Clarion Hotel The Hub

Clarion Hotel The Hub delivers exactly what I want from a central Oslo business hotel: a stylish, well-designed room, excellent meeting facilities and – most importantly here – an outstanding breakfast and lunch offering.|I stayed one night on a work trip in November and was given room 528, a relatively large designer room with bold colours (you can see the palette clearly in my photos). Cleaning was spotless, the bed genuinely comfortable and I slept well. There was a Nespresso machine, decent storage and reliable, free Wi-Fi with strong coverage throughout the hotel. The view was nothing special, but given the city-centre location that did not surprise me.||Location is a major strength. It is only a few minutes’ walk from Oslo Central Station, with the Airport Express Train to Gardermoen, and you are right by the city centre’s restaurants and shops. For a business trip, that convenience is hard to beat.||Service at check-in was friendly and efficient. I was asked what kind of room I preferred, and the receptionist did her best to match my requests. Being able to handle everything smoothly in Norwegian was a plus.|The hotel leans heavily into colourful, slightly playful design in the public areas, which creates a lively atmosphere. My photos from the lobby give a good sense of the style. However, background music was on the loud side for my taste.||Where The Hub really stands out is food quality during the day. Both breakfast and lunch offered an unusually wide selection of hot and cold dishes for a Norwegian hotel, with good ingredients and attractive presentation. The rooftop restaurant, however, did not impress for dinner – neither food quality nor service lived up to the standard set earlier in the day, despite the lovely city views.||What could be improved|• Turn the background music down a notch in the public areas.|• Review dinner quality and service standards in the rooftop restaurant.||Final verdict|At around NOK 2,200 per night, I would happily stay here again for business, mainly for the location and the excellent breakfast and lunch.||If you go|• Ask for a higher-floor room for less tram noise and a better chance of a view.|• Plan to eat breakfast and lunch in-house, but keep dinner expectations modest in the rooftop restaurant.|• Arrive by train from the airport if you can – the short walk from Oslo S with luggage is very manageable.||Regards|Svein-Magne Tunli from Bergen, Norway

Hmmm… Almost all you would expect from a premium hotel - nice rooms, comfy beds, amazing breakfast. But. The air quality sucks. The room is hot and stifling on the lowest heat setting (this was December), barely any air flow, and no way to open a window. The rest of the hotel was only marginally better (so wasn’t just a problem with one room) - you know something is seriously wrong when going out into a rainy December Oslo day comes as a relief. EDIT: next day, same settings, same outside temperature and the room was suddenly cool and the hotel had lost some of that ‘swimming pool changing room’ feel - still not enough airflow in the room to make it pleasant though. There is something seriously wrong with their ventilation system. I would say DO NOT STAY HERE until they get a new ventilation system. You’d be better off in a budget hotel and buying a nice breakfast. P.s. if the management reads this. Norway has some of the best apple juice in the world. How about a nice Hardanger apple juice instead of (or alongside) the overly sweet one? You guys clearly care about the breakfast, so…

Directly across the street from Oslo Central train station, it could not be more convenient than after a fast train ride from the airport. It's breakfast buffet is exceptional with food for a diets and plenty of it. The rooms are comfortable but pricey. Don't be surprised if service is slow, especially during high demand times times. Buses, trams, and trains are literally at the front door. With an Oslo Pass and Google maps, the city is your oyster.

The hotel is in superb location!!! Easy to explore Oslo and go everywhere as it is right in the center of everything: Train station, Shopping street, Opera house. The room is spacious and well decorated with a sense of luxury. The Rituals products used in the bathroom is to die for! Smell is so nice with good quality. The service is excellent. We arrived early but the room is not ready so we stored our luggages. The security for luggage deposit room is very good. Only hotel staff can enter with a card to store/get our luggages. The breakfast is the best in Norway! A lot of options to choose from and also have a live station for eggs and it's really delicious! I will definitely choose this hotel again if I go back to Oslo!

Central located hotel with nice rooms, friendly staff and good breakfast. The room was in January very cold and we were not able to turn the tempreture higher. The fan was also blowing very strong. After 2 requests at the reception desk we got a separate eletro-heater for the room. The bathroom need to be mantained better.

A luxurious feel and amenities not normally found at the price point. Excellent location close to Central Station, the bus station, tram/light rail and harbour. Norda resturant was excellent food and the bar menu is exceptionaly good value for the high quality of the food.

We stayed in November and had interconnecting rooms with a city view. Rooms were ok size and well equipped with coffee machine, iron, ironing board and hairdryer. There wasn't any complimentary water which was a let down, so we didn't actually use the coffee machine.||||The lack of wardrobe space was annoying too. We were single occupancy and struggled to fit anything in the ridiculously sized wardrobe, so I don't know how couples would manage. The bathroom was nice size. ||||The city view room was a good room. A lot of the other rooms were facing 'inwards' and you could see right into them from the lift. We were also on the 9th floor so, although it was a little noisy, I Imagine it would be noisier on lower floors.||||Staff were all very friendly and helpful. Breakfast was amazing and nothing like the usual 'small' buffets I'm used to in Europe. There was an egg station, and plenty of variety and space for everyone. An extra area was laid out during busy times. ||||Spa was a let down. It was very dirty with towels and rubbish strewn all over the floor.

This was just a one night stay before onwards travel, so unfortunately we didn't get to look round Oslo itself. The room was compact, just enough space for two suitcases laid out and a king sized bed, with twin singles duvets. Very comfortable after a long day of travel. The bathroom was lovely, bright, clean, and modern. The only comment I have there is that the hand shower head would not stay in any position you left it, and kept twisting. There was no noise from neighbouring rooms, and the carpeted hallways stopped luggage noise completely. The only noise we heard all night was the rain dripping on our courtyard internal facing windows. Due to an early start we only had access to the continental breakfast options, but everything was laid out nicely and there was most importantly decent coffee. Access to the hotel was dead easy, barely a five to ten minutes walk straight across from the central railway station.