P-Hotels Bergen

Read some lower reviews, but my 2 cents
–Very great for price. I stayed in early September (off peak season) and price for a private 2 bed was nearly the same as a hostel
–Room was comfortable, bed was fine, I expected only 1 pillow so no biggy
–Bathroom was small, but suitable
–I personally enjoyed being right above a few great bars. The hotel was easy to find from the bus stop, easy to get to train station, and I was feet away from a beer!
–Front staff was polite and helpful
–Was very loud with windows open which we needed for cooler air

Stay anywhere but here! Cleanliness is poor, zero amenities except for wifi. Loud, loud, loud! Late chatter from the bar and then the sound of a leaf blower??? Clogged sink, napkins for toilet paper, gross curtains, poor air flow, 1 very sad pillow, not enough proper towels, crummy breakfast. Zero customer service. when we found out we were delayed a night from our flight 36 hours ahead, called immediately and still were charged for 3 nights when we stayed only 2. Stay at an air bnb. Please.

Man, really back and forth on this. Let’s do a pro/​con:
Pros:
1) Good location. Easy walk to the shopping and tons of restaurants, little longer to Bryggen, but certainly not far at all.
2) Comfy beds. I love the duvet thing the Nordic countries seem to do, and this bed is very comfy and very warm, perfect for sleeping with the windows open. I feel bad putting them on the list for no fitted sheets, since it isn’t a bother with this type of bed, but I have to be consistent.
3) Epic shower. After the Kong Frederik in Copenhagen, I have to admit I checked the shower out first thing, hoping for a change of pace from the little dance I had to do in that goofy tub. And then when I took my shower this morning, I was thrilled. Great shower head. Room to maneuver. No water all over the place. Hells yeah. Alas, no ventilation, so on the list it goes.
4) Quiet. Yes — Quiet, unlike some other people have mentioned. I was not in the reddish-​pinkish main building, which may be why I feel that way. The main building does have a pub or maybe even a nightclub in it, which probably generates some noise. But in contrast, the other building, which is yellow, and southwest on Vestre Torggate about a half block on the opposite side of the street) is very peaceful. I don’t hear much from upstairs, downstairs, or next door neighbors. So this is great. I did get complimentary ear plugs with the room, as someone noted. But I don’t need ‘em.
Cons:
1) Crummy breakfast. A very thin sandwich (with what I would call lunch fillings) an apple and a small warm OJ carton. Honestly, they should just skip it and say there’s no breakfast. On the other hand, this gave me an opportunity to go get more Unilocal reviews at breakfast time.
2) Wi-​Fi is painfully slow in the evenings. But then, I’m not in Norway to surf the internet.
Oh yeah, and:
3) Emergency exit for for the floor is inside my hotel room.
Pause for effect.
Yes. Inside my hotel room. See the pictures. Imagine my confusion when the door to my room had an emergency exit sign on it. Is this legal? I don’t think you could do this in the States, are building codes different here? I mean, I hope to god that the override button in the pictures is alarmed, and not just a «come in here and browse through my stuff» button. Do I sleep more soundly, knowing escape is possible just by rolling out of bed? Or less soundly, knowing someone could just walk up the exterior stairs, break out a window, open the door, and come on inside?
So in summary, the bed and bathroom work great. the second building is quiet, the breakfast… well…isn’t, and the escape plan is sketchy, to say the least. I feel like if you were to get any other room but mine in this second building, you’d really be looking at a single real negative in the breakfast. So I’m sticking with three stars. Now… can you request this second building? Not sure…
*** EXCITING UPDATE ***
File it under the category of «you can’t make this stuff up», but there was a fire alarm sounded last night. I FEEL AS THOUGH I HAVE TRAINED MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS. «Quickly! Everyone! In to my hotel room!» Seriously though, the alarm goes off, and I think to myself, I have a choice. It’s probably nothing, I can lay here. But if I do, people might come busting in to my room to try and escape. And I could just exit through the exit I’m so proud of. But no — I want to see what other people do. So I go out in to the hall. And everyone is using the main staircase. Because, in all honesty, why would you ever flee a fire by going in to a different, random hotel room? No one is going to use that escape route, because it seems like some kind of dirty trick.
Unrelated, but it took the fire department something like 10 minutes to show, and when they did, it was in no great hurry. So unless they somehow already knew it was nothing (and I think it really was nothing, because I was back asleep in about 20 minutes) I am a little disappointed in their sense of urgency. Read some Bergen (and particularly Bryggen) history — Because of the largely wooden construction, Hanseatic merchants were terrified of fires, forbidding candles in Bryggen, and parts of the city burned to the ground about every 50 years or so, including devastating fires that left only small portions of the original Hanseatic buildings standing. Surely… a fire in the city center… should generate a better response than this?

