This hotel is well located next to the water and close to the city center. It has a beautiful design. Breakfast is great, and personnel friendly. I had a room on the top floor (6th), it was OK but a little outdated. It needs some upgrade. But bathroom shower etc worked perfectly. Perfect bed.

I did a 5 day business stay at Royal Garden. Overall I liked it very much, but there were few things that catches my eye.
The room was very well set up and very, very clean. The bathroom was usable, although the shower handles were somewhat stuck and needed some brute force applied initially to get the water running. There were not a lot of pillows and the ones present were not very high, so I had somewhat hard time taking a good night sleep.
there was a heater below the window, but it was turned off and it took some brain power to set it up.
The breakfast was excellent, with a great choice of items and fresh fruit juices.
I've also tried the fitness area, but got disappointed and never repeated. The reason for this being that the fitness room was very small with only few very basic appliances. I've tried the treadmill, but it didn't worked at all, so I had to use the bikes as a poor substitute. No free weights either, just 1 and 2 kg.
The pool looked very well setup, but I didn't tried it.
The hotel is excellently located in the center of the city right next to a stop of the airport shuttle service.
As everything else in Norway it was on the expensive side.

When this hotel was new, it was a 4 star by all means. They have lived on (and off!) that for quite some time now and need to do a few things here and there to get this joint up-to-date.

The rooms, once so nice and shiny, now in need of make-over. "Keep bathroom door closed under and after showering or fire alarm will go off!" - What's this - Russia anno 1970?

The location is great, the bus from the airport stops just outside (great!), the breakfast was nice, it was clean and the service ok. But I expect more from a Norwegian 4 star hotel than an average experience (being a Norwegian myself). And it is not cheap.

Renovate the rooms, get rid of some old carpets, shine it up, and I'll come back with a smile, not just with a "fair enough".

But to my foreign readers - it's a fair, good and safe choice and I think you will like it.

Check-in was trouble free. Reception area and room was clean and well cared for. Even though I had a first floor room (123), the room was very quiet.Water pressure in shower was good. No flat screen tv. Breakfast was plentiful and of excellent quality. Airport bus passes outside of front door. Train station is within short walking distance.