Strand Hotell

My wife, our two young daughters and I recently spent a night at the Strand Hotell in Arild on the north side of the spectacular Kullaberg peninsula. The hotel has a very cosy family feel and we were treated to a fantastic room with almost 180 degrees of seaview - both from our window and the balcony. ||||The decor is nice and deliberately has no TV in the rooms. There is a small library with a TV and books and a few toys. ||||I wouldn't necessarily say that it is a family-hotel, but it still worked very well for us. The dinner menu was exquisite and there was plenty of flexibility to come up with a good dinner and ice cream for our almost-four-year-old. ||||Breakfast was very nice, too. And in the kind of eco-friendly way you'd expect in Sweden the selection was not overdone. There was enough and it was very tasty. ||||Go there for the good food, total peace and quiet and use it as a base for exploring the wonderful Kullaberg peninsula. We've actually seen moose walk free further out on the peninsula on a previous occassion. ||||Also make sure you treat yourself to dinner at the hotel. The menu - as the breakfast - is not overly large, but offers good options for anyone. And it is wonderful food, often served by the chef and owner himself.

Visited on a Saturday and they were fully booked but was told that we could visit on Sunday without a booking. We’ve been today and just been turned away with little explanation apart from that the chef didn’t want to serve us? I went back in and explained that it was a Sunday and there was nothing open and they still turned us away. Now we are stranded as everywhere is shut and we hadn’t prepared to not eat out this evening. Poor service. Poor service.

We stayed in a gorgeous, old-ish, quirky, charming room with two (!) balconies and wonderful sea views. Had dinner in the restaurant & it was absolutely AWESOME. Fantastic fried turbot with chanterelles & wine sauce - it was so incredibly good I just couldn't stop eating. Not to mention the dessert - chocolate brulee with raspberries - simply to die for!!! Room was neat & clean & staff was super friendly. Slept well & the breakfast buffet was gorgeous too with a selection of quality breakfast foods & lovely homemade bread. We really, really enjoyed our stay - wished we could've stayed longer. I highly recommend it.

So, where to eat after just arriving at the Kullaberg was the big question. We ended up at the Strand Hotell, and was immediately carried away to a time long gone. In the good sense. A time where the establishment came spending their vacation at the beach or as here, at the sea. The Strand Hotell is placed with an absolutely fantastic view over the sea. |And the food was great too. |We got the Cod fish and a glass of Chablis. |It's not getting any better. |The service was very polite and forthcoming. |For getting the 5th star the waiting for the food must be reduced, and one should not ask if we wanted coffee or desert when asking for the bill - time's up. ||Anyway we recommend going here. ||/ Flemming, Denmark

Three stars? Nope. We booked a 5 day stay in this hotel. We love Arild and were looking forward to this very expensive (about 200$ a night), but much desired break. Dinner for two, one main dish, a glass of wine and dessert - 150$. When you book a three star hotel, you know exactly what to expect, because it is a world wide rating system designed for understanding what kind of services you will get. 1. So, 3 star hotel has to have parking - not here. 2. It has to have beds minimum 90sm wide - nope, two 80 cm beds. I'm tall, and I fell off trying to be comfortable with my back problems. Not a night of descent sleep. 3. The room has to have a writing table - all we had was two chairs, no armchair, nothing to sit on comfortably when it rained. 4. A beautiful terrace outside had two metal chairs, no table, no protection from the rains that hit hard the day of our arrival. Nowhere to be comfortable inside and nowhere to be outside. 5. The chest of drawers was of a doll size, we lived out of our suitcases, as there was no place to put our things. 6. A huge bathroom had two hooks for towels and not a single shelf or vanity to store out toiletries, so we had them on the floor. By the way, a 3 star hotel must have a hygienic facility beside a toilet. Nope. 7. When in Arild, you go swimming, many times a day, but you have no place to dry your towels and swimsuits in this hotel. 8. No ventilation in our room. At night the air got so stuffy and damp, another reason for out swim things not drying and for us not sleeping. 9. No coffee or tea in the room. One evening I went down to the main building from the Annex where we were staying and got two cups of tea, that I carried myself up the steep terrace - 9$ charge... 10. Considering our wet towels, we asked for cleaning in hope to get dry towels - nope. 11. No TV in the room - a must for a 3-star hotel. 12. Free WiFi is listed by not working in the upper building. I had to work and ate all my saved gigs. 11. Nice breakfast, the same every day, but... Rude manager. Nice young service people. That was our first and the last time in this place.

This is a small hotel with 13 rooms and an excellent restaurant in an old building from 1904. Located close to bus stop and the village center and harbour. We stayed in a category 1 room with double bed and balcony with seaview. Our room had even two balconies one with chair and table. Stunning view from the room towards the sea and village center. The room was large with furniture and interior design well suited for this old wooden house, no television (there is one in the library however), no safe, no air conditioning and no kettel in the room. Wifi complimentary and worked well in the room. Bathroom with shower no tub was clean. Complimentary bottle of water. Breakfast buffet normal size but very good quality. Delicious, newly baked bread. They had slightly problems in keeping the tables tidy however. Dinner served in the restaurant was excellent and the sea view was really nice. There is a nice pub in the cellar. This is a stunning, charming, very well kept place, an excellent hotel for a calm vacation or a romantic weekend stay.

We stayed in a category 3 room for one night (1250 SEK/room incl. breakfast). The first impression of the hotel was 'nice location', the second impression was that it needs renovation and more TLC. We were greeted very friendly and our heavy bags were carried upstairs for us. We walked into room no. 6. The window was open and it was hot like in a sauna. Spiders everywhere and a filthy runner on the floor. The bathroom was not a room - more like a dark storeroom with 1.5 square meters. Everything was of Plastik and cheap; the toilet was dirty and we could not find the shower first. After a while we found it hidden behind a hindged door (where the sink was mounted). The water drain from the sink and shower was on the floor which meant that if you took a shower, the entire floor got wet (the whole bathroom reminded me of dirty, cheap campground sanitary facilities where you pay 10 Euros a night). The mattresses were worn and sagged in the middle. We were not able to darken the room for the night because of the white and transparent curtains that did not even cover the entire width of the window. Breakfast in the morning was very "basic" but sufficient for us. We tried to find a table that had a clean table cloth but couldn't find one. ||Conclusion: 140 Euros for this place is not worth it - regardless of the nice location.

This Hotel stand out because of its very good price/value rate. Perfect location, nice food (very fresh fish from the harbor below the hotel), home-like rooms and ok service. Believe that it's family runned. You kind of feel that you are staying with your family. Size is not to big, which make you feel 'near'. Recomendable.