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Reviews of Thon Partner Stavanger Forum Hotel

3 out of 5
Thon Partner Stavanger Forum Hotel
Gunnar Warebergsgate 17, Stavanger

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 347 out of 927 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 421 out of 927 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 120 out of 927 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 31 out of 927 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 927 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

RAQUEL, orlando

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Hanne Klippenberg - Reception Manager on Sep 25, 2023
Hi Raquel, Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review from your stay. We are pleased to see that your stay with us was a success :) Welcome back!

2/10 Terrible

SABA

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I didn’t like anything about this property. Very small beds, no iron or ironing stand, no fridge or air conditioning. On asking for fan I got a noisy fan
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Hanne Klippenberg - Reception Manager on Sep 11, 2023
Hi Saba,Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. It is from feedback, we can grow and improve ourselves. First of all, I must address your comment about the beds. The room that you ordered had two seperate beds, instead of one double. That is the reason why the beds perhaps seemed to be small. Iron and ironing stands is to find in both 0 floor and 15th floor. If you ask the reception, they will be more than happy to show you this. In buisness rooms and the suites, you will have the iron and the ironiong board in your room. The same is with fridge. You have ordered a room without a fridge. It is possible to ask for a fridge, but during renovation there are only a few left over. The hotels in Norway is not used to air conditions. We have something called sentral heating system. The reason for this is because we have more problems with rooms being cold for the most of the year, than warm. The sentral heating system is perfect for this. I am sorry to see that you did not enjoy your stay with us. Hopefully you will try us again sometime, this time with a booking that includes everything that you are wishing to have in your room. Have a great rest of the summer :) Kind regards,

6/10 Okay

SURAJ

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great breakfast hotel not up to required standard
Hotel is in a very good area. You need a car to city centre otherwise walking is some distance and not very frequent public transport. No free parking and parking across the hotel with plenty of space to park and reasoable parking prices. Fantastic breakfast on 21st floor with great views of city and lakes nearby. The downside of it was a lack of minimum standard of any hotel like lack of bottle of water to drink. So if you arrive in the evening and need water you need to drive to city to 7eleven, pay parking ticket and buy bottle of water, otherwise drive to nearest petrol station pay double price for bottle of water. Evening receptionist lack of knowledge and engagement. I had a small accident and required first aid, and the hotel first aid kit incomplete and not up to date. Lack of health and safety compliance as a hotel. Also no wadrobe in room and no slippers so bring yours.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Hanne Klippenberg - Reception Manager on Sep 5, 2023
Hello Suraj, Thank you for taking the time to leave us some feedback, we really appreciate this. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed the breakfast as well as the parking house next to us. Bottle of water is only standard to get for free if you are a member of the hotel. In some hotels in Norway, this is not even an option. The reason for this is because tap water here in Norway is the exact same as bottled water - so we do not use it as much. I am sorry that we did not have the first aid that you required. As we told you when you asked, we had a lack of this because an accident during the renovation - but we were waiting for the new ones to come in any day. Slippers is also not a common standard to have in the rooms here, but if you upgrade your room to Superior, Business or Suites this will be a complimentary gift from us. We hope that this answered some of your conserns! Kind regards,

6/10 Okay

Lisa

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Hanne Klippenberg - Resepsjonssjef on Sep 25, 2023
Hei Lisa, Tusen takk for at du tar deg tiden til å vurdere oss. Vi ønsker gjerne å vite hvorfor ditt opphold hos oss ikke stod helt til forventningene. Velkommen igjen!

