Originally Posted by
yscleo
We're going to Bergen (from Oslo, by train) around 2023.9.25 for a couple of days. The only Marriott hotel there is Moxy Bergen. I'm Plat.
When reading TA reviews, some say it's good, but a lot of people are unhappy because there is no table/desk for laptop (that's an important negative for me), no wardrobe and need to hang clothes on wall. There's also no fridge or kettle/coffeemaker. Bed is hard. Some even say no chair (really?) Gravel road outside hotel so difficult to haul luggages. For Elites they give you $10 F&B voucher which doesn't cover half of the breakfast. Many reviews say it's a hip hotel design, probably for young people who don't have luggages or laptops.
Is it really that bad? Because if it is, I'll stay elsewhere, even though the redemption rate is not bad.
It's a Moxy, this is what you should expect. I stayed at the one in Copenhagen and my kids and I have developed Moxyphobia (even they don't like it as teenagers). There is not even a phone in the room. It is literally a barebone hotel, a nicer hostel with a toilet and towels and soap shampoo and conditioner. The reception is in the bar so you might get a free drink on arrival (which worth quite some in Norway).
During my 2 months stay I brought my kettle, grill cheese machine, airfryer etc. own cutleries and an american coolbox (good enough to keep things cool) to survive with 3 kids.
Gravel road is standard in older streets in Europe, it means that the hotel must be in the city centre.
Norway is expensive.