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Reviews of Skansen Hostel

2 out of 5
Skansen Hostel
Skansegaten 7, Stavanger

Reviews

5.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 70 out of 875 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 179 out of 875 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 256 out of 875 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 198 out of 875 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 172 out of 875 reviews" "

6.6/10

Cleanliness

6.4/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

4.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Jesper on Oct 31, 2023
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8/10 Good

marc, lake worth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good area
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Jesper on Sep 12, 2023
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4/10 Poor

Marc

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Although the staff member that checked me in was very nice, helping me find a place to lock my bike on the property, the poor condition of the building and rooms was very concerning. A review in German on another website said there were bed bugs here at some point, and though my inspection didn’t reveal any, the grime under the bed and general condition and smell of the property did not provide any reassurance. Simple maintenance things like properly functioning faucet valves, paint touch ups and more thorough cleaning would help. I don’t recommend this place.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Jesper on Jul 4, 2023
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2/10 Terrible

Divya

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022
Response from Jesper on Apr 25, 2022
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10/10 Excellent

Brian

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Jesper on Jul 18, 2021
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10/10 Excellent

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Jesper on Jul 13, 2021
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10/10 Excellent

Brian

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice cheap hotel
Easy check in, very central and exactly how they show it!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Jesper on Jul 13, 2021
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2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
First and last one
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021
Response from Jesper on Feb 16, 2021
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10/10 Excellent

Maria Cristina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect!
Position excellent. Close to the center, close to several restaurants. Mattress comfortable. Big room ensuite. Clean enough. If i return i would book again. No elevator the structure is a little older but for me was perfect!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Jesper on Aug 27, 2020
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6/10 Okay

Tamas

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Only for sleeping
Upon arrival the room was not clean. The whole place is crying for a renovation. The location is perfect and the bed is comfortable. Mold in the bathroom, ventilation is unefficient.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Jesper on Aug 25, 2020
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8/10 Good

faye

Traveled with group
Liked: Room comfort
Great location
The location is great, everything is within walking distance including the airport shuttle bus stops. The room was fine, bed were comfy. However the bathroom needs some love. The sink tap was lose, the floor moves underfoot and the shower does its own thing. The radiator in the bedroom was hanging off. We never saw anyone else, when we checked in we rang a number on the door, they gave us the key safe number and we let ourselves in. The bar downstairs we found to be quiet, maybe in summer it gets busy and noisy but it never bothered us. For a short stay this hotel is fine.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Jesper on Jan 23, 2020
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2/10 Terrible

Sirous

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Jesper on Jan 8, 2020
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8/10 Good

Trond

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Central and great value for money!
The Skansen Hotel is a bit worn down. However it's clean and quite OK. I stayed Mon-Wed and had no trouble with noise as many other gusts have observed. Taken into account the price and location. I would rate this a great value for money stay in a ok rom :-)
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Jesper on Dec 12, 2019
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10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Jesper on Dec 6, 2019
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2/10 Terrible

Enrico Luigi

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel was loud, there’s a pub opening during night hours. Not clean and without any personal. The guy from the bar was very kind btw
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Jesper on Sep 24, 2019
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4/10 Poor

chandrashekar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Lack of sleep due to lots of Noise from below Pub
Room is clean and no lift to reach room. And also Hotel is attached to the Pub in the ground floor, so lots of Music and Noise till 1AM. Its difficult to sleep till that time. I am not sure on other days. The only good part is Room is near to city center.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Jesper Rosvall on Aug 19, 2019
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8/10 Good

Kathrine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room as promised
exactly what it promises - cheap room close
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Jesper on Jun 16, 2019
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2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from morten on Apr 25, 2019
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8/10 Good

Sole

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

gary

An honest well priced Stavanger Hotel
It is a friendly, clean older Hotel, compaired to other Hotels. You get value for Money and, the staff are very friendly and helpful.
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Jesper Rosvall on Sep 8, 2018
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4/10 Poor

