The staff at Hotel Klaekken was helpful and friendly. The pool was wonderful. We stayed for dinner and breakfast and the serving staff was friendly, and the breakfast was a typical continental style. The dinner was a short menu, but tasty. The rooms had comfortable beds and a few touches here and there of modern updates. We stayed here for 1 night in between flights at Oslo airport. Our kids liked the pool. We also explored the town and waterfall in nearby Honefoss and ate at the steakhouse which was also pretty good.

I stayed at this hotel recently and left with serious concerns about the overall experience. The hotel restaurant was the biggest problem. Service there was poor — our waiter was frequently absent and ended up forgetting part of our order. Things got worse when the food arrived: the burger I had ordered from the restaurant came out raw in the middle, cooked only on the outside. That night I became seriously ill, almost certainly food poisoning from the meal I'd eaten in the restaurant, and I ended up having to cancel a trip I'd planned for the following day as a direct result. On top of this, my interaction with the receptionist was unpleasant — she came across as unnecessarily authoritarian, which was the last thing I needed while already feeling unwell. Given the food safety failure in the restaurant and the unhelpful attitude at the front desk, I can't recommend this hotel.

Love the historical building and staff

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Unique hotel, but the staff need to be more customer service orientated. When we checked we were handed the key and no words came out of the mouth of the person who checked us in, we didn't know where to go to find our room. When I asked he pointed to a hall. We were also accosted by another worker when we were outside enjoying a drink in the garden area, she was very rude at first telling us we couldn't drink alcohol we brought, we had to buy it there. We didn't know there was a "rule" about it. Her attitude change when we apologized for not knowing and also let her know what a horrible experience we were having at their hotel. I wouldn't recommend this place to foreigners.

The front desk help was not friendly. Breakfast had few choices and wasn't high quality. The pool was full of debris.

Unfortunately when we stayed there were floods in the local town and the older folks evacuated to the hotel. No fault of the hotel of course and they did let us cut short our stay with no issues. The decor is dated but with improvements it could be a great place.

The stay was very pleasant, but covid related closures and the status of certain facilities were not communicated clearly in advance, as such we were disappointed to find that we were unable to use gym, sauna and limited pool access.

We stayed a Klækken and the general impression is 'Nice enough, but not fantastic'. I am sure that the hotel was once full of glorious splendour, but is showing signs of aging that it may be past its prime, similar to the many of the guests. The hotel grounds are beautiful and well maintained, the staff at the reception were pleasant as you would expect but the kitchen and dining was a little chaotic. We stayed a few hotels during corona time while in Norway, but this one seemed the least organised. Breakfast was a 20 minute wait and dinner was only a set menu. Despite being a few months in to the corona situation, they still hadn't updated the simple, photocopied piece of paper adverting the cheaper, more appealing Summer buffet. Similarly, there wasn't even a drinks menu to see the price of a bottle/glass of beer or wine was. Both these things should have been very easy for a restaurant that seems to aim for 'fine dining'.

This hotel is a good choice, we sometimes stay here, the food is especially good. Sometimes there will be dinner parties hosted here.

Very helpful and friendly staff. Relaxed atmosphere.

Nice and quiet. Good parking. Healthy option to eat and walk or run

Best hotel we’ve stayed in this trip. Dinner was excellent, breakfast outstanding. Location is a little off the main road but the facility was well worth the extra few minutes drive. The staff were welcoming and able to provide any information we needed.

Very comfortable overnight stay. Checkin was very easy, staff was pleasant, and breakfast was very good. Hotel interior was a little dated, but we had possibly our most comfortable night in Scandinavia.

The hotel is absolutely charming and the view from the room absolutely beautiful. Norway in general does not have really hot weather (90s). Many hotels in Norway do not air conditioning so we were given a fan to help cool off the room. Not as much as reflection on the hotel as on the very hot temperatures Scandinavia has been experiencing this summer.

Good breakfast, nice grounds, friendly service and nice rooms.

We stayed here because of the pool which was great. Kids also enjoyed the outdoor chess. A very enjoyable stay. The room was older but still nice. Very quiet and cozy.

Impressive...Quickest check in ever

Got a free upgrade, which was brilliant of them to do. Room was fantastic and couldn't be in a better location.

Very nice! Shame they only proposed twin rooms and that I had to sleep in a single bed. Otherwise, perfecet!