Elite Stadshotellet Västerås

Hardy, no frills breakfast; adequate gym

I’ve stayed at this hotel a number of times and it’s always excellent! The staff were extremely friendly, and the room usually ready early. Rooms are clean and spacious. Location is great, being right in the middle of the downtown and less than a 10 min walk to Mälardalen university. The breakfast is fantastic!! Lots of variety of hot and cold foods. Highly recommend this hotel!!

The room was very clean and had everything I needed. The bed was a little wobbly, but that might be just my preference. The breakfast was really great. Better than a larger hotel chain that I stayed at in Stockholm. If you want a sampling of traditional Swedish breakfast items, they had it. Several different types of knäckebröd and regular bread. Lots of different meat options and pickled herring to put on it. They had traditional Swedish rosehip soup and blueberry soup options. They also had eggs and bacon and several other things.

Fantastic hotel and staff are incredible. Special call-out to Anders who managed to swap us over to a room with improved WiFi (which was excellent basically throughout the hotel but we had a bit on an issue with one of our devices) -- but sorted with swapping to a room straight outside a WiFi router. The pub belonging to the hotel is decidedly the cosiest in the city, and with a proper ole English feel - as someone living in London, it's a big plus it doesn't smell of fermented beer on the carpeted floor! Pub food was surprisingly good, and amount of drinks - especially beers and whiskey for a reasonable price - is outstanding. Gym was great and empty each time we were there. Sauna superb and accessible free against being booked. Possibly top 5 hotel beds ever slept in - incredibly nice. Exceptionally quiet (in both rooms - reception confirmed super thick walls) and couldn't hear much of anything from outside or neighboring rooms. Breakfast buffet massive and delicious...they even have homemade Swedish meatballs and pickled herring {NB! not the fermented Surströmming, thank god!} Very clean all over, as expected with Swedish standards - but this place exceeds the average. Borrowed their bikes (for free with helmet, can you believe it!) which was very pleasant considering one of the best cities in Sweden if not the world, to explore by bike. Highlight staff were throughout just absolutely 10/10! We'll definitely come back and can't recommend it enough!