Luke, Switzerland

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Disappointing hotel stay but a good price
Clear enough, this is a budget hotel, considering the price & location. Nevertheless, I have never been in a hotel that was this loud in my entire life. More like a Hostel with a private room/bathroom. Clean, with a small, single bed and a low budget bathroom. Everything would've been acceptable considering the price; however, the noise made this place terrible. On the bottom floor of the building there is an attached "bar" which is actually where you check in. Do NOT stay here if you want to go to bed before 3 or 4 in the morning. I am one that falls asleep very easily, but the "bar" on the ground floor is more like an incredibly loud club, with super heavy bass you can feel in your bed, and loud people you can hear through the windows (even from the third floor). If you need to get some rest,find another place. If you're looking to party all night in a good location for a very reasonable price, this might be the place for you.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Lily, NV

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Efficient cleanbbasic room with bath updated with laminate flooring. Above restaurant. We are seniors and asked for lower floor but given upper floor even though it seemed only one other guests there. I think they thought seniors did not want to hear noise from bar . There is a disabled elevator but they didn't use. Breakfast room not in operation yet. Nice friendly bartender checked us in and our delayed sas luggage by one day delivered but left in front of our room perhaps because we had left do not disturb sign as there is no real reception other than bar. Luggage was safe and intact. Perfect location next to Victoria and Havly and Clarion brygge as well as fjorde north office. Cruise ship parked across the street at harbor. CN walk to town and shopping
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
You get what you pay for.
Purely functional. No reception - check in to the bar attached to the hotel. Entrance to room is VERY basic. Room clean with comfortable single bed. Shower, toilet and washbasin. Desk. Hanging area but only one hanger. Good WiFi. Room looked on to street so subject to traffic noise.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018
Response from Jesper Rosvall on Apr 10, 2018
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8/10 Good

MRMICHAEL

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing
Amazing
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2018
Response from Jesper on Apr 4, 2018
Thank you so much.

2/10 Terrible

rodney, stavanger

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don’t stay here (Nov 2017)
No reception (have to go to different building) Building in bad condition Outdated appliances Bathroom flooods when you use shower Small Heater takes long to heat up
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Weekend stay, close to city centre and cheap. Excellent free breakfast across the road.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Skansen Stavanger
The hotel is well situated, but the amenities were a bit lacking. There is not a proper elevator in the building (only a lift for disabled people which is hard to operate). We were put on the fourth floor and not informed of the lack of lift, or given instructions on how to use the specialized lift by reception at the Victoria Hotel. This led to a back injury dragging luggage up the stairs. Additionally, the room was poorly ventilated and very hot, even during the fall. The breakfast at the Victoria hotel was excellent, and the staff was very friendly and generally helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location hotel
Except the downstairs midnight winebar, everything else is perfect. The location is about 10 mins when getting off the airport express bus. Very near to the seaview. 10mins walk to the ferry terminal. Morning breakfast it in Victoria hotel which is very perfect for the buffet.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

6/10 Okay

Fabio

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Centrally located
Good location

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A dependance of and next to the Victoria Hotel
Old building with a lot of stairs and small hallways. Noisy because of an inside bar downstairs.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Avoid
The Hotel is budget so for Norwegian rates very cheap. If you can stay up till 2am in the morning then this will be good location as the noise from the bar will keep you awake till this time. You are next door to the Victoria where you check in and go for buffet breakfast which has a carpet worth more than the Skansen. I would recommend you stay at the Victoria if your budget stretches that far.

6/10 Okay

Charles, California

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Do NOT stay in room 15. It is next to the restaurant/bar, and there is music until midnight. The fantastic breakfast almost made up for the loss of sleep.

10/10 Excellent

Gaz, Bridgend

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Avoid if you like silence.
This hotel in Stavanger, not far from train station, was good for me. Had to go to hotel next door to check in, but I found the room to be exactly what I wanted. Also, very close nice walk to the water and the Brygge. However, at night, there is a lot of noise from the bar downstairs, that opens until quite late. It didn't bother me, I had a beer in the bar, which was handy, but the noise may annoy a few people. So just be aware of this. But for me, it was a good atmosphere.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
It's ok. Great location.
Location is perfect. Rest is ok. Staircase has weird smell and on weekends it is very loud in the bedroom from the street until 1am. Room is very basic decor, slightly old but very clean. Extra comfy beds, had great night sleeps once the music stopped at the clubs on the street. Breakfast was nice with a great selection and included local Norwegian food as well as standard European breakfast selection.

