Radisson Blu Royal Viking Hotel

I don’t often give one star reviews, however if you change my room twice and there’s pubic hair in both of the bathrooms, I’m not necessarily happy. I would definitely have a talk with the cleaning stuff, the beds weren’t even made and the table was covered in sticky soda or Coca-​Cola or syrup from breakfast. Not appealing. Also, we requested double beds for our room and we were given one queen. I slept on the couch considering I didn’t want to sleep next to my buddy and be that close. We are changing our room today and if it’s any better, I will adjust my review. If you see no changes further, I am not impressed especially for a Radisson blue hotel. I’ve stayed at the Radisson blue in Senegal and in Dubai and they blow this hotel out of the water. I’m surprised even call this place a Radisson. The staff is very friendly, I will admit that 100% but the room quality needs a lot of work.

I’ve stayed at the Radisson Blu Royal Viking Hotel many times during business trips to Stockholm before I moved here. I think it’s mostly suitable for business trips since it’s not very personal and you get a pretty formal welcome and stay.
The location is the first and foremost reason I chose to stay here no matter if the rooms haven’t always been the best. It’s very downtown, just by the central station and very close to shopping streets and cafés and restaurants. Because of staying at this hotel I got to know the central part of Stockholm very easily.
The rooms varied between each stay, even though it was the same order each time. A Queen room that varied in freshness and comfort. I think most of the times I was more than satisfied with the rooms and I didn’t have anything to complain about. But there were the odd few times where I felt that the rooms very really ugly, felt old and not retouched or renovated to be taking 150−200EUR/1600SEK for each night. That is the reason I’m not giving it 4 stars, since they should be taking care of all the rooms equally so that the guests don’t get such a varied experience depending on which room you happen to get that day.
The service was mostly good, not overly service minded, but they were nice and friendly and I never had a bad experience with their service, they were all helpful.
Breakfast was giving you all kinds of options and varieties so it suits everyone. I’m allergic to most things so I’m not able to say how good everything tasted, since I basically took the same gluten-​free bread and sandwich or yogurt with muesli each day. But compared to many other hotels in the same range of standard, the breakfast was good and sufficient to suit many tastes.
The overall atmosphere of the hotel is as I wrote earlier, a very business friendly and not so family friendly hotel.
I mostly chose to stay here for the convenience of the location, if it weren’t for that, I might have chosen a different hotel for the same price because of the rooms not being up to date all the time.
I highly recommend it to someone who wants to make the most out of their stay in Stockholm because it’s very easy to travel from and to.