4/10 Poor

David, Dunfermline

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Was not particularly impressed with this hotel at all. The room as not cleaned properly with dusty shelves and leftover plastics / tie wraps. Dated with no soap dispenser or functional mirror for shaving. Noisy housekeepers seen fit to abandon trolleys/ bed linens outside the room door. Breakfast was no more than average.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Hanne Klippenberg - Reception Manager on Aug 30, 2023
Hi David, I am sorry to see that you did not enjoy your stay with us. Cleanliness is something we take very seriously, so I apologize so much that you did not get a properly cleaned room. I am however finding it strange that you are saying there is no functional mirror. All bathrooms have a big mirror from wall to wall in the bathroom with plenty space for shaving. Soap dispensers is also on the wall of any hotel room and also in the showers. Please inform the reception of this next time, and we will be happy to help you. I am sorry that you thought the breakfast was average. Normally we get many compliments on this, so hopefully this is just a one time thing that happened. Welcome back! Kind regards,

10/10 Excellent

Wenchu

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
breakfast is super good, with very good view.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Hanne Klippenberg - Reception Manager on Aug 15, 2023
Hi Wenchu, Thank you so much for taking the time to review us, and for leaving us top score! We really appreciate this :) Welcome back! Kind regards,

8/10 Good

helen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
View from the room was amazing which includes the view from the restaurant. The choice of meals however was limited. Being out of the city centre more information around activities and things to do would have been good. The hotel is being renovated and it was clear that rooms had been half done! However, what had been done was of good quality.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Hanne Klippenberg - Reception Manager on Aug 17, 2023
Hi Helen, Thank you so much for giving us this feedback, and for almost giving us top score :) We really appreciate it. We will take your suggestions under consideration!Welcome back. Kind regards,

10/10 Excellent

Jeffery

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is an excellent hotel near a wonderful park and lake, but not near the businesses and restaurants of downtown(sentrum). Parking lot across the street is about $12(US currency) per night. The breakfast is delicious, on the 21st floor with excellent views. Rooms were spacious and clean.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Hanne Klippenberg - Reception Manager on Jul 4, 2023
Hi Jeffrey, Thank you so much for giving us 5/5 :) We are so glad to see that you enjoyed your stay with us. Welcome back!

6/10 Okay

Aaron

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Rooms were noisy, walls seemed very thin, and did not have block out curtains which given the 11pm sunset made getting to sleep a bit trickier. In general an old hotel showing its age
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Hanne Klippenberg - Reception Manager on Jul 4, 2023
Hi Aaron, Thank you for taking the time to review us. The hotel is currently under renovation and will be brand new from 2024. We hope you visit again then, and I'm positive we can make this 3 to a 5 :)

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Hanne Klippenberg - Reception Manager on Jul 4, 2023
Hi Cheryl, Thank you so much for giving us a 10/10 score :) We hope you visit us again sometime!

8/10 Good

Enric

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from Hanne Klippenberg - Reception Manager on May 30, 2023
Hi Enric, Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us this kind review. We really appreciate it :) Welcome back!

8/10 Good

Mersal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Hanne Klippenberg, Reception Manager on Mar 15, 2023
Hi Mersal!Thank you so much for taking the time to rate us! Welcome back :)

2/10 Terrible

RAVI SHANKAR

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Allan

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice stay,
You now you're heading for trouble when your hotel room has an umbrella as standard.:-) Despite the weather I was warmly welcomed by Reception staff to Stavanger's tallest hotel. My decent sized room on floor 18 was very clean, with a good bed and quite atmosphere. Breakfast served on the top floor, was to a very standard and I was even waited on for coffee, as their machine wasn't working that morning. Not much action around the immediate vicinity but some shops a good 10 minute walk if you've forgotten anything. I had a very nice experience and would recommend it for business or pleasure without hesitation. Would stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Response from Jørn Kristian on Oct 24, 2022
Hello Allan.Thank you so much for your kind words, we really appreciate it! Not much to do about the weather in Stavanger, except to use an umbrella I guess :)We hope you will stay with us again if the future bring you back to Stavanger.Welcome again!

8/10 Good

Markus

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from Lars Strøm - hotelldirektør Stavanger Forum Hotel on Jul 28, 2022
Takk Markus for anmeldelsen din. Jeg håper du hadde et hyggelig opphold os oss. Nyt sommeren, så håper jeg at vi ses igjen ved neste anledning.

