Eikum Hotel

Gammel standard Gammelt hotell, der lite har blitt gjort siden 70-tallet.

Séjour sympathique Établissement avec du charme, au calme et reposant.

As the other reviewers have already written: it was getting old. The carpet in my room was very worn. The furnishings in the room were coordinated. At first glance, the room was clean, but unfortunately on the last day something rolled under the bed and there were some paper towels there. The terrace was freshly cleaned and the garden was well-kept. An item found in the cupboard (from the previous guest in the room?) was not cleared away by room service, even though I had put a note with this request next to it (in English and in Norwegian using an online translation program). When I took it to reception, the junior manager immediately apologized for the inconvenience. There were a few mold stains in the bathroom, which are probably structural and unavoidable. Breakfast was very "British" with fish in sweet and sour and sweet mustard sauce. Packed lunches were available for 70 NOK. Dinner was youth hostel-like: there was meat and sauce, both fine. The potatoes were bought cheaply (some of them were sweet or brown inside), but mostly OK. The completely unseasoned frozen vegetables were half raw on the first day and partly raw and lukewarm on the second. The soup was from a packet, but an effort had been made to round it off a bit. Dessert was always a pudding with whipped cream. On the last day, the food was actually delicious: salmon, rice, salad and mustard sauce. The very young employees were very friendly, as was the junior manager. Only the senior manager always pulled a grumpy face and didn't seem to speak very friendly to the employees. The lake near the hotel is great: in just a few minutes you can be at a small beach and in summer you can swim. The Spar directly in front of the hotel is also pleasant.

If you are looking for a hotel in this area, you don't have much choice, so you should read the hotel description carefully to avoid any surprises. The often-cited review of "aging" is quite accurate. Our room 322 in the attic was very stuffy on warm summer days and difficult to ventilate overnight. Unfortunately, the curtains are very thin, so the room is difficult to darken. Small wardrobe is OK, but there are no coat hooks in the room or bathroom. Room service simply took our deposit bottles from the table and didn't change two towels on the floor. There was no WiFi in our room. We were also disappointed with breakfast. There was only black bread and toast. Very little fruit, e.g. bananas were cut into five pieces and grapes had to be picked up individually with small tongs. Dinner was home cooking, not bad to fill you up but not a taste highlight. It's OK for a short stay. Swim in the lake when the weather is nice!