Comfort Hotel® Fosna

Traveling with a colleague who booked via Hotels.com. Now, most hotels want you to book directly via their website, and the incentives should be accordingly. However, my friend is staying in the new section on the 6th floor with an Ocean view, while I am staying on the 3rd floor, in the older rooms, staring into a grey building. Tried to bring this up (with a smile) in reception and got told some people prefer these rooms bc of ‘larger bathrooms’. Well, that is hard to believe. This old room with no view at 2100 NOK is horrendous value.

Stayed there for 2 nights. I found the hotel location excellent, could hardly be more central. My room on 5th floor had a fantastic view of the city, it was spacious and very clean. So all together a very good hotel experience. On the negative side: Some light bulbs not functioning. Hotel service is quite basic (room cleaning etc) but this is quite common in Norway. Breakfast was just ok - worth noting the early start at 5am though.

The hotel is located in the centre of the city and we found free parking space nearby. Very friendly and efficient staff at the reception. The room was basic but clean, good bed and clean bathroom. The breakfast was not overwhelming but descent. Unfortunately we had to close the windows for the night because there was a little group of people partying at the street at the other side of the street but that had nothing to do with the hotel.

I stayed here for a week near the end of July on a corporate booking, isolating before joining a ship offshore. Check-in was a bit interesting, as it was handled on the opposite side of the street in the other part of the hotel, rather than in this part of the hotel that has its own lobby and reception. I’m assuming as part of their Covid precautions they have left this portion unmanned. The lobby I checked in to was very small and cramped, whilst the lobby of the section I was staying was very open and inviting. Staff were very friendly. The room itself, while small, was modern and clean. The bathroom very much so. The TV sadly was not a smart TV, but thankfully did have a USB port to plug in hard drives or charge mobile devices. Speaking of power sockets, I found them to be located in very inconvenient places. All that said, staying in the room for the majority of 5 days straight, leaving just to collect meals, I was content and had zero issue. For short visits I’d recommend this hotel, however don’t expect anything really above and beyond. Quite basic.

This hotel seemed to be an agglomeration of several older local hotels. The interior felt like it was pulled together by knocking down walls between several adjacent buildings to create a small warren of stairs and corridors. However once in my attic room I found it to be quirky as well, but clean, quiet and some nice views over the harbour. Staff was friendly and helpful and the hotel is walking distance to the harbour and several restaurants and fast food places.