10/10 Excellent

Sari

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I will never forget while we stay in this hotel. We arrive late, The reason we choose this hotel because close to ‘
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022
Response from Lars Strøm - General Manager Stavanger Forum Hotel on Jul 27, 2022
Dear Sari, thank you so much for your kind words and a great review. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us, and we hope to see you back again if you are ever back in Stavanger. Thank you for staying with us at Thon Partner Stavanger Forum Hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay
This hotel and most of the staff especially Regine, Janielle and Jan were so helpful, welcoming and terrific with their hospitality. Enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from Lars Strøm - General Manager Stavanger Forum Hotel on Jun 29, 2022
Dear Susan, thank you so much for this wounderful review. We are so pleased to see that you really enjoyed your stay with us. We will bring your kind words on to Regine, Janielle and Jan. Thank you for statying with us. Enjoy this summer!

8/10 Good

Christopher

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean rooms Polite straff. Serviceminded. Noisy AC
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from Lars - General Manager on Jun 11, 2022
Dear Christopher, Thank you so much for your friendly review. Thank you for staying with us. EE hope to see you back again soon. Have a great summer!

8/10 Good

Ernest

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasent welcome at reception, room was clean and tidy and room with great views, breakfast was great
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2022
Response from Lars - General Manager on Apr 9, 2022
Dear Ernest, It’s great to see that you had a great stay with us and that you found the hotel to be clean and tidy. Please come back and see us again whenever you are back in Stavanger.

10/10 Excellent

Ruben

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from Lars Strøm - hotelldirektør Stavanger Forum Hotel on Mar 21, 2022
Hei Ruben, så flott å se at du satt så stor pris på oppholdet ditt at du har gitt oss topp score. Det er alltid veldig gøy. Tusen takk for at du valgte Thon Partner Stavanger Forum Hotel. Så håper jeg ikke det blir lenge til vi får gleden av å se deg hos oss igjen.

8/10 Good

Mihai

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from Lars Strøm - General Manager Stavanger Forum Hotel on Nov 24, 2021
Dear Mihai, thank you for your kind review. We really hope that you enjoyed your stay with us. Thank you for visiting, and we hope to see you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Elinor Hazel

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would recommend
Really friendly staff, comfy room with a big desk, great view, excellent location (very close to busses into central Stavanger and on the route for the airport bus).
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from Lars Strøm - General Manager Stavanger Forum Hotel on Nov 5, 2021
Dear Elinor, we are so pleased to read your wounderful review after your visit to Stavanger Forum Hotel. Thank you so much. We hope to see you again soon. Thank you for staying with us.

10/10 Excellent

Swapnil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Lars - Hotelldirektør on Aug 11, 2021
Hei Swapnil, tusen takk for full pott på evalueringen. Det setter vi stor pris på. Takk for besøket. jeg håper vi ses igjen ved en annen anledning.

8/10 Good

Muhammad

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Family fun
The shower was poorly designed, with water spilling all over the bathroom. The curtains were also poorly designed with light leaking between them, unable to block light and make room dark at night.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Restaurant on the 21st floor w/ panoramic views of the surrounding area. Hotel was not particuarly busy when I stayed but the staff were very attentive, helpful and extremely courteous.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from Lars - Hotelldirektør on Jun 21, 2021
Dear guest, thank you so much for your positive and great review of Scandic Forum. We're so pleased to see that you really enjoyed your stay with us and that you found our staff to be attentive, helpful and extremely courteous! We thank you for staying with us, and we hope to welcoming you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Kim

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place
Second time here, again very nice. Had some annoying neighbors, but hotel managed this very fast.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2021
Response from Lars - General Manager on Feb 5, 2021
Hello Kim, thank you for staying with us again and for leaving such a great review. I'm glad that our staff resolved the noise from your neighbors. I hope we will have the pleassure of welcoming you back a third time!

10/10 Excellent

Kim

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Enjoyable
A nice stay, good breakfast and a great view
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2021
Response from Lars - General Manager on Feb 5, 2021
Thank you Kim. We're glad you enjoyed your stay with us. The views from the top floor breakfast room on the 21. floor is spectacular.

