Hotel Riddargatan

Maybe we have just become accustomed to the friendliness of Swedes in general, but the staff, especially in the dining room, seemed quite cold and unfriendly. The brunch part of the breakfast was almost inedible, although the rest of the breakfast was great. Our room was cold, opening the door to the bathroom helped some, and the shower was only very hot or extremely hot.
The location of the hotel is great though, close to Gamla Stan, Djurgården and the center of Stockholm.

I had a really excellent week-​long stay here. The rooms were clean and comfortable and good-​sized by European standards and the free breakfast was delicious and had a good variety of foods (scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, and a nice mix of breads, cheeses and pastries, including good croissants, as well as Scandinavian specialties like herring). Coffee and tea were available in the lobby all day. The front desk staff was friendly and helpful. I read some reviews on TripAdvisor that mentioned noise problems but I never heard anything and slept very soundly. They have a nice library off the lobby, although most books are in Swedish and the few in English are quite… eclectic, shall we say (Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Modern Body Building was one). Stockholm is an expensive city but this place was very reasonably priced (at least in April) at less than $ 150 US per night.