Quality Hotel™ Skjærgården

This is a lovely place to stay for a weekend, or even just one night as we did. The rooms and the pool area seems quite old, but cosy. The pool area is nice and warm. Breakfast was greit, and staff very friendly.

The hotel has a nice location, delicous breafast and dinner buffet! The staff is superb and the bar has also a lot of delicous drinks. It is also a perfect place for families with chidren with a great swimming pool facility. I personally let the fish take care of the swimming, but I am sure to be back next time visiting Langesund!

Stayed Friday to Sunday in September 2021. Arriving from the road and parking lot, the hotel looks like a grim conference area from the 70s. Luckily, once you get inside you realise that it is much fresher inside the common areas and on the opposite side towards the sea. Our room was quiet inside and outside (but this were out of season). We heard that the hotel as some refurbished rooms. This one, a family room at the far north end, was not. On a positive not, it was large and clean – but everything was pretty worn down. Some roof spotlight didn’t work, the toilet flusher had mood swings, the TV didn’t support casting and the beds were not up to standard for the hotel’s price level. Including the door- and window frames, the hallway outside the room etc. – everything has seen better days. The staff was very friendly, including the reception, restaurant and bar. They managed to make you feel very welcome and taken care of. The food was generally good and with a decent selection, although the buffet price level didn’t match the overall quality/selection. The water park makes it a very convenient hotel when travelling with children, which we did (11 and 12 years), and it seems to be a good place to stay with activities for smaller kids as well. We stayed in September, but it seems to be a better summer spot, due to the proximity to the sea with outdoor areas and activities. Travelling in Norway, you expect to be spending a bit more than you’d like, and here you will unfortunately feel that whatever you do. For the price level of the room/stay, you’d think that admission to the waterpark is free for hotel guests. Think again. If you want to use the air hockey or pool table – 20 kr pr. match. For a hotel with this profile, you’d expect something to be included. Also – the reception doesn’t provide coins, so you have to go to the nearby store to withdraw money. Fair enough – a shuffleboard in another area of the hotel is complimentary. The buffet dinner is varied and well prepared, but also here the price level is too high, especially for the children. The bar may be where you have the most normal prices, but slightly high also here. Even the products bought in the reception area. 45 kr for a small bottle of water. Free parking though, which is nice 😊 Looking beyond the feeling of “throwing money everywhere”, you’ll have a pleasant stay with presumably happy children at this hotel.

Great location with access to the see and an idyllic bathing area. The kids loved the swimming pools. Breakfast was ok, but less so in the so-called "swimming breakfast" served by the pool. Missed a good coffee during our whole stay. The rooms have tv and a kettle. We missed a fridge because it was so hot. The beds are good, but the high temperature in the room made it difficult to sleep. No air conditioning, only a small fan available, and the windows could only be opened a little. When the kids are too old to enjoy the hotels activities, we will go somewhere else.

Exhausted rooms without air conditioning. When you could not open the windows properly, it became so hot that sleeping was a challenge. Went from there reasonably tired after a couple of days. The food was good and the staff very friendly.