8/10 Good

Daniel

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great views from the restaurant
I enjoyed my stay, highlights being the great views from the breakfast on the 21st floor, friendly staff and convenient location. Parking was a 1minute walk away, ask at reception for a discounted ticket. The room was a little old and tired though, with the soft bed not to my taste and a struggle to find a power socket close to the bed.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Response from Lars - General Manager on Mar 4, 2020
Dear Daniel, thank you for your review. We are happy to see that you enjoyed your stay, and especially the view and breakfast on our top floor on the 21st floor. Thank you for staying with us. We hope to see you back again soon.

8/10 Good

Hanne

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly staff and great breakfast
Friendly and very service minded staff. Great breakfast (one of the best I have had at a hotel). Rooms are a little small and worn, but are clean and have everything you need. Good location, but a little bit outside the city center (you can walk, but there are busses passing by every 5-10 min). Great view and the sky bar is worth the visit alone. Recommended!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Anette - Scandic Forum on Jan 30, 2020
Thank you so much for the feedback, we greatly appreciate it! I will make sure to bring forward your feedback to all our staff. Welcome back!

10/10 Excellent

EV

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing staff and great location
Amazing staff and great location
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Anette - Scandic Forum on Jan 30, 2020
Thank you for your feedback - we appreciate it a lot :)

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Practical Hotel Location.
Perfect location when exhibiting at Stavanger Forum.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Iselin Skjervik on Nov 6, 2019
Thank you for your nice review, hope to see you back here soon! :-) Best regards, Team Scandic Forum

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Anette on Jun 21, 2019
Takk for besøket, og for din tilbakemelding. Det setter vi stor pris på!

10/10 Excellent

Anne Berit

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A room with a spectacular view
I had a mini suite with a spectacular view at a low rate. The breakfast was lovely, and you could enjoy your breakfast in 21st floor, with a view to fiords and mountains. THe centre of the city was a 30 minute’s walk away.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Petr

Good business hotel
Very good hotel, close to exhibition centre and hockey arena. So it's ideal location for business, but not so much for city exploring. You need to use public transport or taxis , which are very expensive in Norway. But hotel as such was very good!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Morten

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Conference
Good hotel for the conference center. Great breakfast as always at Scandic Hotels
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had a pleasant stay, staff very friendly and really helpful, great view from hotel especially the restaurant
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Jacques

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convenient and quiet
It's not downtown but very conveniently located on the min bus routes for the city as well as for the airport. It's probably quieter than the dowtown location and you can't beat the view! Good food at the restaurant both for breakfast and dinner.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Amir

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
it realy good and calm with perfect view
I went to visit university

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Nigel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good modern hotel, some distance from city centre
Convenient location, short drive from city centre. Very good views from Upper floors and restaurant. Excellent buffet breakfast.

8/10 Good

Daniel, Croydon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cheap excellent hotel
Only stayed here for a night for the Viking v Arsenal but room was everything you needed and only a half an hour walk from the city centre. Very cheap for Stavanger and free breakfast was excellent. Only down point was the bed was a bit small
Response from General Manager on Aug 28, 2016
Thank you for your feedback Daniel!

8/10 Good

Craig

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort

6/10 Okay

James, UK

Liked: Cleanliness
Not the usual Scandic experiance.
I stay with the Scandic chain as much as possible and this is the first that dissapointed me, the website clearly states airport shuttle service but when you check in they inform you this is a public bus stop down the road, not a shuttle service at all. The rooms are outdated and need a refresh, the hotel is in the middle of nothing and the food in the restaurant is average at best. Last time here i stayed in the Scandic Forus, i will return on my next visit to the Forus as the hotel is miles ahead of this one.

8/10 Good

Seth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel if you don't need to be downtown.
Great hotel. I travel to Stavanger regularly, and the Scandic Forum is becoming my regular hotel. It's not downtown, but it's right by the lake for good running and walking and is convenient to the university. The hotel is quite nice, and the 21st flood restaurant/bar has great views. It's quieter than the downtown hotels, expect on weekends when it can be overrun with kids coming for hockey games at the ice center next door.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Ideal for working at the Stavanger Forum
As I was only working downstairs from my room this was an Ideal place to stay. The twin rooms were very small and dated with no facilities whatsoever in them. The beds are very small and uncomfortable, which gave me a bad back during my stay. The breakfast and the views from the 21st floor were very good indeed.