I was in Stockholm on business for this trip. My business has me working near the airport, so access to the Arlanda Express was critical for me. I chose this Radisson Blu because of co-​location with the train station, reviews, and price compared to other nearby hotels. Overall, satisfied with location and amenities. However, even with Stockholm being a known expensive city, I was hoping for a more wow factor for $ 300USD per night.
Location — Connected to the central train station (including Arlanda Express), this hotel is ideal if you are looking for quick easy access to the hotel once you arrive from the airport. A quick walk to Gamla Stan (old town), and a central starting point for walking and public transport based touring. Many shops, restaurants, bars, and walking streets nearby.
Arrival — I arrived in the evening, and the reception area was empty. I was immediately helped by the gentleman at the desk. His communication style was a bit awkward (English was very good), but made it through the check-​in process easily. I was given clear directions to the elevators, my room, and wifi internet usage.
The Room — By far the most unimpressive part of my experience. The room was TINY (I do acknowledge that many rooms in Stockholm are small), but again, I was expecting a lot more for the price. I was travelling with a backpack and one carry-​on sized roller suitcase, and there wasn’t enough room for the three of us. My backpack had to live on the small desk in the corner, and I had to prop my small roller suitcase on the chair in the other corner. This was the only way I would be able to walk around on what limited floor space existed. No closets to speak of, only two very narrow slots offset from the wall with a small rod to hang not more than three business shirts. The décor helped to improve my impressions of the room, as it has clearly been modernized with modern-​chic details (accent lighting, black marble with mother-​of-​pearl type sparkles, etc). The décor added a «fun» element to the room. The bathroom featured more of the dark sparkle flooring and counters. It served it’s purpose with it’s walk-​in shower, toilet, and single vanity, however space was again an issue. The bed was comfortable, but not what I would call «plush.» The TV was a sizable flat panel screen with a wide range of channels. My 9^th floor view was of the central interior atrium, so with not much to look at except other guest windows, I kept my curtains closed most of the time. As a nice security measure, guests must have have a key to access both the floor within the elevator, but also to access the hallways on the floor (at least this was the case on the 9^th floor near the SkyBar). The room also featured a safe (not large enough for my 15″ laptop).
The Amenities — Wifi connectivity is complementary for hotel guests. The SkyBar features a wonderful view of the city. Beverages are not cheap, and food options are limited (light snacks). The LobbyBar on the ground level featured nice food options (the Meatballs and Gruyère Burger were very good) and full variety of beverages. Both bars were great locations to catch some World Cup action. Breakfast is served in the atrium above the ground floor and is well worth the money if you are eating from each of the stations (breads, fish, eggs, bacon/​sausage, cheese, meat boards, fruit cereals, juices, coffee, and tea). If only going for a basic breakfast, there are options near the hotel which are more reasonably priced. I did not have the opportunity to eat at the Fisk restaurant, but I did note that the dining room was full for every night I walked past. The business center was easy to access, featuring complementary computer and printer access, as well as a nice coffee, water, and fruit station.
Check-​Out — Slightly odd in that they had to run my credit card twice: once for food & beverage transactions, and a second time for lodging transactions. The receptionist mentioned that it was due to their systems setup. That aside, check-​out was pretty easy.
Service — Pleasant enough when you get someone’s attention, but not overwhelmingly welcoming. This goes for the bar staff, breakfast staff, and reception staff.

Great service and breakfast Buffett. My family stayed here for a week in June 4014 and was very happy with our two room family suite. The front desk was very helpful with a cell phone charger adapter. Great location as it is within walking distance to most everything and next to the train station for easy access to the airport. Great pool for kids and adults and free wireless internet connection that made keeping in touch and finding our way much easier.

Very surprised at how good this hotel is. Great location next to or over train station central and a short walk to Old Town.
During my walk you find plenty of restaurants and shops in every direction.
Wonderful lobby with lots if seating and large bar area. Two minute walk to train for airport. The rooms are high quality, very good comfortable beds. Nice spa and pool.
The SkyBar has a great view above the city too.

Nice lobby, horrible rooms, decent breakfast
My room smelled badly like urine
Bathroom smelled worse
Beds are singles pushed together to make one larger bed
Very dated décor
TV looks 20 years old
Very spotty internet service
Do not recommend

The Radisson Blu Royal Viking Hotel is a good property, but not a very good, or excellent hotel. I choose the Royal Viking Hotel when in Stockholm, because it is right next to Centralstation. All I need to do is walk next door to get to regional and local trains or the Tunnelbana. Access to all things Stockholm from the Royal Viking Hotel is Excellent as well. I think Radisson factors this into the cost of their rooms and amenities, because this is where the quality and value for money spent at the property begins to slip.
The rooms are quite expensive and small. Similar hotels in the U.S. and other European and Asian cities provide more value for the same amount of money spent. Breakfast is very good, but is not included in the room rate. It should be. Wifi is free, and service can be spotty at times.
The lobby bar is always busy, but sometimes trying to order something requires flagging the attention of the bartender who is right in front of you! They are not that attentive. I sat waiting to order a drink and the bartender stood 5 feet away putting away glasses!
Fisk restaurant is quite good and offers delicious fish dishes. For me, it’s unusual to find such a good restaurant attached to a hotel. My friend, who lives in Stockholm, tells me Fisk is one of the best fish restaurants in town.
My final day there I kept detecting a raw sewage smell wafting up through the elevator shaft. I told the front desk about the stench upon checkout. She did write down the issue in a log.
The strengths of this property are clearly its close proximity to Centralstation and the city. The rest of what the hotel offers is hit and miss. My choice for repeated stays here is the closeness to Centralstation; otherwise I probably would select another property.

