Grand Hotel Terminus

We stayed at the hotel for (almost) two nights. I say almost as the first night due to cancelled trains we arrived at the hotel at 5am. Nevertheless, someone was there to check in fast and rest for an hour. Their economy room is small but cosy with a very spacious bathroom for the size. Very clean and tidy. The rest of the hotel is beautiful and warm. The breakfast buffet is definitely worth it, quality, quantity and variety and very helpful staff. Check out time was at 12 so very reasonable and plenty of time to eat breakfast and rest before vacating the room. Only downside was that at some points the reception was hard to get on the phone (as we had issues with our trains we needed to communicate to get some info and it was not easy to find someone). Overall highly satisfied!!

The staff at the hotel were wonderful. The rooms, however, are shabby, and the location isn’t good unless you plan on constantly coming and going from Bergen via train. The location next to the train station made for a very noisy evening, especially when a heat wave made keeping the windows open essential.

The rooms are spacious and carpeted which makes them comfortable but they have floor to ceiling windows with no blackout curtains in a country that sees 24 hour days! The blankets are the size of sleeping bags (very small!), a little tumble is enough to give you a cold spot. The great thing is the location being very close to the railway station. There is no parking at the hotel and the car will be a good 5 to 10 min walk if you use the closest parking building

Lovely hotel with excellent breakfast buffet. Conveniently located within walking distance of the train station and other attractions. Our room was spacious and clean and the bed was very comfortable. Large modern bathroom. Front desk staff were super friendly and helpful. Highly recommend!

We met Vera at the reception and she is so welcoming and kind and absolutely lovely to talk to. Our room was just too perfect! Wooden floors, beautiful interiors, comfy bed, great books to read about Bergen. The bathroom is very clean too. For breakfast, they have a staggering abundance of hot and cold food options for everyone incl. vegans and vegetarians. The Amundsen Bar downstairs, makes these amazing whiskey cocktails. What a brilliant time we had! Thank you. 🇬🇧

Great location if coming on train from Oslo (an amazing ride through mountains and fjords) and easy access into central Bergen. Large room on 3/F facing station and taxi stand which only became a problem as we had to have the window open at night as the room was too hot (and the radiator couldn’t be turned off). Breakfast was a reasonable spread though refills were a bit haphazard, there were no other options apart from regular coffee and the room had the feel of a canteen. Overall, it was okay but it’s not somewhere we would return to.

The room was nice... The hotel was quite historic. Lots of original, or numbered prints on the walls. It was clean and the reception was very pleasant, both at check-in and check-out. The breakfast buffet was delicious.

Grand Terminus Hotel rescued us as we made a booking night before our cruise departing the next day on 18th June 2025 for 2026 by accident. (I was surprised that price was so reasonable!)- The hotel staff agreed booking cancellation at no cost, found us last upgraded room available and still only charged agreed price for 2026! Such helpful service!! The location is great - short step away from train station from airport, (transport ticket cheap for seniors on Bergen Transport App). Hotel retains its 1920's character and it's worth visiting the works of art exhibited on each floor. Breakfast spread was great and we managed to get cruiser pick up bus from hotel. You feel committed to going back to such a hotel when they offer such help.

Nice hotel, warm room. The hotel is located very close to the train station and is near the tourist hot spots of Downtown Central Bergen. The front desk staff were very nice. They showed me exactly to my room. They answered all of my questions. They even helped me read my train ticket that I was confused about. The breakfast buffet is pretty good. Standard Norwegian breakfast. The dining area is nice. The front desk staff upgraded our room for free. We had a room offsite of the hotel in the villas. The villa room is quite nice. It is very clean. The bathroom is small but had a heated floor which made it nice. I downgraded the review because there's no air conditioning. I guess this is standard for Norway due to the weather, but I was sweating pretty bad and did not sleep well because I was just too hot.

Enter with the mindset of entering a historical local hotel, easy location of being right next to the train station and perhaps a Gryffindor corridor at Hogwarts. The beds are springy. They offer a free breakfast, but I slept through it. They make their own honey, you can see the hives on the 7th floor. Didn't see any ghosts. The hallways and lobby areas look like some aspects from Harry Potter. Bathrooms are the whole tiled shower-sink-toilet rooms. Liquid hand soap by sink and a shampoo-body wash in the shower. Friendly staff. Good location. Mornings can be a little noisy with working morning noises from the street and station.

Disclaimer: this review is for the breakfast buffet ONLY The boyfriend and I took an overnight sleeper train from Oslo to Bergen via NSB last week. The next morning we found ourselves hungry, slightly sleep-deprived, but excited to arrive in Bergen. We were even more excited to find that the overnight trains have a deal with the Grand Terminus hotel for the breakfast buffet at 150NOK per person (around $18.62). The hotel is located literally steps away from the Bergen train station. The buffet was SO good; not only was it well-stocked, it was so very authentically Norwegian. I found myself loading up on pickled herring in tomato sauce, smoked salmon, various cuts of preserved meats & salamis, and baked beans. They also had your standard breakfast staples like scrambled eggs, bacon, cereal, etc. Plus points for the fresh fruit (grapefruit, watermelon, oranges) and the expansive variety of Norwegian jams (!!!). We ate to our heart and stomach's delight and left very happy. I can't speak to the quality of the hotel rooms, but I would come back for the buffet if I were in the area again!

