Scandic Karlstad City

Hotel located in city center. OK rooms, good bed, quite relaxing sleep, price range affordable. Street parking available if you keen to search for parking spot, there is also a parking hall nearby but it costs few kronor, street parking is free from 18:00 - 8:00. Breakfast was good rich as it is normally in Nordic.

Overall a below average experience. We had 4 rooms traveling af families. Overall the hotel seemed overhelmed by high season Restaurant was a mess and was placed in a conference room. We came to the restaurant at 19:00 with a booking for 10. We was the last guest to order food. the experience of setting in a conference room was clear. After seeing the buffet we decided to order a la carte. We order from the menu with no extra request and 4 of them kids menus. It took mere than 1 hour for the food to come… BUT 3 courses missing!! Another wait and we was not able to eat at the same time. The chef was polite and was given a apology and it seemed like they where trying. After the meal we explained our disapointment to the wait staff and some persistent explaining. We was offered a discount. Next time we eat in the city. Morningbuffet was a mystery! Large buffet but overall not inspiring and alot of readymade options. One thing we simply dont understand according to Scandic profile of beeing healthy and nutritious for kids…. Serving candy and Oreo’s for kidsbuffet ?? Rooms was fine but when you booked for 4 persons it gives a not ready feeling when the bunkbeds needed to be prepared. VERY NOISY! Alot of noise from the street from loud cars and the floor above us was noisy from foodsteps.