Hotel Kungsängstorg

“Family-friendly hotel”

A good choice when looking for a room with three beds and still want a "proper" hotel and not a youth hostel. Still a possibility to opt for cheaper rooms with shared bath. Tiny bathrooms but clean and adequate. Very good breakfast buffet in the nearby sister hotel opposite the central station. Th… Mais

A good choice when looking for a room with three beds and still want a "proper" hotel and not a youth hostel. Still a possibility to opt for cheaper rooms with shared bath. Tiny bathrooms but clean and adequate. Very good breakfast buffet in the nearby sister hotel opposite the central station. The buffet in the hotel is smaller but ok. If staying in the hostel rooms, the kitchen/dining room can be used for your own meals. Since there seldom are staff on site, make sure you keep track of your booking confirmation email _sent from the hotel_ that includes the code for the front door. Otherwise you need to call or walk 300m to the Vandrarhem Uppsala Centralstation +46 (0)18 4442010 (24h). Relatively easy to find parking nearby. Cheap/free over night and weekends.

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“Ghost staff and misleading ad”

Everything blauemadeleine wrote in her review is spot-on. I was frustrated from the time I arrived. First, I booked my room through booking.com, and there was nothing that said this was a Vandrarhem/hostel. I was not sent the entry door code, and there was no staff person present when I arrived. I… Mais

Everything blauemadeleine wrote in her review is spot-on. I was frustrated from the time I arrived. First, I booked my room through booking.com, and there was nothing that said this was a Vandrarhem/hostel. I was not sent the entry door code, and there was no staff person present when I arrived. I rang the door/intercom bell, and the voice at the other end gave me the entry door code -- unfortunately leaving off one number. After unsuccessful attempts to get in, I pushed the doorbell again, but there was no answer. So I stood outside in the snow until another guest, who had the complete number, arrived and let me in. The room was quite small, but the bed was comfortable and the shower good. In the morning, I went to the dining area and found it was self-serve to the point of having to load the dishwasher after finishing breakfast. The breakfast offering was on the skimpy side, as blauemadeleine noted. Just before I left I saw someone I assume was staff replenish the plates of ham and cheese. It was not far from the Central Station, but the opposite direction from the main shopping area. Next time I'll probably try another hotel.

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“Single Traveller ... choose wisely”

Good things first: Vandrarhem Uppsala Kungsängstorg is in a really good location. The self check in works well and codes are correct and provided in time. The place is clean. Shared showers and toilets are really well kept by the staff (and any inconvenience is due to a fellow travellers mishap). … Mais

Good things first: Vandrarhem Uppsala Kungsängstorg is in a really good location. The self check in works well and codes are correct and provided in time. The place is clean. Shared showers and toilets are really well kept by the staff (and any inconvenience is due to a fellow travellers mishap). The kitchen area is also very clean. There is a lack of signs... you will have to explore and open cupboards to find plates, cups glasses. There is a machine which provides complementary coffee and hot water for tea. A share refrigerator is on site. For clement weather an outside sitting area (and a nearby ashtray) are available. Now ... the less attractive features: I had chosen the "hostel variant" of accommodation, since I was staying for a fairly long time. The single room is the tiniest space I have ever stayed in at a rented accommodation. There is a little sky light; standing room (standing upright for a 1.70m person) is about 5 qm, the rest of the space is under the sloped beams.The door is slightly jammed. The walls are so thin, that in one night I heard my neighbors snoring, on other evenings I witnessed every movement of the person in the adjacent room. Cooking scents from the shared kitchen can be rather overwhelming in all the corridors at times. Bed linnen can be found in a chest on the landing - and has to be paid for "extra" (about 10 €) Breakfast is not included in the price for the room (about 10€ per day). Breakfast at Vandrarhem Kungsangstorg is basic - one type of ham, one type of cheese. If you come early you will be able to have a boiled egg. For the musli fans there is a pretty good range of ingredients available. What I found annoying was the fact that the "hotel variation" of the stay was sold for just 10€ more than I was paying (I compared prices whith a fellow guest who had booked on the day of arrival - as opposed to me who had booked months in advance) - the "hotel" rooms look pretty decent - more space, some with en suite showers, breakfast and linnen included in the rent.

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