new curtains, fresh painted walls and ceiling, new floor laminate. So basically your malcontent is about not having TV or phone, and expecting a hotel room with fjordview for the price of a "cheap motelroom". We are sorry, but don't see that the review you have given is valid nor true and feel very sorry that guests abuse the review platform. Sincerely,

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

kara

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Good stay
Good stay, outdated. Good hospitality.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from Mary K. - Front Office Manager on 14 Jun 2019
Dear Kara, Thank you for your feedback, we are happy to know you enjoyed your stay with us.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice location, very dated
Hotel is in a good location and convenient for walking in the area. Sadly it is very dated and the motel rooms over the road felt like cheap American motels. The evening buffet was very poor quality and even by Norwegian prices was expensive. Staff were all friendly and efficient, but would find an alternative place next time, and certainly the eating options in the town were better.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018
Response from renata on 22 Sept 2018
Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your honesty and we will make sure to address the problems immediately! Kind regards

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Older 80's style. Has not be updated, but clean and an international staff that works hard to serve.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Response from renata on 22 Sept 2018
Thank you for your feedback! We hope you had a wonderful stay with us! Kind regards

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Response from Renata on 22 Sept 2018
Thank you for your feedback, we hope you enjoyed your stay with us! Kind regards

2/10 Terrible

Du, Sweden

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One feels that the only interest of the owner is to get money from peoples pockets. We did not get room at the promised time. They gave a reason that they had too many rooms to clean. They told me that they did not understand why i was not happy when i had to wait. There is hardly anything except the bed in the room. The room is never cleaned. Nonthing was replaced during my stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Carol

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place
Amazing spot right on the water
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Mimi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Moon, seattle, usa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful view
We had a beautiful view of the fjord from inside the room. It was quiet & peaceful, which we loved. The staff was friendly and helpful. We found the hotel surroundings so perfect that we extended our stay another day.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

6/10 Okay

sandy, H.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Over priced worn out old hotel with friendly staff
Hotel was ok. Our room was down the steps on the ground level. Mildew smell in th hallway. Well not the worst thing but hey at $160 per night ? Staff was super nice. Breakfast very good. Beautiful view. Maybe I'm missing something but other than the beautiful view, touristy "apple cider walk" and strenuous hiking - Ulvik's kinda sleepy. Enjoyed our time in the Balestrand area so much better.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Raed

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good place

2/10 Terrible

Roger, Boston

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Room 322 reeked of smoke
Would have given it 4 stars if the "smoke free" room 322 had not REEKED of smoke. Receptionist was unable to switch us to another room. Our clothes reeked of smoke for many days afterwards. Other than that the dinner and breakfast buffet was ok, friendly staff, great views of fiord.

4/10 Poor

yaron

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Misleading description
Mountain view ? A bad joke, the view is a busy street. Delux ? Another bad joke - the shower is cold and partly broken, the breakfast is dull, and the price is far too high for such a shack

8/10 Good

HZ

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Nice hotel close to fjord
Nice hotel close to fjord, good location with free breakfast and parking

4/10 Poor

Lorne, Canada

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Renovations!!
-facility being renovated -some rooms are complete, others are not and in a state of transition(open nails) -no advice given at the time of booking and no adjustment on room rate offered -staff seemed indifferent to the problem and management has not yet responded -not up to Norwegian standards-avoid!!

10/10 Excellent

david

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice stay in Ulvik
We booked a "Deluxe Double Room". Very nice hotel. Staff at the restaurant was great. Good dinner there.

6/10 Okay

Pinghsu

Liked: Staff & service

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great view over the fjord.
The staff were extra nice. The add ons of kayak use, bikes, etc. were terrific. We would stay here again.
View over Osafjord from our room
Free use of kayaks

8/10 Good

Frederik, Holte, Denmark

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Travelling in Norway - expensive but wonderful.
The hotel is extremely nicely situated at the front of the fjord with a wonderful view from all rooms. Unfortunately we were together with 2 other couples the only guests in the hotel and because of this the service was not ready (no restaurant for dinner which was informed on the net). Sorry to say but tourist season in Norway (with normal tourist service) is only in July. The rest is silence, but sorry, too, because the nature is fantastic and there are so many beautiful views to experience in May.

6/10 Okay

Ralph

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Family travel.
Family travel. Beatiful place but no shops near the hotel. Nothing in the room. No tea, no pot, no coffee, no hair dryer. Compared with the room, price is high.

10/10 Excellent

Lisanne , Ottawa Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Love this hotel!
Loved this hotel so much that we cancelled our reservations for another hotel a few days later and came back to this one. Why? Because there is nowhere like the Strand Fjordhotel to unwind with a glass of wine or a beer after a busy day of sightseeing. And there is no better place to start the day than on the patio of the Strand Fjordhotel where breakfast can be enjoyed looking at the sun rise behind the mountains and on the water. Very relaxing atmosphere away from the hustle and bustle and absolutely gorgeous view. Feels more like a cottage than a hotel. Very friendly staff (especially Jorge) and larger rooms and beds than typical Norwegian hotels. Rooms are basic but comfortable and clean.

8/10 Good

Peder, Silkeborg

Liked: Room comfort
Flot udsigt
Fantastisk lokalitet og udsigt

10/10 Excellent

Alyssa, Brisbane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The best view of any hotel anywhere in the world!
The staff were super friendly and nothing was ever too much trouble. A gorgeous location and a nice warm homely feel made our stay that much more special.
Response from Robert on 10 Oct 2015
Thank you for your nice comment, indeed a great scenery, and making our guests feel at home is part of giving them a great experience.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stunning views and relaxed atmosphere. Fantastic.

8/10 Good

Benoit

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Line

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Jonny

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Ingen matservering, urent, lite imøtekommende utenlandsk personale.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

rigmor

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Nataliya

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tom

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Fredelig med fin utsikt mot fjorden.Men dyrt i forhold til standarden. Bakdøra gjekk ikkje igjen,og det var trangt å kome inn på badet.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sølvi Godøy

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Strand Fjordhotel on 13 Aug 2023
Dear Sølvi,Thank you for your rating, we are very pleased you had a nice stay with us.Kind regards,