Close to everything but brobably the most noisy place you can stay. Earplugs are standard with the toom. Still it felt like we were going to bed in the bar below. The rooms are simple but clean.
A tip, order directly to the hotel, that gives you the chance to cansel at arrival.

Clean, comfortable and friendly staff. Great location. Unfortunately, we were there on a Friday & Saturday so the club right below our window at the back of the hotelwas at full voice from about 11:30pm to 2:30am. Closing the window helped but then the room got a bit warm. Not sure it would be any different on a week night.
Agree with all the comments about breakfast.

I have a mixed feeling about this hotel. On the one hand it has a great location (approximately 5 min to Bryggen) and there is free WiFi on the rooms. There are also a lot of restaurants nearby and a foodstore.
On the other hand the breakfast consists of a paper bag with a package of sandwiches, a small apple juice and an apple being hung on the door of your room. And being picky all I ate was the apple and the juice.
My boyfriend and I also had some bad luck with our room. Non of us are a party animal and he needed to get up early both days of our stay. Unfortunately we ended up with the room right above the bar, a bar that seemed to really enjoy their music with a lot of base.
Additional information:
The room itself was okay, not great but clean enough and wooden floors.
The double room we had during our stay had two small single beds (enough space for one, but not to share). Might not be what you want while traveling with your partner.
Friendly personnel.
Free coffee and tea in the lobby.
Access to a computer (with Internet access) in the lobby.
(Seems to offer services as wake up calls.)
Easy to get to and from the airport (we traveled with a company called something like
Express and got off the bus at the corner of the hotel).

This hotel was pretty accomodating. Location was awesome. Stayed there in Sep 2011.
The bad:
There were two separate buildings, one accross the other and only one reception.
There was no AC, but in their defense, none ever needs AC in Norway
The chain outside the door was pretty intimidating (in their defense, I believe they were undergoing renovations)
Their bar downstairs closed early and it was not really a neat place
The building I stayed did not have an elevator (not that it really needed it because there weren’t many floors in the building)
The good:
The price: the price was really cheap for Norwegian standards
The Service: everyone was really helpful and their English was impeccable
Location: right in downtown, close to everything
Neatness: the bathrooms were recently renovated and everything was really clean
The beds: they were clean, puffy, and comfortable.
The manager, very handsome Norwegian guy. Too bad I did not get his number!

I MISS THE (FORMER) BERGEN TRAVEL HOTEL!
Th P-​Hotel in Bergen, Norway was previously owned by the «Bergen Travel Hotel» and with new ownership came one very big problem:
They have eliminated the hot buffet breakfast. Instead, they now provide a «breakfast bag» which consists of a cold sandwich (bread, cheese and meat), a small bottle orange juice and an apple. Adding insult to injury, here’s the clincher: They leave this breakfast bag on your doorknob in the morning.
That’s THEIR IDEA of breakfast. If I’m going to pay $ 182 (US) per night, then I expect at least a BETTER breakfast.
I can tell you that breakfast has gone downhill since the days of the Bergen Travel Hotel. During my previous 2 stays in the Bergen Travel Hotel (2008 and 2011), they used to serve a delicious hot breakfast buffet with freshly-​made waffles, made-​to-​order egg dishes, and a large buffet of delicious norwegian food (herring, assorted meats, etc.).
I do NOT like this new ownership by the P-​Hotels, and I will NOT return to this hotel or any of their P-​Hotel affiliates.
I truly believe that leaving a plastic bag of cold sandwiches, orange juice and an apple is NOT my idea of breakfast. This is what we give to children in the United States for lunch before they go to kindergarten.
The next time I visit Bergen, Norway – I definitely plan to stay at another hotel.