Scandic Frimurarehotellet

Been here many times over the years, used to feel a bit old and cozy but now it feels more worn and depressed - which I guess is environmental thinking. I used to love staying at the Masonic Hotel, but it doesn't feel completely worth the price anymore. I understand how they live up to environmental standards but it makes it feel a bit lousy nowadays. The lights are dimmed throughout the hotel and the toilets on the ground floor have a dim lighting taken from a horror movie. I can imagine that it is cozy in the fall. Room: A lamp and one of 5 small spotlights worked on the toilet. They said “the lights outside are shining right”? If you wanted to wear makeup to be outdoors during the day, you were therefore pretty *****. The maximum level of light you could get in the rest of the room was cozy lighting with everything on. The sink was dirty. Depending on the room there is AC or not so the rooms can get very hot in the summer, and one winter we had to go and buy a fan at Biltema and ask for extra duvets because it got so cold. This year it was quite cool when we were there and it was just a bit hot which the fan in the room solved. The water in the tap does not taste good anymore, which feels a bit funny when there is a big poster next to it that they purify their own tap water and serve in a bottle at breakfast. There was a slight smell of mold in the shower from the drain, but I have never had a problem with it during any other visit. Breakfast: Environment: There are two rooms for breakfast, both are cozily decorated but the smaller one has chandeliers and classic vibes while the larger one has a little more modern feel. It says nothing on the smaller one that it opens and closes at arbitrary times. They said one day 1½ hours before breakfast closes that they would stop refilling but that we could take off what was out there and eat in peace. Yeah. It's okay. 5 minutes later, people come out and start picking everything away. We ate in the larger hall, where there will be noise level like a school canteen, the rest of the days because who can change in the middle of breakfast? There is no lunch service in the summer but the last hour of breakfast they are stressed with trolleys and pick off so it rings throughout the dining room and everyone starts talking louder to drown it out. It doesn’t feel like they should have to be so stressed when it’s not lunch afterwards – the owners will have saved on having fewer cleaners now when you ask for cleaning when it’s needed and therefore it shouldn’t be cleaned every day in every room. Then they should be able to hire more staff so they don't get overloaded, if that's the problem. Food: Worse this time than normal. You couldn't drink the coffee one morning because it was so bitter. The porridge was on a scale between thick soup with dumplings (that day was horrible) and ”okay” different days. A lasting problem is that the bread there are only 2 varieties left of if you eat after 8.30, one light and one dark and they are chewy so it is sad for us with jaw problems or other chewing problems. As a vegetarian, I definitely skip paying for breakfast in the future. The vegan supply is okay, but not enough for me when the environment is tough. I think it would be outweighed by the food if I also ate bacon, sausages, scrambled eggs etc. hot dishes but when I just take porridge and sandwiches, it is not worth it. The selection is great for omnivores, different types of cheese and charcuterie in addition to the hot selection. But the vegetable selection is nothing to snort at. If you are not disturbed by noise or eat early breakfast, the buffet is also good for vegans and vegetarians of different kinds with toppings (two jams, veg pate, vegetable hard cheese, veg caviar and hummus) and various plant milk and cucumbers. Primary oat gurt nowadays which is good for soy allergy sufferers. Coffee with the coffee. Then there's some fresh fruit, a frozen berry mix at muesli and cornflakes (which is very sour but surely fresh with a sweet -gurt). Service: The staff is generally always very nice, with the normal amount of exceptions because everyone has bad days. The "worst thing" that happened to me more than once is that someone was unsure of something and did not know, but then they find someone who does. They don't just leave you with a shrug and they don't pretend to know so it won't be embarrassing - personally, they prefer to wait a little while to know for sure. (The only exception is well then regarding the small breakfast room, which confused me for many years so I completely avoided it until now, when it was so difficult noise level that I took a chance)

Pretty lousy hotel with boring rooms. No AC. The bar closed very early. Very disappointed with the breakfast, was directed to a breakfast room next to the large where there would be the same breakfast selection. After a while the staff said that they would not fill up more of the breakfast there but we would go to the other and pick up if it ran out .But judging by our surprise when the staff cleared most things and picked it down in take away boxes for themselves. That's when most of it ended. Tables overflowing with dishes that just remained. When we then went to the second dining room we were greeted by staff who wondered if we should really eat more. If you've paid for breakfast, you'd like to eat your fill. No one recommends this the hotel. Very disappointed our whole party. With friendly neckline, Helena Add photos

This is how nice it is when you book superior rooms for almost 2000/night. Shower curtain a la 1970, the shit probably from the same year.