We stayed at this hotel for one night for convenience as it's right by Oslo train station, and we were getting an early flight the next morning.

I haven't stayed in any Radisson hotels before, but had the expectation that it would be comfortable and service would be slick and efficient. However, we had a few issues as soon as we arrived which quickly became irritating.

On arrival into our room, we immediately noticed a nasty smell (cross between drains & curry!) so I called down to reception and they agreed to send someone up to move us. Second room looked fine on initial inspection, but we then noticed there was only a single duvet on the double bed. Called down again - receptionist apologised and said he thought there was only a single traveller (?). A lady came up to change the duvet for us, all good. Then went to have a shower and noticed no curtain up - I assumed that it was one of those quick dry heated floors that so many places in Norway have, but no: whole bathroom immediately soaked, including toilet, which you could pretty much step into from the shower! Rang down again, this time a bit annoyed - receptionist very apologetic and said we could move to a business class room.

This was a nice gesture (although to be honest, the room was identical - only difference is free films and bathrobes) but when we got to the new room, noticed AGAIN no double duvet on bed and 1 bathrobe. Called again - same lady came to replace our duvet (looking slightly perplexed to see us again in another room!) and bathrobe.

It was about 2 hrs later by the time this had been rectified. I was exhausted from travelling and had just wanted to relax and go to bed, but we spent a lot of time either moving rooms or waiting for staff to come and replace items. Not impressed with the service and probably won't stay at any Radissons again.

This was a great hotel, close to central station & T Bane. Stayed in a standard room on 20th floor with great view over the city & fiords, with heated flooring in bathroom & towel rack. Breakfast buffet you could not fault, with a great choice of food to suit all tastes. Staff very helpful, especially Stale the Consierge, who gave a great deal of assistance in terms of things to do, transport options & reasonably priced restaurants - this all came with a smile, nothing was too much trouble. We didn't experience any problems with the free Internet during the 5 nights of our stay. Would highly recommend going to see the Biathlon in Holmenkollen - very cold but a great experience. Would definitely recommend this hotel and hope to return again next year.

As others have said, the hotel is well placed within Oslo and is best reached by the public transport. Taxi from the airport can be eye-wateringly expensive (meter maxed out at 900 NOK which I've been led to believe is due to Oslo Cabs having a max fare for such a journey despite us still being 10mins out from the hotel, private cabs would charge for the whole distance and could be up at 1500 NOK!).

Check-in staff were pleasant and efficient getting the registration process over and done with in a couple of minutes, and were explaining the breakfast/restaurants while sorting out the room keys. I'd been booked a room at a corporate rate for a company I was visiting (approx 1500 NOK/night) so had not idea what i was actually getting - turned out to be one of the 'Executive' rooms on the 26th floor, which when you compare the description with that on the website is actually a Standard room. Mind you, with breakfast included (free to the room if i wanted it via room service) and free access to the movie channel its probably slightly better deal than what you get for booking the standard room direct. All of which is fine if you plan to be antisocial and never leave the room, but wasn't something I was likely to use. However, in comparison to the 2000 NOK/night they list on the RadissonBlu website guess I shouldn't complain too much.

Room was quite small, but nicely laid out with the bed being central to the room, a couple of easy chairs and a desk that backed on to the headboard of the bed. Bed was very soft and took some getting used to and the duvet seemed about 12in too narrow for the bed. I'm sure this is all part of the contemporary style of the room and isn't an issue if there is only one person sleeping in the bed, but if two adults were in there then one of them is not going to be under the covers for much of the night. A second duvet was in the wardrobe, so you could get around this oddity.

Bathroom was nice and light and clean and the shower had plenty of pressure once you'd worked out which combination of lever pulls routed the water from the taps to the handheld shower head and then from that to the fixed shower head up on the wall.

Unlike some, I found the hotel wifi (free throughout the hotel) to be reasonable fast and it never once dropped a VPN connection (if only more hotels would do things this way rather than charging an arm and a leg for flakey connections).

Breakfast buffet is reasonable with a good range of both hot and cold options available, staff are friendly but very busy as it it can get very crowded. Finding a table can be a problem if you're not there early on - something others have also noticed. The restaurant on the 34th floor also has a limited menu, but it feels expensive for what you get. Whilst the food is nice, I was less impressed with the speed of service - 30mins from sit down to taking the order, and then an additional 60mins until to food arrived. This would be understandable if we'd ordered a lot, but for just 2 main course dishes you'd have thought they could be quicker. The restaurant had a reasonable number of diners, but wasn't full, so I doubt an overwhelmed kitchen was the reason.

So, overall its a nice clean friendly hotel, and a corporate rate on the room made it cheaper than it would have otherwise have been, but i still question whether whether its worth the money - perhaps Norway is just expensive per se.

This hotel worked well for four nights while in Oslo on business 16/1 through 19/1. Could be a little stark and pricey for a family vacation so not really recommended for families. But for business I just want it to all work well and efficiently. The Radisson Plaza delivered. Just out the door from Oslo S train station, which was great as I used the train everyday for work. Booked a standard room and was given a room on the 21st floor. Great view of Oslo toward the Holmenkollen. Pretty good desk space in the room - worked fine. Internet was free and reliable. Easy check in - very nice reception staff. Room was Scandinavian efficient. Clean, heated bathroom floor and towel rack. Booked a single and got a double bed with a single sized down comforter, which was a little strange, but fine. Breakfast was over the top good with a fabulous selection of good stuff - inclusive with room rate - and very attentive staff. An unexpected treat was Stale the evening concierge. He recommended three perfect restaurants, all within walking distance- reasonably priced for Oslo. Had time to do Norway in a Nutshell at the end of the week and the hotel gladly stored excess baggage for two days at no cost. Not sure it could get much better for a business class hotel. Will stay again.