Carlton Hotel Oslo - Oslo

This characterful hotel certainly doesn't offer the best accommodations in town, but it nonetheless represents a quirky choice for the budget traveller. The staff and management pride themselves on the friendly, familiar atmosphere.

The rooms vary quite considerably in size, with the smallest being really very small, whilst the largest are medium-sized. The hotel has been neglected for a few years by previous owners, so many aspects of the rooms are rather dated, but the new management is constantly trying to improve the quality of the product and are making regular updates, replacing carpets, curtains and furniture as and when they can. It would be reasonable to say that the rooms and bathrooms vary between fair and poor condition.

The hotel has a restaurant attached that has been franchised out, and is run as a Japanese restaurant. Breakfast is taken in here.

The lobby is traditionally decorated and is warm and friendly-feeling.

This is an architecturally insignificant building, blending in with its unremarkable neighbours.