I wish I could give a good review because it's a lovely place... but it's after 1:20am and I'm awake in my room (on the 5th floor) because the hotel is hosting an event at lobby level that is blasting techno music. Even with ear plug and white noise on my phone, the bass is booming so loud it's impossible to sleep. Clearly the rental income is more important to the management than the comfort of their actual guests. I tried ringing the desk, again and again, but no answer (maybe they couldn't hear the phone over the din), so I had to dress and go downstairs to complain. It's astonishing that an otherwise nice hotel in the heart of Bergen damages its reputation in such a low class way. Might as well be at a backpackers' hostel There are many better alternatives, avoid this place.

Although our vacation only allowed us one night at the Grand Terminus in beautiful Bergen, we were happy to step out of our train, and right across to the hotel. We didn't have very much time, but we were impressed with the front desk personnel, attentive, pleasant and informative. It was late on July 2, and we needed a bite to eat, and went to Whiskey Bar. We were served quickly and with much knowledge and style by Simen, he was flat out tremendous!! The bar had a epic selection of libations, even my favourite Hi West Double Rye out of Utah, to my surprise. Simen could be running g any.ajor whiskey establishment in the States and making big money! Great/Quaint hotel in beautiful Bergen Kelly &Henri Dana Point, CA

Awesome hotel. Laundry, Free breakfast and very comfortable beds. Hotel staff was very helpful. This is a great location just next to the train station and walking distance to Bergen hotspots. Free bikes!

Great location across from the train station. Check in? Not great. The women at the desk were curt and unfriendly. We were not used to no shampoo or face soap and asked about that. We were told hotels did not supply those items. Since when? We travel quite a bit and usually shampoo and soap are supplied. They did have liquid soap dispensers so that could be used for hair too I guess. The towels were small and hard. The bathroom had mold in the grout around the shower tub. The tub was very slippery. No bottled water supplied when there are water warnings around Bergen. This is a very attractive old hotel. Their service does not live up to the appearance. The third star is for breakfast. That was excellent.

The Grand Terminus is opposite the railway station and has clearly been around for decades, at one time it was the grandest hotel in Bergen. In each room is a fascinating pamphlet which details that Roald Amundsen stayed in room 503 in 1928 just before setting off by sea plane to rescue Umberto Nobile who had crashed his balloon in the North Pole. Amundsen was never seen again. What history in these walls! It is very easy to see what a grand hotel this was in days gone by-the lobby, bar and each floor is covered with beautiful dark teak wall coverings giving the place a very classy feel. Rooms however are not so grand. They are clean and functional, though not in any sense five star. However, that really doesn't matter when you can stay in such an historic hotel. On the downstairs there is a really lovely bar, with a great selection of whiskys. Staff are unfailingly polite and helpful. Breaksfast was very good, with both cooked staples like bacon etc but also smoked salmon, bagles, rye bread cheese and cerals etc. We stayed very much out of season and prices were incredibly reasonable. If you come in the summer prices are much higher, but then that is fair enough. Come for the history and you might just see Amundsen's ghost wandering the corridors at night!

Our room carpet looked worn and dirty. The overhead lamp looked suitable for a toddler room. Only half the hallway lamps worked. Bathroom door was dirty. Hotel smelled of paint. Free breakfast was the only plus.

The man who checked us in should be giving classes to hotel staff around the world - he was quick, courteous, and informative; we were checked in and we knew everything we needed for our stay in about one minute. The reception area and lounges have an Old World charm and are lovely. The room had less charm than the lobby and public areas, but it had been reappointed with attractive artsy lighting, and it was comfortable and very quiet. The breakfast buffet was very good. The coffee wasn't to my taste, so I slipped out to the bar (where there is coffee 24/7) and poured a cup there, which was a bit better. Norway has great espresso drinks, but their brewed coffee isn't nearly as good. They also had good wifi, and when I asked for more pillows, they came immediately. We loved this hotel. A note: All the hotels we stayed at in Norway shared these characteristics: free coffee in the lobby all day; liquid soap dispensers for the shower and bathroom sink; heated bathroom floors; individual comforters (two) on double beds (no fighting for covers!); black-out curtains (for the long daylight hours).

The service is stand offish and the walls are very thin. The rooms are decent with very comfortable beds. Everything is definitely clean and the mini bar is decently priced. The location is wonderful and you are a 8-10 minute walk from anywhere you want to be in Bergen. For me the service really takes it down a notch. I will write more tomorrow after I have tried the breakfast!

We stayed in the hotel in April 2019. Our room had a heavy musty smell during our stay along with a dark room without overhead lighting due to renovation activities, The front desk indicated they mentioned the lack of over head lighting but none of the guests in our party were notified and did not acknowledge or research the mustiness in our room. Our bathroom apparently was missing the shower door which caused the bathroom to remain very wet. Needless to say, It wasn't a pleasant or comfortable stay in our room, and I would recommend travelers avoid the hotel until renovation is complete. We were relieved to leave.

There's a lot to love about this old girl. If you're using the train station, you pretty much stumble out of that and into the hotel. While it's away from the water and the main tourist drag, Bergen is so accessible that it really doesn't matter. The hotel itself is beautiful and well-preserved, and our room was almost comically large, complete with a little sitting area. Our quibbles were minor: the sauna took quite a long time to heat up, and the historical bathroom lacked any semblance of counter space. Our comfortable bed, large and tasty breakfast buffet, and helpful staff made those easy to overlook, though.