Rosendal Fjordhotel

The location is superb, close to the fiord with sea view and a small park on to the water. Spacious modernised room, nice bathroom. The interior of the room was practical adequate, but nothing outstanding as if nobody tried to put an extra touch to this hotel. The staff was friendly and the dinner and breakfast excellent.

The spacious dining room was built in by a large conservatory blocking the sea view. This blocked all the social rooms from contact with the fiord and spoilt the afvantage of a superb location. As for the interior design; the building itself is basically nice modern nordic simple architecture. Why in all the world does the management want the diningroom look like a kitschy french chatau or boudoir? So tacky and tastless. Give us the clean and fresh interior design with a nirdic flair!

Scenery

Nothing

​A wonderful and cozy room for two with a beautiful view. Great breakfast and a very charming restaurant. We ordered dinner separately, and it was magnificent! A perfect place for couples. There are many scenic spots nearby. The staff is very kind and helpful.

​Everything was perfect

Breakfast was ok, but not much variety. Beautiful location, nice view from our room.

The property advertises they have a restaurant. Since we were not sure of our arrival, I phoned ahead while we were traveling midday to ask how long the restaurant was open. They stated the last order could be placed at 9:45pm. We arrived around 6:30 and, out of curiosity, inquired whether a reservation was necessary for the restaurant. The desk clerk said she could make a reservation but that nothing was available until 9. Then she said if we got there by 7 we could be served. I thought this was strange as the hotel was not particularly crowded. (It turned out that they had had a last minute reservation by a group of 100 people and therefore blocked any others from eating for 2 hours.) We agreed with the desk clerk to take the 7 pm reservation, even though it was a rush to get settled and to the restaurant, and saw her type some things into the computer. We certainly did not want to wait til 9 when we were tired and hungry. We presented ourselves at the restaurant at 6:58pm and were told there was no reservation and they could not serve us. The hostess was not very nice to us. We had driven a very long distance from Bergen and were looking forward to taking it easy at the hotel. I chose this hotel, even though it was pricey so that we would have a comfortable stay and enjoy the property and vistas even though we were there for just one night. We spoke to the front desk that evening and the next morning. Although they were apologetic, only a small compensation of 200NOK was offered. We did call ahead and no one told us there were limitations on the restaurant seating. We were given a reservation that then turned out to have been canceled - no one would admit how that happened. The restaurant was empty and the group was not going to be seated til 8. They could have served two people. We ended up going to a restaurant in town where we had an excellent dinner, but never had a chance to enjoy the hotel surroundings we paid for, which soured our experience.