Kjobmandsgaarden Hotel

We stayed one night at this hotel. Rooms are basic and clean, we found everything OK. We where a group of three people and had two rooms one of them with a shared roof terrace. Affordable public car park close by.

Small but very nicely furnished room. Very clean accommodation. Cozy restaurant with delicious food. Very friendly staff, I felt very comfortable from the first moment.

The girls that work here are lovely and helpful. The area is fantastic. The parking turned out to be close by and free over the weekend. The breakfast was excellent. However the coffee that is meant to be in a common area is actually shut until the breakfast area was opened around 7.30. We wake early and just having a jug in the room or on the table by the fridge in the hallway would have been nice. The plumbing is a little noisy when running the water and using the toilet which is ok because it's part of the quirky charm of the building. Unfortunately our night was ruined sleep wise because a washing machine whirled and banged loudly until midnight.

A lovely B&B like hotel with quaint cozy rooms that are totally workable for a night or two. Mandal was a quiet town the next day but beautiful harbor area and sunny and clean right out the hotel door and that out stay well worth it. The morning buffet breakfast was also pretty delicious!

Quaint, however somewhat dated.

The staff were incredible friendly and the in house restaurant is amazing!

clean room and good price

If you are an international traveler, beware of Kjøbmandsgaarden Hotel. Here is our story. Our plane arrived late at Oslo airport. We spent 3 hours at the passport control lane, waiting for our turn. As a result, we arrived at Kjøbmandsgaarden Hotel past midnight. A local policeman helped us to find this hotel. He also instructed us to park our rented car behind the hotel, saying it is the hotel's property. Unfortunately, the hotel was locked, and nobody answered the door. We had the prospect to spend the night outside. We sat in the car when suddenly we heard the siren. The inside fire alarm went off and all residents of the hotel went outside. We tried to ask them how to contact the owner of the hotel. A couple of people called the owner's phone, but nobody answered the call. Finally, the fire depar**ent arrived and one of the firefighters approached us to help. He knew where the mailbox was and took out the key from supposedly our room. He was very helpful. Because of him, we came inside the hotel to "our" room. As soon as we opened the door, there was another surprise. We ordered a family room, which can accommodate 3 people. But room number 14, had only accommodation for 2 people. As a result, one of us had to sleep a few hours on a bare floor. In the morning, we had another surprise - a parking ticket for parking in someone's parking space. Apparently, the parking lot did not belong to the hotel. And best of all, the owner of the hotel never contacted us.