This hotel is located out to the west of Copenhagen, a little out of the way. The common parts of the hotel are very nice and modern, and the staff are polite and efficient.
The rooms however are in need of updating/renovation. There are a couple of things I find important while travelling on business when it comes to the hotel: the shower, and the bed. The twin-bedded room had two very small beds and the bedding was quite uncomfortable. The showers weren’t up to much and the general standard of the bathroom was poor and in need of refurbishment. On the plus side, the rooms were of fairly good size, but I would still only describe this as shabby 3-star, circa.1985 room – everything seems old, including the television set (sorry no flat screens here).
The other issue is that there is nothing much else nearby – this is almost the middle of nowhere. The train station is some distance away, so getting about is difficult if you want to explore, or even venture out for decent food. There is nothing, repeat NOTHING nearby. Thankfully though, the restaurant in the hotel is really rather good. Although a small menu, I was surprised at the care and quality of the food – I’m guessing by the style that the chef must be Italian trained.
If you find yourself here, get a cab to Gostrup train station and get to Copenhagen from there if you want to eat outside the restaurant - it's only a very short trip.
The reception staff were kind enough to provide some pizza delivery leaflets, so I thought I’d try them out, since I was getting terminally bored with the lack of variety in my diet. Anything, anything would do – I was thinking Dominoes or Papa Johns or some such delivery pizza would do the job. A word of warning – it seems that there are no major delivery chains in Denmark, only independent take away joints. It’s most common to find pizza and kebab takeways rolled into one, which seems odd coming from London. So, sifting through the leaflets, I managed to find a delivery company that had staff who spoke English (Big Ben Pizza if I remember correctly). The guy turned up about an hour and a half later – when I opened the door, there was a waft of kebab smell – he seemed to carry it with him. The pizza box stank of kebab, the pizza tasted of kebab, and my room reeked of kebab for the rest of my stay. Be warned – get out of the hotel and go to Copenhagen!
- Scandic Glostrup Copenhagen Brondby