10/10 Excellent

Kristin, New York, NY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Walking distance to center of town
Clean room. Courteous staff. Quiet, no noisy bar as I feared from review. Even gave me a hairdryer and when I departed helped print out my e-ticket at last minutes notice. Very helpful. Wonderful!! 5-star Staff!!! Excellent People!!!! Relieved me of my worries...........when I didn't even ask. Highly recommended.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quite good, considering the low price.
We actually got a free upgrade to the neighbor hotel Victoria, as Skansen was closed over Christmas (the two hotels share reception and breakfast room). The room was good, but the TV picture was a bit unstable. At the breakfast the coffee and the eggs were OK, the plates with cheese, ham etc. had clearly been in and out a few days in the low season. We stayed with the eggs. Expensive parking, public.

6/10 Okay

Geologist Bill, Maine, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Telephone sometimes worked & sometimes did not - more often did not work properly. Elevator did not work at all.

8/10 Good

Vasyl, Kyiv, Ukraine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
budget hotel
Budget hotel in city center, close to all main attractions and sights + close to marina / pier / port. NOT Wi-Fi (broken during our staying). Breakfast GREAT - in hotel-partnet Victoria. Also you can use all-of-you-need in Hotel Victoria! :)

6/10 Okay

Lincoln, Brantford, ON

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Comfy, sufficient, but loud.
Small but it was all I needed. The room was clean and functional. Only complaint was the horrible techno blaring until 4:00 AM. Hard to tell where it was coming from.

8/10 Good

Lara, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent location
The hotel is by the harbour, near the Old Town, which is very convenient and very easy to find! The hotel itself was not too bad - nice, cosy rooms that were cleaned everyday. The only thing that I found inconvenient was the inconsistent wifi in the rooms. We had to go down to the 'breakfast room' to get some wifi signal. Also, we had to check in and out next door in Victoria Hotel, where they served the breakfast buffet.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Get what you pay for and that's fine.
You get what you pay for and for the money it's great. Breakfast at the Victoria is extremely good.

4/10 Poor

Shrikant

Disliked: Staff & service

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great for adventure travelers
Great neighborhood, wonderful place to stay for a quick trip through. Don't expect the 4 seasons and you'll be fine.

8/10 Good

Hargobind, Kuala Lumpur

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Exactly what I was looking for!
Great room for a great price! However it would have really helped to have wifi in the room though. For a traveller we rely on it quite a bit to plan our days and journeys

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed here before and stayed here again :)
The hotel is just 5 minute walk from the city centre. It looks pretty ordinary outside and inside but the room and clean and tidy. Decent size for a single person. Breakfast is included with great variety. I think this is the cheapest hotel I can find in a convenient location at Stavanger on hotels.com and I will certainly stay here again if I visit Stavanger again in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect for solo travellers
The hotel is just 5 minute walk from the city centre. It looks pretty ordinary outside and inside but the room and clean and tidy. Decent size for a single person. Breakfast is included with great variety. I think this is the cheapest hotel I can find in a convenient location at Stavanger on hotels.com and I will certainly stay here again if I visit Stavanger again in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Henrik, Arjang Sweden

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room with morning walk
Nice Place With breakfast a 30 Seconds walk. Very very Nice breakfast With gluten free breakfast alternatives and very cheap, cheaper than us staying in a cabin at camping Places.

8/10 Good

Timothy, Houston

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet
It was what I needed, quiet, clean and convenient.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing Stay
Place was pretty good and the breakfast buffet spread was the best i've had! :) Really recommended!

8/10 Good

Zdenka, Slovakia

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
****
great price, great location