Highland Lodge

The room was awkward. Small just a small bed and a closet, and the room did not feel clean. Even when the hotel was practically empty, we still got a room directed right at the main street and the roadwork outside. Street work with loud hammering woke us up at 0700 in the morning. (The roadwork was stated on the hotel website, but was to be completed 10 weeks prior to our stay, so did not expect this to affect us. If we had known we had not booked here) Not worth the price, no service, no breakfast included. The pool was small but nice. One of the two listed restaurants that was open (the pizza place) was very good, but is not part of the hotel as I understand... Will not be staying here again.

Bad bad bed!! Tiny room, half of owned apartments. The pool smelle badly of clorine all over the corridords and superslow service. Personel not trained.. But hotel is cheep and sentral. Did not expect perfection though...... Geilo is a wery Nice place both summer and Winther. Recomended

Wanted to stay and explore the Norwegian mountains, so this hotel was ideally located. Had a nice room with a balcony to enjoy our breakfast (coffee and cake from the in house bakery). Ate 2 nice meals in the in house pizzeria ( they do burgers and past too). Staff very helpful. Self service check in, but easy to follow instructions. Slept really well despite it being on the main road. Not much car parking space for hotel guests though. Obviously designed primarily for the winter sports scene.

Giving any place a poor review is difficult for me, as usually there’s at least a couple good things about a hotel that can be highlighted. Sadly, this is my first 2/5 review. If it hadn’t been for the comfy bed, it’d be 1/5. Besides the convenient location between Oslo and Bergen and a nicely styled front desk area, the rest of the experience was lacking. Check-in and check-out was conducted by rather disinterested staff, and my room, a bit on the small side (this was just a stopover for the night) was incredibly noisy as there was some sort of machinery on the floor above making a loud humming sound that even ear plugs couldn’t cancel out. I called the night manager at 1 a.m. asking if there were any other rooms available, and was promised to be called back within two minutes as they apparently were busy. The callback never happened. The room literally had no extra power outlets for charging your phone and laptop (which is insane) and it was rather drab and outdated, with stains on the carpet and bedframe. Even more amazing was the lack of curtains in front of the window. Despite paying a somewhat low rate (by Norwegian standards) for a smaller single room, one should at least be allowed to expect a decent night’s sleep - the main function of any hotel. Leaving more exhausted in the morning than the night I arrived is somewhat of a major letdown. This place has so much potential - but they need to step up their game. Just my 2 cents.

Likes: Well-equipped kitchen with necessary amenities Great location Friendly and helpful staff Nice little bakery with freshly baked items Awesome swimming pool with pleasant temperatures Decent size gym Nice play area for kids Big free area for parking Dislikes: Construction going on in the back area, spoiling the beautiful views

The food here is excellent and the surroundings are nice. But it takes forever to get the ordered food and when finished, no one clears the table, offer us more drinks or even refills the water. I've been here quite a few times, both at busy - and quiet hours. When the food is served, we're completely forgotten. They could have made much more money on me, but no effort. No tip for the service, sadly, because a little effort would have earned much higher rating.