6/10 Okay
Ka Yu
Travelled with group
4 Jun 2024
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
There is easy, free on-site parking. It is located at the heart of Svolvaer. We booked the Rorbu Suite, the entire suite is spacious. The windows of the bedroom had black-out curtains. Staff have been accomodating.
However, we are sorry to say that we did not enjoy much of our stay here. The suite we booked was located on the top floor above the pub with no lift, and we each had a 20 kg luggage. The shower has been nice, but the boiler required some time to re-heat and we would not recommend the second person who would like to shower to do it immediately after the first. The suite itself was tidy but not very clean; I could see visible yellowish stains on the mattress of the bunk beds.
The most troubling issue of all was the odour; the whole suite somehow carried a very strong smell, much alike the smell you would find on an old ship. I am not sure if it was from the direct sunlight exposure to the roof from the previous sunny day, or from the actual ship decor inside, but the smell was there and it was overpowering. We tried opening all the balcony doors to ventilate and it helped little. We tried switching to another room on the same floor and the smell was the same, only lessened to a slight degree; the smell did affect my sleep.
Ka Yu
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