This hotel is in need of a restoration. Small, old rooms, I cans see why they allow dogs of all sizes to stay in them.
Location is in a bit of a dirty area, right next to the central station and close to McDonalds, if that is what you are looking for.
They do have a nice sky bar with city views in the evening. Be prepared to pay too much for drinks, and to have a good time.

The hotel is in an extremely convenient location that is nearby all sorts if public transport (including hop on/​off bus tours) and within walking distance of marina and other few touristic attractions. It takes about 7mins of walking from airport bus service and 2 mins to central station if Arlanda Express was your cup of tea.
The airco is indeed noisy at times and defaults to 21 degrees, which admittedly not common among hotels I’ve stayed at so far and is easy to miss if you’re the kind of person who skips reading instructions and goes straight to business.
The noise isolation is very nice though, so facing the courtyard is not really troublesome, even during busy breakfast times.
There is free WiFi in the hotel, but also a lot of dead-​spots, including the tables by the window in the cafeteria.

This hotel is great if you are coming in late with Arlanda Express. The hotel is just around the corner — 3 min walks. The hotel is huge — that is at least the feeling you get when entering and when eating breakfast. The design in the room is outdated but you sleep well. The gym is great (SATS) and the breakfast huge and a little noisy.

I was asked to stay at this Radisson because my professional organization had a conference here. The staff spoke English perfectly and checked me in promptly, however I had problems with my keycard for three days. The elevator requires keycard for access, which is a good safety measure, however my key did not work in the elevator, despite having it replaced/​reprogrammed three times. I eventually resigned to take the stairs, but this would have been a problem if my room was on a very high floor. My room overlooked the enclosed atrium, as do about half of the rooms. This is not a particularly attractive view, as you also look into the rooms of the customers across the way, and, therefore, must keep your blinds drawn almost all the time. The room, was, therefore quite gloomy. Perhaps the owners recognized this and attempted to make it brighter by installing 12 lights in the room, however they all had switches in different, cryptic areas; some on a panel by one side of the bed, some on the other side, and none labeled. The air was hot and stagnant, and I had the noisy air conditioner on most of the time. There was one hot down duvet on the bed, which was uncomfortably warm during the summer, despite the air conditioning.
The conference took place on the 1^st floor of the hotel, but lacked a room large enough for over 100 people, so several attendants were made to watch the proceedings from a room down the hall with a video feed, which was a bit odd.
Though there is ‘free wi-​fi’ I had very poor reception at all times. I was unable to access internet/​email well, and was completely unable to use Skype, which was frustrating. There was a business center equipped for quick airline check-​in, with a free printer for this purpose (pay for other purposes).
Food was delightful and included a large buffet breakfast with many options, simple buffet lunch, and on one day, a cold buffet dinner with 5 types of fish and salads. We were provided ample snacks between meals including fresh fruits, nuts and coffee, consistent with the hotel’s «brain food» philosophy, which seemed to appropriately limit simple sugar/​carbohydrates. The «Skybar» on the top level becomes quite busy at times, and the wait to buy drinks at the bar is sometimes long (no real table service). The drinks are quite expensive, but no more expensive than elsewhere in Stockholm. The view, however, is lovely.
This large hotel in the busy downtown district was overall acceptable, but quite expensive and impersonal. The inward-​facing rooms should be discounted relative to those with views of the city or the water, and would benefit from more fluorescent lighting, simpler switches, and more flexible heating/​cooling.
Though it was safe and clean, I would generally not recommend this hotel, and instead choose one with more charm and comforts.

Direkt beim Bahnhof gelegenes Stadthotel mit schönen Zimmern. Allerdings war im Bad der Spiegel nicht gereinigt und in der Badewanne befanden sich noch mehrere schwarze Haare. Das geht gar nicht bei einem Hotel in dieser Kategorie.