Name: Eidsbugarden Hotell
Address: Eidsbugardveien 1930, Eidsbugarden, Eidsbugarden, Eidsbugarden, 2985, Norway
Rating: 8

Smoke-free property

Heating

Ticket assistance

Gift shop

Garden

Terrace

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

No elevators

Reception desk

General

Non-smoking rooms

Family room

Hairdryer

Shower/Bathtub

Shower

Rooms

Iron and board

Concierge services

Luggage storage

Iron

Services and amenities

Diet menu (on request)

Breakfast

Restaurant

Packed Lunches

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet access

Internet

English

Languages Spoken

Tour assistance

Tourist services

Hiking

Picnic area

Fishing

Recreation

Parking

Meeting and presentation facilities

Conference Hall

Business

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Ski storage

Ski facilities rental

Ski-to-Door Access

Skiing

Winter sports

Pets allowed

Pets

Location

At the hotel

Room amenities

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child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

11-beds

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king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

If you really want to explore the Northern Playground, Eidsbugarden is an excellent place. We stayed for several days with family and friend and the place, the hotel, the service and also the historical athmophere make this a very special and memorable stay. So for all of you curios about Norway, mountain experiences and a facinating history, this is the place to start exploring !

The Norwegian Experience

Stayed at this hotel Saturday to Sunday first weekend of September. Location is very nice. The hotel is pricy for what you get. The employees are not very knowledgeable about the local hiking conditions, nor do they seem to be professionally trained hotel staff, but rather just young adults hired in for the season. Rooms and food are okay, but in no way exceptional (rooms and meal portions are on the small side). Set out with my dad Sunday morning to hike across the mountain-pass to Gjendebu hut - unfortunately we had to turn around and go back because of an injury and ended up spending 8 hours in the mountains. Coming back very exhausted to the hotel we found it closed for the night because of an employee party. We asked if they under the circumstances would make an exception and let us stay for the night. One employee said that it was okay, but they didn't have anything on the menu because of the party - no problem, we just needed a room to rest/sleep for the night and of course we wouldn't bother their party. Within a few minutes after this message another employee showed up with a very unwelcoming (almost hostile) attitude and told us that we had to leave right away because staying wasn't possible after all (no further explanation was given). She said that we could go 3-4km further if we wanted a hotel. Alternatively there was a DNT hut close by that might have room for us. I explained to her as well about the injury and the fact that my dad is 75 years old and needs to have a bathroom close by at night (which is why a hotel is ideal). Little did it help -  my dad and I got thrown back out of the hotel - end of story!
Thankfully the kind hostess at the DNT hut (Solbjørg of Fondsbu hut - what a fantastic person and a true ambassador of Norwegian mountain hospitality) welcomed us in and went absolutely above and beyond when hearing about our situation - being a hut they don't have rooms with a bathroom, but she got us a nice and cozy two-person room right across the hall from their bathrooms and made sure we got a nice meal. She also made sure to call the hut we never made it to and let them know we weren't coming. Can't thank her enough for saving our day. Needless to say, next time we will stay at the Fondsbu hut instead.

Not the best experience.

We stayed here for one night, booked trough booking.com.
 First I just want to list the good stuff:
-Location. The view is wonderful and you can do alot of nice day hikes from Eidsbugarden.
-The main building- lobby and sitting area is very charming and old. They have lit candles everywhere, and it it very cozy. So, before talking to anyone, the first impression is GOOD. The timber walls gives you the "good mountain feel" and it really has a good potential with the right managament. 
-The breakfast is nice and offers a wide range of food.

The bad stuff:
-If you compare the price to other hotels at this rate you do not get what you pay for at Eidsbugarden. The staff is not very welcoming, and they dont seem to "know their stuff". They dont smile, they dont seem to have much knowlede about running a hotel, hiking in the area or any other things. I had to help them point out things a t maps for other guest, and they just stod there like questionsmarks. Wierd. They dont make an effort, and they are dressed very informal for a hotel at this price-range (sweat-pants and a flece).  
-You only have one option for dinner- their 3 course. If you dont like e.g fish- that is what you have to eat, beacuse that is the only thing they have. A dutch couple asked if they could have the fish exchanged with e.g some meat or something else, but no. No way if they would. I could understand this if the hotel was ful, and if there was a full chaos, but with 10 guest this is the bare minimum what you should offer. On top of this the portions are WAY to small and the dinner was not warm at all. Very dissapointing.  
-The entrance and the hallways around  the rooms looks very run-down and not clean. The walls have alot of marks and it is FREEZING.  They could have put up some fresh flowers, cleaned the carpet and made it look inviting. Maybe some candles here as well? 
-People who work at a hotel should be dressed in uniforms, and not in their private clothes. Here at Eidsugarden the cleaning people, the people in the lobby and other workers looks like hikers, and it is hard to tell if they work there or not. The hotel want to be a 4star, well- then you have to dress and behave like it. 
-Its COLD in the main building. We were lucky to sit by the fireplace, but other guests had to hold their hands on candles to get warm. That is not good.
-If you compare this hotel to e.g Union Øye (also and old mountain hotel at a dead end road) the diffrence is EXTREME when it comes to the people who work there, food portions and service.
I think is is a shame, because Eidsbugarden hotel has such a big potential!
If you want to keep having it the way it is now, you have to take the price down, and promote the hotel at a 3-start unformal mountain motel. Then guests wount be let down. Because you DO expect something when you pay 2000 NOK +.

Beautiful location- Low value and bad service

We booked this hotel for two nights during our roundtrip of Norway. The hotel is at a perfect location for people that love to hike in mountainous terrain, but not really for any other purpose. I must admit that the views are great, but you only reach this view after a 19 km drive on a dead end dirt road , which means you also need to drive these 19 km back when you leave! On arrival the staff was not very informative (could have been a language problem) and it seemed that their main purpose was to talk us in to having their three course dinner. Apparrantly this was their only option for dinner during the 'off season', althoug their website stated the high season had started mid June! Parking is about 200 m from the hotel on the local main parking area, where you pay 50 NOK/day. I found it very strange that there is no private parking near the hotel, given the available space in the area. There was no lift to our hotel room on the 3rd level, and the room turned out to be very small, with a even smaller bathroom. There was also some need for maintenaince (paint, door very difficult to open). This was most certainly not in line with the price of the room (around € 225,- per night, incl. breakfast). The facilities in the room were poor (no cupboards, no hair-dryer, no WiFi signal in the room) and during our 2-day stay the room was not cleaned.
The quality of the three course dinner was ok. However the portions were very small for a 450 NOK dinner. Although we asked for a pricelist for the drinks, we did not get one, so the bill was quite a surprise for us, even for Norwegian standards. The breakfast was good, but all in alI I think this hotel does by far not offer the value for the money you pay here. 

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